Amazon Ecosight

EXAM FORMAT:
•Part A: Map of World (15 marks)
•Part B: Matching and True or False (20 marks)
•Part C: Multiple Choice (15 marks)
•Part D: Short Answer Questions (15 marks)
•TOTAL: 65 marks

The following is a list of units and topics covered for the course. Use this along with the review questions to help you study for the final exam.

INTRODUCTION
•Definition of travel and tourism
•Mapping guidelines, World Mapping Assignment
•Classification of Travellers (i.e. Migrants, Visitors, Tourist, etc.)
•Types of tourism, Mass Tourism vs. Alternative Tourism
•Travel Motivators (why do people travel) and Travel Barriers
•What is a region, types of regions, ecotourism
•Top Tourist destinations
•Factors contributing to trends in Tourism
•Review unit quiz

UNIT 1: FLORIDA AND CARIBBEAN
•Multiplier effect
•Florida’s economy, cities, map
•Theme Parks
•Travel Patterns
•Caribbean background, climate, map, pros and cons of tourism, geographic origins
•Hurricanes
•Cruise Industry
•Review quiz and unit test

UNIT 2: EUROPE
•Map of Europe, physical characteristics, geographic areas
•Europe: The Setting
•Key Terms: Peninsula, Nationalism, Trading Block, etc.
•Destinations and Attractions
•Unity vs. Disunity, European Union
•Eastern vs. Western Europe
•Eurail, Euros, allure of the city
•Review unit test

UNIT 3: ASIA
•Physical and human geography, rivers, cities of Asia
•Exploring the Great Wall and Yangtze river in China
•Japan’s location, people, culture, language, and travel tips
•Comparing China vs. Japan

WHAT TO STUDY:

PART A: MAP OF THE WORLD

There will be a map of the World with numbers on it – and a list of places. You will need to put the correct number beside the place name given.

Make sure you know:
•Continents: North America, South America, Africa, Australia, Europe, Antarctica
•Oceans: Pacific, Indian, Arctic, Atlantic
•Rivers: Nile, Amazon
•Mountains: Rockies, Andes, Himalayas, Alps
•Bodies of Water: Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Mediterranean Sea
•Countries: United States, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, France, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, China, Japan
•Cities: New York, Miami, Toronto, Mexico City, Paris, Rome, Berlin, London, Amsterdam, Beijing, Tokyo

PART B: MATCHING AND TRUE OR FALSE

You will be given key terms and significant places to match up with its correct definition or meaning. Make sure you know the definition or meaning of the following terms:

TERM OR SIGNIFICANT PLACESMEANING OR DEFINITION
Buckingham Palace
Buddhism
Caribs
Chunnel
Communism
Cruise Industry
Culture
Dojo
Ecotourism
Eiffel Tower
Eurail
Euro
European Union
Himalayas
Homogenous
Hostel
Hurricane
Intervening Opportunities
Katrina
Kimono
Leeward
Multiplier Effect
Nationalism
Passport
Peninsula
Rickshaw
Scandinavian
Storm Surge
Time Share
Time Zones
Tourism
Trackers
Trading Bloc
Travel Barrier
Tsunami
Typhoon
Yen

PART C & D: MULTIPLE CHOICE AND SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

These questions cover the whole year. Make sure you review the following:

IntroductionUnit 1Unit 2Unit 3
•Classification of Travellers
•Types of Tourism
•Mass Tourism
•Alternative Tourism
•Travel Motivators
•Travel Barriers
•Types of Regions
•Top Tourist Destinations•Economy of Florida
•Cities of Florida
•Theme Parks
•Travel Patterns
•Caribbean climate
•Pros and Cons of Tourism
•Hurricanes•Physical characteristics
•Geographic Areas
•Destinations & Attractions
•Unity vs. Disunity
•European Union
•Eastern vs. Western Europe
•Allure of the city•Physical geography
•Human geography
•Destinations & Attractions
•Culture
•Travel tips
•Comparing China vs. Japan

