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AP Human Geography 2012
The Humongous Review
Review by Region.
In this section you must provide detailed examples of each of the following themes in how it
relates to the specific region. You can paste illustrations/photos if you think that it will better
help your review section.
Answer in full grammatically correct sentences that make sense to others in the class who are
using this as a review
Identify explain the following terms in full
1. Geography: A Quick History a. Anaximander
b. Socrates/Aristotle/Plato
c. Ptolemy
d. Zheng He
e. Gerdus Mercator
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2. Cartography
a. Define cartography
b. Distortion
c. Scale
d. Equal area projection
2.1 Identify and provide examples of the four classes of maps.
Explain how the map gains accuracy in one area are at the cost of
inaccuracy in another
a. Cylindrical Map
b. Planer Projection
c. Conic Projection
d. Oval Projection
2.2 Other Types of Maps
a. Robinson Projection
b. Cartogram
c. Thematic Map
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d. Flow-line Map
e. Chropleth Map
f. Cartogram,
2.3: Nothing proper about your Propaganda! The Political Use
and Abuse of Maps -
Provide and explain five examples where maps have been altered or differ in perspective in
order to generate a political message.
a. Argentina/United Kingdom and the Falklands
b. Persian Gulf and Arabian Gulf
c. English Channel and La Mer
d. Israel and Palestine
e. Somalia and Somaliland
3. Five Themes of Geography
Explain and provide examples of each of the following themes
a. Place
b. Region
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Formal
Functional
Perceptual/vernacular
Distance Decay
c. Location
Site
Situation
Relative location
Absolute location
Longitudes/Latitudes & Prime Meridian
d. Human-environment interaction
Environmental possiblism
Environmental determinism
3.1 Spatial interaction or movement : Diffusion
a. Hearth
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b. Relocation Diffusion
c. Expansion Diffusion
d. Hierarchal Diffusion
e. Contagious Diffusion
f. Stimulus Diffusion
g. Distribution
h. Density
i. Concentration
j. Pattern
k. Explain the difference between concentration and density
l. Explain the difference between physiological density and arithmetic density
4. Spatial Layout
a. Longlot
b. Mettes and Bounds
c. Township and Range
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Provide five Multiple Choice Questions that Cover this Theme: and one written
response. You must provide the answers and the rubric for scoring the written
response. You can use any of the study guides on hand.
Geography: Region & Theme
N. America
1. Place
a. Define the region that makes up N. America. Describe the difference between
Anglo-America and N. America.
1.1 Define and locate vernacular areas of the USA:
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a) Age
b) Religion
c) Political Opinion
d) Industry
e) Education
f) Pick-up truck vs. Van
g) Accent/Language
h) Land Use
i) Climate
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2. Population of N. America
a) Identify and explain the general demographic stages of N. America today.
Where is the population growth and where is there decline
b) What are the reasons for population growth?
c) What are the reasons for population decline?
d) Compare USA and Canada Infant Mortality Rates and Life Expectancy levels.
What are the reasons for the differences - see page 78 in Taylor’s book
e) How is population growth a benefit to the USA?
2.1 Migration Identify and explain the following types of migration in the USA original and
contemporary
a) Native:
b) African:
c) European
d) Asian
e) S. American/Central American
2.2 Explain how and why the USA uses the following
1.a Quotas
a. Green Card Lottery
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b. Contemporary barriers to migration in the USA include:
2.3 Diffusion and distribution of population in the USA:
Identify the original settlement patterns of early
colonists to present day
3. (Political)Relationships with other sovereign states
Describe economic and political relationships with the
following
a. Mexico
b. Canada – what is meant by the quote… “Living next to you is in some ways
like sleeping next to an elephant: No matter how friendly and even tempered
the beast, one is affected by every twitch and grant”
c. Compare and Contrast the relationship the US has with Mexico and Canada
d. Compare and Contrast political systems of Canada and the USA
e. Define Asymmetries as it relates to the relationship with the NAFTA
partners
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4. Industry and agriculture a. Describe the changing agricultural practices in the USA. How do these
changes impact the physical environment and what affect do they have on
relationships with other sovereign states?
b. What has been the trend in North American manufacturing and industry?
c. How and where did industry diffuse to in the USA: Past to Present?
d. Explain the reason for recent industrial relocation within the USA
e. What has been causing the outsourcing of jobs and how has this changed
employment trends in the USA?
