Exams 1-3 Review Sheet
Hurt, World Regional
The fine print: The following is a brief (?) list of important terms and concepts that I think are key to success on the
exam. Almost all of the exam will comprise the terms and concepts listed below. Know both their definition and
geographic significance. Approximately 60% of the exam will come from my lectures and 40% from the deBlij and
Muller text. There will be a mix of multiple choice questions worth 2 points each, several very short answer questions,
and an extra credit question or two (75 points possible). If you have questions, e-mail me (dhurt1@ucok.edu) or stop
by my office before the exam. Don't forget to look at the maps! May the force be with you.
EXAM 1
Introduction to Geography (Introduction Chapter+lectures)
-all videos
-current global trends (15)
-global statistics (including main population trends by region and the top 11)
-global population size
-the five fundamental themes of geography
-globalization (including positives and negatives)
-spatial perspective
-transition zones
-absolute v. relative location
-formal and functional regions
-hinterlands
-map scale
-natural v. cultural landscapes
-Pangaea
-continental drift
-Pacific Ring of Fire
-desertification
-climate v. weather
-climates (Humid Equatorial, Dry, Humid Temperate, Humid Cold, Cold Polar/Highland)
-global population clusters
-core v. periphery
North America (Chapter 3+lectures)
-all videos
-in-class atlas questions
-characteristics of the geography/major geographic qualities of North America (lecture and book)
-population size of US and Canada
-2 components of the Canadian Core (Quebec v. Ontario)
-French long lots
-Nunavut
-Inuit
-3 problems with the formation of Nunavut
-Parti Quebecois/Quebec separatism
-Quebec referendum history
-Megalopolis (where, what cities, problems)
-New York City (primacy, economic activities)
-Hudson-Mohawk corridor
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-the frontera
-maquiladoras
-US-Mexico border
-rain shadow
-push and pull factors
-Sunbelt v. Rustbelt
-culture hearths
-American Manufacturing Belt
-five economic productive activities (primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary, quinary)
-technopole
Latin America (Chapters 4-5+lectures)
-all videos
-in-class atlas questions
-characteristics of the geography/major geographic qualities of Latin America (lecture and book)
-Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas
-mestizos, mullatos, zambos
-FARC
-altitudinal zonation (tierra caliente, teirra templada, tierra fria, tierra helada, tierra nevada)
-push and pull factors
-Puerto Rico (environment, economy, independence movement)
-Greater v. Lesser Antilles
-windward v. leeward
-Peru (physical regions, Machu Picchu, Machu Picchu Pueblo)
-isthmus
-archipelago
-Mainland v. Rimland
-hacienda v. plantation
-transculturation
-ejidos
-tropical deforestation
-altiplanos
-commercial v. subsistence farming
-NAFTA
-Latin American city model
-barrios/favelas
-growth-pole concept
EXAM 2
Pacific World (Chapters 11-12+lectures)
-all videos
-in-class atlas questions
-characteristics of the geography/major geographic qualities of the Pacific World (lecture and
book)
-Pacific Rim
-Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia
-high and low islands
-Australia and New Zealand and the Pacific Rim
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-“typical” Pacific island state
-Indonesia (participation in the Pacific Rim, population, religion, Java)
-transmigration (why, environmental impacts)
-Southern Ocean
-Aborigines
-Outback
-Maori
-territorial sea
-Exclusive Economic Zones
Europe (Chapter 1+lectures)
-all videos
-in-class atlas questions
-characteristics of the geography/major geographic qualities of Europe (lecture and book)
-Gulf Stream/North Atlantic Drift
-European Union (membership)
-Marshall Plan
-Treaty of Rome
-Maastricht Treaty
-European supranationalism (what led to the EU?)
-land hemisphere
-Agrarian/Agricultural Revolution
-Industrial Revolution
-nations, states, and nation-states
-centrifugal v. centripetal forces
-lingua franca
-primate city
-devolution
-conurbation
-Ancona Line
-shatter belt
-balkanization
-irredentism
-exclave
Russia and Asia (Chapters 2, 8-10+lectures)
-all videos
-in-class atlas questions
-characteristics of the geography/major geographic qualities of Russia and Asia (lecture and
book)
-Near Abroad
-tundra
-taiga
-permafrost
-Russification
-command economy
-distance decay effect
-the Kurds, Turkey, and a possible Kurdistan
-monsoons (including wind directions in Indian Ocean)
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-Indian subcontinent political divisions
-Tibet
-Dalai Lama
-North and South Korea
-38th Parallel
-caste system
-forward capital
-lingua franca
-extraterritoriality
-Mao Zedong
-Great Leap Forward
-Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
-Three Gorges Dam
-one country, two systems
-Meiji Restoration
-Republic of China v. People’s Republic of China
-Overseas Chinese
-Indochina
-types of boundaries (antecedent, subsequent, superimposed, relict)
-types of state territorial configurations (compact, protruded, elongated, fragmented, perforated)
-domino theory
-Khmer Rouge
-entrepot
EXAM 3
Middle East (Chapter 6+lectures)
-all videos
-in-class atlas questions
-characteristics of the geography/major geographic qualities of the Middle East (lecture and
book)
-Near, Middle, and Far East(s)
-oil (areas of Middle East oil production; Middle East and world leaders; markets)
-Suez Canal
-resource nationalism
-OPEC (including effect on price-per-barrel, which countries founded)
-water (including reasons for shortage, Nile River)
-Arabs
-Muhammad/Mohammed
-Mesopotamia
-Fertile Crescent
-hydraulic civilization theory
-Mecca and Medina
-Five Pillars of Islam
-types of diffusion (spatial, expansion, relocation, contagious, hierarchical)
-Shiites v. Sunis
-ayatollahs
-mullahs
-the Moors
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-the Maghreb
-West Bank, Golan Heights, Gaza Strip, and Jerusalem
-buffer state
-Mujahideen
-Taliban
Africa (Chapter 7+lectures)
-all videos
-in-class atlas questions
-characteristics of the geography/major geographic qualities of the Africa (lecture and book)
-desertification
-Sahara
-Sahel
-Conference of Berlin
-rift valleys
-endemic, epidemic, and pandemic diseases
-AIDS belt
-Green Revolution
-periodic markets
-Hutus v. Tutsis
-apartheid
-separate development
Etc. (lecture)
-Antarctica
-ozone depletion
-Antarctic Treaty
-Seven Years in Tibet
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