GEO 207 Homework Assignment

GEO 207 Homework Assignment
1	What are the 12 world geographic realms that form the spatial framework? 

2.	Name the four groups in which the World Bank classifies countries. 

3.	Image that you are working in a study-abroad office.  People will be planning to study for a semester in numerous countries, and they know that you have some geographic experience.  How would you answer their questions about the climate and weather they are likely to experience in those countries, using Figure G-8?  What should a person from Vancouver in western Canada- British Columbia expect in Auckland, New Zealand?  Would a person from Charleston, South Carolina feel at home (weatherwise) in Shanghai, China?  What can you tell a person from San Francisco about the weather in Cape Town, South Africa?  How would you prepare a person from Phoenix, Arizona for the weather in Paris, France? 


4.	If you were asked by someone without geographic background to define the geographic characteristics of your home region, how would you respond?  Where do you perceive its boundaries to lie, on what criteria do you base these, and are they sharp or transitional?  (You might be tempted to draw a sketch map to support this part of your answer.)  Where is your home with respect to the urban framework in your region, and do you consider yourself a resident of a city, suburbia, exurbia, or a rural hinterland?  What elements of the formal and the functional can you discern in your regional experience?  How would you summarize your region- natural environment(s), and, in your lifetime, have you noticed changes that might be considered trends and if so, how have these affected you?