GEA 2000, World Regional
Geography
Spring, 2005
Study Guide for Exam 2
1. The exam covers all lecture material, all films viewed during class (see below), and the material in chapters 6 through 10. Outlines for the lectures are included below.
2. Make sure you review all of the key physical human geographic features stressed during lecture for each region. There will be 5 outline maps (3 of which were on Quiz 2) that will require you to identify features of physical and human geography.
3. A list of key terms taken from chapters 6-10 of the textbook is included below. Terms will be drawn from this list to be used in the fill-in-the-blank section on definitions. They may also appear in other types of questions, such as multiple choice.
(On 2hr Reserve, AV center, 5th floor Green Library)
“The Prize: The Tinderbox”
“Bhutan” (not available for 2hr Reserve)
“Diverted to Delhi”
North Africa/Southwest Asia,
Chapter 6
I. Defining the Realm
A.
Physical Boundaries
B.
Regions
II. Physical Geography
A.
Climate Region
B.
Rivers
1. Tigris
2.
Euphrates
3.
Nile
C.
Atlas and Zagros Mountains
III. Cultural Geography
A.
Population distribution
B.
Main ethnic groups
C.
Mesopotamian culture hearth
D.
Origins and Expansion of Islam
IV. Geographies of Empire
A.
Ottoman Turks
B.
European colonialism
C.
Western domination of oil
V. Geography of conflict:
Israel and Palestine
Sub-Saharan Africa, Chapter 7
I.Physical Geography
A.Landforms
B.Climate--ITCZ
C.
Vegetation
II. Regions of Africa
III. Historical and Cultural
Geography: Triple Heritage
A.Indigenous
African
B.Arab
Islamic
C.European
IV. Contemporary issues
A.Population
1.
Pop growth
2.
(HIV/AIDS)
B.Environment
South Asia, Chapter 8
I.Defining the region
II.Physical Geography
A.Landforms
and plate tectonics
B.Physiographic
provinces and features
C.
Monsoon Climate
III.Historical-Cultural
Geography
A.Indus
Valley Civilization
B.Aryan
Invasion
C.Buddhist
Empire
D.Moguls
IV.European encounter
A.British
East India Company
B.British
Colonial Empire
C.The
Partition
V.Contemporary Issues
A.Kashmir
dispute
B.Politics
of Nationalism and Indigenous Peoples
C.Population
issues
East Asia, Chapter 9
I.Introduction to East Asia
Regions
II. Physical Geography
A.Topographic
Features
B.Climate
III.Historical-Cultural
Geography
A.Chinese
Dynasties
IV. European Encounter
A.
Tea trade
B.
Opium Wars
C.
Extraterritoriality
V. People’s Republic of China
VI. The Asian Tigers: focus
on Korea and Taiwan
Southeast Asia, Ch 10
I.Physical Geography
A.
Physiographic features (Insular and Mainland)
B.
Climate
II. Cultural and Historical
Geography
A.
Confluence of Cultural influences
B.
Population patterns
III. European Colonialism
IV. Post-colonial Geography
A.Vietnam
B.Myanmar
(Burma)
1. Shan
2. Karen
C.
Indonesia
1.
Transmigration
2.
East Timor
Key Terms, Chaps
6-10
Fertile Crescent
Monotheistic
Judaism
Diaspora
Christianity
Qur’an (Koran)
Protectorate
Islamic fundamentalism
Sunni
Shi’ite (Shi’a)
Cartel
OPEC
Salinization
Desertification
Pogroms
Zionists
Intifada
Neocolonialism
Ethnocentrism
Ethnicity
Intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ)
Horn of Africa
Apartheid
Structural adjustment programs (SAPs)
Currency devaluation
Animism
Syncretism (fusion)
Lingua francas
Sahel
Agroforestry
Mixed agriculture
Subcontinent
Monsoons
Indus Valley civilization
Arya (Aryan)
Indian diaspora
Brain drain
Moguls
Hindustani
Hearth
Muslims
Islam
Buddhism
Communal conflict
Caste
Brahmins
Taliban
Religious nationalism
Regional conflicts
China proper
Confucianism
Cultural Revolution
Food stability
Special economic zones (SEZs)
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Tsunamis
Loess
Alluvium
Chaebol
Archipelago
Biogeographical transition zone
Australo-Melanesians
Austronesians
Buffer zone
Slash-and-burn (shifting or swidden) cultivation
Wet rice (or paddy) cultivation
Growth triangles
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
ASEAN Free Trade Association (AFTA)
Cultural pluralism (or cultural complexity)
Push factors
Pull factors
Resettlement schemes
Transmigration