GEOGRAPHY 201-501
Fall 2006, Texas A&M

Midterm Examination
Wednesday, October 11th (normal lecture time, bring large gray scantron)
Evaluation type:  objective questions (multiple choice, T/F, matching) and closed book & no notes.
Evaluation is worth 300 points (or 30% of course grade)

Testable Material:
Chapters 1-6 (assigned readings)
Lectures 8/28-10/9

Test taking rules:
No Cheating!
No Appearances of cheating.
    No hats or unnecessary headgear.
    No loose papers or notes, textbooks, or electronic devices outside of a closed book bag..
    No wandering eyes.
Do not disturb other students during exam.
Raise your hand to draw proctor's attention.

Study Guide:
This website is meant to be helpful in your preparation for an examination.
    It should only reinforce your learning; it is not a substitute for reading and lecture notes.
A good way to prepare is in small study groups, so you can compare notes and share ideas.

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KEY TERMS: (also use the chapter summaries)

Readings: know the key points of each chapter (broader purpose and meaning as well as the emphasized definitions).
Examples from each chapter include:
CH1: Interdependent/interdependancy, global--place (local) scales, definition of globalization.
CH2: World systems theory & historical development of a global system, fast--slow worlds.
CH3: Demography (rates, pyramids), population distribution, growth, and migration.
CH4: Nature (definitions and meanings); human--environment relationships.
CH5: Cultural Identity, (language and religion details).
CH6: Interpreting Places & Landscapes

Lectures and other in-class materials (including videos):
know the main themes of each lecture period and the emphasized definitions and examples.

Here is a list of words/terms/expressions that are important to know:
Geography
Maps
    types of maps
    latitude and longitude
Regions
Diffusion
    4 models / types of diffusion
Globalization
Importance of Place
World-Systems theory
Slow/Fast Worlds
core--periphery model
Core / Semi-periphery / Periphery / External Arena
Digital Divide

Population Geography
Demography 
Population growth
    Malthusian perspectives
 Population pyramids
Birth / Death rates
RNI or NI (natural increase)
RAI or AI (absolute increase)
TFR (fertility)
Demographic transition model
Migration
    Mobility as a starting point
    Push--Pull factors
    Types of migration, and connection to diffusion
    emigration / immigration

Nature
    Environmental philosophies
    Religious perspectives
    Nature/Society/Technology
    Human history (settlement of world) and the role of domestication
    Columbian Exchange
    Disease (role it played with ecological change)
    Pollution
    Energy

Definitions of Culture
    5 elements of cultural geography
    Artifacts, Sociofacts, & Mentafacts
Place:
    "Culture in its Place"
    Sense of Place
     physical, built, and social environments
Identity
Territory
Languages
    classification of languages into families, groups, and branches
    dialects, lingua-francas, pidgins, official status, scripts
Religions
    classification of religions (theistic, etc.)
    evolution/expansion of the major religions
Cultural adaptation and pre-adaptation
Cultural Landscapes
    idea of reading the landscape and the language metaphor
Semiotics (iconography)
Modernity / postmodernity
Vernacular landscapes

Where are the examples?
Sepik River in New Guinea
Rumantsch speakers in the Swiss Alps