5. Social and Cultural Geography
The city and urban areas
a. Urban Areas – compare and contrast Mexico and USA
b. Urban Sprawl and the USA: What is the cause and consequence
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c. Describe the process that has led to the reemergence of some American
cities as desirable places to live
d. Megalopolis: What and Where
e. Distribution of American cities: Does the USA follow the rank size rule?
f. Describe how Central Place Theory works and doesn’t work for the USA
g. Provide an example of Concentric Zone cities, Sector Cities and Edge Cities
in the USA.
5.1 Immigration
a. Compare and Contrast the immigration policies of the USA and Canada
b. Discuss the pros and cons of immigration with the respect to Canada and the
USA
5.2 Environment:
Identify the causes and consequences of each of the following environmental
issues in America
a. Water Pollution
b. Air Pollution
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c. Loss of natural habitat
d. Water resource depletion
Provide five Multiple Choice Questions that Cover this Theme: and one written
response. You must provide the answers and the rubric for scoring the written
response. You can use any of the study guides on hand.
South America
1, Physical Features
a. Describe the major landforms of
South America – site and situation
2. Population
a. Age Structure and demographic
transition: Account for major changes
in the demography and why..
b. Compare South American
demographic change with the that
of Anglo America
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c. Locate the more populated and the more densely populated countries in S.
America. Are they the same countries, explain why or why not.
d. Identify and explain how the dependency ration impacts many S. American
countries
e. Identify where in S. America Infant Mortality Rate is highest and lowest:
Discuss the reasons for this.
3. Migration
a. List the S. American countries that have Net In migration
b. List the S. American Countries that have Net Out migration
c. Discuss reasons for the differences in the migration flows of the respective
countries
d. Speculate which particular destinations are most popular for S. American
migrants
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e. Summarize the general migratory trends in S. America and describe their
impact on the physical landscape
f. Identify and describe specific Push and Pull factors for migration in S.
America:
Political----real example
Economic ----- real example
Environmental ----real example
4. Folk and Popular Culture
a. Explain how folk culture has remained more distinctive in S. America
b. Explain how and why folk culture is under threat in S. America today
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c. S. American food culture is changing: how does this impact the physical
environment?
5. Language
a. List the languages, language families and branches in S. America
b. Provide the reasons for the predominance of those languages in their
respective regions.
c. Identify and explain the reason for indigenous languages becoming extinct.
6. Religion
a. Identify and explain the diffusion of the major religions in S. America
b. What impact has religion had on the physical S. American landscape?
c. Locate where and describe what impact evangelical Protestantism is having on
S. America
7. Ethnicity
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a. List several ethnicities in S. America:
b. Identify and explain the main ethnic tensions in the region
8. Political
a. Compare and Contrast the political histories of the USA and S. America
Comparisons
Contrasts
b. Identify three S. American regions that are geographically contested
c. Identify any supranational or transnational organizations that are important to
S. American countries
d. Which south Americas states are:
Landlocked
Perforated
Elongated
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Compact
Prorupted
e. Explain and provide examples S. American centripetal forces and Centrifugal
forces
Centripetal
Centrifugal
f. Terrorism: Identify and describe the aims of any regional terrorist groups
9. Development
a. Create a top to bottom continuum of development of S. American and
Central American Countries. Use the Human Development Index to create
this
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b. Explain and provide examples of how the following may have contributed to
S. American poverty
Climate and shape of state
Neocolonialism
Mercantilism
Land Distribution
International Trade
Mercasur
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Maquiildoras
Export Processing Zones
Import Substitution Industrialization
International Development Loans
Agricultural subsidies in the USA and EU
High numbers of self subsistence farmers
Political instability
c. Explain how gender relations have impacted economic development in S.
America
10. Agriculture
a. Define the following
Swidden
Slash and Burn
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Soil Erosion
Subsistence farming
Shifting cultivation
Colombian exchange
Plantation
Hacienda
Free Trade
b. Locate the different agricultural regions of S. America: Identify the primary
crops that area and state whether they are for domestic, export, or both
Cash crops and plantations
Self subsistence farming
Cattle and beef
Mediterranean
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c. Discuss how is the global change in dietary habits affecting the agricultural
practices of the region?
d. How does the use of gasohol impact the price of food in S. America?
e. Describe free trade and explain the potential gains and losses for S.
