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    • Geography at Leaving Cert level
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    • Fifth Year Christmas Revision 2011
    • Summer revision 2012 - Fifth Years
    • Mock Exam revision 2012
    • Physical Revision Guidelines 2012
  • Physical Geography
    • Plate Tectonics - Ms. Redmond
    • Plate Tectonics: Ms. Carr
    • Plate Tectonics F.E.E.D's>
      • Volcanoes
      • Earthquakes
      • Fold Mountains
    • Intrusive and Extrusive volcanic landforms
    • Rocks
    • Rock Cycle
    • Rock Landscapes: Limestone
    • Weathering and Erosion
    • Mass Movement
    • River Studies>
      • River F.E.E.D's>
        • Waterfall
        • Meanders and Ox Bow Lakes
        • Deltas
    • Glaciation>
      • Glaciation F.E.E.D's>
        • Cirques
        • Drumlins
    • Coastal Studies>
      • Coastal F.E.E.D's>
        • Bays and Headlands
        • Cave, arch, stack, stump and blowhole
        • Beaches
  • Regional Geography
    • Regional Geography Outline
    • Definition of Regions
    • Ireland: The Greater Dublin Region - Core
    • The West of Ireland : Peripheral Region
    • European Regions (Core Periphery)>
      • Core region: Paris Basin>
        • Paris Basin: Ms. Carr
      • Mezzogiorno: European Peripheral Region
      • European Regional Revision
    • Subcontinental Region: India>
      • Introduction
      • India: Secondary Activities
      • India: Tertiary Activities>
        • India: Ms. Carr
    • Regional Revision
  • Elective Unit: Human Environment
    • Population Studies
    • Chapter 1 Population test
    • Chapter 2 Overpopulation in Sudan>
      • Overpopulation and Resources
    • Migration
    • Chapter 3: Migration Test
    • Urban Sprawl-Introduction
    • Chapter 4 Settlement>
      • Settlement Patterns
    • Chapter 5 Urban Land use>
      • Three urban land use models
    • Chapter 6 Urban problems in developed world cities
    • Chapter 7 Heritage Issues & Environmental Issues
    • Chapter 8 Urban planning strategies in Ireland
    • Chapter 9 Developing world cities / counter-urbanisation
    • Elective Exam Questions
  • Optional Unit: Geoecology
    • Introduction to Geoecology
    • Soils
    • Soil Formation
    • Soil erosion - human activities
    • Soil erosion - preventative methods
    • Biome: Tropical rainforest
  • Sample Answers
    • Sample Answers Outline
    • Physical: Sample Answers>
      • Waterfall: River Landform
      • Delta: River Landform
      • Levees: River Landform
      • Isostatic and Eustatic Processes
      • Human control of natural processes
      • Impact of Flood Control
      • Impact of Coastal Management
      • Landform in a Karst landscape
      • Weathering and Erosion
    • Regional: Sample Answers>
      • Development of secondary activities in a Core Region
      • Industry in The Greater Dublin Area
      • The Gaeltacht
      • Climatic Region: The Cool Temperate Oceanic Climate
      • Tertiary activities in the Paris Basin
      • Two EU policies and their impact
      • EU expansion and the impact on a member state
      • The defining role of Culture (India)
      • Urban Growth : Kolkata, India
    • Elective: Sample Answers>
      • Migration
      • Overpopulation
      • Three Urban Models
      • Urban problems and solutions
      • Map work: Location of a Town
    • Geoecology: Sample Essays>
      • Soil Formation
      • Characteristics of soil
      • Compare and Contrast two soils
      • Human activities and soil erosion
      • Human interaction with a biome
  • Exam and Papers
    • Leaving Cert Exam
    • Honours Paper
    • Ordinary Paper
    • What do I study?
  • Field Investigation
    • 2012 Topics

Regional Revison


All your revision should be on three levels:
Skills (basic information)
Paragraphs (Primary, Secondary and Tertiary activities in a region) or (you are told to describe or account for the development of a particular activity)
Further study of topics such as EU expansion, the role of culture etc.

Basic Information:
The types and definitions of each type of region with known examples.
A map of Europe with either member states of the EU (and the year they joined) or particular types of region to identify.
Sketch maps of each region with relevant information such as:
Mountains
Rivers
Towns
Seas
Neighbours
Urban areas (cities)
Regional boundaries

Sketch maps should be reasonably accurate, titled, framed, labeled or denoted with a key and clear.

Detailed study of each region:
The regions we studied were:
Ireland: Core: The Greater Dublin Area
Periphery: The West of Ireland

Europe (not Ireland)
Core: Paris Basin - France
Periphery: The Mezzogiorno, Italy

Subcontinental: India

For each region you should know:
Counties in the region
Main towns
Mountains
Rivers
Lakes
Neighbours
Soils
Climate type
Temperatures
Rainfall

By knowing these details you should have details for a sketch map AND details that can be used as explained SRP's for any of the economic activities paragraphs.

Primary Economic Activities (main one studied: Agriculture plus forestry and fishing)
Secondary Economic Activities (Industry)
Tertiary Economic Activities (Transport and Tourism)