WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY
GEO 111
COURSE LEVEL LEARNING OUTCOMES
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1
1-01
2
2-01
2-02
2-03
Performance/Task
Upon completion of chapter 1, students will be able to:
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Define: absolute location; brain and skills drain; cultural hearth; direction; distance;
feudalism; friction of distance; geographic information system (GIS); geography;
global choke point; globalization; human geography; latitude; localization
location; longitude; map; meridian of longitude; node; parallel of latitude; physical
geography place; poorer people; region; regional geography; relative location; scale;
spatial analysis; spatial view; wealthier people; world region.
Differentiate between “slow world” and “fast world.”
Upon completion of chapter 2 students will be able to:
Define: biome; birth rate; capital city; climate; country; cultural fault line; cultural
geography; cultural rights; death rate; demographic transition; demography; density;
deposition; desert; biome; desertification; development; diaspora; distribution;
economic; geographer; ecosystem; erosion; ethnic group; ethnic religion; federal
government; First World; forest biome; formal economy; free-market capitalist
system; gender; global city–region; global warming; governance; grassland biome;
greenhouse effect; gross domestic product; gross national income; human
development; human development Index (HDI); human poverty index (HPI); human
rights; import substitution; indigenous people; infant mortality; informal economy;
Kyoto Protocol;
language; midlatitude climates; migration; modernization;
multinational corporation; nation; nationalism; natural environment; natural hazard;
natural resource; nongovernmental organization; nonrenewable resource; ocean
biome; physiological density; polar biome; polar climates; political geography;
political rights; population density; population doubling time; population–resource
ratio; primary production.
Explain the theory of plate tectonics, factors affecting global climate change .
Explain the development of the modern world-system.
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2-04
2-05
3
3-01
3-02
3-03
3-04
4
4-01
4-02
4-03
4-04
4-05
4-06
Performance/Task
Dwell upon growth of early empires, organization of modern core regions and
peripheral regions, Europe’s history of exploration and exploitation.
Explain modern economic integration and the roles of World Bank and International
Monetary Fund in global economic development.
Upon completion of chapter 3 Europe students will be able to:
Describe unique characteristics of contemporary Europe, its people, ethnic conflicts
and the causes, position of Europe in world economy.
Demonstrate the knowledge of core regions and key cities of Europe.
Identify and locate European countries, capitals and major physiographic objects on
the map.
Define: acid deposition; agglomeration economies; agribusiness; Benelux; Black
Triangle; capitalism; Celts; colonialism; communism; concentration (of agriculture);
deindustrialization; democratic centralism; devolution;estuary; ethnic cleansing;
European Union (EU); Euroregions;extensification (of agriculture); Farsi (Persian);
fjord; genocidal rape; genocide;gentrification; Germanic peoples; Greeks; guest
worker; imperialism; Industrial Revolution;intensification (of agriculture);
irredentism; loess; market gardening; mediterranean climate; midlatitude continental
interior climate; midlatitude west coast climate; nation–state; North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO); planned economy; Romans; Slavs; specialization (of
agriculture); state; state socialism; supranationalism; Vikings.
Upon completion of chapter 4 - Russia and neighboring countries, students will
be able to:
Explain the influence of physiography and climate, historical and political events on
the development of the Russian Federation, Central Asia and Transcaucasus.
Describe social and economic structure of the USSR and present challenges and
opportunities facing Russian Federation and Near Abroad.
Discuss demographics and ethnics conflicts within this territory.
Relate to major issues of social and economic transformation in the region and
environmental concerns.
Define seven agricultural zones.
Identify and locate countries, major cities, and physiographic objects on the map.
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4-07
5
5-01
5-02
5-03
5-04
5-05
5-06
5-07
5-08
6
6-01
6-02
6-03
6-04
6-05
6-06
Performance/Task
Define: black earth soils (chernozem); brown earth soils; central planning; command
economy; Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS); continentality; five-year
plans; glasnost; gulag; heartland; hinterland; northern coniferous forest (taiga);
perestroika; permafrost; podzol soils; Russification; steppe grasslands; tundra; Virgin
Lands Campaign.
Upon completion of chapter 8 - Northern AFrica and Souhwestern Asia,
students will be able to:
Explain advantages and disadvantages of the region location compare to other
continents.
Discuss the influence of historical and political events on present situation in the
region and its role in the world.
Dwell upon key aspects of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Describe region demographics.
Explain key issues of economical development and social inequality in this region.
Describe distinctive regions and landscapes.
Identify and locate countries, major cities and physiographic objects on the map.
Define: Arab League; Arabic; Berber; cartel; Christianity; desalination plant;
diversified economy; Gulf Cooperation Council; Hebrew; Islam; Judaism; Kurdish;
Muslims; Nile Waters Agreement; Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
(OPEC); Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC); Palestine Liberation
Organization (PLO); Pan-Arab country; Qu’ran; salinization; Shia Muslims; Sunni
Muslims.
Upon completion of chapter 9 - Africa South of the Sahara (Sab-Saharan
Africa), students will be able to:
Describe natural recourses of Sub-Saharan Africa and influence on economical
specialization.
Discuss the impact of colonialism era on Sub-Saharan Africa and transition to
independence.
Describe demographic characteristics of the region and issues of social and
economical inequity .
Contrast and compare urban development and wildlife conservation.
Discuss core regions, key cities, distinctive regions and landscapes.
Identify and locate counties, major cities and physiographic objects on the map.
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6-07
7
7-01
7-02
7-03
7-04
7-05
7-06
8
8-01
8-02
8-03
8-04
8-05
8-06
8-07
Performance/Task
Define: Communauté Financière Africaine (CFA); creole language; Hutu; inselberg;
plateau; rift valley; Sahel; South African Development Conference (SADC); tribe;
Tutsi; pastoralism, savanna, shifting cultivation, slash and burn, Boers, Afrikaans.
