II. Units

II. Units

Unit 1

A. Introduction and Themes

1. Regional and Physical Geography

2. Cultural Geography

3. Economic Geography

4. Historical Geography

5. Summary of Themes

B. Sub-Saharan Africa

C. North Africa and Southwest Asia

D. Mini-Theme: Life in a Developing Country

E. Exam 1 Review

Unit 2

A. The Chinese Realm

B. South Asia

C. Southeast Asia and the Pacific

D. Mini-Theme: Population Geography

E. Exam 2 -- Take-Home Exam

Unit 3

A. Middle America

B. South America

C. Mini-Theme: Immigration

D. Exam 3 Review

A. Introduction and Themes

B. Sub-Saharan Africa

C. North Africa and Southwest Asia

D. Mini-Theme: Life in a Developing Country

E. Exam 1 Review

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A. INTRODUCTION

B. THEMES

1. Regional & Physical Geog.

2. Economic Geography

3. Cultural Geography

4. Historical Geography

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Realms (Figure I-1, pp. 4-5 with modifications)

Developing Developed

Middle America North America

South America Europe

North Africa and Southwest Asia Russia

Sub-Saharan Africa Japan

China Australia - New Zealand

South Asia

Southeast Asia

The Pacific Realm

Continents

North America South America Europe

Asia Africa Australia

Antarctica

Water Bodies

Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Indian Ocean

Mediterranean Sea

Countries/States

United States Russia China

Japan India Illinois

Mountains

Rocky Mountains Alps Himalayas

Andes

Climatic Regions (Figure I-7, pp. 16-17 and Figure I-8, p. 18)

Tropical Rain Forests (A Climates) Deserts (BW climates)

Major Population Clusters (Figure I-9, pp. 22-23)

East Asia South Asia Europe

World Map

REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY

a. Reading Assignments

de Blij: pp. 2-7, 25-27, 33-39, 52 (box), A8-A14 (appendix C)

b. Vocabulary

realm region

regional criteria spatial perspective

transition zone history analogy

boundary model (p.52 box)

core periphery

c. Key Maps: I-1 World Geographic Realms (as modified in class)

I-12 World Realms and their Regions

d. Objectives

1. Understand the geographic point of view and its uses. What is geography? What kinds of issues are included in the study of geography? Why?

2. Understand the importance of the regional concept in the study of geography and be able to delineate regions by applying the regional criteria..

3. Apply the regional criteria to an area of the developing world. Why is it a realm or region? Why is it divided from adjacent areas?

e. The Regional Concept

1. What is a Region?

2. Why do geographers use regions?

3. What criteria could be used to designate a region?

DEFINITION: scientific devices that allow us to make spatial generalizations based on artificial criteria that we establish for the purpose of constructing regions

CRITERIA:

physical

economic

historical

cultural (religion, language, political, other)

population clusters

combinations of criteria

PROPERTIES:

area

location

boundaries are transition zones

boundaries change

QUESTIONS:

1. Where is the realm or region?

2. What criteria is being used to designate this region?

3. How is the realm significantly different from adjacent realm?

(i.e. explain the boundary or transition zones between realms.)

4. What are the significant properties?

ASSIGNMENT: Theme Activity -- See "Assignments" in the Syllabus.

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

a. Reading Assignments

de Blij: pp. 7-20, 23-25, A6-A7 (appendix B)

b. Vocabulary

A climates B climates C climates

D climates Highland climates (H)

plateau plains continental drift

physiography

c. Key Maps: I-4 World Landscapes

I-6 World Precipitation

I-7 World Climates

I-8 World Vegetation

I-9 World Population Distribution

d. Objectives

1. Develop an understanding of the spatial distributions of the world's landscapes, precipitation, climates, and vegetation. Be able to use maps to see relationships among these and world events.

2. Locate the world's major population clusters.

3. Understand where people live and why they live there?

4. Human-Environment interaction is an important concept in geography. Students should see connections between human activities and the physical environment.

SUMMARY: 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.

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MEASURES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

a. Reading Assignments

de Blij: pp. 28-33, 157, 236, 415, appendix A

b. Vocabulary

GDP (GNP) GDP per capita LDCs

MDCs third world second world

first world doubling time rule of 70

primary activities secondary activities tertiary activities

quaternary activities urbanization infrastructure

literacy life expectancy infant mortality

overconsumption

c. Key Maps: I-11 World Economies

5-2 World Agriculture

World Life Expectancy at Birth

World Population Growth

d. Measures

1. GDP per capita

2. Population Growth

3. Occupational Structure of the Labor Force

4. Urbanization

5. Consumption per capita

6. Infrastructure

7. Social Conditions

literacy rate caloric intake

life expectancy infant mortality

health care other

e. Objectives

1. Understand how each Measure indicates the level of economic development. (What is high? low?)

2. Learn and be able to appropriately use the vocabulary.

3. Apply the measures to the world's realms classifying them into "more developed" and "less developed" categories

4. Begin to appreciate the uses for geographic software programs like PC Globe Maps 'N Facts.

ASSIGNMENT: Theme Activity -- See " Assignments" in Syllabus.

