§-Geography syllabus

Geography syllabus, dot point by dot point

Every dot point in the VIC Geography study design, in syllabus order, with a focused answer for each. Open any dot point for the answer, exam-style questions and links to related points.

Unit 3: Changing the land

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How does climate change both drive and result from land cover change, and how can these processes be managed?

the relationship between climate change and land cover change, including how land cover change contributes to the enhanced greenhouse effect and how a warming climate alters land cover, and the responses to these processes

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What causes deforestation and what are its impacts on people and the environment?

the processes and human activities causing deforestation as a form of land cover change, and the impacts of and responses to deforestation

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What causes desertification and what are its impacts on people and the environment?

the processes and human activities causing desertification as a form of land cover change, and the impacts of and responses to desertification

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How and why does land use change in a local area, and how do geographers investigate it through fieldwork?

the characteristics, causes and impacts of land use change in a selected area, and the fieldwork techniques used to investigate it

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How does salinity change land cover, what human activities drive it, and how can it be managed?

the processes and human activities causing salinity as a form of land cover change, and the impacts of and responses to salinity

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What is causing the loss of ice and snow cover, and what are the impacts on people and the environment?

the processes and human activities causing the melting of ice and snow cover as a form of land cover change, and the impacts of and responses to this change

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What are the major types of natural land cover and how are they distributed across the globe?

the characteristics and global distribution of the major types of natural land cover, and how land cover differs from land use

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Unit 4: Human population - trends and issues

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Why do people migrate, what types of movement occur, and how does migration reshape population in both source and destination places?

migration as a component of population change, including internal and international migration, the push and pull factors that drive it, and its impacts on source and destination places

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What causes population to grow or shrink, and how do birth rates, death rates and migration drive change over time?

the components of population change including births, deaths and migration, the demographic transition model, and the factors influencing fertility and mortality

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Why are the world's cities growing so rapidly, what challenges do megacities create, and how can they be managed?

the causes and characteristics of urbanisation and megacity growth as a population issue, the challenges this creates, and the responses to managing rapidly growing cities

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Where do people live on Earth, and what physical and human factors explain this uneven distribution?

the spatial distribution and density of the world's population, and the physical and human factors that explain why population is distributed unevenly

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What challenges does an ageing population create for a country, and how can they be managed?

the causes, consequences and responses to population ageing in a selected country with an ageing population

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What challenges does rapid population growth create for a country, and how can they be managed?

the causes, consequences and responses to rapid population growth in a selected country with a growing population

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