1. Review: IB Geo Paper 1
IB Geography I

2. Study Guide: The Core Content

3. Populations in Transition
Population Change
Responses to High and Low Fertility
Migration
Gender and Change

4. Population Change Population Momentum Development Diamonds
Birth Rate/Death Rate (Crude)
Infant Mortality/Child Mortality
Population Pyramids
Population Projections

5. Responses to High and Low Fertility
Dependency Ratio
Ageing Population v. youthful population
Population Policies (anti-natalist v. pro-natalist)

6. Migration Voluntary v. Forced Migration Push v. Pull Factors
Internal Migration v. International Migration
Lee’s Model
Refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced people
Remittances
Impacts of Migration

7. Gender and Change Gender and Social Norms Gender Gap Index
Relationship between Status and Fertility
Gender and Education, Employment, Culture/Status, Income, Land Tenure, Health/ Life Expectancy, Migration

8. Disparities in Wealth and Development
Measurements of Disparities
Origins of Disparities
Disparities and Change
Reducing Disparities

9. Measurements of Disparities
GDP, GNI, GNP, PPP
Development Gap
Human Development Index/Human Development Report
MEDC/LEDC/NIC
Disparities in Income, Education Nutrition, Marginalization

11. Origins of Disparities
Gini Coefficient/Lorenz Curves
Cumulative Causation
Core/Periphery
Slums and the Urbanization of Poverty
Formal/Informal Sectors
Factors that Result in Disparities: Ethnicity, income, education, land ownership

12. Disparities and Change
Theories used to Explain Global Development Gap
Patterns and Trends in Life Expectancy, Education, and Income
MDGs

13. Reducing Disparities FDI NGOs
Free Trade/Fair Trade (Access to markets)
Effectiveness of aid
Top Down/Bottom Up
Remittances, Microcredit, Debt Relief

14. Patterns in Environmental Quality and Sustainability
Atmosphere and Change
Soil and Change
Water and Change
Biodiversity
Sustainability

15. Atmosphere and Change Review all vocabulary
Climate Change/Global Warming
Greenhouse Effect
Tipping Point
Causes/Consequences of climate change
Greenhouse Gases
Positive Feedback

16. Soil and Change Review all vocabulary Soil Degradation
Causes, Consequences, Patterns of Soil Degradation
Management Strategies
Sustainable Agriculture

17. Water and Change Review all vocabulary Water stress v. Water scarcity
Potable Water
Patterns and Trends in Water use
Environmental v. Human Factors affecting water scarcity
Physical v. Economic scarcity
Conservation measures
Water footprint
Virtual Water
Factors that affect access to safe drinking water
Quantity v. Quality debate

19. Biodiversity Review all vocabulary Biodiversity hotspots
Tropical rainforests
Ecological/Cultural/Economic Value
Changes in the Amazon: Logging, Mining, etc.

20. Sustainability Environmental Sustainability Business-as-usual
Green Technology
ESI
Ecotoursim/Destination
Footprint
Environmental Impact
Assessment
Pro-poor strategies

21. Patterns in Resource Consumption
Patterns of Resource Consumption
Changing Patterns of Energy Consumption
Conservation Strategies

22. Patterns of Resource Consumption
Ecological Footprint
Biocapacity
Population Resource Debate (Neo v. Anti Malthusian)
3 Agricultural Worlds
Green Revolution (pros and cons)

23. Changing Patterns of Energy Consumption
Patterns and Trends in Oil Production and Consumption (MEDC/NIC/LEDC)
Peak Oil
Geopolitics and Oil

24. Conservation Strategies
Changing Importance of Other Energy Sources (Renewables)
Recycling, Reusing, Reducing
Quotas, Subsidies, Rationing
Overfishing
Landfill
Product Stewardship
Substitution