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1/3-1/5 Introduction to geography: basic geographic concepts, tools, and theory, regions. |
Geography 99/00: #1-"The Four Traditions of Geography" "Overviews" beginning pp. 8, 48, 88, 138, 174 Building Geographic Literacy (BGL): Chapter 1 Selected World Wide Web Sites for: Geography 99/00 Assignment A: Make a Map |
No Quiz Week One | Web links are not required reading unless specified. Required links will be posted in the same box as the the textbook readings (above). |
1/10-1/12 Global grid, maps, thematic maps, projections, scale, the importance of place, spatial interaction and behavior, scales of space and time. Introduction to culture: representations and perceptions of the world. |
Geography 99/00: #2- "The American Geographies . . ." Building Geographic Literacy: Chapter 2, & pp. 31-55 Assignment B: Cartographic Communication |
Quiz 1: Study the first two week's readings, & on the blank world map found on p.35 of BGL, be able to find the continents listed in Building Geog. Lit. p.33 and the waterways listed in table 3-1 on p.55. |
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Quizzes normally cover everything since the last quiz including all assigned readings and anything covered in class, as well as assigned locations on maps of the regions we are currently covering. | |
1/19 Thinking Globally: ecological relationships, systems theory & global climate change. Research about your assigned region. |
Geography 99/00: Handout on Systems Theory Building Geographic Literacy: Read the chapter about your assigned region (this may coverr more than one chapter) and do some research in the library and on the internet. (recommended: G99/00 #3 "NASA Readies",#4 "Human Domination", #5 "Counting the Cost", #10- "The Great Climate Flip-Flop", #11 "Temperature Rising", #39 "Risky Business") Assignment C: Mapping Data with Online GIS |
Quiz 2: Study this week's readings, the chapter(s) in BGL about your region, & study the 3 blank world map projections handed out in class, be able to find the same continents and waterways from Quiz 1. |
Websites week three - Global Warming
Electromagnetic Spectrum- NASA |
The Geography of North American Cities, communities, & peoples, The "American Dream", urban sprawl, transportation technology, social systems, urban morphology. |
Geography 99/00: #8- "America's Rush to Suburbia" Building Geographic Literacy: Chapter 4 (recommended: G99/00 #17 "Metropolis Unbound", #26 County Buying Power", #29 "Indian Gaming", #30 "For Poorest") Assignment D: American Cities |
Quiz 3: Mexico city, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Lima, and the cities on the map p.77 (in BGL), All of the places and countries mentioned in article 36 "Hispanics don't Exist" |
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1/31-2/2 Latinos in the U.S., El Niño |
Geography 99/00: Building Geographic Literacy: Chapter 13 (recommended: G99/00 #35 "The Changing Geography") Assignment E: Connections to the Rainforest. |
No Quiz Week Five |
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2/7-2/9 |
Geography 99/00: Building Geographic Literacy: Chapters 5, 6 Assignment F: - The Search for the True Nation-State |
Quiz 4: Study the last two week's readings, & on a blank regional map, be able to find the assigned locations of Europe & FSU (USSR): All the countries mentioned in the readings related to language, the industrial revolution, and the countries of the Balkan Penninsula, the Iberian Penninsula, and Central Asia. The Alps mountains, the Rhine River, the Danube River.
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Ethnologue Database,
Special Languages,
Geographic Distribution
of Living Languages Historical Maps of The Balkans Bosnia Maps, Bosnia Relief Map, Bosnia Ethnic Majorities 1991 The BosnianVirtual Fieldtrip |
MIDTERM |
2/14-2/16 MIDTERM Monday 2/14 East Asian economic development and population. |
Geography 99/00: Building Geographic Literacy: Chapter 8 Assignment G: - Mapping Populations |
No Quiz Week Seven |
Demography and population, Population Clocks-U.S. Census Bureau |
2/23 Population in South Asia |
Geography 99/00: Building Geographic Literacy: Chapter 9 (recommended: G99/00 #12 "Dammed if You Do") Assignment H: Online Geography Glossary |
Quiz 5: |
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2/28-3/1 |
Geography 99/00: Building Geographic Literacy: Chapter 12 (recommended: G99/00 #7 "The Emergence of Gasahol",
#22 "Boomtown Baku", #32 The End of Cheap Oil) |
No Quiz Week Nine | |
A difficult week coming up, your quiz covers dozens of countries and lots of reading. | |
3/6-3/8 Colonialism, Development and Agriculture in Africa South of the Sahara. |
Geography 99/00: Building Geographic Literacy: Chapter 11 (recommended: G99/00 #34 "How Much Food") Assignment J: Mapping Core and Periphery |
Quiz 6: Study the last two week's readings, & on a blank regional map, be able to find countries in all of Africa and relate them to their colonial origins. You should also know the locaton of the Nile, Niger, and Congo rivers, and Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika, and Lake Nyasa. |
Alan's Africa Links |
3/13-3/15 |
Geography 99/00: Building Geographic Literacy: Chapter 7, 10 |
Quiz 7: Study this week's readings, & on a blank regional map, be able to find the countries of Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific Islands, Southeast Asia and relate them to their colonial origins .You should also know the locaton of the Mekong and Red Rivers as well as the following islands: Borneo, Sumatra, New Guinea, Jawa, Timor. |
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Section 03 @ 6:00 p.m. Final Exam Scheduled on Wednesday March 22 at 6:15 pm | |
Final midterm exam covers weeks 7-11 | Final Study Guide |