E x e r c i s e s. І. Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following international words from the text:

І. Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following international words from the text:

geographic, action, absolute, identification, system, position, minute, second, regional, address, individual, characteristic, distance, activity, continental, corridor, physical, cultural

II. Give the roots of the words:

starting, movement, personal, spatial, action, accepted, global, township, description, regional, precisely, building, reference, independent, observation, direction, activity, interconnection, location, understanding, meaning, relationship, intersection, expression, penetration, western, northern, boundary

III. Read the text again, find sentences with participle 1 and gerund and translate them,

IV. Read the following word combinations and translate them;

coordinate systems, survey systems, street address, reference system, lowland corridor, Great Lakes system, corn belt, Great Lakes-Mississippi waterways

V. Analyse the S-P-O structure of the sentence:

Relative location expresses spatial interconnection and interdependence.

VI. Finish the sentences according to the text:

1. We have several accepted systems of ….. 2. Relative location expresses …

VII. Comprehension questions:

1.What is the starting point of all geographic study? 2. In what senses do we think of location? 3. What is absolute location? What is another name for absolute location? 4. When is absolute location used? 5. What are methods of absolute location? 6. What is relative location? 7. Where is New York City located in absolute terms? 8. What is the relative location of New York City? 9. What does the term site refer to? I0. What does the term situation refer to? 11. What is the situation of Chicago?

VIII. Find in the text a sentence describing the site of Philadelphia.

IX. Speak about;

a) absolute location;

b) relative location;

c) geographic location of New York City;

d) distinction between site and situation of a place;

e) situation of Chicago.

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