Geography 301-501 Fall 2005

Final Examination

Monday, December 12th at the specially designated time of 3:30-5:30.

Bring a large gray scantron and your student ID card.

Final Exam is worth 350 points (or 35% of total course grade)


The Exam covers the second half of the semester (not cumulative)
    including all lectures since October 21st and
    the assigned readings (conclusion of the textbook and FFN).


This last Evaluation will consist of 75 questions (completely closed book and without notes)
    multiple choice, matching, true-false, map identification.


Regional and Place-names:
Middle West
Far West
Great Plains
Rocky Mountains
Mountain West
Intermontane
Southwest
Northwest
Four Corners
Borderland(s)
Coastal Ranges
Cascade Range
Sierra Nevada
Columbia Plateau
Colorado Plateau
Basin and Range
Great Basin
Grand Canyon
Death Valley
Mt. Whitney
Central Valley
Puget Sound
Willamette  Valley

National Parks:
    Yellowstone
    Grand Teton
    Glacier
    Yosemite
Rivers:
    Mississippi River
    Missouri River
    Arkansas River
    Red River
    Rio Grande (Rio Bravo)
    Columbia River
    Snake River
    Sacramento River
    San Joaquin River
    Colorado River
Cities:
    San Francisco
    Los Angeles
    Seattle
    Portland
    Phoenix
    Las Vegas
    Salt Lake City
    Denver
Water in the West:
    Grand Coulee dam
    Hoover dam
    California Water Projects
Mexico:
    6 border states
Alaska (49th state)
    Arctic N.W.R. & Trans-Alaskan pipeline
    Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands
    Southeast Alaska (Alexander Archipelago)
    Anchorage & Kenai Peninsula
    Denali N.P. and Mt. McKinley
Hawai'i (50th state)
    Volcanic big island of Hawaii
    Honolulu and Pearl Harbor (Island of Oahu)
Pacific realm:
    Guam
    American Samoa
    Northern Marianna Islands.