When is the Exam?1:00-3:00 P.M. Monday May 12th. You may take the full time if you wish.
Where is the Exam? In the regular classroom.
What do I need to Bring? A pencil (and a pen if you wish) and your brain.
Final Exam Office hours: Monday 10:00-11:00 and 2:00-3:00. Tuesday 11:00-12:00. Thrus, 8-10, Fri 8-10 and by appointment.
What the Exam will be like? The final format will be similar to the midterms with the exception of an additional essay question asking you to interpret an event in the news from a geographical perspective. See previous review sheets for details.

How to study: A recent article in Wired Magazine cites research that shows that positive thinking, believing that you can learn new things, actually helps you to learn new things so think positive. Additionally, craming does not work. Sometimes students do not budget their time for studying during finals very well. You will be better off if you spend an hour a day during the finals period studying rather than studying in a big block of three or four hours on one day. In addition to the amount of time and frequency with which you study, the way you review matters as well. As I’ve said in the past, simply reading through your notes re-reading your textbook, or doing flash cards may not be enough. In order to make the connections in your brain and retain the information you have learned you need to do something with it. Think and write about how concepts and ideas connect with each other. Think and write about why concepts and ideas we have studied are significant. Write down your thoughts. Draw diagrams.

In general, the test will cover

Lecture material from Electoral Geography to the end of the class.

Discussions Geopolitics through Vocation

Knox and Marston Chapters 9-12

The exam will cover these topics: (See also the lists of concepts in the introduction to each discussion and the list of Key Terms at the end of each chapter in your textbook) In addition to major and basic concepts from the first 2/3 of the class (like space, scale, place, site and situation, etc.), be sure you are familiar with:

Political Geographies electoral geography, political culture, Colorado Amendment 2 Vote, The presidential vote (nationwide and in Indiana), how election results show spatiality, the relationship between power and territory; geopolitics; nations, states, nation-states, sovereignty, imagined community, multinational states, centripetal and centrifugal forces, The Geography of Post 9/11 Geopolitics, Core and Gap vs. interconnection, international and supranational organizations; theories of geopolitics (including those of Ratzel, Mackinder, Haushofer, and American Geopoliticians); geopolitics of the future.

Urban and Future Geographies Urban systems vs. urban morphology, urbanization; rank-size rule; primate cities; urbanization in the core vs. urbanization in the periphery; overurbanization, squatter settlements; central place theory (range and threshold, can you draw a diagram?); Geography of Urbanization (Metropolis unbound and New Lessons articles); models of cities (including concentric zone model, sectoral model, multiple nuclei, and other models of cities in peripheral countries from your text, can you draw a diagram?); the zone in transition; filtering, invasion and succession; the importance of the rent gap, the rent gap and gentrification, congregation vs. discrimination (including redlining and steering); types of segregation, gentrification, how the case study of Tucson illustrates some of these concepts related to neighborhood change and segregation; public space in the city and in democracies; synthetic environments and their implications, Las Vegas and how it illustrates issues of synthetic and public space; Vocation and changing the world, articles from the last discussion.

As you study, be sure to think about the connections among the two major sections covered on the exam. For example, how do some of the principles of political geography we discussed apply to cities? How are the struggles of service workers in Las Vegas related to issues of power and territory? etc. Also, don't forget to think about potential connections between the content in this part of the semester and the rest of the course. As you may have noticed everything comes together in our study of urban geography.

Places for which you need to know the locations
Note that you only need to know locations, you do not need to know anything about the places. This time we're focusing on Europe. Since you had so much fun with the Indiana election maps I though we'd also do Indiana. Practice maps for both are provided on the web version of this review sheet.