Global Village (GEOG 202-502)
Texas A&M University, Spring 2003
Part Two:
Europe and Asia (Central / East / South)
Readings:
Chapter 8 (Europe)
Chapter 10 (Central Asia)
Chapter 12 (South Asia)
Chapter 11 (East Asia)
Lectures:
Feb. 18 to March 25
In-class movie/videos:
Evaluation Date: Thursday, March 27th (normal class time)
You'll need two large gray scantrons.
Atlas Exercise Two (50 questions worth 1 point each for 50 points)
Second Midterm (55 questions worth 5 points each for 275 points)
Total Points for part two: 325
Atlas Exercise Two
Answer questions on a separate large gray scantron (either turn in prior or and bring with you to midterm).
Use the Goode’s World Atlas 20th Ed. (Rand McNally, 2000) ISBN 0528640003
Answer with the most correct possible response.
Record onto a large gray scantron.
Turn-in prior to the second midterm.
Match the Maps on the following pages to their type:
1. Page 34
2. Page 36
3. Page 190
4. Page 202
[A] Choropleth map
[B] Isopleth map
[C] General-purpose map
[D] Cartogram
Multiple Choice:
5. The definition of a map (presented during lecture) is:
[A] graphical representation of reality
[B] presentation of the Earth
[C] graphical terrestrial imagery
[D] satellite imagery
6. The energy consumption map on page 60 ____________ mapping technique.
[A] has one theme using a choropleth
[B] has one theme using a proportional symbol
[C] has two themes combining a choropleth and proportional symbol
[D] has two themes combining a isopleth and proportional symbol
7. The Fruits map on page 44 shows that distribution of “deciduous” ____________ .
[A] is more Equatorial than the other fruits
[B] is more Polar than the other fruits
[C] is only found in the Western Hemisphere
[D] is only found in the Eastern Hemisphere
8. Referring to population densities on page 30, ____________.
[A] India has a higher pop. den. but China has a higher pop. den. of cultivated land.
[B] China has a higher pop. den. but India has a higher pop. den. of cultivated land.
[C] India has a higher pop. den. as well as a higher pop. den. of cultivated land.
[D] China has a higher pop. den. as well as a higher pop. den. of cultivated land.
9. Which of the following countries does not border Afghanistan?
[A] China
[B] Iran
[C] Kazakhstan
[D] Pakistan
10. Which of the following mountain ranges is inside Afghanistan?
[A] Asiatic Alps
[B] Hindu Kush
[C] Karakoram
[D] Plateau of Persia
11. What percentage of the worlds population will live in India in 2020?
[A] 16.6%
[B] 16.8%
[C] 17.0%
[D] 18.7%
[E] 19.6%
12. What is the infant mortality rate for India?
[A] 4/1000
[B] 9/1000
[C] 15/1000
[D] 71/1000
[E] 72/1000
13. Daily newspaper circulation in China is 27/1000;
what closely related statistic is comparable?
[A] China has near the world average of 77% literacy.
[B] Economic conditions have decreased the number of daily newspapers.
[C] Chinese characters are difficult to reproduce for daily newspapers.
[D] Chinese religions include Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism.
14. On average, Indian and Chinese protein consumption is not: (identify the incorrect)
[A] both average over 50 grams/day
[B] both are predominantly vegetable protein
[C] India exceeds China calorie supply
[D] China ranks as above average calorie supply
15. Which of the following is not a capital city of a Trans-Caucasian Republic? (Former USSR)
[A] Tbilisi
[B] Baku
[C] Yerevan
[D] Nagorno Karabakh
True [A] –or– False [B]
16. Taiwan is a member of the United Nations.
17. The other name for Taiwan is Ceylon.
18. Honshu is the largest Japanese island.
19. New Guinea is the fourth largest island in the world.
20. Over half of the 20,000 plus foot high mountain peaks are in Asia.
21. The majority of economically active Chinese are still working in Agriculture.
22. Corsica and Sardinia are part of Italy.
23. Copenhagen is Sweden’s primate city.
24. The Volga River naturally empties into the Caspian Sea.
25. The Ural Mountains divide Russia from Kazakhstan.
Associate the following rivers with the water bodies they empty into:
26. East flowing to Yellow Sea (Bo Hai)
27. North flowing to Arctic Ocean
28. South flowing to Arabian Sea
29. Southeast flowing to the Gulf of Tonkin
30. South flowing to Andaman Sea
[A] Huang He
[B] Indus
[C] Ob
[D] Red
[E] Salween
Associate the following rivers with the areas/regions they flow through.