Americans as a result of free trade programs
11. Industry
a. Describe how industry diffused to South America: Which parts of the
region are more impacted by Europe and which parts are more impacted
by the USA?
European
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USA
b. Identify and describe the three major phases of s. American development
and industrialization
The extraction phase
Import Substitution Industrialization (ISI) phase
The Debt Crisis phase
Structural Adjustment Programs
c. Explain how the following have impacted S. America
NAFTA
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Mercasaur
d. Identify which countries in S. America are parts of the new emerging
global economies and discuss reasons for their success.
12. Services
a. How does the service economy shape s. American cities?
b. Define and describe the growing use of ecotourism in S. America
13. Urban Geography
a. Compare and Contrast the classic N. American concentric zone model of a city
with that of the S. American version. Cut and paste the appropriate models
b. Explain why most S. American countries have primate cities and not the rank
size rule
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c. Define forward capital and explain the situation with Brazil’s capital city.
d. Locate the majority of S. American cities and explain the reason for their
location?
e. Describe and locate the various sectors of a S. American city. Paste the model
Colonial center
Commercial Business District
Zone of maturity
Zone of peripheral squatter settlements
f. Suggest reasons for the location of the squatter settlements in a S. American
city
g. What are some of the ways that S. American governments deal with squatter
settlements? Which methods are more successful
h. Provide two other names for squatter settlements
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14 Environments and Resources
a. Locate and the areas of natural resources in S. Americas. Identify what
natural resources are in those areas.
b. Describe how these resources have used by S. American countries
c. What impact has natural resource extraction had on the physical and
cultural landscape of S. America
Physical
Cultural
Regional: Europe
1. Geography
a. Define the following European
regions and list the countries
in them
Western Europe
Eastern Europe
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Former Soviet States
Former Soviet satellite states
b. Describe what it is that delineates eastern Europe from Western Europe
c. Provide a vernacular and formal description of Europe
Vernacular
Formal
2. Population a. Where are the sparsely populated regions and areas of Europe?
A.1. Locate the European countries that are in stage four of the demographic
transition
a. Explain what impact this has upon the dependency ratio in those specific
countries
b. Describe what, if any, pronatalist programs these countries are using to
address their dependency ratio problem
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c. Identify and explain the reasons for many European countries being in
stage four of the demographic transition mode.
3. Migration
a. List the countries that have net outmigration
b. List the countries that have net in migration
c. Identify the source and destination of many European migrants
Source
Destination
d. Explain the push and pull factors of those migrants to and from those
specific locations
Push
Pull
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e. Which European countries most experience the “brain drain” and why?
f. What impact did stage two of the demographic transition model have on
European migration and what impact did stage four have?
Stage two
Stage four
g. Describe the diffusion of international migrants in European countries
h. What form of migration leads to this specific type of migration?
i. What obstacles do migrants face in coming to European countries, and what
obstacles do they face when they are in there?
Getting there
Living there
4. Culture
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a. Clothes: What distinct forms of European clothes are worn today and
why
b. Provide and explain two specific examples of environmental
determinism on traditional European clothing styles.
c. What type of clothing has diffused from Europe
d. Describe the origins of Soccer and explain how it went from traditional
folk culture to popular culture
e. How did soccer diffuse to other regions?
f. What kind of food culture has diffused from Europe and why?
g. Explain and provide examples of European food culture in regards to
environmental possibilism and environmental determinism.
Determinism
Possibililism
5. Language
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a. Locate the following European language families
Romance
Germanic
West Germanic
Gaelic
Slavic
b. Identify 5 minority European languages
C. Explain why and how minority European languages are being revived
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c. Explain how English has gained a foothold as a European lingua franca and
what steps are some states taking against the growing use of English?