ECONOMIC CHANGE

a. Reading Assignments

de Blij: pp. 51-55, 338, 235-239

videos: Mexico (IMF video)

South Korea and Tanzania (International Economics)

b. Vocabulary

agrarian revolution industrial revolution

functional specialization regional complementarity

capitalism/market economy central planning

monopoly regional economic integration

GATT/WTO trade barriers / protectionism

structural adjustment IMF

World Bank exchange rate

privatization subsidies

price controls productivity

economic incentives 5 Es

command economy

c. Three Overlapping Components

1. A Move Toward Capitalism (changing economic systems)

2. Freer Trade

3. Economic Development

d. Objectives

1. Compare market and command economies.

2. List the arguments of those who support and oppose freer trade.

3. Understand the arguments of economists in support of free trade.

4. Explain the goal of the following economic changes often proposed by the IMF:

a. privatization

b. exchange rate reform

c. removal of price controls

d. debt reduction

e. import liberalization

5. List some examples of regional economic integration.

SUMMARY: 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.

e. A Comparison of Command Economies and Market Economies.

CHARACTERISTIC COMMAND ECONOMY MARKET ECONOMY

ownership of resources: government ownership private ownership

decision making: centrally planned by the market

motivation: "social good" self interest and profit

prices and wages: set by the government set by the market

often distorted change with market

result: inefficiency economic efficiency

full employment periods of unemploy.

low inflation periods of inflation

low standard of living high standard of living

shortages wide range available

more equal distrib. less equal distrib.

problems: corruption=self interest monopoly= inefficiency

lack of incentives inequality

distorted prices changing prices

inefficiency instability (UE, IN)

pollution

OVERALL: LESS FOR MORE MORE FOR LESS

(INEFFICIENT) (EFFICIENT)

Measures of Economic Development and Maps in the Goode's Atlas

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a. Reading Assignments

de Blij: pp. 20-23, 25-27, 56 (box), 56-57, 60-63, 93 (box), 278 (box),

477 (box)

b. Vocabulary

culture cultural landscape

sequent occupance nation

state nation-state

cold war irredentism

balkanization devolution

acculturation transculturation

centripetal and centrifugal forces coup d'etat

c. Key Maps: 6-1 Religions of the World

d. Objectives

1. Be able to define the vocabulary above and give examples from the developing world.

2. How does the cultural diversity found in the developing countries affect their economic and political development? Give examples.

3. Understand the concept of a nation state. Discuss how this is a source of cultural conflicts and political instability.

4. Define and understand the terms balkanization, devolution, and irredentism. Name some countries in where these concepts apply and EXPLAIN.

5. List the centripetal and the centrifugal forces causing unity, or balkanization and devolution, in some countries in the developing world.

e. Summary: 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?

Ethnic and Religious Distribution by CountryEthnic and Religious Distribution by CountryEthnic and Religious Distribution by CountryEthnic and Religious Distribution by Country

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Geography of the Developing World

a. Reading Assignments

de Blij p.203-207, 235-240, 276-280, 282, 337-343, 376-382, 423-428, 482-488

b. Vocabulary

colonialism imperialism geometric borders

historical geog. spatial process spatial diffusion )

sequent occupance culture hearth Ottoman empire

Mesoamerica

c. Key Maps: 4-4 Caribbean Region: Colonial Spheres ca. 1850

7-6 Sub-Saharan Africa: Colonization and Liberation

10-4 Colonial Spheres in Southeast Asia

d. Impact of Colonization in Sub-Saharan Africa

(developed by Harper students, Spring, 1994)

1. Economic development modified for benefit of Europe.

2. Inappropriate technologies introduced.

3. Coastal states rose in power while the interior's influence declined.

4. Political stability declined(?) as national liberation movements arose.

5. Geometric borders ignored cultural geography.

6. Migration routes closed off.

7. Colonial cities arose.

8. European model of government introduced often contrary to the traditional culture of direct access and communication.

9. Crude Death Rates decreased resulting in an increase in the rate of population growth.

10. Colonial transportation networks established connecting the interior to the coast with few internal connections.

11. Trade patterns directed toward Europe diminishing local regional complementarities.

12. Dual economies established: a modern European sector along side a traditional subsistence sector.

13. Introduction of Europeans systems of education.

14. Introduction of European religions

e. Objectives

1. Develop a general idea of the major imperial powers in the last two centuries and the locations of their colonies.

2. Understand the effects of colonization.

3. Locate and discuss the world's major ancient culture hearths..

f. SUMMARY: Historical Geography and Colonialism

1. Understand precolonial history and its effects today.

2. Understand colonial history (if any) and its effects today.

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.

The point of these objectives is not to memorize but to apply, analyze, and predict. See the "Critical Thinking" section of the syllabus.

