GEOGRAPHY 111 MIDTERM II STUDY GUIDE
The second Midterm will again involve multiple choice questions, true/false and matching.
Like in the first Midterm, I’m not looking simply for the definitions of terms,
but for you to understand their common-sense meanings, and real-life examples of them.
Use both the textbook and PowerPoints / lecture and video notes to study.
CULTURAL IDENTITY / Chapter 5
Cultural geography
Cultural identities
Race
Religion
Hearth
Diaspora
Ethnicity
Assimilation
Language
Language branch
Language family
Regional dialect
Accent
Indo-European language family
Germanic branch
Romantic branch
Slavic branch
Official language
Lingua franca
Scripts (relationship to religion)
Christianity (three main types)
Islam (two main types)
Arabs
Asian-Americans
Hispanic (Latino)
African American
American Indian
Mixed-race identity
Cultural landscape
Cultural region
Cultural diffusion (three types)
Ordinary (vernacular) landscapes
Symbolic landscapes
Globalization shaping cultures
Cultures shaping globalization
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ETHNIC CONFLICT / Yugoslavia video / Chapter 9 part I
State
Nation
Nation-state
Multiethnic state
Core group within state
Sovereignty
Self-determination
Ethnic territoriality (Nationalism)
State territoriality (Patriotism)
Religious territoriality
Racial territoriality
Apartheid
Black Homelands
National congruence
Majority and minority nationalism
Irredentism
Secession
Ethnocide
Genocide
Ethnic cleansing
Unitary state
Autonomy
Ethnic federalism
Confederalism
Former Yugoslavia conflicts (main ethnic/religious groups in each region):
Serbia
Croatia
Bosnia
Serbs outside Serbia (in Croatia, Bosnia)
Serbia vs. Kosovo (Albanian Muslim region)
Former Soviet Union conflicts (main ethnic/religious groups in each region):
Russia
Russians outside Russia (in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, etc.)
Armenia vs. Azerbaijan
Russia vs. Chechnya (Muslim region)
Ethnic conflict as a tool
Northern Ireland civil war
Rwanda civil war
Somalia civil war
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GEOPOLITICS / POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY / Colombia lecture/ Chapter 9 part II
Geopolitics
Political geography
Geography of politics (effect of politics on place0
Politics of geography (effect of place on politics)
Colonial divide-and-conquer of ethnic nations
Pan-isms
Decolonization
International organization
United Nations
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Soviet bloc / Warsaw Pact
European Union (EU)
Euro
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Domino theory
Heartland Theory
Clash of Civilizations theory (and problems)
Balkanization
Oil vs. democracy (reading on syllabus)
Main factions in Colombia War: government military, rebel groups, people caught between
Role of oil in Iraq and Colombia wars
Palestinian Arabs
Zionism
Israeli settlements
Jerusalem
Kurds
Kashmir
Propaganda map
Electoral geography
Gerrymandering
Reapportionment
Redistricting
Territory
Territorial organization
IRAQ WAR
Three major ethnic/religious regions (and overlaps)
Opinions of Arab Shi’ites in south & Baghdad
Opinions of Sunni Kurds in north
Opinions of Arab Sunnis in central region, Baghdad
Iraq War debates
Main stages of Iraqi history, 1980-2005
Nationality of 9/11 hijackers
Weapons of Mass Destruction controversies
New leaders and main insurgent factions
Role of Iran
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