GEOG 101- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 120 pages long!)

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Geography and Environmental Management
• Course: GEOG101
• Professor: Amanda Hooykaas

Document Summary

Places specific geographical settings with distinctive physical, social and cultural attributes: a meaningful site that combines location, locale, and sense of place. Regions territories that encompass many places, all or most share attributes different from the attributes of places elsewhere: geographical region of space, can cross political boundaries. Social interactions: places have a large influence on people"s well-being, opportunities, and lifestyle choices. Internal affairs: knowledge of regional histories and geographies along with the ability to analyze the interdependence of places and regions, discussions of international policy and globalization, government agencies, corporations, nonprofit organizations, location of public facilities. Studying the vulnerability to potential security risks: appreciation of the interdependent relationships between local, regional and global systems. Shows economic, demographic, or cultural data: many areas appear squashed and have unsatisfactory outlines, some projections favour aesthetics over other features, such as the times projection and the.