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de Blij: Chapter 7, Also use index

Sub-Saharan Africa (chapter 7):

R&P GEOG: CULT GEOG: ECON GEOG: HIST GEOG:

327-333 343-346 333-337 337-343

346-367 351

1. Where do people live in Sub-Saharan Africa and why? (R&P GEOG)

2. Locate the major features of Sub-Saharan Africa on a map, including the countries, prominent physical regions, climatic regions, primary rivers, and major water bodies.

3. Explain the rationale for dividing Africa into North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa and for dividing Sub-Saharan Africa into its regions. (R&P GEOG)

4. Discuss the cultural diversity found in Sub-Saharan Africa and problems associated with it. Compare the concept of a nation-state to the independent states of Sub-Saharan Africa. Discuss how this is a source of cultural conflicts in the region. (CULT GEOG)

5. Describe the unique physical geography of the African continent and the processes responsible for these unique features. (R&P GEOG)

6. Discuss the impact of colonization in Sub-Saharan Africa. Include economic development, political stability, and geometric borders in your discussion. Compare the different styles and policies of colonization used by the Europeans. (HIST GEOG)

7. Identify the major economic activities that occur in Sub-Saharan Africa and understand some of the current economic problems and changes. (ECON GEOG)

8. Define and understand the terms balkanization, devolution, and irredentism. Name some countries in Sub-Saharan Africa where these concepts apply and EXPLAIN. List the centripetal and the centrifugal forces causing balkanization or devolution in those countries. (Examples: Ethiopia and Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan, Rwanda and Burundi, Angola, Mozambique, Liberia, others.) (CULT GEOG)

9. Develop a basic understanding of the development of the current political situation in South Africa.(CULT GEOG)

de Blij --Sub-Saharan Africa (Chapter 7)

rift valley continental drift

green revolution sequent occupance

Berlin conference great escarpment

periodic market Sahel

nomadism buffer zone

neocolonialism Afrikaners

apartheid homelands

African National Congress (ANC)

Listed below are some suggested topics for the LDC Atlas from this chapter. (See "Assignments" in the Syllabus.)

Conflict in Rwanda shifting cultivation Where people live/why?

unique phys. geog. major rivers Region: ..(select one)......

Nomadism British colonies French colonies

Portuguese colonies Measures of development mining

Conflict in Rwanda Conflict in Liberia Conflict in Sierra Leone

Other conflicts

Map Construction -- Sub-Saharan Africa

Physical Geography

Water Bodies

Lake Victoria Indian Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Rivers

Niger River Zaire (Congo) River

Zambezi River Orange River

Nile River Blue Nile

White Nile

Land Areas

Madagascar Kalahari Desert

Cape of Good Hope Ethiopian Highlands

Congo Basin the Sahel

the Sahara Namib Desert

rift valleys great escarpment

Political Geography

Countries

Angola Benin Botswana

Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon

Central Afr.Republic Chad Congo

Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Gabon

Gambia Ghana Guinea

Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya

Lesotho Liberia Madagascar

Malawi Mali Mauritania

Mozambique Namibia Niger

Rwanda Senegal Sierra Leone

South Africa Swaziland Tanzania

Togo Uganda Zaire

Zambia Zimbabwe Eritrea

Nigeria Somalia

MeasuresMeasuresOutline MapGEOGRAPHY OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD

de Blij: Chapter 6

R&P GEOG: CULT GEOG: ECON GEOG: HIST GEOG:

274-276 280-287 287-290 276-280

290-324 283 (box) 286-287

282-286

302 (box)

315 (box)

316 (box)

1. Identify the criteria used to designate this realm and the regions within it. (R&P GEOG)

2. Locate the major features of Southwest Asia and North Africa on a map, including the countries, prominent physical regions, primary rivers, and major land and water bodies. (R&P GEOG)

3. Explain the three main religions of Southwest Asia and North Africa and the role each plays in the area today. Emphasize the different roles of Islam on the life and politics of its followers. Evaluate the relative strength of Arab nationalism today. (CULT GEOG)

4. Describe the impact of Western colonization the Middle East and North Africa and Russian colonization of Turkestan. Indicate the impact that colonization has on politics in these countries today. (HIST GEOG)

5. Explain some of the origins of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Also, describe the present status of the Arab/Israeli Peace Accord signed in Washington, DC. in October, 1993 and the issues which need to still be resolved today. (CULT GEOG)

6. Describe the role of ethnic groups and nationalism in this realm. Also, examine the devolutionary and balkanization forces in the following areas:

(1) Turkestan, (2) Tunisia or Algeria, (3) Afghanistan, (4) Iraq, (5) other (CULT GEOG)

7. Discuss the role of oil in the economic development of the region. (ECON GEOG)

8. Apply the measures of economic development to the region. (ECON GEOG)

Islam Sunni/Shiite

jihad Judaism

Intifada Christianity

Islamic fundamentalism Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)

shatter belt balkanization

irredentism culture hearth

centrifugal forces centripetal forces

nation state

nation-state Maghreb

Kurdistan Turkestan

buffer state devolution

culture hearth Mesopotamia

geometric boundary physiographic

OPEC Sahel

nomadism

Listed below are some suggested topics for the LDC Atlas from this chapter. (See "Assignments" in the Syllabus.)

