15/15 weeks ready · Follows the order of the Egyptian Ministry of Education and Technical Education textbook Geography (الجغرافيا: الجغرافيا السياسية), Third Year of Secondary School (Grade 12). The book is one volume for the whole year and has no term marking; Darslab places the introductory lesson, Unit 1 (the state in political geography) and the first two lessons of Unit 2 (political boundaries and their types) in Term 1, and keeps the rest of Unit 2 (the changing world map and political problems), Unit 3 (economic blocs and military alliances) and Unit 4 (international relations and the new world order) for Term 2. All explanations, activities and quizzes are Darslab’s own.
Term 1Introductory lesson (what political geography is, its history, aims, fields and technologies); Unit 1 The state in political geography (the state and the nation, types of states, the capital, the natural and human bases of a state’s power, the political and electoral system); Unit 2 Political problems, Lessons 1–2 (political boundaries, their stages and functions, natural and human boundaries, maritime zones); general review
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الجغرافيا السياسية: ما هي وكيف نشأت؟ Introductory lesson, Part 1: why the political map keeps changing, what political geography is, how the science grew (Aristotle, Ibn Khaldun, Ratzel, Kjellén) and how it differs from geopolitics
أهداف الجغرافيا السياسية ومجالاتها وتقنياتها Introductory lesson, Part 2: relation to other sciences, aims, fields (the state, analysing power, the world system) and modern technologies (remote sensing, information technology, GIS)
الدولة والأمة والدولة الوحدوية Unit 1 The state in political geography, Lesson 1 (Part 1): the state and its pillars, the state versus the nation, the unitary (central) state
أنواع الاتحاد والعاصمة وقلب الدولة Unit 1 The state in political geography, Lesson 1 (Part 2): federal and confederal states, the capital (definition, choosing, features, old and new capitals), the core area of the state
موقع الدولة ومساحتها Unit 1 The state in political geography, Lesson 2 (Part 1): the natural bases of a state's power: astronomical location, geographic location (land and water, neighbours, central and marginal, strategic) and the state's area
أشكال الدول Unit 1 The state in political geography, Lesson 2 (Part 2): the shape of the state (compact, compact with protrusion, elongated, fragmented, enclave)
تضاريس الدولة ومناخها ونباتها Unit 1 The state in political geography, Lesson 2 (Part 3): the state's relief (plains and highlands), climate and natural vegetation (forests and grasslands)
السكان والتعليم وقوة الدولة Unit 1 The state in political geography, Lesson 3 (Part 1): the human bases of a state's power: population size, characteristics (sex, age, migration, language and belief), education and technology
قوة الدولة: الاقتصاد والجيش والتنظيم Unit 1 The state in political geography, Lesson 3 (Part 2): the economic structure (food, minerals and energy, industry, transport and communications), military power, organisational power and the five kinds of strength
النظام السياسي والانتخابات Unit 1 The state in political geography, Lesson 4: the political system (social and institutional forms, separation of powers), systems of government (presidential, parliamentary, semi-presidential), the electoral system and the geography of elections
الحدود السياسية: المفهوم والنشأة Unit 2 Political problems, Lesson 1 (Part 1): what a political boundary is, boundary versus frontier, and the factors behind the rise of linear boundaries
مراحل الحدود ووظائفها وأنواعها Unit 2 Political problems, Lesson 1 (Part 2) and Lesson 2 (Part 1): the stages of boundary making, the functions of boundaries, and the classification of boundaries with mountain boundaries
حدود الأنهار والبحيرات والمناطق البحرية Unit 2 Political problems, Lesson 2 (Part 2): river and lake boundaries, and the maritime zones (internal waters, territorial sea, contiguous zone and the exclusive economic zone)
أعالي البحار والرصيف القاري والحدود البشرية Unit 2 Political problems, Lesson 2 (Part 3): the high seas, the continental shelf, why maritime boundaries matter, and human boundaries (geometric and cultural)
The Egyptian Ministry of Education and Technical Education (MOETE) is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, Darslab. Lessons follow the order of the Ministry’s textbooks; all explanations, exercises and quizzes are Darslab’s own. Pictures of animals, plants and objects: Twemoji, CC BY 4.0.
