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GEO 215 Week 1 Expanded Applications of
GIS GPS Paper
GEO 215 Week 1 Expanded Applications of GIS/GPS Paper
Resource: Ch. 1 of Introduction to Geography
Write a paper consisting of 350- to 700-words that develop an
expanded understanding of geographic information systems (GIS)
and geographic positioning systems (GPS) for your current or future
career field and how it is used today. Research and discuss two the
following aspects:

• Relationships of the geographical subfields and how they might
be incorporated into a GIS/GPS application in your field.
• Research if there are ways to obtain training on applying
GIS/GPS in your specific career field. Would you find these
types of trainings helpful? Why or why not?
• Changes that trigger other changes, such as natural disasters.
How can GIS/GPS be applied to track the changes and help us
understand potential threats like global warming, recurring
events, or natural disasters within your perspective career field
and/or regional areas.
Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
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GEO 215 Week 1 Geography and Technology
Worksheet(New Syllabus)
GEO 215 Week 1 Geography and Technology Worksheet
In this assignment, you will be able to demonstrate a general
knowledge of the definition of geography, the differences of historical
geography to modern geography, and the applications of technology
in the field of geography.
Complete the Geography and Technology Worksheet.

Geography and Technology Worksheet
Part 1
After reading this week’s text chapters, please answer the following
questions in 90 to 175 words. Support your answer with a minimum
of 2 peer-reviewed references, one of which can be the course text.
1. What is the definition of geography and each of the subfields within
the field of geography?
2. How has the definition of geography changed or evolved over
time?
Part 2
In the following table, compare the differences of historical
geography to modern geography by addressing each of the listed
topics. Respond to each topic in at least 45 words (1 to 2 sentences
for historical geography, and 1 to 2 sentences for modern
geography). Support your answers with peer-reviewed references
which can include the course text.
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GEO 215 Week 2 Population Movement (New
Syllabus)

GEO 215 Week 2 Population Movement
In this assignment, you will describe the movements of population
and the possible outcomes the effect of immigration and emigration
may have on region or country.
Write a 700-word paper in which you describe the movements of
population and the possible outcomes the effect of immigration and
emigration may have on a region or country of your choosing.
Research and discuss each of the following aspects:
♣ Identify the elements that compose a population and the factors
that influence the population for the region or country you have
chosen.
♣ Describe how the movement of groups of individuals affect the
distribution and density of the overall population.
♣ Explain the effects of large-scale emigration on the places from
which migrants depart.
♣ Describe how cities, regions, or countries may or may not suffer
due to of the loss of young, upwardly mobile workers.
♣ Discuss whether the cities, regions, or countries would benefit from
the draining away of surplus labor.
♣ Examine the region or country from which migrants depart.
Describe whether the quality of life improved overall through
reduced pressures on local resources or whether damage occurred to
the region or country through the deterioration of social structures
and institutions.

Include at least 3 peer-reviewed resources or references. One of the
resources can be the course text.
Format your paper according to APA guidelines.
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GEO 215 Week 2 Population Worksheet
GEO 215 Week 2 Population Worksheet
Complete the Population worksheet.
Population Worksheet
Complete the following table using the textbook and outside
references. The UOP Library offers Culture Grams, Country Profiles,
The CIA Factbook, and other sources that may help with this
assignment.
Respond to each question with a 350-525-word response.
Look in recent news or in historical context for one ethnic, racial, or
religious population that was motivated to migrate due to conflict.

Describe a situation or scenarios that may make a population split up
or migrate to different parts of the world.
Chose a metropolis or growing city. What does this specific city need
to do in order to survive? What challenges will the urban society need
to meet in the next 5 years? What innovations have they achieved to
help with their growing population?
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GEO 215 Week 3 Culture Essay(New Syllabus)
GEO 215 Week 3 Culture Essay
In this assignment, you will have the opportunity to choose 2 different
topics to research and share your findings on different aspects of
culture.
Write a 700-word essay in which you research and discuss 2 of the
following topics. Cover each topic equally.
♣ Explain whether the United States has its own culture or if it is a
culture that has been created by mixing other cultures together.
Provide specific examples in your response.