Conflict in Israel Region:...(select one)...... Where people live/why?

The Kurds Marsh Shiites British colonies

French colonies Italian colonies Israeli-Palestinian peace?

Political problems in Algeria The Nile Nomadism

Measures of development Monarchies Aral Sea

Why include Turkestan? Oil: Where/Effects? Islam

Formation of Israel Sunni/Shiite Islamic Fundamentalism

Conflict in Afghanistan Conflict in Turkestan Conflict in Azerbaijan

Phys. Geog. of the Realm

Physical Geography

Land Bodies

Atlas Mountains Hindu Kush Mountains

Ethiopian Highlands Zagros Mountains

Sahara Desert Rub al Khali (desert)

Sinai Peninsula Cyprus

West Bank Gaza

Golan Heights

Rivers

Nile Tigris Euphrates

White Nile Blue Nile

Water Bodies

Red Sea Strait of Gibraltar

Persian Gulf Mediterranean Sea

Aral Sea Lake Nasser

Caspian Sea Black Sea

Bosporous Straits

Political Geography

Countries

Afghanistan Algeria Bahrain

Cyprus Djibouti Egypt

Eritrea Iran Iraq

Israel Jordan Kazakhstan

Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lebanon

Libya Morocco Oman

Qatar Saudi Arabia Somalia

Sudan Syria Tajikistan

Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan

United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Yemen

MeasuresMeasuresOutline MapGEOGRAPHY OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD

a. Reading Assignments

Study Guide: Tropical Africa by Tony Binns, pp.100-104

A Man's Day / A Women's Day

Video: ?

Slides: Instructor's slides of Kenya

CD-ROM: The Material World

b. Vocabulary

periodic market tribe Peace Corps

ugali maize

c. Objectives

1. To begin understanding how different life is in a developing country from life in the United States.

2. To recognize that our own experiences affect the way we view the developing world (i.e. often there isn't a "right" way to do something).

3. To think about the often times difficult role of women in the developing world.

d. Slides

1. What was your initial reaction to the slide show on Kenya?

2. What additional questions do you have?

3. Would you like to live as your instructor did in a developing country for a while? Why or why not?

Reading Guide for Tropical Africa by Tony Binns, pp.100-104Tropical Africa by Tony Binns, pp.100-104Tropical Africa by Tony Binns, pp.100-104Tropical Africa by Tony Binns, pp.100-104Tropical Africa by Tony Binns, pp.100-104A Man's Day / A Woman's DayGEOGRAPHY OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD

To prepare for the exam:

- keep your Study Guide open to the Objectives, Vocabulary, and other information

- pay close attention to the THEMES, again, see the Study Guide (p. 47)

- you should have already read the material (Intro, 8, 7, handouts), if not READ!

- take notes as you read, see the Objectives in the Study Guide AGAIN!

- read your class notes

- prepare study notes of each objective and vocabulary word

these study notes should summarize your class notes and textbook

Remember, I do not stress simple memorization, but rather my exam questions will require the APPLICATION of the terms and concepts we have studied. In order to do this you do need some facts. These you get from the readings. But as you read, or review, try to fit the material into our four themes. Take notes that relate the readings to the themes and objectives. This should be work. Reading, if it is easy, really isn't learning.

The exam will have a variety of question types: Multiple Choice, Short Answer, Essay, Map Work, Lists, Definitions, etc. Those listed here are JUST EXAMPLES. Do not just prepare answers to them. These should be used as a guide so that you can see if you are prepared. If you could not answer SIMILAR types of questions on DIFFERENT issues covered in class then you are NOT ready. If all you do is look up the answers to these questions you will not pass. If, AFTER STUDYING all the material, you could answer all of these questions easily, you are probably ready.

SAMPLE QUESTIONS

REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY

1. What are the five "regional criteria"?

2. Given the hypothetical data and maps of Harperland below:

How would you divide these countries into realms?

Explain and justify your answer by applying the regional criteria using the maps and data provided.

3. Explain what could be "geographic" about a course entitled "The Geography of NFL Football Teams"?

(What is geography? What do geographers study?)

4. Why are all (almost) regional boundaries "transition zones"?

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

5. Briefly describe A Climates (or B, C, D, H).

6. Locate the world's three main population clusters on a map. Use the "5 Reasons why people live where they do" to explain why so many people live in these clusters.

7. Given the hypothetical data and maps of Harperland below, indicate where you think most people would live and explain why.

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY

8. What does LDC stand for? (MDC?)

9. What are the 1st world, 2nd world, and the 3rd world?

10. Why is the term "Third World" used very little now?

11. Which of the following is a Primary Economic Activity? (Secondary? Tertiary? Quaternary?)

12. What are the "Measures of Economic Development"?

13. For each measure of economic development:

What is high? low?

What indicates an LDC? MDC?

Explain.

