Regional Geography??

Fortinbras'

Question for Regional, I am learning

* Regional Division Of Spain
* The Med as a distinct region
* Role of sea in Norway
* Core and periphary - Europe
* Rural underdeveloped region
* Problem Region in thecCore


Is that enough I also have notes on France should I study them as well?

randomfella

ur way prepared! :eek:
all that extra useless information. My friend is banking on France, i don't recommend it. meh hard to say if it'll be up. personally role of sea and italy i'd vouch for.

love_the_chocol

Hey,
Was listening to 2fm last night with this big geography professorie man talkin bout the paper
He said that scandanavia as a distinctive region aint coming up definately, and seen as that and med as a distinctive region always come up together, suggest not learnin that.
Definately go over regional division of spain.
Im guessing here but last years paper had core/periphery and regional division, the year b4 that it was only core/periphery, so if anything is sure to come up, its a regional division
Im learning role of the sea, spain, italy(aint been mentioned since 2002) and norway
Wouldnt suggest going over france, came up last year, italy all the way
Hope that helps

vote4pedro

I'll be covered for:

Role of Sea in one country,
Divide a country into 3 regions (France or Spain should come up),
Nat Resources in one country,
2 characteristics of a Core region, 2 of a peripheral and 2 ways of helping a peripheral.

Should be fairly safe but I'll still be sh*tting myself before turning over the paper.

sarahg_angel69

im learning italy and ill look over spain but that is it!!!!
last year of the course...regional division is a dead cert (i hope!!!)!!!

Cianan2

I heard that Spain Italy, and Norway were the three most likely....me's doing Spain anyway.

Africa

Learning Spain and France, but i can waffle my way through anything if they dont come up. Come on A...

shelleEire

im learning regional division of Italy... and role of sea and tourism in2 countries. wat about Spain? how would you regionally divide that?? Geog is so hard, nearly all my class fail it in the mocks, do they mark it soo hard or is it just me?!!

jdevlin

Im just doing italy as a region/core periphery and france just for core periphery.On a different matter how long are you gonna spend on your fieldwork. i think i can do it in 40 mins to give myself more time 4 physical. wat do you think?

shelleEire

ya sure.. 40 mins shud be enuf. aim for 40 mins and if u need a few minutes extra to finished off you still wont be under pressure. are u gona do that one 1st wen u go into the exam? its supposed to be 50 mins for each question isnt it?

jdevlin

yeah 40 mins per question. In my mocks i spent about 25 on the mapwork thinkin it was easy but thats were i fell down. Got a c1 was hoping for a b1 but my expectations are falling fast,maybe a b3?

Cina

shelleEire wrote:

im learning regional division of Italy... and role of sea and tourism in2 countries. wat about Spain? how would you regionally divide that?? Geog is so hard, nearly all my class fail it in the mocks, do they mark it soo hard or is it just me?!!

Got a B3 in the mocks with no study, didn't even attempt fieldwork, Geography isn't hard, if you're good at english you can almost bluff your way through the entire paper!

I'll be learning Role of the sea to Norway and Regional divisions for Italy. I'dd say one of them must come up.

And of course fieldwork, make sure you do that, easy 25% of marks!!

shelleEire

im ashamed to say i got a miserable 37% in the mocks. i cudnt answer the regional at the time.. we were told role of the sea wud cum up n thats all i learned n it didnt come up. i hope that Italy reg div comes up n norway natural resourses too, i agree. how much do u have to write does anyone no? is two and a half pages enuf or do u have to write 3 or 4? im so dreading it, dont wana fail it like in the pre. i taut i did really well in the map work but didnt... its so hard to no wit that question.

pingu_girl

im only learning divison of italy and france didnt know either for the pre's so i just bluffed through a tourism question got like 38 marks for the question but still managaged to pass with the help of the feild work. what questions are everybody doing? im doing areil photo feild work divison and of course the map id be happy out with a d1

Binomate

I'm not banking on the Regional question at all. I'm focusing all my energy on Physical, field work, map. If any of the divide a country into regions questions come up on France, Italy or Norway I'll be more than happy. I'm sure I could waffle on about Core/Periphary as well. I got 55% in the mocks and I didn't bother with the Physical question, I also screwed up the field work by not answering the question.

the smiley one

Can you say that HEP is a natural resource in Norway

And, can HEP be used as a role of the sea in Norway as well? (water cycle and all that...)

thanks!