6. Religion
a. Describe how Christianity diffused across Europe
b. Identify the hearth of Roman Catholicism
c. Identify the original hearth of Protestantism
d. Identify the predominant Catholic sections and Protestant sections of
Europe. Which region is an exception?
e. Describe how the process of sequential occupation in time and location
refers to European Christianity
f. What is the growing trend in European church attendance?
g. What religion is growing in Europe and why?
h. Discuss, using regional examples, of how the recent introduction of
different religions in Europe has stirred up controversy and even conflict
i. How are minority religions dispersed across the physical landscape of
Europe?
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j. How do traditional religions impact the physical landscape of Europe?
7. Ethnicity a. Define the following
Multi-Ethnic State
Nation State
Ethnic Cleansing
Xenophobia
Racist
b. Describe and explain the difference between ethnicity and nationality
c. List European states where ethnicity and nationality conform the most
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d. List the European states that are the most ethnically diverse
e. Explain why some European countries are more ethnically heterogeneous
than others?
f. Describe the following ethnic/national problems.
State Ethnic Clash
Solution/potential solution
Great Britain
France
Germany
FYR (former Yugoslavia)
Denmark
Netherlands
Spain
Belgium
8. Political Geography
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a. Define the following, provide specific examples and explain how they relate to
the European region
Supranationalism
Devolution
Federal State
Unitary State
Constitutional Monarchy
Republic
b. Explain the significance of the following events on European political
geography
Event Significance/what it did Long-lasting Outcome 1603 King James accession to the English throne
1707 British Act Of Union
World War I
World War II
Building the Berlin Wall
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Treaty of Rome 1957 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall
1991 Breakup of USSR
1992 Maastricht Treaty
1989 – present breakup of Yugoslavia
c. Identify and Describe the aims of the following groups (some terrorist, some
political)
Plaid Cyrmru
Scottish Nationalist Party
UKIP
ETA
Sinn Fein
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Ulster Unionists
UDA
IRA
Lombardy League/Italian Northern League
d. What is the point of contention in allowing Turkey to gain membership of the
EU
Economic
Cultural
9. Development
a. Using the Human Development Index List from highest to lowest the top ten
European countries
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b. Define cultural relativism
c. Speculate why the reasons for the Scandinavian countries have the highest HDI
d. Compare the HDI of Poland and Great Britain: Explain one possibilist reason
and one environmental determinist reason for the difference
e. Explain why Eastern Europe is less developed than Western Europe
f. Identify and discuss why some Eastern European countries are regenerating
quicker than others
g. Identify regions within European countries that have very different levels of
development than the rest of the country
10. Agriculture Stephen Gold
a. Define the following and relate it to European agriculture
Enclosure movement
Land inheritance and farm size
Feudalism
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Second Agrarian Revolution
Common Agricultural Policy
Subsidy
Agribusiness
Land Rich/Cash Poor
Bed and Breakfast Farms
b. Which European countries have a agricultural surpluses that are exported?
c. How does the Von Thunen model work with modern British agriculture?
d. Compare and Contrast European and American agriculture
e. Identify and describe some of the problems faced by European farmers
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f. Compare the physiological, arithmetic and agricultural densities of the
Netherlands
PH D
A D
Ag D
Reason for differences?
11. Industry
a. Define the industrial revolution
b. Locate the hearth of the industrial revolution
c. Provide two environmental deterministic reasons for the industrial revolution
in Great Britain and two possibilist.
Determinist
Possibilist
d. Describe the diffusion of industry across Europe
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e. Explain why some areas of Europe where more conducive to industry than
others
Site
Situation
f. Identify the present day centers of industry in Europe
g. Explain the outcome of industry in the United Kingdom today
h. Describe what the International Distribution of Labor has done to
manufacturing in Europe
i. Locate and define the “Celtic Tigers”
12. Services
a. What European countries are at the forefront of global services and why?
b. Describe the diffusion of service economy jobs in Great Britain, how does this
correlate with the population distribution?
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c. Describe the early growth of services in Europe
d. Explain how services are diffused on the physical landscape model by using
Walter Christallr’s model
e. What has been the impact of the growth of the service economy and the decline
of the industrial economy in Europe?