14. Given the hypothetical data and maps of Harperland below: Are these countries a MDCs or LDCs? Justify your answer.

15. Why is GDP (or GNP) not a good measure of economic development or of a country's standard of living?

16. Of the developing realms, which is the most urbanized? least urbanized? most developed? least developed?

ECONOMIC CHANGE

17. Define regional complementarity and give an example.

18. List the characteristics of Market Economies and of Command Economies.

19. List the costs and benefits of Market Economies and of Command Economies.

20. List the policies included in Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs).

21. What are Structural Adjustment Programs and why are so many countries undertaking them?

22. How do most of the people living in LDCs make a living?

23. What is efficiency?

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY

24. Define culture, list its components, and give examples of its components?

25. Explain the differences between state, nation, nation-state, and multinational state. citing examples.

26. Give real-world examples of: balkanization, irredentism, and devolution.

27. List several centrifugal forces and centripetal forces found in many LDCs.

28. Compare and contrast acculturation and transculturation, giving examples of each.

29. How has the cold war led to political instability in some LDCs? Give examples.

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY

30. Who was the major colonial power in South America? South Asia? Middle America?

31. Name a colonial power and the present-day country they colonized in Southeast Asia. in North Africa and Southwest Asia. in Sub-Saharan Africa.

32. What is a culture hearth?

33. Where was the Ottoman Empire and when did it collapse?

34. List 5 effects of colonization and give a real-world example of each.

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

35. Apply the "'Regional Criteria" to the border between North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. Why did the author of the textbook divide Africa into two different realm?

36. Apply the "Regional Criteria" to one region (or 2,3,4) of Sub-Saharan Africa.

37. Where are population densities the highest in Sub-Saharan Africa and why? (Where do people live and why?)

38. Discuss the UNIQUE physical geography of Africa.

39. What is the process responsible for the escarpments, elongated lakes and lack of major mountain chains, that we find in Sub-Saharan Africa? Explain.

40. Give a example from Sub-Saharan Africa for each of the following and explain:

balkanization, irredentism, centrifugal force, centripetal force, nation, state, nation-state, multinational state, cold war, coup d'etat

41. What is shifting cultivation, where does it occur, and why does it occur there?

42.. What problems are associated with shifting cultivation?

43. Explain briefly the recent political history of South Africa. Use the following term correctly in your explanation: apartheid, homelands, African National Congress (A.N.C.), Afrikaner

44. Why are many people surprised at the actual size of Africa?

NORTH AFRICA AND SOUTHWEST ASIA

45. Discuss why the following terms have been applied to North Africa and Southwest Asia and state the problems with each of them.

The Dry World

The Arab World

The Muslim World (Islamic)

The Middle East

46. Select one (or 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) of the regions within North Africa and Southwest Asia and apply the "regional criteria" to explain who it is different from adjacent regions.

47. Briefly explain the 1948 origin of Israel and the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

48. Explain the current state of the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Accord.

49. Who are the Kurds?

50. Briefly describe the events of the 1990-91 Gulf War.

51. Locate on a map the three main areas where oil is found in North Africa and Southwest Asia.

52. List and briefly discuss the FOUR DIVISIVE FORCES mentioned in the textbook.

53. What culture hearth(s) was/were located in North Africa and Southwest Asia?

54. How is oil a "double edged sword"? (List the benefits and the problems encountered by the oil-rich states of North Africa and Southwest Asia.

55. Where do most people live in North Africa and Southwest Asia and why?

Country GNP/pers Pop growth Wkfce prim Urban pop Energy cons Road km Land area Deaths <1

Facland 21100 0.6 3 78 9542 6261876 83635 4.0

Stuudland 990 2.9 67 24 200 122000 94534 22.0

Adminstra. 1240 1.7 22 35 354 19857 15590 18.0

Grads 4400 1.0 18 55 1760 52264 9880 12.0

Flunk 320 3.6 76 18 78 10789 9356 25.0

GNP/pers GNP per capita

Pop growth Annual population growth rate (%)

Wkfce prim % of workforce in primary activities

Urban pop Urban population as a % of total population

Energy cons Energy consumption in kg per person

Road km length of road network

Land area total land area in square kilometers

Deaths <1 Deaths of children less than 1 year old out of 1000 live births

A. The Chinese Realm

B. South Asia

C. Southeast Asia and the Pacific

D. Mini-Theme: Population Geography

E. Take-Home Exam

NOTE: The authors of the textbook include china in the East Asian realm. In this course on the geography of the developing world we will consider China (including Mongolia and the Koreas) as a separate realm -- the Chinese Realm

de Blij: Chapter 9

R&P GEOG: CULT GEOG: ECON GEOG: HIST GEOG:

414-423 429-431 415 423-428

433-445 432-433 443

457-460

460-462

462-471

1. Locate and describe the 3 major physiographic regions and the political and economic features of the realm. (R&P GEOG)

2. Compare the physical geography, the climatic regions, the relative size, and the relative location of China with the United States. (R&P GEOG)