31. Border between Russia and China
32. Burma
33. Sichuan Basin
34. Sundarbans
35. Vietnam
[A] Amur
[B] Chang Jiang
[C] Ganges
[D] Irrawaddy
[E] Mekong
Rank the following cities by their "metropolitan area" populations:
36. Bombay (Mumbai)
37. Calcutta (Kolkata)
38. Seoul
39. Shanghai
40. Tokyo-Yokohama
[A] most populated
[B]
[C]
[D]
[E] least populated
Match the following European countries with the Supranational Institutions they belong to:
41. Albania
42. Austria
43. Ireland
44. Norway
45. Poland
46. Spain
47. Sweden
48. Switzerland
49. Turkey
50. United Kingdom
Possible answers to questions 41-50:
[A] Member of EU (European Union).
[B] Member of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization).
[C] Member of both European Union and NATO.
[D] Not a member of either the EU or NATO.
SECOND MIDTERM
Bring a large gray scantron to class.
There will be more maps on this exam: Europe, S Asia, and E. Asia.
CONTINENTAL ASIA
Includes the contiguous parts of North, Central, South, East, and Southeast Asia.
Continental Asia excludes Europe, Arabia, and Pacific Rim.
Physical features:
Indian Peninsula (Sub-continent), Deccan Plateau & Coastal Ghats,
Indochina Peninsula, Isthmus of Kra / Malay Peninsula; Korean Peninsula
MOUNTAINS: Himalayas (Mount Everest 29,810ft); Trans-Himalayas; Tibet Plateau
Hindu Kush, Karakoram (K2), Tien Shan, Eastern Highlands (Siberia/Far East)
Gobi Desert, Thar Desert, Loess Plateau, Sichuan Basin, North China Plain,
Yunnan Plateau; Annam Cordillera, Shan & Khorat Plateau, Tonkin Plain;.
RIVERS: Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra; Huang He, Chang Jiang, Xi (Pearl); Irrawaddy,
Salween, Mekong, Chao Phraya, Red; Amur, Ob, Yenisey, Lena.
Vegetation: coniferous-to-tropical forests; deserts
Climates: Monsoonal, continentality, extremes
Political/Urban features: (STATES / Capitals)
INDIA
New Dehli & Dehli, Mumbai (Bombay), Calcutta
Kashmir, disputed territory of
Indus Valley Civilizations (inc. Rann of Kutch and Kathiawar Peninsula)
PAKISTAN
Islamabad, Karachi
BANGLADESH
Dhaka
NEPAL, Kathmandu
BHUTAN
SRI LANKA (Ceylon)
Colombo; Jaffna (Peninsula) and Palk Strait
MALDIVES, Male
MONGOLIA, Ulan Bator
CHINA
Beijing; Shanghai, Nanjing, Xian, Lhasa (Tibet); Great Wall, Grand Canal, Three Gorges Dam
Manchuria (NE), Hong Kong (Guangzhou); Xinjiang Uygur (Sinkiang), Xizang (Tibet),
NORTH KOREA, P’yongyang
MYANMAR (f. Burma)
Rangoon (p. Yangon), Mandalay
THAILAND (Siam)
Bangkok; Chang Mai
VIETNAM
Hanoi; Ho Chi Minh (f. Saigon)
LAOS
Vientiane
CAMBODIA (Kampuchea)
Phnom Penh; Angkor Wat
Misc. Cultural: Indo-China cultural hearths, Eastern Religions (origins & diffusion),
broad patterns of language, colonialism, and migration, “Golden Triangle.”
PACIFIC RIM
This area includes the Western Pacific Ocean, Maritime
Asia (Japan/China), Maritime/Insular Southeast Asia, Australia/New Zealand, and the (South) Pacific Islands.