Try these Short Snappers to test your knowledge!
a)What is the largest island in the Caribbean? ________________________________________
b)What is the capital city of Italy? _________________________________________________
c)Name the top three countries most visited by Canadians in 2007 (excluding the USA)? ___________________________________________________________________________
d)What country is Vlad Tepes (“Dracula”) from? _____________________________________
e)Name the two regions most tourists’ travel to? ______________________________________
f)What devastating hurricane impacted the Caribbean and Southern U.S. in 2005? ___________________________________________________________________________
g)Name three customs that are NOT polite in some countries of Europe. ___________________
___________________________________________________________________________
h)What new gun law in Florida allows residents to shoot if they feel threatened? ___________________________________________________________________________
i)Give two advantages and two disadvantages to the development of the tourist indus

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Is this dress okay for formal night on a carnival cruise?
http://www.amazon.com/Strapless-Cocktail-Party-Junior-Dress/dp/B0032RJYKK/ref=pd_sbs_a_37

I just got off a two week long cruise 3 days ago…we had 3 formal nights- I would say that cruising has become less formal than it was in the past.
Your dress would be fine for the formal night, but it may be a bit on the short side ( I don’t think so, but some of the older guests on board might think so)….most people wear longer dresses or pants with a fancy top.

If you love the dress wear it though! There aren’t too many rules for clothing on cruise ships anymore- they just don’t want to see you walking into the dining room in shorts, jeans or nasty dirty clothes!

Enjoy your trip!

You may not know about this, but in the 1930’s and 40’s the Northwest passage above Canada was successfully navigated a number of times by ships.

As Mark Dickerson of the University of Calgary notes, In 1937 E. J. Gall made the transit in a small (60 foot long) wooden ship. You can see photos of it, and read about the voyage here: http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:AMjDqqeTd20J:pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic41-2-156.pdf+%22presented+to+e.+j.+gall+by+the+fur+trade+commissioner%22&hl=en&gl=uk&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgJnDc9nMrHqmlOxXVMOC_Zy0PNRMSTDrnX0RiCjQgERw8SWYjbDv3sM_QbqFnoatzj0uB4mBT51Kr_Tt667F-aw-202EWtiAWnHwiYV7BhfOwCIdQBMJ6DpSGi16I5xkwfRFLX&sig=AHIEtbQO5lydRcIIQONpVO-T7QKKg_lGqQ

That same year, the same vessel met the SS Nascopie of the Hudson Bay Company at the furthest north outpost of Prince Regent Inlet, such was the low extent of ice at the time: http://www.hbc.com/hbcheritage/history/transportation/nascopie/ The SS Nascopie even took tourists on board for voyages around the Northwest in the 1930’s!

Again, the University of Calgary records how in 1942, and again in 1944, the [quote] "frail and underpowered little ship" the St Roch, a wooden RCMP ship successfully navigated the passage - in 1944 it made the journey with little trouble in only 86 days! http://www.ucalgary.ca/arcticexpedition/larsenexpeditions

Since then many ships have made the journey.

1969: SS Manhattan collected oil from Prudhoe Bay as part of Northwest passage.
(See: Bern Keating, Tomas Sennett, Through the Northwest Passage for Oil, National Geographic Magazine, Vol 137, no 3, March 1970)

In 1977 Willy de Roos sailed through it in his yacht
(see http://www.amazon.co.uk/North-West-Passage-Willy-Roos/dp/037030263X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272271608&sr=8-3 )

And in 1984 the cruise ship the MS Explorer made the journey as well.

What do you think these successful transits of the Northwest passage tell us about the variability of the Arctic ice before satellite measurements began?
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EDIT @ Antarctic -

As we’ve come to expect, you just will not admit that the facts. The St Roch made the journey in 1944 in just 86 days!

The 1937 journey was made by a tiny wooden ship - of course he took supplies. What the hell do you think he would do?