3. Understand the background, goals, and policies of the ongoing economic modernization program in China as well as its important spatial expressions. (ECON GEOG)

4. Explain the concept of the "Middle Kingdom" and how it has affected China's political and economic development. (HIST GEOG)

5. Explain and understand why China is sometimes called the "Land of Contradictions". (R&P GEOG)

6. Briefly outline the history of China, especially European colonization and China under Mao Zedong. (HIST GEOG)

7. Discuss the cultural diversity in China especially its spatial and political expression. (CULT GEOG)

8. Understand the historical basis and future ramifications of The People's Republic of China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. (CULT GEOG)

command economy Special Economic Zone

incentive price distortion

subsidy intensive subsistence agriculture

Confucianism People's Liberation Army

Maoism Collectivization

Cultural Revolution Tiananmen Square massacre

collectivization the long march

China proper loess

extraterritoriality buffer state

four modernizations Culture Hearth

Opium wars "Two Coasts"

Listed below are some suggested topics for the LDC Atlas from this chapter. (See "Assignments" in the Syllabus.)

Conflict in Tibet Region: ...(select one)........ Where people live/why?

Cultural Minorities North Korea 3 Physical Regions

Economic Liberalization Measures of Development Hong Kong

Macao Cultural Revolution Mao Zedong

Tibet Major Rivers Land of Contradictions

Physical Geography

Physiographic Regions

river basins and highlands of eastern China

arid northwest

frigid mountains and plateaus of the southwest

Land Bodies

Gobi desert North China Plain

Taiwan Korean Peninsula

Xizang Plateau Hong Kong

Hainan Island Altay Mountains

Kunlun Mountains Tian Shan Mountains

Himalayan Mountains

Water Bodies

Sea of Japan South China Sea

Taiwan (Formosa) strait Yellow Sea

East China Sea

Rivers

Chang Jiang River Xi Jiang River

Huang He river

Political Geography

Countries

China Taiwan

North Korea South Korea

Mongolia

Other

Shenzhen Guangdong Province

Hong Kong Macao

Measures

Outline MapGEOGRAPHY OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD

de Blij: Chapter 8

R&P GEOG: CULT GEOG: ECON GEOG: HIST GEOG:

371-375 387-393 395-404 376-382

382-393 406-408

404-411

1. Locate the major physiographic and political features of the realm. What are the regional criteria that define the realm? (R&P GEOG)

2. Understand the wet-monsoon climate of the Indian sub-continent, its spatial expression, and its impact on economic geography.(R&P & ECON GEOG)

3. Assess the impact of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam on the cultural development of the realm. (CULT GEOG)

4. Develop an understanding of the basic Hindu beliefs, particularly as they relate to the caste system and its impact on Indian society. (CULT GEOG)

5. Identify the centrifugal and centripetal forces within India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Kashmir. (CULT GEOG)

6. Understand and explain the economic conditions on the Indian Sub-continent and recent economic policies. (ECON GEOG)

7. Trace the major stages of the realms historical geography, particularly the colonial period and the transition to independence. (HIST GEOG)

8. Identify the geographic factors that characterize the states of Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and The Maldives. (R&P GEOG)

9. Understand the unique federal political structure of India and its underlying cultural mosaic. (CULT GEOG)

intensive subsistence agriculture federalism

wet monsoon social stratification

Hinduism Buddhism

green revolution caste system

Dravidian Tamil

intensive subsistence agriculture Sikhism

Punjab British East India Company

Kashmir irredentism

Sinhalese centrifugal forces

centripetal force ( Indian Sub-continent

protectionism

Listed below are some suggested topics for the LDC Atlas from this chapter. (See "Assignments" in the Syllabus.)

Conflict in Kashmir Region: ....(select one)....... Where people live/why?

Measures of Development The Partition Effects of Colonization

Major Rivers The Himalayas Monsoons

Hinduism Cultural Diversity in India Conflict in Sri Lanka

Conflict in Nagaland Conflict in Punjab

Physical Geography

Physiographic Regions

Northern Mountains River Lowlands

Southern Plateau

Land Bodies

Hindu Kush Mountains Himalayan Mountains

Eastern Ghats Western Ghats

Karakoram Range Deccan Plateau

Thar Desert

Rivers

Indus River Ganges River

Brahmaputra River

Water Bodies

Arabian Sea Bay of Bengal

Indian Ocean

Political Geography

Countries

Pakistan India

Bangladesh Sri Lanka

Nepal Bhutan

Maldives

MeasuresOutline Map

VIDEO: Land of the Monsoons

GEOGRAPHY OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD

de Blij: Chapter 10

R&P GEOG: CULT GEOG: ECON GEOG: HIST GEOG:

476-480 481-482 500 482-488

487-490 485 501-503 492

490-509

1. Locate the major physical and political features of the realm.(R&P GEOG)

2. Describe and explain the population distributions of the realm's mainland, peninsular, and island components. (R&P GEOG)

3. Discuss the various impacts of European colonialism in this part of the world. (HIST GEOG)

4. Discuss the term "Indochina" as it relates to the ethnic mosaic of Southeast Asia. Why is the term used? Is it accurate? (CULT GEOG)

5. Explain recent political and economic changes in countries in the region (particularly in Vietnam) and assess the effect of these changes on the economic development of the realm. (ECON GEOG)

6. Understand the recent political history of countries in the realm and current political problems. (HIST GEOG)

economic tigers NIC APEC

import substitution Pacific Rim Burma

market economy command economy Vietnam War

price distortion slash and burn agriculture Khymer Rouge

collectivization leaching buffer zone

free trade domino theory Indochina

colonialism neocolonialism

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Listed below are some suggested topics for the LDC Atlas from this chapter. (See "Assignments" in the Syllabus.)