Qualities of the “Pacific Rim” as a Region
(1) Pacific Ocean as coreless, non-contiguous Region
(2) Urban/industrial; rapidly development and cross-investment
(3) Components of region include islands, peninsulas, & coastal provinces
(4) Trade across water, imports/exports;
GEOGRAPHICAL DIMENSIONS
(5) Geographical units: (parts of other realms)
Northwest Spoke: Japan and Northeast Asia; (N–NW) “Jakota triangle”
West Spoke: China, Hong Kong; (SW–W) ASEAN
Southwest Spoke: Australia / Oceania (S);
“Austrasia,” (Western Rim -- Japan & Australia)
Northeast Spoke: West coast of North America (NAFTA)
Southeast Spoke: West coast of Latin America (esp. Chile)
Northwest Spoke (Orient)
JAPAN (Island Archipelago; 4 large and numerous small islands)
1. Honshu: Tokyo-Yokohama, Osaka-Kobe, Kyoto, Hiroshima
2. Kyushu: Kitakyushu, Nagasaki
3. Shikoku
4. Hokkaido: Sapporo
Inland Sea or Seto Naikai; Sea of Japan; Korean Strait;
Kurile Islands; Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-Shoto) Okinawa
SOUTH KOREA
Seoul, Pusan
TAIWAN (Nationalist China & Formosa)
T’aipei
“Jakota Triangle” -- Japan, Korea, and Taiwan
Vladivostok (Pacific gateway to Siberia & Russia)
Coastal China (West Spoke)
West by Northwest: Shandong Peninsula, / Yellow Sea
West: Lower Chang Basin/ Shanghai; East China Sea, Taiwan
West by Southwest: Xi (Pearl) / Greater Hong Kong, South China Sea, Hainan Islands
Human connections with Southeast Asia; territorial conflicts (Spratly & Paracel Islands)
Southwest Spoke (Indochina)
Maritime/Insular part of Southeast Asia and adjacent Seas
Andaman, Arafura, Banda, Celebes, Coral, Java, Philippine, Solomon, Sulu, Tasman, Timor
Borneo, New Guinea, and Greater and Lesser Sunda Islands
MALAYSIA
Kuala Lumpur; Melaka,
SINGAPORE
Strait of Singapore; Singapore Island
BRUNEI
INDONESIA
Jawa, Jakarta; Sumatra (Strait of Malacca); Bali;
Timor (East Timor); Sulawesi (Celebes); Moluccas “Spice Islands;” West Irian
PHILIPPINES
Luzon, Manila ; Visayan Islands; Mindanao
_______________(part three)________________
Australasia: Older term with a literal meaning of Southern (Hemispheric) “Asia,”
usually meant Australia & New Zealand (Anglo)
and sometimes included New Guinea (Biogeographical–Wallace & Weber lines)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA, Port Moresby,
Bismarck Archipelago, Bougainville
Southwest Spoke: (Down Under)
AUSTRALIA
New South Wales, Sydney; Victoria, Melbourne; Western Australia, Perth; South
Australia, Adelaide; Queensland, Brisbane; Tasmania , Hobart; Australian
Capital Territory, Canberra; Northern Territory, Darwin; Great Barrier Reef,
Great Dividing Range, Alice Springs / Ayers Rock;
NEW ZEALAND (South by Southwest)
North Island: Auckland, Wellington, Cook Strait,
South Island: Southern Alps, Canterbury Plain, Christchurch & Dunedin
Oceania: (South spokettes)
Tropical and Equatorial Pacific; low and high island cultures
SOLOMON ISLANDS, Honiara; Guadalcanal,
VANUATU (New Hebrides Islands)
New Caledonia (Fr)
FIJI, Suva
PALAU, Republic of
MICRONESIA, Federated States of (Caroline Islands)
Northern Mariana Islands / Guam (USA)
MARSHALL ISLANDS, Republic of
KIRIBATI (Gilbert Islands)
TONGA
TUVALU
WESTERN SAMOA, Apia
American Samoa (USA)
French Polynesia (Fr) Tahiti & Society Islands
Hawai’ian Islands (USA)
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Geography of the European Union
Texas A&M University, Spring Semester 2002
I. European Regions
A. Geographical Regions in the "Europe as Idea" Trope
1. Western and Eastern Europe
2. Northern and Southern Europe
3. Central Europe / Mitteleuropa
4. Europe as a Continent
B. Western Europe
Recent core of values & ideologies concerning Europe
Continental Europe
Center-core
--- Germany
--- France
----- Monaco
Alpine
--- Switzerland
--- Austria
----- Liechtenstein
(in the future, Slovenia)
Lowlands (BeNeLux)
--- Belgium
--- Netherlands
--- Luxembourg
Roman
--- Italy
----- San Marcos
----- Vatican City
C. British Isles
Western and American bridge
--- United Kingdom
England, Scotland, Wales, N. Ireland, Crown Dependencies
--- Ireland
D. Scandinavia / Norden
--- Denmark
--- Sweden
--- Finland
--- Norway
--- Iceland
E. Iberia
--- Spain
--- Portugal
----- Andorra
F. Baltic / North-central
--- Estonia
--- Latvia
--- Lithuania
--- Poland
--- Czechia
--- Slovakia
--- Hungary
G. Southeast / Balkans
--- Slovenia
--- Croatia
--- Bosnia
--- Serbia (-Montenegro)
--- Macedonia
--- Romania
--- Bulgaria
--- Albania
East but West?
