- GCE O Level Singapore-Cambridge Notes. [ONLINE] Available at:https://sites.google.com/site/olevelexamnotes/geography-elective-2192-2/physical-geography/case-study-of-deforestation-in-kalimantan. [Accessed 16 February 2015]. . 2015. . [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.savesumatra.org/app/webroot/upload/factsheet/web_english.pdf. [Accessed 16 February 2015]. Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 2015. Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra - Wikipedia, the
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Trade and Market Access Many people argue that the best way to alleviate poverty and reduce disparities is to promote global trade. However, many countries are still struggling to trade freely. Protectionism: Attempts to protect domestic markets by making foreign goods less competitive. This is most commonly done through tariffs and and quotas placed on foreign goods and subsidies given to domestic goods. WTO: The World Trade Organisation is an organisation aimed at protecting free global
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Geography is what geographers do Some people think by mistake that the only thing that geographers do is stating where the things are. However, the reason for thinking in this way is mixing up cartography with geography and forgetting that one is just a sub-discipline of another. The truth is that geography has moved on from being a map-making activity to the academic discipline a very long time ago. Therefore, in order to understand what do geographers do it is important to see how the
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1.02 America’s Georgraphy 1. (DBA) How do tools of geography help us learn about history? Provide examples of each of the tools described in this lesson. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each of these tools? Geographic Tools: maps, globes, the Global Positioning System (GPS), and online programs like Google Earth™. People rely on Geographic tools to get from one place to another, find a location, or determine the distance between places. Globe is a sphere-shaped model that gives
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Geography- River Pang Field work Focus | By Shamil M.A | How natural is the stretch of your chosen stream/river? | | River Pang What does natural mean? Natural means existing in or caused by nature; not made or caused by humankind. What do you mean by non-natural/ man made? Not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially How will we assess the level of natural? Natural River Pang There are many natural
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Wyatt Dickinson S. Plyley 1-28-13 Geography D + R #'s 1,3,5,8,9,10 1. Some of the subfields of physical geography include mathematical geography, climatology, geomorphology, biogeography, and soils geography. These are all physical geography subfields which study the environment. The subfields of human geography which studies people are social, economic, historical, cultural, and political geography. Human geography studies peoples activities and their spatial nature. They look at things
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The population growth is biggest problem in old days and modern days. There are lots of people that are born every hour and die every hour on the earth and still the population growth is getting bigger. The population growth is increasing in the world at a fast pace. The BBC’S mike Gallagher say as the world population reaches seven billion people, they were asks whether efforts to control population have been as some critics claim, a form of authorization control over the world’s poorest
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Geography 3120 Assignment 3 11/11/13 The Columbian Exchange made a significant impact on the world economically, socially, and in terms of movement of peoples or immigration. The transfer of goods increased the interactions between countries, making the world seem a little smaller and in turn supporting globalization. One area greatly impacted by the Columbian Exchange was Asia, specifically East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia. It resulted in great economic and political
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How does Geography contribute to a young person’s education? “Geography is all about the living, breathing essence of the world we live in. It explains the past, illuminates the present and prepares us for the future. What could be more important than that?” (Michael Palin, 2007). Starting from the day you were born, you begin to have a curiosity about the world around you. You start to consider how and why things happen, you become attached to certain places and you become aware of
