Bulgaria DZI Geography study plan
Bulgaria DZI Geography · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
World Economy and Economic Sectors & General Geography and Cartography
Classify the four economic sectors and assign at least 30 real Bulgarian and global products or jobs to the correct sector without error
Explain the difference between GDP, GNP and per-capita income, and compute per-capita output from two supplied national figures
Read map scale, grid references and contour intervals to derive distance, direction and elevation change for five described map situations
Draw and label the layers of a topographic map legend, including contour, isohypse and hypsometric colour conventions
Your checkpoint
A one-page sector-classification table of 30 items plus five solved map-skills problems with working shown
World Economy and Economic Sectors & Geography of Bulgaria
Compare the structure of world energy, agriculture, manufacturing and services production and state which regions dominate each
Describe Bulgaria's leading export and import categories and name the main trading partners
Locate Bulgaria's major industrial centres and match each to its dominant branch
Interpret a simple trade-balance table and decide whether a country is a net exporter or importer
Your checkpoint
A comparative economic profile sheet for Bulgaria versus the world average across four sectors, with three written conclusions
World Economy and Economic Sectors & Population and Demography
Explain globalisation, transnational corporations and the international division of labour using three concrete examples
Distinguish primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary activities and give two examples of each from Bulgaria
Define birth rate, death rate, natural increase, net migration and total population change, and calculate each from raw numbers
Describe the stages of the demographic transition model and place three named countries at different stages
Your checkpoint
A worked demographic-transition chart with five calculations of natural increase and net migration solved step by step
Population and Demography & Settlements and Urbanisation
Interpret population pyramids by age and sex and infer dependency ratios for two contrasting countries
Calculate dependency ratio, population density and urbanisation rate from supplied figures
Compare push and pull migration factors and apply them to one internal and one international migration flow
Classify settlements by function, size and position and identify the site and situation factors behind a named city's growth
Your checkpoint
A mid-course assessment: a 25-item mixed calculation and terminology test scored and error-logged, targeting at least 80 percent
Lithosphere, Relief and Tectonics & Atmosphere and Climate
Identify the main plate boundaries and relate each to a named mountain belt, rift or volcanic zone
Distinguish igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks and match each to a landform or resource in Bulgaria
Explain the formation of fold mountains, fault-block mountains and basins with simple cross-section sketches
Describe how latitude, altitude, distance from sea and relief control temperature and precipitation patterns
Read a climate graph and classify the climate shown using the Koppen system
Your checkpoint
Two annotated cross-section diagrams, one tectonic and one climatic, each with a 120-word explanatory caption
Hydrosphere and Water Resources & Biosphere, Soils and Natural Zones & Atmosphere and Climate
Trace the water cycle and distinguish surface runoff, infiltration, evaporation and groundwater recharge
Classify rivers, lakes and groundwater by origin and give one Bulgarian example of each major type
Relate soil types to climate, parent rock and vegetation, and identify zonal versus azonal soils
Match the world's major biomes to their climate zones and typical vegetation and fauna
Explain the greenhouse effect, the natural and enhanced variants, and name two feedback mechanisms
Your checkpoint
A one-page biome-climate-soil matching matrix completed and self-checked, plus a labelled water-cycle diagram
Regional Geography of the World & Geography of Bulgaria
Locate the world's major physical and political regions and state one defining geographic characteristic of each
Compare regional development levels across Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas and Oceania using three indicators
Describe Bulgaria's relief regions, climate zones, river basins and Black Sea coastline
Explain Bulgaria's demographic situation, including population decline, ageing and internal migration to major cities
Outline Bulgaria's settlement hierarchy from capital to small towns and villages
Your checkpoint
A blank-map exercise: 20 world features and 15 Bulgarian features located and labelled from memory, scored
General Geography and Cartography & Geography of Bulgaria & Lithosphere, Relief and Tectonics & Atmosphere and Climate & Hydrosphere and Water Resources & Biosphere, Soils and Natural Zones & Population and Demography & Settlements and Urbanisation & World Economy and Economic Sectors & Regional Geography of the World
Review the error log and re-solve every previously missed item across all ten domains
Complete two timed full-length mock exams under exam conditions
Recite the key definitions for cartography, demography and economic geography without notes
Diagnose the three weakest domains from mock results and target them with focused revision
Your checkpoint
Two completed timed mock exams with scores, a ranked weak-domain list and a one-page final revision sheet
Milestones
Week 2: Can classify 30 economic items by sector and name Bulgaria's main export categories and trading partners from memory
Week 4: Scores at least 80 percent on the 25-item mixed calculation and terminology test and has an up-to-date error log
Week 6: Correctly matches at least 8 of 10 biomes to their climate zone and soil type, and explains the water cycle unaided
Week 8: Both mock exams completed within time and the final revision sheet covers all ten domains