GEO 207

GEO 207 WEEK 7 Knowledge Check Match the Key Term with the proper definition 1. Outback 1. The study of flora (plant life) and fauna (animal life) in spatial perspective. 2. Federation 2. The zoo geographical boundary proposed by Alfred Russel Wallace that separates the marsupial fauna of Australia and New Guinea from the non marsupial fauna of Indonesia. 3. Bio geography 3. The name given by Australians to the vast,

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GEO 207 WEEK 7 Homework Assignment 1 Both Australia and New Zealand are plural societies, and there were indigenous people in both countries when the European settlers arrived. In virtually every respect, however, the historical geographies of contact and interaction in the two countries have progresses in very different ways. The differences relate to contrasts in indigenous as well as immigrant cultures, divergent population numbers, contras

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GEO 207 WEEK 7 DISCUSSION Where does the word Austral come from? Is there also a language by the same name? Who speaks it?

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GEO 207 WEEK 5 Knowledge Check Global Geography Match the Key Term with the proper definition: 1. Apartheid 1. A local or regional outbreak of a disease. 2. Land alienation 2. One society or culture group taking land from another. In Subsaharan Africa, for example, European colonialists took land from indigenous Africans and put it to new uses. 3. Green Revolution 3. A national group that aspires to become a nation

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GEO 207 WEEK 5 DISCUSSION hear the world Sub Sahara often What geographical realm is this a part of What is the significance of the word Sub here

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GEO 207 WEEK 5 DISCUSSION hear the world Sub-Sahara often. What geographical realm is this a part of? What is the significance of the word “Sub” here?

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GEO 207 WEEK 2 DISCUSSION What is it that you associate with Europe when you hear the word? Is it the association in terms of early immigrants to United States? Is it the achievements? Please elaborate particularly on issues that relates to the course you study.

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GEO 207WEEK 1 QUIZ 1 The ratio of distance on a map to actual ground is known as: a. the map legend b. the map scale c. the map revolution d. the cartographic rule e. a functional region 2. A classification system is known as a: a. dichotomy b. taxonomy c. hierarchy d. phylum e. none of the above 3. The area that surrounds and is served by a city is known as its: a. periphery b. formal region c. hint

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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

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GEO 207 WEEK 1 DISCUSSION Your textbook on page 2 talks about geographic illiteracy in United States and how it affects the other countries in the world because United States is a superpower and what it does concerns the whole world. In what way do think this lack of geographic awareness affects or has affected the United States in a negative way?

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