GEG 101 - Harper College - Fall 1998
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Arlene Katalinik
Peg Mulcahy
Maulik Thakkar
Judi Spaletto
Arlene
Katalinik
- Realm: Europe
Concepts: Relative location and relief
Reference: GIS/Cartography - Department of Surveying &
Mapping,
The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
http://www.iko.unit.no/gis/gisen.html
This site is a starting point to find various sites related to
Geographic Information Systems and Cartography. Everything you
want to know about maps. Lots of links to Europe and everywhere
else.
- Topic: History of Russia:
Realm: Russia
Vocabulary/concepts: internal republics; centrifugal forces;
federation
Reference: Exhibits Collection - Russia
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/russia/
This site offers a history of Russia, including the breakup of the
USSR; with links relating to the BREAKAWAY REPUBLICS; building a
FEDERATION; Russia today; and more. There is also an interactive
Atlas which is interesting.
- Realm: North America
Region: all
Concepts: French Canada; NAFTA
Reference: U.S. State Department Geographic Learning Site
http://geography.state.gov/htmls/plugin.html
Great source of information regarding geographic hot spots and
cool sites; international affairs and issues; learn about
countries where U.S. Diplomats work.
- Realm: Middle America
Region: Mexico
Vocabulary: Chiapas
Reference: Yahoo Headlines
http://headlines.yahoo.com/Full_Coverage/World/Chiapas/
This site has full coverage of events in Chiapas, and many sites
and links which describe the history of the Mayans in Chiapas and
the conflicts and current events; and efforts toward a peaceful
settlement.
- Realm: South America
Region: Andean West
Concept: Altiplano
Reference: Ancient World Web Geography Index
http://www.julen.net/aw/geography/samerica.html
This page covers ancient sites and locations of the Incas; Andean
cultures; and the Aymara.
- Realm: North Africa/Southwest Asia
Region: The Middle East
Concepts: Judaism; P.L.O.; jihad
Reference: Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs a Guide to the Mid
East Peace Process
http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/peace/guide.html
This site details events since the formation of Israel in 1948,
with links to important people, events, wars, treaties and peace
initiatives in the region, from the Israeli point of view.
- Realm: Sub-Saharan Africa
Region: Equatorial Africa
Concepts: colonialism
Reference: United Nations Relief Web - Great Lakes
http://wwwnotes.reliefweb.int/files/rwdomino.nsf/vcomplexemergenciesthelatest/9a6a708af26c9cc2c125650000456836?opendocument&startkey=great+lakes+(burundi;+dr+congo;+kenya;+rwanda;+tanzania;+uganda)&expandview
This site contains the latest major documents and information
pertaining to conflicts in DR Congo, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda,
Tanzania and Uganda.
- Realm: South Asia
Region: India
Location: Jammu-Kashmir
Concepts: Hinduism, Buddhism, centrifugal forces
Reference: History of Jammu & Kashmir
http://www.ummah.org.uk/kashmir/history.htm
This site describes how this region has been fought over by
Pakistan and India since 1947, and the history of the region.
- Realm: East Asia
Region: China
Concept: Culture hearth
Reference: The Chinese Odyssey
http://tqd.advanced.org/10662/xmain.htm
This site was created by three teenagers from Singapore as a
project for "Thinkquest". It is an informative site containing
information on the 5000 year history of China and all of the
different dynasties.
- Realm: Southeast Asia
Region: Mainland Region - Burma (Myanmar)
Concept: Burma
Reference: The Burma Project
http://www.soros.org/burma.html
Interesting site with pages relating to legislation; trade;
foreign relations; human rights; drugs; current events, and a
history of the country's politics.
- Realm: Australia/New Zealand
Region: New Zealand
Concept: Maori
Reference: WWWVirtual Library
http://austudies.org/nzvl/index.html
This site relates to New Zealand, with a link to "Maori
interests", which include a brief history of the Maori; and links
to Maori organizations, news, language and more.
- Realm: Pacific Realm
Region: Melanesia
Location: Papau/New Guinea
Reference: WWW Virtual Library
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/SpecialProj/PNG/WWWVL-PNG.html
This site has links to National Affairs; Culture: Environment;
Social Development; current events, Economy and History. Very
informative.
