Week 2: Aug. 18-22, 2k25

Welcome to Week 2 of our Geography Unit!

Unit Q's

1. What is geography?
2. Why is geography important to history?
3. How does geography affect your life?
4. History is geography in motion... What doe this mean?
5. What is human geography and how do we affect the geography of the planet?
6. What is physical geography and how does physical geography dictate where we live, what we do, and what goes on in that region?
7. How do boundaries affect human geography?
8. How does population density impact human & animal life?
9. Why do we live where we live?
10. What are the pros & cons of urban and rural living?...Are these biased questions?
11. Is Atlanta a good example of a city that has "suffered" from urban sprawl? How? What were the effects of Atlanta's urban sprawl?
12. How did the 1996 Olympics affect Atlanta's geography, economy & general?
13. Why are most cities where they are?
14. What is gentrification & what is the impact gentrification has had on the ATL?
15. What is economic activity?
16. What is GDP?
17. What makes a nation "rich" or "poor?"
18. How is farming "unnatural" & had an impact on human & physical geography?
19. How does water scarcity affect human & plant life?
20. What are the push & pull factors of immigration?
21. What are some world effects of oil consumption & discovery?

Week 1 of 2k25-2k26 School Year!

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Welcome to the First Day of School Quiz!

Syllabus & acceptable tech use

Geography Unit Doc

Unit Q's

1. What is geography?
2. Why is geography important to history?
3. How does geography affect your life?
4. History is geography in motion... What doe this mean?
5. What is human geography and how do we affect the geography of the planet?
6. What is physical geography and how does physical geography dictate where we live, what we do, and what goes on in that region?
7. How do boundaries affect human geography?
8. How does population density impact human & animal life?
9. Why do we live where we live?
10. What are the pros & cons of urban and rural living?...Are these biased questions?
11. Is Atlanta a good example of a city that has "suffered" from urban sprawl? How? What were the effects of Atlanta's urban sprawl?
12. How did the 1996 Olympics affect Atlanta's geography, economy & general?
13. Why are most cities where they are?
14. What is gentrification & what is the impact gentrification has had on the ATL?
15. What is economic activity?
16. What is GDP?
17. What makes a nation "rich" or "poor?"
18. How is farming "unnatural" & had an impact on human & physical geography?
19. How does water scarcity affect human & plant life?
20. What are the push & pull factors of immigration?
21. What are some world effects of oil consumption & discovery?

***There will be a Geography Test***

Final Exam Study Guide Videos

Final Exam Study Guide Q's 1-10...

Final Exam Study Guide Q's 11-20...

Final Exam Study Guide Q's 21-31

Final Exam Study Guide Q's 32-42

Final Exam Study Guide Q's 43-57

FINAL Video!

Week of May 12-16, 2k25

Transboundary Pollution & Climate Change Unit

Due Monday - May 19