Upon completion of chapter 11, North America students will be able to:
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Discuss immigration flows to North America through the history up to present days
and demographic processes.
Explain the role of North America, especially USA, in global economy and politics.
Describe political and environmental issues of the region.
Dwell upon core regions and key cities in North America.
Identify and locate major cities and physiographic objects on the map.
Define: Act of Confederation (Canada); Appalachian Regional Commission;
Canadian Shield; central business district; concentric pattern of urban zones;
coniferous; counter-migration; cultural hegemony; Dust Bowl; economies of scale;
First Nation; Francophone; ghetto; Group of Eight; Homestead Act; horizontal
integration; Hudson’s Bay Company; hydrology; Native American; North American
Free Trade Agreements; Parti Québécois; production line; Tennessee Valley
Authority (TVA); toponym; UN Security Council; uneven development; vertical
integration ; Main Street, Megalopolis.
Upon completion of chapter 10 - Latin America, students will be able to:
Describe major physiographic features of Latin America.
Explain transformation of the region during European colonization, influence of
USA in 1800s-1900s, and political/social movements in Latin America since 1950.
Describe social and economic effects of implementing structural adjustment policies.
Describe current social and economic inequity in Latin America, roots and
significance of drug trade.
Explain present relationship between USA and Puerto Rico.
Discuss core regions.
Identify and locate countries, major cities and physiographic objects on the map.
Comp #
8-09
9
9-01
9-02
9-03
9-04
9-05
10
10-01
10-02
10-03
10-04
10-05
Performance/Task
Define: altiplano; altitudinal zonation; Andean Common Market; Association of
Caribbean States; Aztec; banana republic; Brazilian street children; Canal Zone;
Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM); city–state;
commonwealth status; Contra; criollo; Darién; economic leakage; EI Niño
phenomenon ejiditarios; encomienda system; ethanol fuel; export-led
underdevelopment; favela; free-trade zone; FUNAI; Galápagos Islands; Greater
Antilles; hacienda; Haitian Revolution; Incas; Itaipu Dam; Lesser Antilles; Lost
Decade; maquiladora; Maya; Mercosur; mestizo; Middle America; Monroe Doctrine;
nationalize; Nezahualcóyotl; petrodollars; protectionism; Quechua; rain shadow;
revolutionary tourist; Sandinista; sedimentation; Somoza; temperature inversion;
Tenochtitlán; Treaty of Tordesillas.
Upon completion of chapter 5 - East Asia students will be able to:
Describe major physiographic features and processes in East Asia.
Discuss ancient empires of China and Japan, political/economical changes in 1800s1900s.
Explain main factors of Japan’s post-World War Two economic miracle and
industrialization in Japan.
Discuss demographic policies and issues, migration processes in the region.
Identify and locate countries, major cities and physiographic objects on the map.
Define: buffer state; collectivization; commune; Confucius (Kong Fuzi);
counterurbanization; Cultural Revolution; Daoism; entrepôt; Great Leap Forward;
Han Chinese; household responsibility system; Megalopolis; midlatitude east coast
climate environment; Ministry of International Trade and Industry; monsoon climatic
environment; pantheistic religion; shantytown; Shinto; special economic zones;
suburbanization; transnational Chinese economy.
Upon completion of chapter 6 - Southeast Asia and South Pacific, students will
be able to:
Describe two physical divisions of Southeast Asia.
Discuss colonial history of this region and transformation to independence.
Describe economic development in Southeast Asia.
Explain global impact of pollution and deforestation in Southeast region.
Dwell upon main demographic processes in this region.
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Comp #
10-06
10-07
10-08
10-09
11
11-01
11-02
11-03
11-04
11-05
11-06
11-07
Performance/Task
Identify and locate countries, major cities and physiographic objects on the map.
Describe physiography of the region and uniqueness of animals and plants.
Dwell upon key issues of political stability, indigenous issues, and environment
issues of the region.
Define: Aborigine; afforestation; alluvial layers; animism; Antarctic Treaty;
archipelago; artesian well; Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC); Association
of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN); barrier reef; Burmese; containment;
convective rain showers; convergent plate boundary; coral atoll; crony capitalism;
deurbanization; domino theory; Dutch East India Company; ecotourism; ersatz
capitalism; Gold Coast; Gondwanaland; Great Australian Desert; Great Dividing
Range; Green Revolution; Khmer; Khmer Rouge; land breeze; Maori; marsupial;
Melanesian people; Micronesian people; midlatitude cyclone; new rice technology;
New Zealand film industry; orographic rain; ozone hole; Pacific Rim; plantation;
Polynesian people; primate city; sea breeze; Shan; South Pacific Forum; subduction;
sustainable forestry; Terra Australis; Thai; transform plate margin; transmigration;
tsunami; typhoon; Vietnamese; Wallace Line; white Australia policy.
Upon completion of chapter 7 - South Asia, students will be able to:
Describe interaction of Britain with South Asia before and after incorporating it into
British Empire.
Discuss demography of the region and cultural differences.
Discuss local conflicts of the region and their global involvement.
Describe India’s economical and social transformation during 1990s.
Describe major environmental challenges in south Asia.
Identify and locate countries, major cities and physiographic objects on the map.
Define: alluvial fan; badlands topography; Bengali; Biharis; British East India
Company; British Indian Empire; Buddhism; caste order; Hindi; Hinduism; Indian
National Congress Party; Jainism; Mughal (Mogul) dynasty; Muhajirs; Muslim
League; Punjabi; Sikhism; Sindhi; Sinhalese; Bollywood.
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