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“Shrinking world": Thanks to technology, distant places start to feel closer and take less time to reach. This process is also called “Time-Space Compression”. “Global Shift”: The global-scale relocation of different types of industrial activity, especially manufacturing industries. As well as redrawing the world economic map, global shift has brought social, political and environmental changes to nations. TNC’s Expand through: natural growth (increased volume of sales and profits
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What is Geography? Geography is many things; it is the study of everything that can be mapped on the world. Geography contains a broad assortment of subjects within it since “almost anything can fall into the realm of geographic study” and “it involves the examination of the physical and cultural factors that interact to make up the diversity of the earth”. (Sherer, Thomas E. Jr. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Geography. New York: Macmillian, Inc. 1997. Print) First, there is
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The noise surrounded me, at first gently but then slowly getting louder and louder until it was unbearable, nothing was of concern but the piercing noise that enveloped my mind. My eyes opened and through the blowhole of the coastal cave I saw the clear blue sky welcoming me to the day. The heavy weight of my body disallowed any movement for a long time, in which I had time to look out at my surroundings, I saw a whole ecosystem forming on the platinum white dunes that separated me from the
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Geography The rocky ball that forms our world is one of nine planets in the Solar System. Earth is a sphere, with a slight bulge in the middle at the Equator, and a diameter of 12,756 km (7,926 miles). It hurtles at speeds of 105,000 kph (65,000 mph) during its orbit around the Sun, turning on its AXIS once every 24 hours. This journey takes a year to complete. The Earth is the only planet that is known to support life, in a zone called the BIOSPHERE. ATMOSPHERE The atmosphere is a layer of
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The Physical Geography of Canada WHAT DOES CANADA ‘LOOK’ LIKE? Canadian Facts, Eh? Canada is the second largest country in the world (space wise, not population) It is slightly smaller than all of Europe which is made up of 45 countries. Canada is 4,800 kilometres from north to south and 5,000 kilometres from west to east. It only borders 1 country, the United States. 90% of Canada is too cold for agriculture to take place. So what’s Canada really? It’s a great big, cold country
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24 Fox Lane Sunningdale Sheffield SH14 8NC Saturday 2nd March 2013 Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to you to inform you of an issue that we here at the Environmental Agency believe to be one of great importance. The local river, the River Koi, is at great risk of flooding. If it were to flood, which is likely, great consequences and concerns will arise. Hopefully I can outline and explain some of the methods that we can use to try and deal with these happenings in advance. If you are to
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Throughout the book of ‘the time traveller’s wife’ there are a number of different chapters that let you look at both Henry and Clair’s viewpoint. These are the main characters. During the book, different chapters signify different dates and all the accounts are written in first person like they are happening at that precise moment. There are two main settings in this book, the base of the book is set in the present time, but since Henry is a time traveller he tends to travel back in time
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Chapter 1 Key Terms areal differentiation- difference between placesareal integration- links, connections between places colonialism- the formal establishment of rule by a foreign powercounterinsurgency- designed to win over the local population and deprive insurgents of a political base. Insurgency is a political rebellion or uprising.cultural imperialism- promotion of one culture at the expense of anothercultural nationalism- defending a culture from outside influenceculture
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What are tropical rainforests? Tropical rainforests are a forest with many characteristics. They are home to some of the most deadly and dangerous animals in the world. There is a large diversity of plants and the cure to cancer is thought to be hidden among the fauna. Tropical rainforests have been called the "world's largest pharmacy", because over one quarter of natural medicines have been discovered within them. It is likely that (in the rainforest) there are still millions of species of
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. Mirabi 3 Work Cited: Making Connections Grade Nine Geography Text Book; Pages 118, 147,491-492, 495. http://www.everythinglubbock.com/story/d/story/inconsistent-weather-causes-some-health-problems/25353/xdSj37_gak2CTzCg5e4rrA http://www.ducksters.com/science/earth_science/ocean_waves_and_currents.php The Day After Tomorrow.
