The Ultimate Casestudy Guide VERSION 1 (DEC 2009) Casestudies for Geography GCSE 2010 A guide to using the Ultimate Casestudy Guide This guide is designed to help you prepare for your exams by collecting the casestudy information you have learnt during your GCSE and putting it all in one place. This guide does not replace your notes. Part of your revision should be to go back over your notes and add further details to the information in this booklet. This is essential if you would
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Year 10 Geography summary Australia: * South Eastern Hemisphere * Latitude 10oS-44oS * Longitude 113oE – 154oE * Part of Asia-pacific region Aid: International Aid – assistance developed countries give to developing countries to encourage economic growth and improve living standards AusAID (Australian Agency for International Development) – manages Australian aid and contracts work out to companies and NGOs (Non-Government Organisations) which deliver aid projects and train local
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Ancient geography The Cassiterides‚ meaning Tin Islands (from the Greek word for tin: Κασσίτερος/Kassiteros)‚ are an ancient geographical name of islands that were regarded as situated somewhere near the west coasts of Europe. The traditional assumption‚ ignoring Strabo‚ is that Cassiterides refer to Great Britain‚ based on the significant tin deposits in Cornwall. Herodotus (430 BC) had only dimly heard of the Cassiterides‚ "from which we are said to have our tin‚" but did not discount the islands
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Phy Geo Ch. 3 Test User | | Course | GEOG 101: Physical Geography(Spring 2013 - 40097) Online | Test | Chapter 3 Test | Started | 2/15/13 11:03 PM | Submitted | 2/16/13 12:34 AM | Status | Completed | Score | 60 out of 100 points | Time Elapsed | 1 hour‚ 30 minutes out of 1 hour and 30 minutes. | Instructions | | * Question 1 0 out of 5 points | | | The Mount Pinatubo eruption in June 1991 affected the atmosphere in the following wayAnswer | | | |
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Geography: Burkina Faso is located in western Africa and north of Ghana. Burkina Faso has 274‚200 Km² total area that includes 273‚800 Km² land and 400 Km² water. Comparatively‚ Burkina Faso is a little bigger than Colorado. This country is land locked and doesn’t have any water border. Burkina Faso is surrounded by Mali‚ Niger‚ Benin‚ Togo‚ Ghana‚ Cote D’ Ivoire. Burkina Faso has a topical climate‚ warm‚ dry winter‚ hot and rainy summer. This region is mostly flat land‚ most of the hills are located
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The geography of Alaska is difficult to explore because of the snow‚ ice‚ mountains‚ and animals. It’s hard to explore Alaska because of the snow and ice there. When there is snow it gets really deep and cold including ice when it gets cold the climate drops and there is slippery ice. People in Alaska wait for the ice to melt so it will be easier to travel (Par. 9.) Alaska is where it experiences the most coldest temperature sometimes there is more ice and snow than there is in the U.S. Also
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Umahmaa Ibrahim Thomas Orf Geography 1 10/ 6/ 2013 Chapter 11 Key Terms Q1: Contrast and explain the concepts of ecosystem and biome. A: An ecosystem is a natural unit consisting of all plants‚ animals and micro-organisms in an area functioning together with all the non-living physical factors of the environment. Among terrestrial ecosystems‚ the type that provides the most appropriate scale for understanding world distribution pattern is called a biome. Q2: What is an ecotone
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Geography Argumentative Essay (Poverty) I agree to the statement “Poverty is the main reason for the shortage of food in the less developed countries” to a small extent. Although poverty is one of the main root causes of the shortage of food‚ there are other important and crucial reasons that have to be considered too. Shortage of food means a person consuming a minimum amount of food‚ and it is not enough for them to be healthy and lead an active life. They face malnutrition and one person die
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World Religions Comparison Christianity Islam Buddhism Judaism Hinduism Point of Origin? Jerusalem Consider Adam the first man and Abraham to have been his descendants‚ and believe they come from his son‚ Ishmael. The origin was the birthplace of the founder Siddhartha Gautama. Israel‚ Eastern Mediterranean. Existed before recorded history. How did it spread? Relocation diffusion‚ contagious diffusion‚ and hierarchical diffusion. Muhammad’s successors organized
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Study Guide Geography 1002 Test 1 Mr. Naumann 1. Locate: Orinoco River‚ Colorado River‚ Rio Grande (River)‚ Amazon River‚ Parana River‚ Caribbean Sea‚ Atlantic Ocean‚ Pacific Ocean 2. To what does the term lingua franca refer:. 3. What are examples of the physical landscapes that can be explained by the theory of plate tectonics? The Pacific Ring of Fire‚ Mount Pinatubo‚ Pangaea‚ the Mid Atlantic ridge‚ the Rift valleys of Africa‚ the Himalaya mountains‚ etc. 4. Locate the Rocky Mountains
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