♣ Describe at least three geographic or cultural factors that would
stop one country’s culture from spreading and mixing into another
county’s culture. Provide a solution for each factor identified.
♣ Define popular culture, and discuss the reasons popular culture is
widely distributed. Provide specific examples from the United States,
Europe, Africa, South America, and Asia.
♣ Explain the emergence of folk or ethnic cultures in the development
of a modern state. Describe with specific examples how a folk or
ethnic culture can maintain customs and traditions with the influence
of popular culture in today’s world.
Include at least 2 peer-reviewed resources/references. One of the
resources can be the course text.
Format your essay according to APA guidelines.
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GEO 215 Week 3 Environmental Impact
Pamphlet(New Syllabus)
GEO 215 Week 3 Environmental Impact Pamphlet

In this assignment, you will design an educational pamphlet to
describe the impact of a growing human population to the
environment, the effects of the population on natural resources, and
alternative materials individuals can use to reduce the stress on
natural resources.
Resource: Brochure Builder
In recent years, there have been growing concerns about the effects of
human population on the environment, especially in areas of
increasing population growth such as India. One of the ramifications
of greater-density populations is the strain on natural resources and
the environmental health of the world. Much of the strain on the
world’s natural resources is due to the increase in the disposing of
nonbiodegradable trash. The decomposition of plastics can never
occur at the level of a paper bag.
Create a 5-panel educational pamphlet that includes the following
information:
♣ Define natural resources, environmental health, and the
world/global community.
♣ Describe the Pacific Trash Vortex, its location, its effect on the
water cycle, and ramifications to the environment.
♣ Explain how human activity can promote a responsible use of
natural resources.
♣ Describe alternative materials individuals can use to reduce the
stress on natural resources and that have a positive effect on
environmental health (for example, biodegradable utensils made from
plant starch or grass fiber).
♣ Identify and discuss an organization that promotes cultural change
to bring awareness to affect environmental health of communities
locally and globally.
Format any citations in your brochure according to APA guidelines.

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GEO 215 Week 3 Urbanization Analysis Green
Options and Global Warming Strategies Part 1
GEO 215 Week 3 Urbanization Analysis, Green Options & Global
Warming Strategies Part 1
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper ensuring that the content is
academically well researched, practical and realistic.
Consider the following scenario: You work preparing for climate
change in an urban city planning department and you will be
presenting your findings to city leadership. Your role is to identify
and review the key practical needs of an urban society and how they
are being met today along with helping city leadership plan a
recommended changeover to greener products and processes. You
will also strategize and prepare for the potential global warming
projections for your city.
• Select an existing city or create your own, it can be large or
small.
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o Identify the site and provide a map of your city along with
a physical description of the land, topography, etc.

o Research the global warming projections for your area
and address them.
o Provide an analysis of how the climate has shaped the
land up to this point and a projection of how the physical
land may change in the coming years due to climatic
effects.
• Identify the needs and services of this urban society.
o Consider the kinds of energy used (coal, oil, gas, etc.),
local food production versus transporting food in, clean
water availability, air quality, transportation, education,
cost of living, employment, healthcare, landfills, etc.
o Determine if the way that key urban needs are met today is
sustainable and/or harmful to the environment and need to
be replaced by greener options.
• Research and identify greener options for the city to implement
for power, water, and other urban needs. Discuss how your city
can start to introduce them. Explain how the practical greener
options you have presented help the environment, reducing the
cost of environmental cleanup in the future and reducing
healthcare costs for the population. Discuss funding &
planning options if possible, and methods to overcome potential
barriers or resistance to the proposed changes.
• Summarize your research and present your proposed options.
Include 3 to 5 references; one can be your textbook.
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GEO 215 Week 4 Climate Test (New Syllabus)
GEO 215 Week 4 Climate Test
In this assignment, you design a multiple-choice test consisting of 10
questions to test the knowledge of a group of peers on the causes of
climate change and how climate is effected by physical landscapes.
Imagine you have been asked to teach a small group of your peers
about the major causes of climate change and the relationship of
climate to physical landscapes.
Create 10 multiple-choice questions to test knowledge of the causes of
climate change and how climate is effected by physical landscapes.
Address of each of the following concepts in your test:
♣ The effects of climate change in different regions of the world
♣ The effects of geography on climate
♣ Definition and examples of climate change (Provide 1 example.)
♣ Definition and examples of climate (Provide 1 example.)
♣ Definition and examples of physical landscapes (Provide 1
example.)
Use the Climate Test Template to complete this assignment.