You just can’t accept the truth, can you?
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Trevor -

It certainly speaks volumes about you, that’s for sure. You made a bald statement that the Northwest passage was now navigable for the first time. I disproved it, politely, and with references.

You then claimed that the ships previously had to be dragged over the ice to make the transit. I showed otherwise.

You made a statement, it was wrong. Get over it. I have quickly and cheerfully admitted to mistakes when someone has been able to point them out to me without cavilling after the fact.

Your very first link is of the standard I’ve come to expect E. J. Gall talks of going with men prepared to ‘winter over’ he also talks of piled up ice, luck and ‘going for it’ and you interpret this as sailing straight through, as has been done recently, by ordinary ships.

Then there’s the St Roch you seem to ignore the first voyage, for obvious reasons it took over a year and they were frozen in over winter, you talk up the 2nd voyage at just 86 days, in an open NWP it would take about 10 days or less.

And best of all the SS Manhattan, you provide no link at all again for pretty obvious reasons because any link would have detail about the SS Manhattan which was refitted as an icebreaker
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Manhattan_(1962)

Unfortunately Willy de Roos didn’t think this was an easy trip in his specially strengthened yacht
http://archives.cbc.ca/sports/exploits/clips/13665/

"the cruise ship the MS Explorer made the journey as well."
You mean the IC Class ice strengthened cruise ship built specially for traveling in the Arctic and Antarctic waters.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Explorer#cite_note-Aamulehti-11

Lets see if you can actually address the points raised instead of just throwing the usual insults.

beinghere: As you can see from his reply to me, he has little interest in facts and answers valid points by just repeating himself or with hostility.
Straight technical points like what type of ships the SS Manhattan & MS Explorer he ignores.

Meadow : "You just can’t accept the truth, can you?"
If you ever post ’some truth’ I will happily accept it! I’m not so good at accepting B/S and it seems I’m not alone.

Interesting had 2 thumbs up about 5 mins ago just after adding the last paragraph, had another window open looking at another question and suddenly in just a few minutes had 4 thumbs down don’t you think that’s just a little obvious meadow. Especially as after 4 hours no other denier is even willing to buy into this nonsense.

How long before All Black shows I wonder!

All Black(meadow) as it is now becoming pretty clear you are the same person, yes an open NWP would be quicker I thought I made that pretty clear, there was no "wihout meaning to" about it. But as I stated several times and you seem incapable of grasping 86 days is not open it is picking through very slowly to be an open commercial shipping lane you have to be able to sail straight through, and you can twist and squirm all you want, you can’t answer that, as Meadow or as All black, can you !

I’m going on a cruise and I’m going snorkeling.
I wanna buy a disposable underwater camera.
I looked them up on Amazon and I don’t know
whether to go with Kodak or Fujifilm.
The price doesn’t matter, I’m looking for best quality.

So which one do you prefer?
Have you had any problems with either?

I would highly recommend one of the newer digital waterproof cameras
I have the Fuji z33, and it’s a wonderful camera and only about $150. (and it takes video also)
You’ll save almost that much money on film processing…(Depending on how many pictures you take)
Just a thought.
Enjoy your trip

We are thinking of going to Peru, Amazon & Galapagos in April 2010.
Our tour agent is Andean Trails in Scotland - has anyone travelled with these before if so did you have any problems?
They have suggested we stay in Guayaquil over night before the cruise to Galapagos, now i know that is really rough, but has anyone else stayed here - what was it like? It is basically to reduce the flying we have to do.
We have also been quoted for a 5 day trip on the Angelique ship - has anyone else been on this - was it noisy etc?

about Guayaquil, if you’re afraid of the city- it’s not bad. it’s a very big city but one of the most safest cities in Latin America (off course not counting bad neighborhoods). not so much to do thought…
there’s a very nice promenade and a beautiful view at night.
have fun, the Galapagos islands are amazing.
orun

Hola!

