Narrowing down the Geography course?

siobhan93

Physical
· Concept of a region (Burren)
· Formation of Sedimentary Rock
· Landform of Erosion (Cliff)
· Landform of Deposition (beach)
· Geothermal Energy
· Human interaction with Surface Processes
· Surface Feature formed by Limestone
· Underground Feature formed by Limestone
· Plate tectonics x2
· Earthquakes
· Folding and Faulting - maybe

Regional
· Ireland: Teritary Activities,+ Sketch Map
· Paris: Primary, Sketch Map
· Mezzogiorno: Sketch map
· SW USA- Secondary, Urban Area,Sketch Map
· 2 Implications of EU Expanion on Ireland
· Comparisons of Agriculture in 2 regions

Human Elective
· Differences between Population Density & Distribution
· Effects of Overpopulation
· 2 Changes in patterns of Irish Migration
· Impact of Migration on Donor and Receiver Regions
· Ethnic/Religious issues of migration
· 2 solutions to control traffic congestion
· Urban Growth – impact on surrounding areas
· Rural Settlement
· Historic Settlement
· Changing Land Use in Ireland
· Multiple Nuclei Theory
· Urban Problems in Developed World
· Urban Problems in Developing World
· Effectiveness of urban planning
· Changing functions - Galway

Ocean - Enviroment

· Climate Change (like 3-4 diff ones)
· Mid- latitude depressions(+ Anticyclones)
· Circulation patterns (+oceans)
Climate and Economic development
· Variation in surface temps

Is this enough anything to stick in or put out??

Hayezer

Haven't started yet, thinking of pretty much sacrificing Geography at this stage :L

certifiedcrepe

Hayezer wrote: »

Haven't started yet, thinking of pretty much sacrificing Geography at this stage :L

I promised myself (and my parents for that matter) that I would spend the weekend finishing geography but it just takes so much time! Better to get stuck in though, just do an essay a night maybe

Fergus_

You could just make little keynotes and stuff on each chapter rather than writing out entire essays.

Just little few setences to help remember things, I find it easier to recall them that way

Cruel Sun

Here's what I'm learning, do you think I'll be covered.

Physical
- Waterfall Formation
- Human Interaction
- Karst Feature
- Plate Tectonics- Earthquakes
- Folding and Faulting
- Sedimentary Rocks Formation

Regional
- Impact of EU expansion
- Culture (gaeltacht)
- European Region (Paris or Mezzogiorno) Primary, Secondary and Tertiary (I'm learning Paris off fully, and because last year they asked to contrast I'm going to learn 6/7 SRPS on Mezzogiorno just to be safe)
- Irish Region (GDA or BMW) Primary, Secondary and Tertiary (I'm learning BMW off fully, and because last year they asked to contrast I'm going to learn 6/7 SRPS on GDA just to be safe)
- Urban Growth Continental Region (I do Sao Paulo), hasn't came up in awhile, I think it'll come up this year.
- Continental Region- Primary(came up in 2010) ,Secondary(hasn't came up in over 5 years) and Tertiary(came up in 2009) could all come up, but I might just learn secondary, maybe tertiary.

Electives
- Overpopulation
- Migration
- HIstoric Settlement
- Central Place Theory
- Urban Problems (I do Rio de Janeiro)

Options
- Assess how Biomes have been altered by Human Activity
- Characteristics of a Biome
- Characteristics of Soil

And all the maps for the different regions

I would like to narrow it down more, what could I leave out ???

Cruel Sun

PictureFrame wrote: »

Regional

• Ireland: Teritary Activities, Urban Region + Sketch Map
• Paris: Primary, Secondary, Teritary, Urban Region, Sketch Map
• Mezzogiorno: Primary, Secondary
• SW USA- Primary, Secondary, Teritary, Urban Region, Sketch Map
• 2 Implications of EU Expanion on Ireland

DUDE NOOOOO!!!!!:eek: Where's Primary activities in Ireland. Doesn't that come up every year.

certifiedcrepe

Thanks Martin!

certifiedcrepe

This is my list. I have only 11 learned right now Anyone have any suggestions on what to add/cut? Any help is appreciated, thanks!
Btw, I know usually the same non-EU continental region is used for primary, secondary and tertiary but I used a different one for each to have some variety!

