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TOK Feedback Maps & Knowledge Y12 - 2014

TOK Feedback Maps & Knowledge Y12 - 2014. Key Themes in our knowledge of place and space . We all centred Europe & Africa on our maps . Traditionalists . Continents are generally in the right place Europe & North America is well represented and accurate

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TOK Feedback Maps & Knowledge Y12 - 2014

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  1. TOK FeedbackMaps & KnowledgeY12 - 2014

  2. Key Themes in ourknowledge of place and space. • We all centred Europe & Africa on ourmaps. Traditionalists. • Continents are generally in the right place • Europe & NorthAmericaiswellrepresented and accurate • Africais not (Mandela & Mugabe are commonthemesliked to study) • The further East & West you go, the more errors are found in countrshapes and spatial distribution. • Manyconnection links refer to colonisation and MEDC inventions. • Remote Geography generallyrefers to wellknownlandmarkse.g. Everest & Rocky Mountains • Mapsrepresentexperiencese.g. UK, Spain and Brazildrawnwell but alsobiggerthantheyactually are….. More important??

  3. To think about… • Is there a pattern betweenourknowledge of earth and global interaction flows? • To whatextentdoesourknowledgerepresentcore and peripheryconnectivity? • How canwehope to bring the peripheries in from the cold?

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