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Choose one of the following three options: 1. Explain the relationship between the concepts globalization, time-space compression and uneven geographical development Globalization What is Refers to the increased connections and linkages between people and firms located in different places, opens in flows of goods, services, money information and people across national and continental borders . The term globalization has been increased since mid 1980-s The four basic aspect
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Geography Revision Infectious disease It is a disease that can be passed from one person or animal to another through contact, usually by food, water, air or vector. Over 90% of all deaths caused by infectious diseases are caused by a small number of them including pneumonia, malaria, HIV/AIDS, diarrhoeal diseases, tuberculosis and measles. Epidemiology: • The area of medical studies that examines the frequency, possible sources and prevalence of infectious diseases in
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Seth Otte Geography Missouri Missouri is a unique state. The history of Missouri began when the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France in April of 1803. Since then Missouri has flourished as a part of the United States. Missouri is located in the middle of the U.S. and is bordered by Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. Its eastern border is the Mississippi River. Missouri’s climate is moderate with warm summers and cool
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Coastal Weathering and Erosion Weathering is the breakdown of rocks where they are. Erosion is when the rocks are broken down and carried away by something e.g. seawater. Mechanical weathering: breakdown of rock without changing its chemical composition. There’s one main type affecting coasts = freeze-thaw weathering. Happens when temperature alternates above and below 0 degrees (freezing point of water) Water goes into rock that has cracks e.g. granite When the water freezes it expands
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5) Perths weather from the 6th-12 was quite warm with the highest being a 37.3 degree day on the 8th. From the 8th onwards it continued to be quite hot in the mid thirties before cooling back down on the 12th to 24 degrees. The minimum temperature for the second week of April was 15.9 degrees on the 9th. Generally, the temperatures stayed around the high 10's but hit the 20's on the 11th and 12th. Other that entire week there was no rain except on the Thursday and Friday where there was 0.2mm
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Towards a World Historical Geography Vincent J. Del Casino Jr. Departments of Geography and Liberal Studies California State University, Long Beach and Tim Keirn Departments of History and Liberal Studies California State University, Long Beach Draft Paper (Please do not cite without permission of the authors) Produced with a Trial Version of PDF Annotator - www.PDFAnnotator.com Introduction This paper serves as an introduction to the theoretical approaches and methodologies of an
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Greece has many rugged mountain ranges, isolated valleys and scattered islands. Thus rather than a united civilization, poleis, or greek city-states developed. This meant each civilization found their own way to live and conduct themselves. Distance between city-states, clothing, trade, and democracy were amongst some of the many things that were influenced by the geography of Ancient Greece. The formation of city-states were a result of the mountains that cut through Greece. These city
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Chapter 17: The Physical Geography of North Africa, Southwest Asia, and Central Asia Map Study 1. The Zagros Mountains are located on the western side of Iran. The Atlas Mountains are located on the northwest die of Algeria. 2. The country that is dominated by areas of elevations of more than 5,000 feet is Tajikistan. Section 1 Assessment 1. Alluvial soil: rich soil made up of sand and mud deposited by moving water Wadis: streambeds that remain dry until a heavy rain Kums: deserts Phosphate
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1. Give the approximate distance in miles that the Pilgrims traveled in their journey from Plymouth, England, to Plymouth, Massachusetts. The answer is 3,349.4 miles. 2 .give the approximate distance in miles that Lewis and Clark traveled from St. Louis to Ft. Clatsop near the Pacific Ocean. The answer is 1,400.2 miles 3. give the approximate distance in miles that the transcontinental railroad covered from Omaha to San Francisco. The answer is 1,429.9 miles 1. I currently live in Lansing mi
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Human Geography Notes 5 Evaluating Globalization Wealth is increasingly more concentrated in the core regions As certain economic and political relations are strengthened, other regions continue to be left behind Global poverty increasing (gap between poorest fifth and wealthiest fifth) Mobilization against Globalization Economic globalization increases well-being for some, and undermines the economic, social, and cultural integrity of other places Economic globalization is “variously
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SOSE GEOGRAPHY NOTES (1) Spatial Association: When 2 features are generally found in close proximity to eachother. Eg. Coasts and Populations Importance of Australian coasts: 1. Economic: Europeans settles results in centre of economic life Ports – exporting goods, vital for making money Industry – fishing Tourism – tourists come to see and experience beaches 2. Social Relax, cool off in sumer ‘Place to be seen’ (surf culture) Scenery Family environment 3. Physical Coast is appealing
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