GEOGRAPHY 5: WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY
Final Exam Study Guide Spring 2015
Chapter 7: Southwest Asia and North Africa
Describe the five physiographic regions of Southwest Asia/North Africa.
Describe plate tectonics in Southwest Asia/North Africa.
Identify the primary climates of Southwest Asia/North Africa and explain their
causes.
Contrast the impact of oil wealth in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Explain the intersection of oil wealth and religious fundamentalism in Saudi Arabia.
Analyze the social, economic and environmental impacts of oil wealth in the United
Arab Emirates.
Describe the history of U.S. involvement in Southwest Asia/North Africa since WWII.
Explain the conflict between the state of Israel and Palestinian nationalists.
Chapter 11: East Asia
Describe the physiographic regions of East Asia.
Identify the primary climates of East Asia, where they are found, and their causes.
Explain the primary natural hazards of East Asia and their causes and impacts.
Analyze the social and environmental impacts of Maoist policy in China.
Analyze the social and environmental impacts of Deng Xiaoping’s policies in China.
Analyze the connections between government policy, political repression and
environmental degradation in China.
Explain what environmental challenges China faces.
Evaluate the social, cultural and environmental impacts of China’s increased wealth.
Explain the reasons for the construction of the Three Gorges Dam and its impacts.
Evaluate Chinese policy, migration patterns and China’s economic growth.
Compare and contrast the environment, economy and societies of North and South
Korea.
Chapter 13: Southeast Asia
Describe the ways that Southeast Asia is a global region.
Identify the types of economic change that Southeast Asia has experienced,
including a brief summary of each country’s economic outlook.
Identify the types of environmental changes that Southeast Asia has experienced,
including the causes and impacts of these changes.
Describe the physical geography of Southeast Asia, including its two physiographic
regions, major rivers, climates, biogeography and tectonics.
Explain the pattern of human settlement in Southeast Asia.
Describe the demographic changes for Southeast Asian countries—which countries
have high, low growth, which countries are pro-natalist and which are anti-natalist?
Identify which ethnic groups (non indigenous) have left the greatest impact in
Southeast Asia and where these groups are most represented.
Identify the causes and outcomes of American military involvement in Vietnam.