Read the Writing Good Multiple Choice Questions article on the
Berkeley Lab Training website for tips on writing multiple-choice
questions.
Format any citations according to APA guidelines.
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GEO 215 Week 4 Maps and Spatial
Information (New Syllabus)
GEO 215 Week 4 Maps and Spatial Information
For this assignment, you will write a blog describing the differences
between traditional paper maps and GPS, the uses of each type of
method of mapping, and which method is best for a specific use.
Create a 350-word blog post in Microsoft® Word in response to the
following question:
♣ Maps have a variety of applications and are found in more than
one format. In your opinion, which method of reading a map is best to
convey information to the reader? Why?
Develop your opinion, and include the following in your post:

♣ Discuss the differences between paper and GPS maps, the use of
topographical maps, and how spatial information can be useful.
♣ Include a visual image of a map type inclusive of spatial
information to support your opinion.
Format citations according to APA guidelines.
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GEO 215 Week 4 The Historical Dispersion of
a Popular Agriculturally Grown Food Product
GEO 215 Week 4 The Historical Dispersion of a Popular
Agriculturally Grown Food Product
Select one agriculturally grown food that interests you, such as a
popular food item, a specific agricultural product, a cultural food
staple, or a type of food.
Trace the history, development, global discovery, and diffusion of
your selected food item into popular culture in a presentation.
Create or locate a map that illustrates the spatial distribution of your
selected food product. This will be either a global or national map
depending on:

1. Where the food has dispersed and spread over time or within a
specific time frame.
2. Who was affected by the dispersion of this food and what human
dispersion it may have caused.
Answer the following in your presentation:
• Where did your selected food item originate? Was it a part of
the original locations’ cultural practices? What cultures is the
food popular in today? Are there multiple language names for
this popular food?
• Where did it spread and why? Discuss if the historical spread of
this food is related to colonialism, trade practices, and/or the
slave trade. Did groups of people migrate voluntarily or
involuntarily due to the dispersion of this food?
• How did it spread? What types of transportation were/are
involved?
• What are the commonalities of the geographic locations to
which it spread? What are the commonalities of the cultures to
which it spread?
• Are any historical, cultural, ethnic, or religious events
associated with this food?
• How is it used today?
Submit your assignment in one of the following formats consistent
with APA guidelines:
• A concise 8- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation
with cited speaker notes and references in APA. Concise bullets
must be on the slides along with cited notes if needed (in the
Notes section below the slides). Be sure to spellcheck and edit
your presentation.
• For other possibilities, please discuss with your facilitators.
Format your memo consistent with APA guidelines.

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GEO 215 Week 5 Greener Alternatives for an
Urban City Expansion Presentation (New
Syllabus)
GEO 215 Week 5 Greener Alternatives for an Urban City Expansion
Presentation
In this assignment, you will put on the hat of the Director of City
Planning to investigate the needs of the urban society, as well as
whether those needs are being met by taking into account resources
available, the needs of each group within the population, the current
infrastructure, and moving the city toward a greener future.
Consider the following scenario:
As the Director of City Planning, your responsibilities include
preparing the city to achieve compliance with the state and federal
mandated climate change regulations. You will be presenting your
findings to city leadership and local board agencies. The agencies
include the departments of transportation, sanitation, environmental
protection, education, small business services, housing, health, and
design and construction.

