SOUTH ACIREMA

INTRODUCTION The continent of South Acirema is a fictitious region made by turning a familiar continent north to south in order to provide the student with a familiar land mass which has been changed. In this new context, students should be able to illustrate their understanding of the concepts which develop the world wide phenomena of climate, site location and transportation. The changed continent challenges the student to go beyond his knowledge of the real world. This exercise is developed for mature students who are concluding their studies of geography and a basic understanding of geographic concepts is therefore assumed. His task is to transfer existing knowledge and research information to a new situation. Using a real situation would enable the student to research and locate the phenomena without necessarily being able to show his understanding of why certain patterns and uses emerge.