1. Not many people know the full geography of Antarctica. Why do you think this is the case? If you took away all of the glacial ice from Antarctica, what do you think it would look like? How do you think any Global Warming and or Climate Change will impact this region? PART I: MAP ACTIVITY Use the map below to identify all numbered areas. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. PART II: SHORT ESSAY Please answer the following question in a 1-2 page short essay using APA Format. Please be sure to use the course readings and/or other outside documented research to support all of your ideas, facts, and opinions. 1. Pick any individual region in the Pacific Realm, and then describe and explain its individual physical, historical, economic, political, cultural/human, and religious/spiritual geography. How and why is it different than the countries it borders? What future challenges do you see for this country? Have you ever visited this country before? Would you like to if you have not? Why or why not? PART III: GEOGRAPHY JOURNAL Task #1. Please utilize LIRN (you may visit the Academic Resource Center for a guide on how to utilize LIRN successfully) and search for one peer reviewed research article that covers any of the following: identify the legacy of imperialism left by the French, British, and Americans and its impact on the Pacific Realm’s current political map. describe the basics of marine geography including key politico-spatial concepts, the scramble for the oceans, pertinent legal issues, maritime boundary-making, and the spread of Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs). examine the basic layout, political geography, and human spatial organization of the Southwestern Pacific, Western Pacific, and mid-oceanic Pacific island regions. evaluate the general physical geography of the Antarctic continent and surrounding water bodies, its political partitioning, and the spatial implications of the Antarctic Treaty. Then write a 1-2 page review/reaction/reflection paper describing that article using APA format (please visit the Academic Resource Center for a concise guide on APA format). Be sure to include the following: Goals/Objectives : What is the purpose of the article? What does it attempt to solve, determine, or demonstrate? Data : Which data are assessed or analyzed to determine if the goals/objectives are met? Methods : What specific methodology is used to analyze the data in the context of the goals? Analysis/Conclusion : What resulted from methods being applied to the data? What do the author(s) conclude from the analysis or how do they interpret the analysis/results? Your critical review of the article must include the following: Assessment : Were the goals and objectives clearly stated? Did the goals match the methods and results? Was the article easy to follow? Importance : What, in your view, is the importance of this research? What impact does.

1. 1. Not many people know the full geography of Antarctica. Why
do you think this is the case? If you took away all of the glacial
ice from Antarctica, what do you think it would look like? How
do you think any Global Warming and or Climate Change will
impact this region?
PART I: MAP ACTIVITY
Use the map below to identify all numbered areas.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

2. 8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
PART II: SHORT ESSAY

3. Please answer the following question in a 1-2 page short essay
using APA Format.
Please be sure to use the course readings and/or other outside
documented research to support all of your ideas, facts, and
opinions.
1.
Pick any individual region in the Pacific Realm, and then
describe and explain its individual physical, historical,
economic, political, cultural/human, and religious/spiritual
geography.
How and why is it different than the countries it borders?
What future challenges do you see for this country?
Have you ever visited this country before?
Would you like to if you have not?
Why or why not?
PART III: GEOGRAPHY JOURNAL
Task #1.
Please utilize LIRN (you may visit the Academic Resource
Center for a guide on how to utilize LIRN successfully) and

4. search for one peer reviewed research article that covers any of
the following:
identify the legacy of imperialism left by the French, British,
and Americans and its impact on the Pacific Realm’s current
political map.
describe the basics of marine geography including key politico-
spatial concepts, the scramble for the oceans, pertinent legal
issues, maritime boundary-making, and the spread of Exclusive
Economic Zones (EEZs).
examine the basic layout, political geography, and human
spatial organization of the Southwestern Pacific, Western
Pacific, and mid-oceanic Pacific island regions.
evaluate the general physical geography of the Antarctic
continent and surrounding water bodies, its political
partitioning, and the spatial implications of the Antarctic
Treaty.
Then write a 1-2 page review/reaction/reflection paper
describing that article using APA format (please visit the
Academic Resource Center for a concise guide on APA format).
Be sure to include the following:
Goals/Objectives
: What is the purpose of the article?
What does it attempt to solve, determine, or demonstrate?
Data
: Which data are assessed or analyzed to determine if the

5. goals/objectives are met?
Methods
: What specific methodology is used to analyze the data in the
context of the goals?
Analysis/Conclusion
: What resulted from methods being applied to the data?
What do the author(s) conclude from the analysis or how do
they interpret the analysis/results?
Your critical review of the article must include the following:
Assessment
: Were the goals and objectives clearly stated?
Did the goals match the methods and results?
Was the article easy to follow?
Importance
: What, in your view, is the importance of this research?
What impact
does
knowing this have on geography?
Improvement
: What, if anything, could the author(s) have done to improve
the article?
Reaction
: What is your opinion of the research conducted?

6. Task #2.
For Modules 2-8, you will reflect on the specific region and
then will turn in your complete work (for Modules 2-8) at the
completion of Module 8.
You will only turn in a rough draft of your Task #2 work in this
module’s homework assignment
.
Please write a 1-2 page reflection paper on how the physical,
economic, political, historical, and cultural/human geography of
the
Pacific
region or realm would impact you if you lived there.
You can compile this as a document, PowerPoint Presentation,
or even create an online blog (please ask instructor).
You can also set this up as a diary with daily entries.
Be creative.