World+Geography+Semester+I+2009

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 * W**elcome to World Geography. This is a very important course in providing you with some fundamental skills as a geographer and as a citizen of the world. This course will set out setting up what is important in being a geographer (the Five Themes of Geography). From here we will look at most all of the world's regions with the exception of East Asia and the United States (the get examined in East Asian Studies and U.S. History, respectively). Then we will look at some issues impacting on regions. Finally we will look at Globalization.


 * Course syllabus:** [[file:World Geography Syllabus 2010.pages]]

=Textbook(s) for the Course and Links for World Geography= and George W. White, 2007 Mouse over the text to connect to the publishers website for this text. Our course is called World Geography Block G, the Section Enrollment # is 786-B4-C83. ||
 * Textbook Front Cover || Name of Textbook ||
 * [[image:Bradshaw_White2e07rn_large.jpg link="https://paris.mcgraw-hill.com/paris/trialregistrationview.do?productid=0072826835&userType=student&goto_url=http%3A%2F%2Fhighered.mcgraw-hill.com%2Fclassware%2FstudentCenter.do%3Fisbn%3D0072826835"]] || **//Contemporary World Regional Geography,// 2nd Edition by** Michael Bradshaw


 * Required readings for Unit One:**

=__**Units of Study**__=

Theme1 Location

 * Where is it?
 * Asolute location (exactly)
 * Latitude and longitude (an address, or a grid)
 * Relative location
 * Next to, near, far from, etc.

Theme2 Place

 * What is it like there?
 * Physical features: land, water, soil, plants and animals (the natural environment).
 * Human features: activities, religion, language, culture

Theme3 Human & Environment Interaction

 * What is the relationship between people and their environment?
 * How do humans adapt to the environment?
 * How do humans modify the environment?
 * How do humans depend on the environment?

Theme4 Movement

 * How are people and place connected?
 * Why people move?
 * What is the course of movement taken by people, goods, ideas, and information?
 * How does this make us more interdependent?

Theme5 Regions

 * Areas of the world (See Unit Two)
 * Related by climate, i.e. Equatorial climate regions.
 * Related by region, i.e. East Asia.
 * Related by language, i.e. the English speaking world.
 * Formal regions - defined by political design, i.e. boundaries of a country or state; defined by geographers, i.e. Rocky Mountains.
 * Vernacular region, i.e. China proper, the American south, ASEAN member states.

===Regions - All information and assignments that are teacher generated are included in the appropriate area below. (We only have time to examine three of the regions below. Note that Russia (just Russia) will be included with Europe). We will start with Europe & Russia, but the other two areas are your decision.===
 * __**Europe**__
 * __**Russia > **__
 * __**The Middle East & North Africa**__
 * __**Sub-Saharan Africa>**__
 * __**Latin America and the Caribbean>**__

Unit Three: Globalization

 * __**What is globalization**__
 * __**TNCs and globalization**__
 * __**Global Transportation**__
 * __**First Contact & Cultural Survival**__

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