Conflict in Cambodia Region: ....(select one)....... Where people live/why?

Measures of Development Major Rivers Effects of Colonization

French Colonization British Colonization Dutch Colonization

Spanish Colonization The US in SE Asia Chinese in SE Asia

Buddhism The Golden Triangle Economic Change

Political Problems:............... The Vietnam War Conflict in East Timor

Conflict in Burma Conflict in Mindanao

Physical Geography

Land Bodies

Sumatera Jawa (Java)

Borneo Bali

New Guinea East Timor

Sulawesi Dawna Range

Annam Mountains Khorat Plateau

Rivers

Mekong River Chao Phraya river

Irrawaddy River Salween River

Red River

Water Bodies

South China Sea Indian Ocean

Gulf of Tonkin Gulf of Thailand

Pacific Ocean

Political Geography

Countries

Brunei Cambodia

Indonesia Laos

Malaysia Myanmar (Burma)

Philippines Singapore

Thailand Vietnam

MeasuresOutline MapGEOGRAPHY OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD

a. Reading Assignments

de Blij: pp. 23-25, 372, 393-95, 431

Videos: What is Overpopulation (The People Bomb - CNN)

Kerala, India (The People Bomb - CNN)

b. Vocabulary

Crude Birth Rate (CBR) Crude Death Rate (CDR)

population growth rate demographic transition

population doubling time rule of 70

dependency rate population pyramid

arithmetic density physiologic density

doubling time demography

immigration emigration

Malthus green revolution

population growth rate fertility rate

c. Objectives

1. Where are the 3 main population clusters in the world today?

2. Why do people live where they do? (5 reasons)

3. What is "overpopulation"?

4. Discuss the historical patterns of population growth. Why is it appropriate to say that rapid population growth is a recent problem?

5. Discuss the demographic transition. For each stage (4) include a discussion of what is happening to the CBR, CDR, population growth rate, dependency rate, population doubling time, and name some countries in each stage (2, 3, 4).

6. Discuss projections of future population growth. Where is it occurring and why there?

7. Be able to interpret population pyramids.

8. Be able to calculate population densities: arithmetic and physiologic. (Bring calculator to exam.) Discuss the difference between the two densities and significance of this difference.

9. List and briefly discuss the problems associated with rapid population growth rates. Compare these problems with those associated with affluent, high consumption, economies.

10. Explain how EACH of the following help REDUCE the rate of population GROWTH in the state of Kerala, India:

1. gender equality 2. family planning

3. education 4. pre-natal care

5. family health care 6. public involvement

7. private land ownership 8. infrastructure improvements

9. nutrition

Population Bomb: Population Solutions

After watching the video explain how each of the following "population solutions" helped the people of Kerala to reduce the birth rate.

GENDER EQUALITY:

___________________________________________________________________________

FAMILY PLANNING:

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EDUCATION:

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PRE-NATAL CARE:

___________________________________________________________________________

COMPREHENSIVE FAMILY HEALTH CARE:

___________________________________________________________________________

IMPROVEMENTS IN INFRASTRUCTURE (ROADS, HOSPITALS, WATER SUPPLY, ETC.):

___________________________________________________________________________

NUTRITION:

___________________________________________________________________________

PRIVATE LAND OWNERSHIP:

___________________________________________________________________________

PUBLIC AWARENESS & INVOLVEMENT:

___________________________________________________________________________

OTHER:Population added each hour by region: 1994

GEOGRAPHY OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD

GEOGRAPHY OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD

A. Middle America

B. South America

C. Mini-Theme: Immigration

D. Exam 3 Review

de Blij: Chapter 4

R&P GEOG: CULT GEOG: ECON GEOG: HIST GEOG:

201-203 207-211 209-210 207-207

211-231 212

213-215

218-222

1. Understand the basic physical, political, and economic geography of Middle America. (R&P GEOG)

2. Understand the basis for the division of Middle America into the rimland and mainland regions. Include a comparison of the hacienda and plantation economies and a discussion of the "cultural pluralism" that occurs in the realm. (R&P GEOG)

3. Describe the altitudinal zonation of the environment of Middle and South America. Apply the altitudinal climatic zones to the spatial distribution of economic activity and human settlement. (R&P GEOG)