13. Urban Geography
a. Define the following and provide regional examples
Market Town
Medieval Walled City
Greenbelt
Concentric Zone Model
Mass Transit
Rapid Transit System
Primate City
Rank Size Rule
Terraced Housing
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Blocks of Flats
Cottage Burning
Gentrification
b. Compare and contrast the a typical European CBD with an American CBD
c. Compare and Contrast American suburbia with European suburbia
d. Account for the major differences between European and American cities
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14. Resources/Environment
a. Identify the European countries that have a considerable oil and natural gas
reserves
b. Identify the European Countries that have considerable coal reserves
c. How does European natural resource diffusion affect European geopolitics?
Historically
Present
d. Compare and contrast the use of nuclear energy with France and the USA.
What are the reasons for the difference?
e. Speculate on reasons why mass transit is more common in Europe
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f. Compare and Contrast European transportation policies with American
g. Speculate on reasons for the
differences
Region: N. Africa and South West
Asia
1. Geographical Features Nolan
a. List the countries that make up N. Africa and South West Asia
b. Provide another name used for South West Asia
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c. Identify and list factors that make N. Africa and South West Asia a vernacular
region
2. Population Colleen
a. Identify the demographic transition stage that is most prevalent in the region
b. Identify and describe some of the problems that the demographic stage creates
for this region
c. Suggest reasons why the region is in this demographic stage
3. Migration
a. Identify states in the region that are experiencing net-in migration and identify
the source of the migrants
b. Explain the reasons for those states experiencing net-in migration
c. Identify and explain the non-regional destinations for emigrants in the region
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d. Describe how, if it all, how outmigration has impacted specific states in the
region.
4. Culture Sanders
a. Define common food culture in the region and explain how this culture may,
at least partially, environmentally determined
Culture
Environmental determinant
b. Define secularism
c. Explain how and why secularism is resisted by some groups in the region
d. How is the encroachment of western culture perceived by some in the region
e. Describe ways that some groups in the region attempt to retain their
respective cultural traditions
f. Explain how space-time compression is impacting culture in the region
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5. Language
a. Identify the three predominant colonial languages of the region
b. Identify the state that had to revive an ancient language and explain the
reasons why
c. Identify the state that “westernized” it’s language, describe the process of the
westernization and explain the reason for carrying it out.
6. Religion
a. Identify the two universal religions of the region
b. Identify the major ethnic religion of the region
c. Locate the hearth for all three religions
d. Identify the religion that is no longer a major religion in its hearth
e. Define the following terms
Zionism
Balfour Declaration
Seven Day War
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Occupied Territories
Golan Heights
f. Identify the major problems associated with the creation of the Jewish state
g. Describe proposed and active solutions to the Israel/Palestine Problem
h. Describe reasons for continuing conflict between Palestinians and Israelis
i. Locate and describe the significance of the following
Dome on the Rock
Mecca
Western Wall
Masada
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Holy Church of the Sepulchre
7. Ethnicity
a. Identify the significant minorities of the region
b. Identify the minority ethnicity in the region that has a nation state
c. List the minorities that have no corresponding state – i.e. stateless nations
d. Identify two groups that have been victim of ethnic cleansing in the region in
the last 100 years
8. Political Geography
a. Define the predominant shape of the state boundaries in the region
b. Explain the reason for those specific shapes
c. Explain and provide examples of how the concept of self determination has, in
some parts of the region, caused political instability and war.
d. Define the political geographic issues with the following states.
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o Morocco/Western Sahara/Mauritania
o Israel
o Kurdistan
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9. Development someone else!
a. List, from top to bottom, the HDI for the states in the region
b. Compare the GDI of Turkey with Saudi Arabia and explain the reasons for the
difference
c. Are the literacy rates in the region on average high or low?
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d. Explain how the global price of oil significantly impacts the development of the
regional states.
e. Provide examples how price fluctuations in oil have caused political instability
in the region
10. Agriculture
a. List the main agricultural products of the region
SW Asia
N. Africa
Identify the predominant type of agriculture practices in the region
11.12. Industry and Services
a. Identify the most industrial parts of the region
b. Speculate on the reasons for the general lack of industry in the region.
