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GEO 101
World Human Geography Exam 1 Review Spring 2011 When is
the Exam? Monday February 7 How and
what to study: Your first line of attack should be to carefully
review your notes from lecture. The best way to do this is to read
through your notes and the
outlines provided on the web site for each day to remind yourself
of the topics covered. Then put your notes aside and attempt to
reconstruct the main points covered-and what they mean on paper.
Write them down. You may even want to do some free writing
recounting the significant points and reflecting upon the significance
of what you have learned. Then
compare what you have written with the online lecture outlines and the
section headings in your textbook. Next, you should carefully review
the appropriate terms in the glossary (of both your textbook and the
online glossary). Write down definitions in your own words. The
summaries, key terms, and review questions at the end of each chapter
in your textbook should also be useful. The discussion manual glossary
provides not only definitions, but also context for the terms
developed in class. It is a good resource. Finally make sure you have
carefully read each of the assigned discussion readings and can
adequately answer the questions for each discussion. As I write the
exam, I will be reviewing those questions myself. I will also look at
the various section headings in each article (and in your textbook) as
they often point to main ideas. For some of the discussions (but not
all) I have also provided a list of concepts, ideas, and places that
you might want to review. We have covered quite a bit of material. The
key to effectively studying is to be able to grasp the main ideas and
connect them with ideas and concepts that fall under them. On the class home page there are links to several
web sites (see
WWW Study Skills Resources) that have useful information about
preparing for multiple choice exams. As always come see me with any
questions you might have. If you know that you have difficulty taking
exams I encourage you to come see me before the exam so that we can
work out some strategies for you to explore. The following is a list of most of the topics we
have covered. It is by no means all inclusive so be sure that you look
at your lecture notes, outlines, the lists of concepts in the
introduction to some of the discussions and the list of Key Terms at
the end of each chapter in your textbook. Geographical Concepts and the Global Context:
definitions of Geography (including the literal definition), how
places are both unique and interdependent, the geography of breakfast,
types of location (nominal, absolute, relative, site and situation,
etc.), place, location, site, situation, regions (3 types), geographic
scale (map scale and observational geographic scale), space (absolute
and relative), spatiality, spatial variation, spatial association,
distribution, spatial diffusion, contagious diffusion, hierarchical
diffusion, barriers to diffusion, spatial interaction, globalization,
complementarity, transferability, intervening opportunity, distance,
distance decay, Oil Spill discussion. GIS, GPS, Remote Sensing, Geographies of Environment and Population Nature and
the Environment theories or ways of looking at nature and their
implications, Glacken's 3 conceptions, environmental determinism,
possibilism, actor-network theory, humans as modifiers of the earth,
What is Nature?, race to the pole (unless we don’t finish because of
snow day) the production of nature, environment, biodiversity, First
Law of Ecology, natural capital, renewable resources, non-renewable
resources, common property resources, open-access resources, fossil
fuels, renewable energy resources, greenhouse effect, global
warming/climate change, carbon footprints, land use and land-cover
change, Climate change
discussion, concepts from Wednesday Feb 2 lecture (unless we have a
snow day) In general the test will cover:
Places for
which you need to know the locations Egypt, Nile River, Tunisia, Sudan, Somalia,
Niger, Ethiopia, Libya, Chad, Afghanistan, Kabul, Iraq, Baghdad, Iran,
Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Jordan,
Qatar, Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Kuwait, Pakistan, India, Mumbai,
Caspian Sea, Aral Sea (or what's left of it), Black Sea, Bangladesh,
Nepal, India, Sri Lanka. Myanmar, Indonesia, China. Suggestion for learning locations: Make several
copies of the practice map (which is available online). Without the
aid of a map, try to locate and label each of the places you need to
know for the test on a blank map. Check your answers against a map.
Make note of those that you couldn't locate and note their locations.
Repeat until you get every location correct. Do this once a day until
the day of the test and you'll pass the map section with flying
colors! Honor Code
Issues During the exam please put all class materials out of
sight, do not use music players, and do not talk. Final
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