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Peg
Mulcahy
- Realm: Middle America/Global
CONCEPTS: tectonic plates, volcanoes, population distribution
REFERENCE: National Geographic site
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/volcanoes/index.html
All things geographic! From tectonic plates to the millenium
population projections. Volcanoes. Maps, maps, and more maps.
Archives from 1996 on. Check out the GeoChallenge (Look but don't
touch! You're too old!).
- Realm: Global
REFERENCE: Public Radio International
http://www.theworld.org
The daily global headlines (covers international news -- stories
change daily-- many stories about the Middle East and Central
America). If your computer can hack it, you can get live audio and
video. Also a Geo Quiz that you CAN take (no scholarships awarded,
though).
- Realm: Subsaharan Africa
CONCEPTS: medical geography, cultural geography
REFERENCE: ZAMNET site
http://www.zamnet.zm/newpage.html
Jumping off point for lots of regional information about the realm
and the Zambia region. Links to various local newspapers. Links to
health and law issues in Zambia, useful for looking at medical
geography. Links to business, associations, educational
institutions and other organizations. Great for examining issues
relating to cultural geography.
- Realm: South Asia
CONCEPTS: spatial diffusion, expansion diffusion, relocation
diffusion, contagious diffusion, hierarchial diffusion
REFERENCE: The History of India
http://www.historyofindia.com/home.html
Timeline of Indian history, broken into the following periods:
Ancient, Medieval, British, Modern. Useful in studying the impact
of religion on the cultural and spatial geography of a region.
Also interesting running snippets of Hindu philosophy at bottom of
page.
- Realm: Southeast Asia
CONCEPTS: population geography, state territorial morphology,
transferability
REFERENCE: Sunsite's South-East Asia Information
http://sunsite.nus.sg/asiasvc.html
Has a good map of the Southeast Asian realm with clickable links
to Brunei, Myanmar (they refer to it as Burma), Cambodia,
Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and
Vietnam. Gives a geographic overview of each region, with
population statistics, including religious and language
affiliations. Also sums up the government structure, economic
data, and transportation and communication infrastructure.
- Realm: East Asia
CONCEPTS: Pacific rim, economic tiger, Jakota Triangle
REFERENCE: Access Korea/The Korean Society
http://206.1.166.207/AK2.html
This great-looking website is devoted to Korea and will aid in an
understanding of this economic tiger. The site has subcategories
for buiness and economy, politics, a news site, cultural and arts
information, as well as basic geography of the region. Also has a
discussion on the ramifications of unification with North Korea.
The History subcategory has articles on the period of Japanese
colonization earlier in this century that are quite
interesting.
- Realm: North Africa/Southwest Asia
CONCEPTS: Middle East, cultural perception, cultural landscape,
cultural geography
REFERENCE: http://www.arab.net
Arab-net is maintained by the Saudi Research and Marketing Group.
It contains information about most of the countries in the realm
with the exception of the Empire States and Turkestan.
Interestingly, the site focues on the cultural side of arab life,
not the religious side. Find information on arab food, Prince
Naseem Hamed (a boxer!), and everything you wanted to know about
camels! On the more serious side, each country's flag is a
clickable link to a wealth of geographic information -- physical
geography, topology, climate,demographics, economy and more.
- Realm: Pacific Realm/Australia/New Zealand/Global
CONCEPT: demography, population, aboriginal rights
REFERENCE: WWW Virtual Library -- Demography and Population
Studies -- The Internet Guide to Demography and Population
Studies
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/ResFacilities/DemographyPage.html/
Information galore! This site is maintained by the Australian
National University. Another jumping off point, it has interesting
links to Virtual Library collections on aborigines, Australia,
cartography, New Zealand, and Pacific studies, as well as links to
other realms. There are also links to population servers, the
United Nations information services, international census links --
a wealth of information here.
- Realm: Russia/Europe
CONCEPT: balkanization, Bulgaria, NATO, centrifugal forces
REFERENCE: The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
http://www.bullatomsci.org/issues/1998/jf98/jf98pavlov
A very serious site -- the mission of the site is to report on
international security, military affairs, and nuclear issues. Its
Bulletin has an article from Stefan Pavlo, the editor of the
Bulgarian Economic Review, examining Russia's possessive interest
in Bulgaria. Russia seems to suggest that it would not take kindly
to Bulgaria entering the NATO alliance. The article explores the
post-devolutionary relationship between Russia and Bulgaria, and
Bulgaria and NATO, and seeks to explain Russia's behavior as a
play, against NATO-member Turkey, for control over the Central
Asian oil trade. The site also maintains the famous Doomsday
Clock, projecting how close the world is to a nuclear conflict,
and the clock is now at 9 minutes to midnight.