Shinny-dee

im leavin out core periphery doin reg div of italy france n spain, physical: rivers, sea , glaciation fieldwork n map!!!A1 all d way just learn lots of fancy terms for map n they'll throw d points at you, ya can make up stuff for fieldwork cos they all different!!think HEP only on rivers its tidal power thats on the sea. i thnk i haven done anythin on those countries!!!

vote4pedro

the smiley one wrote:

Can you say that HEP is a natural resource in Norway

And, can HEP be used as a role of the sea in Norway as well? (water cycle and all that...)

thanks!

HEP can be used as natural resource, but not for Role of the Sea. Best ones to use for Role of Sea are: Oil & Gas deposits, Fishing, Sea Transport.

chillywilly

i really really need as much notes/answers to:

physical geo: the sea

please help me, if i was married, and a woman, i would call myself a desperate housewife!!!

ps. please!! :eek:

shelleEire

go to www.skool.ie for notes on coasts n anything else u need. there good. coasts in almost dead set to cum up. i hope it does anyway!!!!!!! good luck!

shelleEire

about H.E.P.. i wudnt use that in role of the sea either. it can be used in the natural resourses for Norway?? ya?! tink so. ohhhh.. does ANYBODY KNOW ... if your asked about a Western European country.. does that include Denmark , norway ,sweden n that too or wat?? n if your asked to divide a country up into regional.. italy for example.. wud u write about it under, primary sec, tertiary or WAT?! hope its not too late to be asking these questions!?

chillywilly

thanks, i already have the notes off skool.ie but i just wanted to get a form of answer from a student because i prefer it over a website for some reason, its more realistic if you know whaat i mean?!

chillywilly

its never too late, unfortunatly i dont have the answers to your questions! sorry

shelleEire

i know what u mean about reading it off a website, iv crap notes on the geog really i wish i knew more!!....pain in the ass. good luck in the exam. tomorow id imagine will be national geography day for the students of ireland!!! crammin in!!

*Roisin*

Ok for regional Geography our teacher covered

Regional Divisions
France
Spain
Italy

Core & Periphery
Case Studies

Now so far i haven't learned any of the core and periphery or case studies. Trying to limit what I can get done today.....d'ya think I can get away with just learning my countries really well? Everyone seems totally convinced it's coming up. Pretty big gamble I know, but it's damage limitation at this point. In my cousins school they didn't do anything other than regional divisions cos their teacher seems POSITIVE it's coming up. She went to a grind school revision course as well and that teacher was 100% certain it would come up as well.

Do everybody know something I don't?

the smiley one

so, for role of the sea in Norway would fishing and oil & gas be enough? I caould write maybe 5 pages on them in all - too little (my writing is big)?

thanks again

Finch*

ok so lets say i have done nothing for regional geography so far (hypothetical situation of course=] ). what one thing should i be learning for regional geography?

the smiley one

hotly tipped - Italy regional division

*get out clause* do not come and knee-capp me if it doesnt come up///

Da_IRISH_ONE4U

shelleEire wrote:

im ashamed to say i got a miserable 37% in the mocks.

You did better than me! I got 31% :mad:

Finch*

the smiley one wrote:

hotly tipped - Italy regional division

*get out clause* do not come and knee-capp me if it doesnt come up///

so what its like divide it into 2 or more regions and justify it or what?

the smiley one

Finch* wrote:

so what its like divide it into 2 or more regions and justify it or what?

yep divide into 2/3 regions depending on question and then under the region, divide into two major headings

randomfella

no exaggeration - have of my class are BANKING on italy, no back-up.

including me.

chillywilly

the smiley one wrote:

yep divide into 2/3 regions depending on question and then under the region, divide into two major headings

and them two major headings would be?

*Roisin*

If regional division of Italy doesn't come up, I am actually gonna have to repeat.