I’m planning a 3 month trip to South America with two friends for the end of this year, November -> February.

We have a list of countries :

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.

We’re thinking of starting in Chile, working our way down south then back up north through Argentina and maybe doing an Amazon cruise into Brazil. We’d also like to stop by Easter Island and the Galapagos Islands.

Can I get some more suggestions on the order of countries to visit?

Thanks!

Be aware that most Latin American countries essential shut down in December for the Christmas holidays. This is the height of their tourist season so you should get your reservations in now.

That said, I would recommend this itinernary:
Start with Brazil, then go down to Buenos Aires. Stay in Argentina to the Patagonia, visit the Peninsula de Valdez (See the orcas, penguins, and seal colonies). From there, go over to the Lakes of southern Chile and Bariloche in Argentina. Go up through chile to Santiago (maybe a side trip to Mount Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the hemisphere). Easter Island is Chilean territory so arrange your visit from there. From there the Atacama Desert to Peru - Nasca, Macchu Picchu, Lima. Peruvian food is outstanding, don’t miss the seafood. See the Volcanos and mountains in Ecuador and try to see the Galapagos from there. Finally don’t miss Colombia. Forget everything you’ve heard about this country, it’s a beautiful place with wonderful people. See Cali, Bogota, and Cartagena. Venezuela is nice but by this point the only thing worth seeing will be Angel Falls.

We can have up to 3 weeks off work but only in april and want to do a trip of a life time. We aren’t into the normal places like Spain, Mexico etc, we like off the beaten track type of holidays. We don’t mind cruises or multi centre. Our interests are wildlife & photography. Some of the places we have been already are:
Kenya
South Africa
Brazil
Borneo & Kuala Lumpur
Canada & Alaska

We don’t mind travelling as long as the flights aren’t really early. We want the holiday to be as relaxed as possible but we want lots to do. We were thinking about Peru, Amazon & Galapagos but i think that is turning out abit too expensive and the flights are a bit annoying as there is stop offs.

We don’t want to do Australia. don’t worry about budget.

Any suggestions please

Given your interests, I would second the suggestion for Costa Rica. Visit the Monteverde Cloud Forest there and with all the time you have, combine it with Belize (see the jaguars if you’re lucky) and maybe some of Panama.

Personally, I like the Netherlands at the end of April. There isn’t a lot of wildlife, but you can find some interesting waterbirds around. There are lots of photo opportunities though; I get a couple of thousand photos every year. The tulips are usually at their peak then.

I might get One Piece Unlimited Cruise 2 but I don’t have One piece Unlimited Cruise 1. Also if i get it on amazon would it be in english?

Thx

Well if you have an USA wii console, you can’t really play One Piece Unlimited Cruise 1 or 2 because it’s for Europe and Australia. If you really really want to play then get the Japanese version. It works on USA wii. Right now I’m waiting impatiently for USA version to come out. Only way you can play the Europe version is to get region free hack or hack your wii some how. Europe and Australian version is only has subtitles, they talk in japanese. In my opinion, I think they are gonna make a english voice dubbed One Piece Unlimited Cruise 1 and 2. I HOPE THEY DO!

Okay so I had this great book ideal two years ago and decided to start working on it last year november and now as I was cruising through amazon I noticed a book that just got out and it is very similar to my story. I don’t know if I should continue with mine because people might start saying I copied the book.
And I know that lots of people wrote vampire books way before Twilight or the included the name Edward in their story and people automatically assume they copied Twilight and have no ears to hear the truth.
So what should I do?

its really hard to come up with a original story. if i try hard enough i could find something in any of my stories that could be from some other story even though it is not. i say go for it! some time along the way you might add some twist in the plot that changes the story completely! but don’t force any change. good luck!

When is a good time to go and what are some of the companies that are most trustworthy? Do all the immunizations needed cost a lot?

Most of the immunizations are quite expensive. For example, yellow fever was about $200.