World Geography
Syllabus
Mr. Masters
Semester 1 (quarters 1&2)
  • Review of basic Geography skills
    Globes and useful maps (identifying).
    Specific maps (political, landform, physical, climate, economic, population).
    Graphs, diagrams, charts and tables (making and reading).
    Understanding time zones.
  • The Five Themes of Geography
    Location
    Place
    Human/Environment Interaction
    Movement
    Region
  • The Earth in Space
    The sun, earth and moon.
    Solar energy and seasons.
    The Earth system.
  • The Earth’s Atmosphere and Climates
    Global energy systems.
    Atmospheric effects.
    Global climates.
  • The Water Planet
    The geography of water.
    Water resources.
  • Global Landforms
    Forces shaping the land.
    Large landforms and plate tectonics.
    Landform development.
  • Patterns of Life
    The world of plants and soil.
    Biomes: World plant regions.

    Midterm Project & Midterm Exam
 Semester 2 (quarters 3&4)
  • Australia
    Physical geography.
    Economic geography.
    Population geography.
  • The Pacific Islands and Antarctica
    The islands of the Pacific.
    New Zealand.
    Antarctica.
  • South Asia
    Physical geography.
    Historical and human geography.
    Economic geography.
  • India
    Physical geography.
    Economic geography.
    Human geography.
  • The Indian Perimeter
    Pakistan.
    The Himalayan Kingdoms.
    Bangladesh.
    The island countries.
  • East and Southeast Asia
    Physical geography.
    Economic geography.
    Human geography.
  • China, Taiwan & Mongolia
    Historical geography.
    China’s regions.
    Taiwan and Mongolia.
  • Japan & Korea
    Japan.
    North & South Korea.
  • Mainland Southeast Asia
    Physical and human geography.
    The countries of mainland SE Asia.
  • Island Southeast Asia
    Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei.
    Indonesia.
    The Phillipines.

    Final Exam & Final Project