| Student's
Guide
Before you begin your individual
analysis of the Himalayas it is essential that you have good grasp of the
skills you, as a geographer, can use to examine human habitation around
the globe. There are three basic skill-sets you must master to complete
your work in this unit. You must know how to determine and describe
Climate,
how to define the Five Themes of Geography and how to determine
Modes
of Production.
To practice these skills, take a
few minutes and go through each tutorial section, read the information
and complete each tutorial and then return to this page using your Back
button.
Click on a title to reach a tutorial:
-
Climate:
The key environmental factor that drives human adaptation.
-
Modes of Production:
The six basic categories of social organization and resource exploitation
common to all human societies.
Take your time on the tutorials!
You will not be graded on your practice exercises, but you will be
assessed by your teacher on your final analysis using these skills.
It is important that you know how to employ all the skills included in
the tutuorials.
After you have completed
the tutorials take the tour of Indus
River and then return here and continue to the Regions
page to choose your area of focus.
|