Your role is to identify and review the key practical needs of the
urban society and how those needs are being met today, along with
helping city leadership plan a recommended changeover to greener
products and processes. Your department must take into account the
distribution of resources needed for projected economic growth, the
effect of continued growth on the current infrastructure, and the
limited resources the city currently has based on current and past
practices of growth within the community.
Additionally, you will need to keep in mind not only the processes of
urbanization, but also the effect of urbanization on the local
population and culturally when proposing a development that will
include greener resources for the city.
Select an existing urban city to investigate in preparation for the
presentation to the city’s leadership and major board members within
the metropolitan area.
Create a 20- to 25-slide presentation in which you present your
findings.
Investigate current resources the city has and how those resources
will be converted to greener options. Additionally, the city is
purchasing property for development. Address how the city will
develop resources to meet state and federal mandates and meet the
needs of the community.
Create or locate a map that illustrates the spatial distribution of
where current resources are located. Indicate on the map future
greener resources, the location, and populations served.
Answer the following in your presentation. Be sure to address each of
the following topics, always keeping in mind of your role as the
Director of City Planning:
♣ Identify the site, and provide a map of the city along with a
physical description of the land, topography, and so on.

♣ Research the global warming projections for the area, and address
each.
♣ Provide an analysis of how the climate has shaped the land up to
this point and a projection of how the physical land may change in
the coming years due to climatic effects.
♣ Identify the needs and services of this urban society. Address each
of the following topics based on the city departments that will be
attending the presentation:
♣ The types of energy used (such as coal, oil, natural gas, solar,
wind)
♣ Food production: local versus transported
♣ Water sources and the availability of clean water
♣ Sanitation processes and recycling efforts
♣ Air quality
♣ Transportation
♣ Education and educational programs
♣ Cost of living
♣ Employment and opportunities for business growth and
employment
♣ Healthcare
♣ Determine whether the vital urban needs are met today and are
sustainable and/or harmful to the environment.
♣ How will each be replaced by greener options?
♣ What are those greener options?

♣ What are the short- and long-term costs of implementation and
upkeep?
♣ Research and identify greener options for the city to implement for
power, water, and other urban needs. Discuss how your city can start
to introduce these options. Explain how the practical greener options
presented will help the environment, reduce the cost of environmental
cleanup in the future, and reduce health care costs for the population.
♣ Discuss state and/or federal funding, planning options, and
methods to overcome potential barriers or resistance to the proposed
changes.
♣ Strategize and prepare for the potential global warming
projections for your city.
♣ Summarize the research and present the proposed options.
Include a minimum of 3 to 5 peer-reviewed references; one of the
references can be the course text.
Submit your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.
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GEO 215 Week 5 Urbanization Analysis Green
Options and Global Warming Strategies Part 2

GEO 215 Week 5 Urbanization Analysis, Green Options & Global
Warming Strategies Part 2
Resources: Week 3 Individual Assignment, Instructor feedback and
additional research
Based on your research findings in the Week 3 Urbanization
Analysis, Green Options & Global Warming Strategies assignment,
the Urban Planning Department has asked you to prepare a
presentation for city leaders. Relate your Week 3 research to:
• How a population’s culture influences the creation of the
modern state.
• How the modern state addresses the concept of climate change.
Construct a Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation of 8 to 10 slides
that addresses the assignment requirements outlined in Week 3 as
well as feedback you received from your facilitator.
Present your Urbanization Analysis, Green Options & Global
Warming Strategies Presentation.
• For Local Campus students, these are 10- to 15-minute oral
presentations accompanied by
Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentations.
• For Online and Directed Study students, these are
Microsoft® PowerPoint®presentations with notes. The speaker
notes should read as a script for an oral presentation.
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