Article: Before you hit the books, drink a glass of water and eat a light snack to refresh your body. Turn off any electronic devices, and ask your family members for an hour of quiet time. By freeing your mind and surroundings of any distractions, you'll be able to focus on your studying. Geography has quite a lot of special terminology that it is important to get clear in your head. A good way to learn and remember terms and words is by using flashcards. Write one term onto a small piece of card or paper, with the definition and brief explanation written on the other side. Create these as you go and eventually, you will build up a good library of cards with key terms which you can then revise easily.  Once you have the cards then pick one at random and try to remember what it means, checking the back if you can’t. Once you have done this a few times you will find you can remember a lot more than before. For example, you could write “Oxbow Lake” on a card with an explanation of what this is on the reverse side. Quite often, geography exams require you to fill out locations and identify countries and cities on maps. Although maps can be difficult to study, there are some useful techniques that can help you to study them effectively and remember them.  Memorize your locations by shapes. For example, Italy can be recognized since it is in the shape of a boot. Learn the main cities first before focusing on the surrounding, smaller cities. Create acronyms to help you learn the names of locations. Listen to the world song by Yakko Warner to help you remember countries. You can test some of your knowledge about geography and maps on certain websites. Lizard Point has a number of quizzes that you can do and track your progress. Try it at the beginning of your studying and then every few days until your exam. This will help you to get a clear picture of your progress while also helping you identify areas that you need to do some more work on. Not everything will apply to you and your exam, so use your judgement to decide if it is useful or not. If some of the techniques are working for you better than others, then you might want to focus more time on those ones. By finding the ones that work best for you, you can make studying an easier time. But always keep in mind the big picture of what you want to cover in your studying before the exam. If you are good are maps, you might find that more fun, but don’t neglect the areas where you are less strong, even if you do find it more boring. Be sure to take a five-minute break every twenty minutes so that you don't exhaust yourself. You might think that studying for two hours straight means you’ve done loads of work, but if you lost concentration and were staring into space half the time, then you have wasted time. If you can revise in shorter bursts your studying will be more effective and you will have time to do things that are more fun.  In these short breaks stand up and move around a bit to release some tension and get your blood moving around more. Don’t take really long breaks, you could lose your flow and find it harder to get back to work. This can come down to personal preference, but there is research which suggests that listening to music with vocals can lower concentration levels and is best to be avoided when studying. If you find yourself singing along then you’re probably not really focused on your geography. Researchers have, however, argued that listening to instrumental music, and in particular Mozart, has a beneficial impact on concentration levels.
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Prepare to study. Use flashcards to learn key geography terms. Tackle the maps. Try an online practice test. Apply effective studying methods. Take breaks. Be wary of listening to music while you study.
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Register your business Obtain licenses, permits, and insurance required by your city, state, or province. Renovate the space to meet local codes, if necessary. Set up a wet station. Decorate and furnish the space. Purchase a chair, products, cutting and styling supplies, and other equipment. Set up a website and social media profiles.