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Geography Trivia
100
This course introduces key concepts in contemporary Human Geography. The course applies a spatial perspective in exploring a wide ranging series of processes and issues in society. Topics include population growth and migration, models and challenges of urban and rural development, interpretation of cultural landscapes, and selected issues relating to social welfare.
What is "Society and Space"
100
Author
Who is "Ron Johnston"
100
Author
What is "Adetoye Faniran"
100
The Nile
What is "the longest river in the world"
200
This course is an introduction to the spatial distribution of economic activity and how the discipline of geography can contribute to our understanding of economies, especially the actors, institutions and relationships actually that make them work. We will critically examine patterns and processes in resource extraction, manufacturing, distribution, consumption and the service sector. For example, we will discuss: changing harvest technologies, business finance, the movement of commodities, and marketing. Through the course you will learn to think about economic processes as simultaneously spatial, environmental and cultural.
What is "economic geography"
200
Two main long-recognized types of study
What is "systematic and regional geography"
200
"Greater understanding of our common heritage is not only fitting at a time we celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Columbus' first journey to the Americas, it is crucial to meeting the global challenges we face. That is why a mastery of geography is needed."
Who is "George Bush"
200
Loblaws sustainable seafood initiative is an example of corporate ______ _______
What is "social responsibility"
300
Major global environmental issues examined include climate change, deforestation, desertification and global fisheries. This course is interdisciplinary, exploring the interactions of bio-physical processes with human socio-economic dynamics, including policy initiatives. Particular attention is given to global climate change, its causes, its nature and extent, its implications for ecosystems and societies, and its governance implications.
What is "global environmental change"
300
A clear difference between human and physical geography is....
What is "locaton of articles"
300
"The simple dictionary meaning of the word _______ is an occupation requiring advanced equation and special training, both of which geography gives"
What is "profession"
300
Reykjavik
What is "the capital of Iceland"
400
An examination of resource management, focusing on public and private decision-making processes. Consideration of techniques for evaluating resources, including EIA and risk analysis. Emphasis is on the economic, social and environmental implications of resource development and use. Contemporary Canadian case studies will be presented at appropriate scales.
What is "management of the biophysical environment"
400
The main problem with physical geographers submitting their work to environmental science journals is...
What is "being viewed as a minority discipline" or "having their best work published in journals outside of their discipline"
400
Literary, articulatory, graphical/cartographical, numerical
What is "the four skills Faniran believes we are lacking"
400
Vatican City
What is "the country with the smallest population"
500
This course explores the evolution and current status of Geography. It focuses on a critical appraisal of geographic ideas, approaches and theories, and highlights central tenets in human and physical geography in an age beset with resource limitations broadly construed (and the need to focus on sustainability). This course encourages students to reflect on the cumulative knowledge of their undergraduate degree. It allows them to examine the relevance and significance of geographic knowledge in their own lives, society and current debates about global issues.
What is "contemporary geographic thought"
500
In the _______ ________, geography has been a strong discipline in the countrys secondary (high) schools for over a century, with large numbers of students studying it among their subjects in the public examinations the precede university entrance.
What is the "United Kingdom"
500
Communication
What is "the skill that has allowed geography to contribute to policy decisions"
500
The process of earthquakes liquifying loosely packed, water-logged sediments from the intense shaking of the earthquake is known as..
What is "liquefaction"