- Realm: South America
CONCEPTS: Ecology, ecosystems, topology
REFERENCE: Patagonia -- one of the PBS Living Edens series
http://www.pbs.org/edens/patagonia/histmap.htm
Beautiful map of Argentina's isolated Patagonia region, which is
home to many species of animals and considered to be an
international ecological treasure. Topology of the region is
explained, including ephemeral lakes, the Peninsula Valdes,
central steppes, the petrified forest, the continental ice sheet
and glaciers.
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Maulik
Thakkar
- TOPIC / ISSUE: CIA's Site for Country Specific
Information
REALM: All
REGION and / or LOCATION: Non Applicable
VOCABULARY / CONCEPTS USED: Culture, Physiography,
Infrastructure
REFERENCES: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/country-frame.html
de Blij pp. 20, 50
This is the a very informative site by the CIA. It is called the
CIA '97 World Factbook. It has statistical information about
almost every single country's INFRASTRUCTURE and PHYSIOGRAPHY. It
also has detailed abstract evalutions of national CULTURE.
- TOPIC / ISSUE: Von Thunen
REALM: First it was applied to Europe, but now it applies to ALL
realms.
REGION and / or LOCATION: All
VOCABULARY / CONCEPTS USED: Von Thunen Isolated State
REFERENCES: http://www.for.nau.edu/~alew/mid-atl4.html#4-3
de Blij pp. 52, 178
This site explains the VON THUNEN ISOLATED STATE MODEL and its
concepts.
- TOPIC / ISSUE: Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
REALM: Russia
REGION and / or LOCATION: Armenia vs. Azerbaijan
VOCABULARY / CONCEPTS USED: Enclave
REFERENCES: http://www.cilicia.com/~raffi/armo19e.html
de Blij pp. 151
A very long and detailed ~10 page explanation of the
Nagorno-Karabakh ENCLAVE conflict taking place between Armenia and
Azerbaijan.
- TOPIC / ISSUE: La Defense
REALM: Europe
REGION and / or LOCATION: France
VOCABULARY / CONCEPTS USED: Central Business District (CBD),
Scale
REFERENCES: http://www.smartweb.fr/defense/
de Blij pp. 59-61
Great interactive site on the CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT OF PARIS,
la defense. It has a virtual tour of la defense with a clickable
map drawn to exact SCALE. Also, there are directions on how to
get from one place to another within the la defense
megacomplex.
- TOPIC / ISSUE: Rain Shadow in Pennsylvania
REALM: Applies to all, but this example is from North America.
REGION and / or LOCATION: USA, Pennsylvania
VOCABULARY / CONCEPTS USED: Rain Shadow
REFERENCES: http://sac.wbgm.noaa.gov/shadow/shadow.htm
de Blij pp. 161
American Meteorological Association associated website that
explains the RAIN SHADOW EFFECT as it is evident in Northeastern
Pennsylvania. The paper was presented to the AMA on Jan. 16 1998.
It has several links to graphics that help explain the concept
much more clearly.
- TOPIC / ISSUE: Afghanistan as a Buffer State
REALM: North Africa/Southwest Asia
REGION and / or LOCATION: Afghanistan
VOCABULARY / CONCEPTS USED: Buffer State
REFERENCES: http://www.kashmir-information.com/Afghanistan/AKRay.html
de Blij pp. 317-318
Explains why Afghanistan was created, its involvement with the US
and the former USSR, and it tells the reader about the necessity
of Afghanistan as a BUFFER STATE.
- TOPIC / ISSUE: AIDS
REALM: Sub Saharan Africa
REGION and / or LOCATION: The Whole Realm
VOCABULARY / CONCEPTS USED: Epidemic
REFERENCES: http://www.wsws.org/science/1998/jun1998/aids-j27.shtml
de Blij pp. 329
Discussion and statistics on HIV/AIDS as an EPIDEMIC in
Africa.
