III. Appendix
GEOGRAPHY OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD
A. Summary of Key Maps
B. Summary of Exams and Assignments
C. Summary of Themes
D. Style Sheet for Written Assignments
E. Sample References
F. Sample LDC Atlas Papers
III. Appendices
A. Summary of Key Maps
from de Blij's Geography: Realms. Regions, and Concepts
THEME: Regional and Physical Geography
I-1 World Geographic Realms pp. 4-5
I-10 States of the World pp. 26-27
I-12 World Realms and Their Regions pp. 32-33
I-4 World Landscapes pp. 10-11
I-6 World Precipitation pp. 14-15
I-7 World Climates pp. 16-17
I-8 World Vegetation p. 18
I-9 World Population Distribution pp. 22-23
THEME: Cultural Geography
6-1 Religions of the World p. 276-77
THEME: Economic Geography
I-11 World Economies pp. 28-29
5-2 World Agriculture p. 236
World Life Expectancy at Birth
World Population Growth
THEME: Historical Geography
4-4 Caribbean Region: Colonial Spheres p. 208
7-6 Sub-Saharan Africa:
Colonization and Decolonization p. 342
10-4 Colonial Spheres in Southeast Asia p. 483
B. Summary of Exams and Assignments
Geography of the Developing World
Letter Grade
Exams and Quizzes Assignments
(345) (90-160)
Exams - 275 Map Quizzes-70 Themes - 40
Unit 1 Intro R&P Geog
Unit 2 Africa Econ Geog
Unit 3 NAfSWAs
Final China LDC Atlas-50
South Asia
SE Asia Other 0-70 Mid. Amer
S. America
TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE: 435-505
The final letter grade will be assigned according to the following percentages:
100-85% A; 84-75% B; 74-65% C; 64-50% D; 49-0% F
Changes can be made to this scheme!
C. Summary of Themes
(TO BE APPLIED TO EACH REALM)
Regional and Physical Geography
Human-Environment Interaction
1. Understand the basic physical geography of the world's developing realms and their unique physical attributes.
2. Where do people live and why?
Regional Criteria
1. Apply criteria to realms.
2. Apply criteria to regions within realms.
Economic Geography, Development, and Change
1. Interpret and compare the Measures of Economic Development for the world's developing realms.
2. How do people make a living and why?
3. Understand recent economic developments and their resource base.
Cultural Geography, Diversity, and Conflict
Cultural Geography
1. Understand the spatial distribution of religion, language, governments, and other cultural features.
2. Recognize the significance of these distributions.
Diversity and Conflicts
1. Locate cultural and political conflicts.
2. Who is fighting whom?
3. Why?
Historical Geography and Colonialism
1. Understand precolonial history and its effects today.
2. Understand colonial history (if any) and its effects today.
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What you can DO versus what do you KNOW.
The point of these objectives is not to memorize but to apply, analyze, and predict. See the "Critical Thinking" section of this Study Guide.
D. Style Sheet for ALL Assignments:
- They must be typed, double spaced, stapled, with no plastic covers.
- Include your NAME and the NAME of the assignment
- You must state REALM, REGION, and LOCATION (if appropriate).
- State THEME or THEMES which most directly apply.
- Give bibliographic information. (REFERENCES)
- List, and highlight (boldface or underline) VOCABULARY used from our vocabulary lists.
Sample Assignment:
John or Jane Doe GEG 103
ASSIGNMENT: Current Events
TITLE: (LDC Atlas Paper Only)
REALM: Sub-Saharan Africa
REGION: East Africa
LOCATION: Kenya
THEME: Economic Geography
VOCABULARY USED:
rift valley nomadism
periodic market GDP per capita
life expectancy urbanization
primary activities
Then begin the body of the assignment. Be sure to underline or highlight all vocabulary words used.
REFERENCES
See "Sample References" on the next page.
E. Sample References
ATLASES AND ALMANACS
[List in alphabetical order by the atlas title. Underline title, followed by a period, Editor. Place, publisher, date Indent second line.]
Goode's World Atlas. 18th edition. Espenshade, Edward B. Jr., editor. Chicago, Rand McNally. 1991
BOOKS
[List in alphabetical order by the author's last name. Underline title, followed by a period. Indent second line.]
de Blij, Harm J., Geography Realms, Regions, and Concepts, 8th edition. New York, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 1997.
PERIODICALS
[List alphabetically according to the author or title of article if no author is given. Note punctuation. Volume : Number (date). Include pages which the article covers.]
Clark, Miles. "A Russian Voyage." National Geographic 185 : 6 (June 1994). pp. 114-138
Press, Robert M. "Rebel Gains and French safe Zone Complicate Rwanda War." Christian Science Monitor, 86 : 155 (July 6, 1994). p. 1.
OTHER
PC Globe Maps 'N Facts. World Edition Version 1.0. Broderbund Software Inc. 1993
F. Sample LDC Atlas Papers