1st Year Revision List PDF
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This document is a revision list for a geography course, likely for first-year undergraduates. The document outlines various topics, such as places at scale, globalisation, latitude and longitude, and cities and their futures. It is organized in a table format with topics, understanding, unsure, and don't know columns.
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**1^st^ Year Revision List** +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | | **Topic** | **Understan | **Unsure** | **Don't | | | | d** | | know** | +=============+=============+=============+===========...
**1^st^ Year Revision List** +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | | **Topic** | **Understan | **Unsure** | **Don't | | | | d** | | know** | +=============+=============+=============+=============+=============+ | | **Places at | | | | | | scale** | | | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | 1a | Human and | | | | | | physical | | | | | | Geography | | | | | | definitions | | | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | 1b | Globalisati | | | | | | on | | | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | 1c | 7 | | | | | | continents | | | | | | and 5 | | | | | | oceans | | | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | 1d | Latitude | | | | | | and | | | | | | longitude | | | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | 1e | European | | | | | | geography: | | | | | | areas and | | | | | | seas | | | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | 1f | The 4 | | | | | | nations of | | | | | | the UK | | | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | 1g | Difference | | | | | | between UK, | | | | | | Great | | | | | | Britain and | | | | | | British | | | | | | Isles | | | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | 1h | Physical | | | | | | features of | | | | | | the UK | | | | | | (mountains, | | | | | | rivers, | | | | | | islands and | | | | | | seas etc.) | | | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | 1i | Cities in | | | | | | the UK | | | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | 1j | Regions of | | | | | | the UK and | | | | | | the North | | | | | | West region | | | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | 1k | Map skills: | | | | | | | | | | | | - Compass | | | | | | directi | | | | | | ons | | | | | | | | | | | | - Scale | | | | | | and | | | | | | measuri | | | | | | ng | | | | | | distanc | | | | | | e | | | | | | | | | | | | - Symbols | | | | | | | | | | | | - 4 and 6 | | | | | | figure | | | | | | grid | | | | | | referen | | | | | | ces | | | | | | | | | | | | - Height | | | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | | **Cities | | | | | | and their | | | | | | futures** | | | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | 2a | Types of | | | | | | settlement | | | | | | (including | | | | | | size, | | | | | | shape, | | | | | | hierarchies | | | | | | and | | | | | | function) | | | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | 2b | Land use | | | | | | models for | | | | | | cities in | | | | | | developed | | | | | | and | | | | | | developing | | | | | | countries | | | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | 2c | Megacities: | | | | | | definition, | | | | | | locations | | | | | | and reasons | | | | | | for growth | | | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | 2d | Megacities: | | | | | | challenges | | | | | | and | | | | | | opportuniti | | | | | | es | | | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | 2e | Sustainable | | | | | | development | | | | | | of a city: | | | | | | definition | | | | | | and | | | | | | examples of | | | | | | sustainable | | | | | | features | | | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | 2f | Example of | | | | | | a | | | | | | sustainable | | | | | | city -- | | | | | | e.g. | | | | | | Curitiba | | | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | 2g | Example of | | | | | | a modern | | | | | | sustainable | | | | | | city -- | | | | | | e.g. | | | | | | Masdar, The | | | | | | Line, | | | | | | Copenhagen, | | | | | | Reykjavik | | | | | | or Tianjin | | | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ **The examination will be one hour in length. You should bring a ruler, pen, pencil, rubber and calculator.** **You should aim to include relevant examples, facts and figures to support your more extended answers. Use geographical keywords where you can.**