4. Understand the issues of immigration, economic integration, maquiladoras, and NAFTA. (ECON GEOG)

5. Discuss recent political and economic history of Mexico including a discussion of problems in the state of Chiapas. (CULT & HIST GEOG)

6. Understand the geographic patterns of Central America, including the current problems of each of its republics. (R&P & CULT GEOG)

7. Explain the historical, political, and economic causes of the recent problems in Haiti. (HIST, CULT, & ECON GEOG)

8. Account for the Spaniard's rapid ascent to authority within the Middle American realm and assess the changes on the cultural landscapes as a result of their arrival. (HIST GEOG)

culture hearth land bridge

environmental determinism hacienda

plantation mulatto

mestizo acculturation

transculturation ejido

maquiladora lingua franca

Chiapas Mesoamerica

land bridge isthmus

Greater Antilles Lesser Antilles

mainland/rimland classification

altitudinal zonation

tierra caliente

tierra templada

tierra fria

puna

tierra helada

Listed below are some suggested topics for the LDC Atlas from this chapter. (See "Assignments" in the Syllabus.)

Conflict in Guatemala Region: ....(select one).... Where people live/why?

Measures of Development Effects of Conquest Europeans in Caribbean

Political Problems: .............. Africans in Middle America Rimland/Mainland

NAFTA Altitudinal Zonation Conflict in Chiapas

Mexico City Conflict in Haiti Cuba's Econ. Geog.

Physical Geography

Land Bodies

Baja California Yucatan Peninsula

Hispaniola Bahamas

Darien Sierra Madre Oriental

Sierra Madre Occidental Sierra madre del Sur

Water Bodies

Caribbean Sea Gulf of Mexico

Panama Canal Gulf of California / Sea of Cortéz

Pacific Ocean

Rivers

Rio Grande

Political Geography

Countries

Bahamas Belize

Costa Rica Cuba

Dominican Republic El Salvador

Guatemala Haiti

Honduras Jamaica

Mexico Nicaragua

Panama Puerto Rico

Economic/Urban/ Cultural Geography

Panama Canal Mainland

Rimland Mexico City

Measures

Outline Map

The Encounter

Introduced to EuropeGEOGRAPHY OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD

de Blij: Chapter 5

R&P GEOG: CULT GEOG: ECON GEOG: HIST GEOG:

233-235 240-242 236 235-240

247-269 243-247

248-249

259

1. Understand and locate the basic physical and political geography of South America. Be able to locate major physical features on a blank outline map. (R&P GEOG)

2. Explain why "Latin" America is an inappropriate generalization of Middle and South America. Discuss the "cultural pluralism" that occurs in the region. (CULT GEOG)

3. Outline the cultural origins of the peoples in South America. (CULT GEOG)

4. Relate the five cultural spheres to economic activity and their physiographic base: 1) Tropical-Plantation, 2) European-Commercial, 3) Amerind-Subsistence, 4) Mestizo-Transitional, and 5) Undifferentiated. (CULT GEOG)

5. Account for the intensified urbanization of South America and discuss problems associated with rapid urbanization in the developing world. (ECON GEOG)

6. Understand why South America and Middle America are classified as separate realms. Also explain the regional criteria applicable to South America's regions: the Caribbean North, Andean West, Mid-latitude South, and Brazil. (R&P GEOG)

7. Describe the geographic dimensions of Brazil compared to the rest of South America. (R&P GEOG)

8. Understand Brazil's population patterns and the challenges they present (R&P GEOG)

9. Understand Brazil's attempts at modernization and development, their successes and problems, and the role of growth poles. (ECON GEOG)

Chapter 5

altiplano Treaty of Tordesillas

rural-to-urban migration push and pull factors

selva llanos

pampas growth pole

forward capital orographic rainfall

Listed below are some suggested topics for the LDC Atlas from this chapter. (See "Assignments" in the Syllabus.)

Conflict in Colombia Region: ..(select one)......... Where people live/why?

Measures of Development The Amazon Urbanization

Cocaine Culture Area:.(select one). Deforestation

Major Rivers Conflict in Peru

Physical Geography

Land Bodies

Cape Horn Falkland Islands

Tierra del Fuego Pampas

Andes Mountains Brazilian Highlands

Amazon Basin Guiana Highlands

Water Bodies

Caribbean Sea Strait of Magellan

Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean

Rio de la Plata

Rivers

Amazon Paraguay

Orinoco

Political Geography

Countries

Argentina Bolivia

Brazil Chile

Colombia Ecuador

French Guiana Guyana

Paraguay Peru

Suriname Uruguay

Venezuela

Cultural Geography

Culture Spheres

Tropical-plantation European-commercial

Amerind-subsistence Mestizo-transitional

Undifferentiated

Measures

Outline Map

Mini-Theme: Immigration

GEOGRAPHY OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD

III. Appendix

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

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

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:

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.

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

[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

[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.

[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.

PC Globe Maps 'N Facts. World Edition Version 1.0. Broderbund Software Inc. 1993

F. Sample LDC Atlas Papers