Student Learning Outcomes

• Evaluate the geographic situation, problems and prospects for each world region.
• Explain the geographic tools used in regional analysis.
• Describe the physical, social, economic, political and cultural relationships between distinctive world regions.
• Explain patterns of human processes in distinctive world regions including demographics, migration, language, religion, ethnicity, political processes, development and economic activities.
• Explain patterns of physical processes in distinctive world regions including climate and landform evolution.
• Identify the location of the world’s countries, major urban centers, bodies of water, and other landform features.
• Define the concept of region in geographic analysis.
• Analyze the spatial variation of human activities and physical processes in distinctive world regions.