Geography Assignments

Assignment #2

Step 1: Search the Internet for information about the types of agriculture that are most commonly practiced in the place (i.e., country) that you have selected for your portfolio project for this semester and its impact on the environment. Some specific things to look for:

1. Top 5 crops produced for domestic consumption/use (what are they and how much)

2. Top 5 crops produced for export (what are they, how much, and where do they export)

3. Top 5 food items that imported (what are they, how much, and where do they come from)

4. Top 3 environmental impacts/issues associated with agriculture and food production in the place that you are studying (at least one of these should be an example of how it has impacted an aspect of the biosphere within the place).

 

Step 2: In a Word document, write a summary of at least 300 words in which you discuss the information that you found. In closing your summary, you should provide your own evaluation of how sustainable the agricultural and food supply system for this place seems to be. In addition, you should provide at least 3 maps, graphs, or images that help illustrate the food supply and agricultural production methods used in this place. For each map/graph/image, provide brief explanation for why you included it. Be sure to include a works cited list at the end of your document that includes full bibliographic citations for each source that you find.

Assignment #3

For the country that you have selected to study for this semester, create a PowerPoint presentation that highlights at least 3 major environmental issues with which it is currently confronting.  Ideally, at least one of these would pertain to its biosphere, one to its hydrosphere, and one with its atmosphere, but you may select them as need be to best suit the issues for the country itself.  Make a slide for each issue.  On each slide you should include the following:

· A paragraph description of the problem – including who/what is impacted by it and who/what is responsible for creating/contributing to it

· Either a picture illustrating how the issue appears on the landscape or a map highlighting the areas that are impacted by the issue.  Also include a one or two sentence caption about the picture/map

· A paragraph discussion of how the issue is potentially affecting the sustainability of the country itself, as well as the surrounding region (or perhaps even the whole earth), and what steps people could/should be taking to reduce the threat of this issue

 

Be sure to include a “works citied” slide that includes proper (i.e., full) bibliographic citations for all sources that you use for this assignment.