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  Course: GEO 105
  Title:World Regional Geography: SS2
  Long Title:World Regional Geography: GT-SS2
  Course Description:Examines the spatial distribution of environmental and societal phenomena in the world’s regions; environmental phenomena may include topography, climate, and natural resources; societal phenomena may include patterns of population and settlement, religion, ethnicity, language, and economic development. Analyzes the characteristics that define world regions and distinguish them from each other. Examines the relationships between physical environments and human societies. Examines globalization, emphasizing the geopolitical and economic relationships between more developed and less developed regions. ~~This course is one of the Statewide Guaranteed Transfer courses. GT-SS2
  Min Credit:3
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  Origin Notes: ACC

 STANDARD COMPETENCIES:
 
 1. Locate and describe the physical geographic features of the world’s regions
 2. Explain how physical geography influences human society
 3. Explain how human societies affect physical environments
 4. Describe and explain patterns of population and settlement in the world’s regions
 5. Explain principles of demography and dynamics of population change
 6. Explain the key factors shaping regional cultural identity
 7. Describe the cultural coherence and diversity found within the world’s regions
 8. Define nationalism and explain the differences between state and nation
 9. Define geopolitics and describe geopolitical relationships within and between the world’s regions
 10. Explain methods and tools for measuring economic and social development
 11. Describe variations in economic and social development both within and between the world’s regions
 12. Describe globalization
 13. Explain how global economic and political processes shape the spatial distribution of wealth and poverty
 14. Apply the geographic approach to societal questions by examining relationships between environmental, cultural, political, and economic phenomena
 15. Write clearly and logically about topics related to world regional geography


 TOPICAL OUTLINE:
 
 I.Concepts and themes in World Regional Geography
 a. defining world regions, their characteristics and relationships
 b. methods and tools
 c. physical geography of the world’s regions
 d. global patterns of human-environment interaction
 e. global environmental issues
 f. population and settlement patterns of the world
 g. demography and dynamics of population change
 h. cultural coherence and diversity of the world’s regions
 i. political geography and geopolitics within and between world regions
 j. world economic geography and globalization
 k. economic and social development
 
 II.World Regions
 a. physical geography and environmental issues
 b. population and settlement
 c. cultural coherence and diversity
 d. political geography and geopolitical relationships
 e. economic and social development
 
 



 Course Offered At:

  Arapahoe Community College ACC
  Community College of Aurora CCA
  Colorado Community College Sys CCCS
  Community College of Denver CCD
  Colorado Northwestern CC CNCC
  Front Range Community College FRCC
  Lamar Community College LCC
  Morgan Community College MCC
  Northeastern Junior College NJC
  Otero College OJC
  Pueblo Community College PCC
  Pikes Peak State College PPCC
  Red Rocks Community College RRCC
  Trinidad State College TSJC
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