Pleeeeeease let it come up, I want to get to college goddamit it!!

Da_IRISH_ONE4U

Fortinbras' wrote:

Quick question, for fieldwork what geographical skills can you develop??
what are geographical skills

was on a revision course there a while back. he said a few but the only one o can remember and have used since is "my ability to measure"

randomfella

sorry fortinbras i don't do fieldwork!!

Stuck with physical and photo.

the smiley one

chillywilly wrote:

and them two major headings would be?

right well varies from person to person. They could be physical and industry (I'm doing physical/agriculture and secondary/tertiary industry)
all depends...

chillywilly

is it not under 3 headings?

like : primary/secondary/tertiary?

*Roisin*

That's how we did it too.

We learned it under Relief, Agriculture, Industry, Tourism.
Mainly gonna use the last three but we learned relief because we were gonna need it for the Core and Periphery case studies anyway.

*Roisin*

My friends made a scary prediction that they're going to be horrible to us this year, because the paper was so nice last year, and because it's the last year of the course. She thinks it won't be Italy, and that they're wont be much choice for physical.

So, who thinks it's gonna be easier because of it being the last year, or who thinks it's gonna be harder?

Fortinbras'

spoiled girl wrote:

My friends made a scary prediction that they're going to be horrible to us this year, because the paper was so nice last year, and because it's the last year of the course. She thinks it won't be Italy, and that they're wont be much choice for physical.

So, who thinks it's gonna be easier because of it being the last year, or who thinks it's gonna be harder?

I have no idea just hope regional division of spain/core and periphary/sea in norway/2 countries/med as a distinct region comes up,

do ya think they will?

Waltons

the smiley one wrote:

so, for role of the sea in Norway would fishing and oil & gas be enough? I caould write maybe 5 pages on them in all - too little (my writing is big)?

thanks again

You can put HEP in under role of the sea, but don't talk loads about it; just put it in as a small thing.
Yep, fishing, oil, and gas would be good and you could also talk about them developing new fishing vessels, eg how the sea has helped their manufacturing industry, and also how it has helped the country economically.
A lot of the time the question is about that kinda thing anyway.

*Roisin*

This is freaking me out cos I have NO idea what ye're talking about.

Our teacher just divided Italy France and Spain into regions. Then did CRP, and the few case studies.

Am I ****ed?

Da_IRISH_ONE4U

I have one question.

Lots of my friends are dividing countries like France and are then justifiying these divisions on things like; Climate, Relief and Soils, and Industry.

Is it acceptable to divide a country and then justify it under one heading, like Climate for example?

*Roisin*

I don't know.

We were told if we had to divide a country into two regions, then we pick two regions and speak about the each under three headings. If we are asked to divide a country into three regions to pick three regions and speak about each under two headings.

We learned all under 4 headings: Relief, Agriculture, Industry and Tourism

randomfella

Da_IRISH_ONE4U wrote:

I have one question.

Lots of my friends are dividing countries like France and are then justifiying these divisions on things like; Climate, Relief and Soils, and Industry.

Is it acceptable to divide a country and then justify it under one heading, like Climate for example?

no

Da_IRISH_ONE4U

thanks

Binomate

Is anyone drawing a map for each individual region or are you just drawing a map for the country showing the regions?

Shinny-dee

map of country and main regions(include ones u not studyin) and some main physical features e.g f ur doin france put a main river like in nord the escargot os aomethin cos it drains d area (dat only f ur dividin em under relief) f ur not just draw d country and all regions i think theres 6 for france,italy four an three for spain

*Roisin*

We were told to only include the regions we're actually using in the exam in the sketch. Like if it's a question where you divide it into two regions, just draw the three, if it's one where you divide it into three, only draw three.

Fortinbras'

*Roisin* wrote:

We were told to only include the regions we're actually using in the exam. Like if it's a question where you divide it into two regions, just draw the three, if it's one where you divide it into three, only draw three.

yeah that will get u full marks, you get ten marks for a sketch]

1 mark for a rough outline of a country
2 marks for 3 regions marked in correctly
1 mark for 3 regions named correctly

(bag of piss)