Environmental determinist
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Possibilist
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a. Describe the predominant urban layout plan most common in the region
b. Speculate on reasons for the continued use of that plan
c. Explain reasons why it is common to find the new colonial city adjacent to
the old city?
d. Suggest reasons for the building the newer colonial cities
e. Compare and contrast the cities of Dubai and Rabat
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f. Discuss reasons for the differences
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a. Identify the states that have considerable natural resources in the region
b. Locate the following in the region
Uranium
Natural Gas
Oil
c. Explain how, and provide an example, of how water is a major, understated
catalyst for conflict in the region.
d. Identify the Role of the cartel OPEC
e. Define the difference between Proven reserves and Possible reserves
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f. Explain, and provide examples, of how oil is a catalyst for conflict in the
region.
Regional: Africa
1. Geography a. How has the traditional Mercator projection limited the
European/American understanding of Africa
b. Describe the climate differences between central, coastal central and
southern Africa
c. Mental Maps: Citizens of which African nation frequently,
subconsciously exaggerate the size of this nation
2. Population
a. Predominant demographic stage
b. Reasons for that stage
c. Describe the most popular misconception about African Birth Rates and
Death Rates.
d. Suggest reasons why the Total Fertility Rate in Africa is very high
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e. Provide the solution that most demographers agree would reduce the total
fertility rate
3. Migration a. Identify the most common destination for African migrants
b. Identify the most common international destination for African migrants
and explain that choice.
c. Locate and describe one African state that is experiencing a violent backlash
against other African immigrants
d. Provide regional examples of the following push/pull factors
Environmental
Economic
Cultural
4. Cultural a. Identify the places in Africa where cultural traditions are disappearing the
fastest and provide two reason for it
5. Language a. Identify the two African Lingua Franca -
b. Who are the predominant speakers of European languages in Africa
c. Why is the official language of many African countries not the 1st language of
the majority of its citizens?
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6. Religion
a. Identify the impact that Christianity is having on some parts of Africa
b. Locate areas of Africa that are, supposedly, experiencing religious conflict
7. Ethnicity a. Why does African Ethnicity seldom match the state?
b. What has been the long-term consequence of stateless ethnicities in Africa
8. Political a. describe and provide an explanation for the shape of states in Africa
b. Identify two prorupted states and provide an explanation for the proruption
c. What is meant by the “carve up of Africa”
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d. What were the main motives for European intervention in Africa
e. Compare and contrast European colonialism in Africa with that of Canada,
Australia, New Zealand, Argentina and Chile
f. Who may be the emerging neocolonial countries in Africa and why?
9. Development
a. Discuss: Africa lacks few natural barriers to development, but has many
political
10. Agriculture a. Predominant types of agriculture
Central
South
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11 and 12. Industry and Services
a. Identify and explain the historical barriers to economic development
b. Identify and explain contemporary barriers to economic development
13 Urban
Identify the major urban centers in Africa
Explain how growing urbanization is causing problems with disease and
creating more virulent strains of Malaria
14 Resources
a. Identify significant resources of the areas
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b. Explain why despite such resource wealth, much of Africa is still mired in
poverty
Region: South Asia
1. Geography
a. Other names for South Asia
b. States that compromise the regions
c. factors that make it a vernacular region
2. Demography
a. Stage of the DMTM?
b. Describe the gender imbalance in the regions and provide reasons for it.
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c. Predicted growth of the population in the region?
d. Reasons for sudden growth in numbers?
3. Migration
a. Major historical migration in the post independent period
1940s
1970s
b. Common destination for inter-regional Indian migrants
c. Common international destinations for Indian migrants
d. Common source of migrants to India
4. Culture
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a. Describe environmental determinism on traditional dress
b. Describe how western trends are impacting the region
c. Discuss some of the changes wrought to the physical landscape as result
of the infusion of western cultural trends
Food
Housing
Recreation Areas
d. Explain how the adoption of western values upsets traditional regional
family dynamics
5. Language
a. Identify and locate the main language families in the region
b. Discuss the use of lingua franca in the region
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c. How has the lingua franca enabled the region to gain a rapid foothold in the
global economy?
d. What is the national language of India and why?
6. Religion
a. Identify the major religions of the region
b. Locate t he hearths of t he major religions of the region
c. Explain how the diffusion of religion in the region has altered the political
boundaries.
7. Ethnicity
a. Identify and locate the major ethnic groups of the region
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b. Describe how ethnic division prevents stability in Afghanistan
c. Locate the ethnic minorities in the region
d. Describe how the caste system in India worked
e. Identify different groups that have worked to diminish the caste system
8. Political Geography
a. Identify the major border disputes in the region
b. Explain the reasons for the dispute and discuss why conflict in this region is
particularly risky for global politics
c. What long lasting political legacy did colonialism leave on the region
d. What process led to the decolonization of the region?
