GEOG 1000- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 48 pages long!)

• School: York University
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEOG 1000
• Professor: Peter Vandergeest

Document Summary

Climate change includes: sea rise, rising avg temps, more intense and frequent storms, changes in ocean acidity. Topics: australia: the behemoth of oceania, climate change in oceania, responding to climate change. Infrastructure: economic resources, adaptation in oceania, pi, low emissions, climate change destruction, limited ac, growing knowledge &knowledge, limited tech, shortage of skilled workers, restricted go(cid:448)"t fu(cid:374)ds. Infrastructure in undeveloped: aus, declining emissions but still 15th highest in world, still comft lifestyles, excellent ac, go(cid:448)"t pro(cid:373)otes a(cid:449)are(cid:374)ess & k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge, subsides for tech, world leader in climate change research, skilled workforce, well developed infrastrure. World regions: canada and the united states. Examines the processes that give rise to differences. Continents must have a land mass, no independent land mass (arctic) Cultural as well as political, social, and economic icons. Continents aren"t as objective as they appear. Overlook differences within continents (don"t pay attention to what"s going on inside of them) Allies of the usa (blue, australia, europe)