- TOPIC / ISSUE: Obstruction in the path of India's
unity
REALM: Southern Asia
REGION and / or LOCATION: India
VOCABULARY / CONCEPTS USED: Centripetal Forces, Centrifugal
forces, Caste System
REFERENCES: http://www.redifindia.com/news/jul/24pres1.htm
de Blij pp. 390-391
India's foreign secretary talks about the reasons behind
CENTRIFUGAL,and CENTRIPETAL FORCES in India. The CASTE SYSTEM is
one of the reasons for CENTRIFUGAL ACTIVITY.
- TOPIC / ISSUE: South Korea, fading Tiger?
REALM: East Asia
REGION and / or LOCATION: South Korea
VOCABULARY / CONCEPTS USED: Economic Tiger, Jakota Triangle
REFERENCES: http://www.btimes.co.za/97/0914/news/news8.htm
de Blij pp. 446
This site explores why the ECONOMIC TIGER South Korea's part of
the JAKOTA TRIANGLE is fading.
- TOPIC / ISSUE: Vietnam War
REALM: Southeast Asia, North America, and Pacific Realms
REGION and / or LOCATION: Non Applicable
VOCABULARY / CONCEPTS USED: Elongated state, Domino Theory
REFERENCES:
de Blij pp. 489, 492
An essay on the DOMINO THEORY used by the US to justify its
invovement in the ELONGATED STATE of Vietnam for the fall of evil
communism.
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Judi
Spaletto
- Realm: All Realms
References: http://www.terraserver.microsoft.com/
Is a Microsoft site that allows you to click on any place in the
world and get some great aerial photographs,(if they are
available) it looks like they are still adding to this site
however some of the photos are pretty interesting.
- Realm: Europe
References: http://www.europeonline.com/
This site has links to all the countries in Europe for things like
Business, Sports, Radio & TV, Arts & Culture and much
more. Click on a country and you can explore the local info like
Government, News, Weather, Travel, Events. Each country you visit
gives you a page of general info like Population, Currency,
Capital City, Etc. Click on the links for some local online
shopping, to get some info on restaurants. I thought this sight
was great.
- Realm: North America
References: http://maps.yahoo.com
Need some directions? Need to print a map? Just want to take a
look at where a place is. Zoom in or out to see where in the U.S.
it is or get a very detailed map. I found these maps very helpful,
especially the directions that I was able to get.
- Realm: Middle America
References: http://www.amerisol.com/costarica/info/facts.html
Find out some interesting things about Costa Rica, I started by
checking out the map area but was more interested in some of the
other facts like did you know that there are many unique things
about Costa Rica it has 850 species of birds, 34,000 species of
insects, it has deciduous forests. Coral reefs, cloud forests
1,200 varieties of orchids, rain forests, tropical dry forests and
the list goes on and on.
- Realm: South America
References: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/br.html
Opens up to a map of South America, scroll down and you will get
geographical info, population info, government and economical
data, all of which is summarized in outline format. This site has
a concise format for the facts of South America.
- Realm: South East Asia
References: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/thtoc.html
Is a site for Thailand's information. Like most of the other sites
it has information on Geography, Transportation, Government and a
wealth of historical information. The Religion section covers the
history of Thai Buddisim and the Agriculture section has some JPEG
files that contain some cool pictures.
- Realm: East Asia
References: http://www.nyconsulate.prchina.org/news/FreeTradeZones.html
Discusses the SEZ's and the issues involved with the Chineese
opening up the free trade zones to attract foreign investment,
which was discussed in our chapter on East Asia, this site goes
into more detail.
- Realm: Australia/New Zealand/Oceania
References: http://www.tahiti-explorer.com
This site is more of a travel site, however I did find some
interesting reading which explained about French Polyenisia and
the five archipelagos and the 100+ islands in the area. It
identified which islands are considered the high islands and which
are the atolls, or low islands. I would love to go and see it for
myself the pictures look absolutely beautiful!!!!!
- Realm: Russia
References: http://www.russia.com
Can you believe that there is a site called www.russia.com? What
you are supposed to get are links to information like Facts &
Stats, Music, Weather and Live Photos. Clicking on any of these
links currently gives you a message coming soon. Keep checking
back for this one it promises to be good.
- Realm: Africa
References: http://www.africa.com
Click on the Window on Africa link then click on the Africa
Homepage - Find out the least know fact about Africa and find out
some of the general facts. Browse through the index to the left
and go to the Conflicts section, all the conflicts are very
organized by issue. Go to the Geography link. This site has some
very colorful pic's. It is a must see site.
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