9. Development
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a. List the countries in the region according to HDI – top to bottom
b. Discuss how the following factors have enabled India’s rapid economic
growth
Young Population
Colonial Lingua Franca
Parliamentary Democracy
Robust Infrastructure
Changes in International Trade Regulations
Agrarian change
10. Agriculture
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a. List and locate the most common agricultural exports in the region
b. Describe the impact of the green revolution on the region
c. What is the predominant form of agriculture in the reasons
d. What parts suffer the greatest agricultural problems and why?
11/12. Industry and Services
Explain the role of the region in the global distribution of labor
Compare and contrast the industrial roles of China and India
Locate the industrial and sections of the region and discuss the similarities of
them
13 Urban
a. Describe how urban growth is changing India
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b. Explain regional disparities in urban growth
14 Resources
a. What are the major resources of the region
b. How has rapid industrialization impacted the physical landscape in India?
c. What is the predicted to happen to the regions energy demands in the near
future and why?
Region East Asia
1. Geography a. List and locate states in the region
b. Identify three factors that make the area a vernacular region
2. Population a. Compare and contrast the population trends of China and Japan
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b. Explain how the following states are dealing with respective stages of the
DTM
Japan
China
3. Migration
a. What is the most common form of migration China
b. Identify common destinations for international Chinese migrants
c. Identify source areas of migrants into China
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4. Culture
a. Explain the environmental determinism in regional cuisine
b. Explain how the introduction of European food tastes in changing regional
culture and physical landscapes
c. Speculate on the reasons for the lack of intrusion of Eastern popular culture
on western countries
5. Language
a. Identify the major language families in the region
b. Which state has greater linguistic diversity Japan or China?
c. What is the reason for this?
6. Religion
a. Identify the predominant religions of the region
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b. Identify and locate some of the minority religions of the region
c. Compare and Contrast the diffusion of Islam and Christianity in the region
7. Ethnicity
a. Identify the more ethnically diverse states in the region
b. Identify the most homogeneous
c. Provide reasons for the difference
d. Identify, locate and explain recent ethnic conflicts in the region
8. Political Geography
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a. Identify and locate the areas of the region that have had greater colonial
influence
b. Explain how the one China policy impacts the following states:
Taiwan
Hong Kong
c. Is North Korea and South Korea two separate countries, or just one divided
state?
d. Compare and Contrast the political systems of Japan and China
e. Discuss the reasons why China is emerging into a capitalist economy while
still being a non-democratic one party state
9. Development
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a. Discuss the historical pattern of Chinese development?
b. What environmental factors enabled early Chinese development?
c. What twentieth century political events retarded Chinese economic
progress and how?
d. Describe industrial development and partial decline of Japan 1945 to
present
e. How has the region fitted into the global distribution of labor?
f. What changes in transportation have enabled greater manufacturing to be
done in this region?
g. Discuss the role of Special Economic Zones
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10. Agriculture
a. Identify the main agricultural products of the region
b. Discuss the differences in farming in the following regions
SE China
Mongolia
Japan
c. Describe the environmental impact that farming has had on rural China
11/12 Industry and Services
a. Identify and locate the industrial areas of the region
b. Explain why Tokyo is a global city
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c. What services are provided by Hong Kong and Singapore and why do they
cluster in these regions
d. What is the pattern of industrial diffusion in the region
e. Discuss reasons for the specific diffusion of industry across the physical
landscape in the region
f. Identify the Asian Tigers
13 Urban
a. Provide and example of an East Asian city model. Compare this with a North
American Concentric Zone model
b. Explain how Chinese urban growth in fuelling the Chinese and global
economy
14 Resources
a. Identify and locate the distribution of natural resources in the region
b. Compare and contrast the energy policies of Japan and China
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c. What are the global impacts of Chinese energy choices
d. Identify and discuss the major reasons why China will not agree to the Kyoto
protocol
EXTRA CREDIT
SE ASIA – 14 Points from geography – resources
The same for OZ/NZ
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