Physical:
• Impact of human activity on a surface process (River process – Aswan Dam)
• Surface processes (Fluvial erosion – Waterfalls)
• Human interaction with the rock cycle (Quarrying)
• Rock groups produce distinctive landscapes (Limestone)
• Plate tectonics and earthquakes
• Structures of Deformation
• Formation of sedimentary rock
• Formation of metamorphic
• Measurement and effect of volcanoes

Regional:
• Cultural Region (India)
• Urban Irish Region
• Urban non-EU region
• Primary Acts-Agriculture in the GDA
• Secondary Acts- Manufacturing in the GDA
• Tertiary Acts- Transport and Tourism in GDA
• Primary Acts- Mezzogiorno
• Secondary Acts-Mezzogiorno
• Tertiary Acts- Mezzogiorno
• Primary Acts-Non-EU (India)
• Secondary Acts-Non EU (SW America)
• Tertiary Acts- Non EU (Brazil)
• Map of GDA
• Map of EU region
• Map of non-EU region

Human Elective:
• Causes of Overpopulation
• Effects of Overpopulation
• Migration changes
• Migration in donor and receiver regions
• Model of Urban Land Use Zone (Burgress Concentric Zone Model)
• Central Place Theory
• Urban Problems in the Developing World

Options
• General Characteristics
• Human interference

siobhan93

Ok i am starting to get really stressed with regional and the human elective.. i feel like i wont be able to answer the questions or something!

What do you guys or your teachers think will come up in regional and human elective?:)

PictureFrame

siobhan93 wrote: »

Ok i am starting to get really stressed with regional and the human elective.. i feel like i wont be able to answer the questions or something!

What do you guys or your teachers think will come up in regional and human elective?:)

For regional my predictions are:

1. Culture in Continental Region
2. Manufacturing in Continental Region
3. 2 Implications of Expansion on EU Country
4. Agriculture in Europe (Contrast between 2 perhaps seeing as Agriculture has never been asked with regards to a European Region)
5. Growth of Continental/EU Region

I think the Continental/Sub-continental will feature a good bit on this years paper seeing as it's the one the students seem to hate most and it didn't really come up last year.

Elective (human):

1. EFFECTS of Overpopulation
2. Central Place Theory
3. Migration will more than likely be huge this year i'd imagine
4. Burgess Concentic Zone Model (don't think it was ever asked)
5. Problems associated with Developed/Underdeveloped region

My Teacher was ranting about 'Sustainable Development' or something coming up I just ignored her though.

skanger

siobhan93 wrote: »

Ok i am starting to get really stressed with regional and the human elective.. i feel like i wont be able to answer the questions or something!

What do you guys or your teachers think will come up in regional and human elective?:)

Historical settlement, very handy marking scheme on these
Central Place Theory
Migration Donor and receiver regions
Overpopulation
Urban problems

siobhan93

Oh ok.. Thanks a mill

Just one more thing, for regional, ive only learned like tertiary for Ireland, Primary activity for Paris and Secondary Activities + Growth of a urban area for SW USA.
But is their any other activity(ies) that are banked to come up in Ireland and Paris or growth of an urban area that would be worth my time learning?

Mysteriouschic

I found this randomly on the web looks quite useful fo what you need to know asa basic guide.

http://www.herald.ie/lifestyle/femme/leaving-certificate-geography-2636906.html

Mysteriouschic

Just wondering you know for cultural differences and cultural importance do you pretty much write the same answer like this, the answers are quite similar like can you just learn one of those answers for both questions.

Cultural Importance http://www.e-xamit.ie/tutorial.php?id=16321&prep=16318&soln=16321&tip=16324&port=16407

Cultural Differences part C) http://www.e-xamit.ie/tutorial.php?id=11811&prep=11810&soln=11811&tip=11812&port=11809

Canard

I asked my teacher if just explaining culture would work for the importance of culture in defining a region because I couldnt see how it suited it, but he said its fine. So I'd say its the same q, just focus in more on how they differ / waffle about how its important because its a big group of people

riskshamam

I'm doing the lc this year and I'm looking for a list of questions to learn for geography. I've got plenty of time and I want to get an A1 so I'd like a fairly comprehensive list.

I'm wondering mainly about whether you have to prepare an essay on population dynamics for BMW, GDA, Mezzo, Paris and continental region? Or is primary, secondary, tertiary and urban growth enough for each one?

As I say I have plenty of time so I'm not looking to take shortcuts. I dont want any nasty surprises on the day. That said I dont want to learn any essays that don't need to be learnt.

Any help would be much appreciated... Thanks

riskshamam

riskshamam wrote: »

I'm doing the lc this year and I'm looking for a list of questions to learn for geography. I've got plenty of time and I want to get an A1 so I'd like a fairly comprehensive list.

I'm wondering mainly about whether you have to prepare an essay on population dynamics for BMW, GDA, Mezzo, Paris and continental region? Or is primary, secondary, tertiary and urban growth enough for each one?

As I say I have plenty of time so I'm not looking to take shortcuts. I dont want any nasty surprises on the day. That said I dont want to learn any essays that don't need to be learnt.

Any help would be much appreciated... Thanks

Anyone help?