--- Greece
H. East-East
--- Ukraine
--- Belarus
--- Moldova
--- Russia
I. Fringe
--- Turkey
--- Cypress
--- Malta
--- Georgia (Trans-Caucasia)
II. European Alliances ("Supranationalism")
A. European Union (EC, EEC, etc.)
Original Six: Treaty of Rome, 1956
--- Belgium
--- Netherlands
--- Luxembourg
--- France
--- Germany
--- Italy
1973
--- United Kingdom
--- Ireland
--- Denmark
1981
--- Greece
1986
--- Spain
--- Portugal
1995
--- Austria
--- Sweden
--- Finland
B. E.U. applicants
Six recommended
--- Estonia
--- Poland
--- Czechia
--- Hungary
--- Slovenia
--- Cypress (peace process)
Accession process
--- Latvia
--- Lithuania
--- Slovakia
--- Romania
--- Bulgaria
Unknown stages
--- Malta (self-froze/reactivated)
--- Turkey
C. EFTA (European Free Trade Association): (Outer Seven—Inner Six)
--- Switzerland
--- Norway
--- Iceland
Former members? / (UK, Dk, Ir, Sw, Fin, Aus, eventually joined EU?)
European Economic Area (current status?)
D. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization: Treaty of Washington, 1949)
--- United States
--- Canada
--- United Kingdom
--- Germany
--- Netherlands
--- Belgium
--- Luxembourg
--- France
--- Italy
--- Denmark
--- Greece
--- Spain
--- Portugal
--- Norway
--- Iceland
--- Turkey
Three new members (1999)
--- Poland
--- Czechia
--- Hungary
E. NATO applicants
Applied to Join (Vilnius 10)
--- Slovakia
--- Slovenia
--- Estonia
--- Latvia
--- Lithuania
--- Romania
--- Bulgaria
--- Croatia
--- Macedonia
--- Albania
III. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE
A. Eurasian Landmass and Four Peninsulas
1. Scandinavian Pen.
2. Iberian Pen.
3. Italian Pen.
4. Balkan Pen.
B. Four Physiographic Regions (Specific parts)
1. Alpine System
(Alps) / (Pyrenees) / (Appennines) / (Carpathians)
2. North European Plain [also Great European Plain]
3. Central Uplands [France-Germany]
4. Northwest Highlands
(Scandinavian) / (Scottish Highlands) / (Meseta)
C. Major land/water features
Islands
1. British Isles [Great Britian & Ireland]
2. Iceland
3. Sjaelland
4. Corsica
5. Sardinia
6. Sicily
7. Greek Islands / Aegaen Sea [Crete, Rhodes, Lesvos]
Seas
1. Baltic Sea
2. North Sea
3. English Channel
4. Bay of Biscay
5. Strait of Gibraltor
6. Black Sea
D. Major Rivers
1. Rhine
2. Rhone
3. Danube
4. Volga
IV. CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE
A. European Characteristics
1. Language
2. Religion
3. Genetics
B. Major Places (London, Paris, Berlin, Milan, Vienna, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Rome, Athens, etc.)