GEG 101 - Harper College - Spring 1999
Melisa Cameron
Marino Liberio
MELISA
CAMERON
- TOPIC / ISSUE: THE CENTURY TIMELINES (And links to
ABCNEWS.com)
REALM: All
REGION and / or LOCATION: Non Applicable
VOCABULARY / CONCEPTS USED: History (Historical), world
conflicts
REFERENCES: http://abcnews.go.com/century/about.html
This is a very informative and interesting site created as an
effort by ABCNEWS to document and encourage retelling of
significant HISTORICAL events from this century. When using this
page's search function, you can enter a topic, or world location
and be linked to thousands of current and past ABCNEWS
items/articles that are helpful to a geography student. Of
particular interest is the "Time Capsule" link in which people can
share their memories of a specific event. Examples are those who
participated in actual world wars, or in certain countries during
major WORLD CONFLICTS.
- TOPIC / ISSUE: WORLD RULERS (CURRENT AND PAST)
REALM: All
REGION and / or LOCATION: Non Applicable
VOCABULARY / CONCEPTS USED: Foreign ministers, heads of state
REFERENCES: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/1058/rulers.html
This site contains lists of HEADS OF STATE and heads of government
(and, in certain cases, de facto leaders who don't occupy either
of those formal positions) of all countries and territories,
usually going back to at least 1900. Also included are the
subdivisions of some countries (the links are at the bottom of the
respective country entries), as well as some international
organizations. Recent FOREIGN MINISTERS of all countries are
listed separately. This site is very helpful in understanding
historical background of political leadership in various world
regions.
- TOPIC / ISSUE: SOUTHERN AFRICA - MALARIA RISK AND
PREVENTION
REALM: Sub-Saharan Africa
REGION and / or LOCATION: Zimbabwe, Botswana, S. Africa,
Swaziland, Lesotho and St. Helena
VOCABULARY / CONCEPTS USED: Malaria, rural areas, lowlands.
REFERENCES: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Public
Health Service
Southern Africa and Malaria http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/malaria/safrica.htm
This site is a link off the Center for Disease Control in which
International Travelers can obtain information on health
precautions and requirements for travel abroad. This particular
page is aimed at people planning to visit Southern Africa in the
areas of Zimbabwe, Botswana, S. Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho and St.
Helena. It goes into detail about MALARIA transmission and
symptoms. Geographic information is provided by high risk RURAL
AREAS, and LOWLANDS, and protective measures visitors to these
areas can take.
- TOPIC / ISSUE: THE "MIDDLE EAST"
REALM: North Africa, Southwest Asia
REGION and / or LOCATION: Southwest Asia, mainly Iran
VOCABULARY / CONCEPTS USED: Islamic, Arabic, Azerbaijan
REFERENCES: http://www.kent.wednet.edu/curriculum/soc_studies/Grade7/middle_east.html
This site is a result student's efforts in the Kent School
District in Kent, Washington. Although there is very elementary
information on the "Middle East" the link to IRAN:An Introduction
is especially helpful in a course where students are just getting
acquainted with geography. There are also links on ISLAMIC and
ARABIC information, and a site on AZERBAIJAN.
- TOPIC / ISSUE: MIDDLE AMERICA SIEMOGRAPH CONSORTIUM
REALM: Middle America
REGION and / or LOCATION: Mexico, Central America, Caribbean
VOCABULARY / CONCEPTS USED: Seismo-Tectonics, regional
capability
REFERENCES: http://midas.upr.clu.edu/
This is the home site of the Middle America Seismograph
Consortium. This organization has representatives involved in the
installation and operation of seismographic stations that would
provide high-quality earthquake data and improve the REGIONAL
CAPABILITY for public alerting of large and damaging earthquakes.
Representatives agreed to form the Middle America Seismograph
(MIDAS) Consortium of seismological institutions whose principal
objective is to promote the scientific and technical cooperation
between Middle American countries and to facilitate a rapid and
efficient use of earthquake data. Information collected from these
stations has been used in SEISMO-TECTONIC investigations. A map
image showing locations of these seismograph stations in the
Southern U.S., Middle America and South America regions is
provided.
- TOPIC / ISSUE: HISTORY OF ARGENTINA
REALM: South America
REGION and / or LOCATION: The South - Argentina
VOCABULARY / CONCEPTS USED: FISCAL STABILITY, STRUCTRAL
ADJUSTMENT
REFERENCES: World History Archives
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/42a/index-e.html
This home page on the History of Argentina is a link from the
World History Archives, "History of South America." Articles
contain cultural/social and labor/economy information such as the
"FISCAL STABILITY, high unemployment and poverty of areas such as
Buenos Aires." There are also articles explaining STRUCTURAL
ADJUSTMENT activity by Argentine government programs.
- TOPIC / ISSUE: UNDERSTANDING HINDUISM
REALM: South Asia
REGION and / or LOCATION: Southern India
VOCABULARY / CONCEPTS USED: Hinduism, Caste System
REFERENCES: SouthAsia.net World Resources - India - South
Understanding Hinduism http://www.hinduism.co.za/
This is a home page link from SouthAsia.net in understanding
HINDUISM. An overview of Hinduism and cultural information on
discuss terms such as the CASTE system in understanding Hindu
influences in Southern India. There is a Q&A page with some
interesting questions with regard to Hindu beliefs of meditation
and concentration. Pages include various links that would seem to
help people searching for various levels of information.
- TOPIC / ISSUE: WORLD TIBET NETWORK NEWS
REALM: Southeast Asia
REGION and / or LOCATION: Tibet/Xingzang
VOCABULARY / CONCEPTS USED: Democratization, Cultural
Revolution
REFERENCES: http://www.tibet.ca/wtnnews.htm
This site contains recent articles and archives dating back to
December 1993, on significant information about international
coordination of Tibetan DEMOCRATIZATION. World Tibet
Network (WTN). has grown out of the Canada Tibet Network
established in 1990 following a national conference on Tibet held
in Montreal. WTN provides no-cost daily news updates on Tibet and
also a multi-directional communication email system for Tibet
support groups. Links to recent news items including the latest on
the Tibetan CULTURAL REVOLUTION.
- TOPIC / ISSUE: ASIAN ECONOMY MEDIA GUIDE
REALM: East Asia/Southeast Asia
REGION and / or LOCATION: All
VOCABULARY / CONCEPTS USED: ASIAN ECONOMY
REFERENCES: http://www.asianmediaguide.com/cover/cont.html
This site is an "Asian Media" Reference guide and contains links
helpful to Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese
audiences. By clicking a reference the user is given information
on a media source's profile, editorial content, and a whole list
of other valuable items, like information on how to obtain
subscriptions. This would be a helpful site to Asians perhaps new
to the United States wanting to keep in touch with current ASIAN
ECONOMY and information on their home states or countries, since
links were available in English and native languages as well.
- TOPIC / ISSUE: Australian Aborigines - History and
Culture
REALM: Australia and New Zealand
REGION and / or LOCATION: Australia
VOCABULARY / CONCEPTS USED: Aborigines, colonization
REFERENCES: © Dharawal Aboriginal Tribal Elders Association
Inc.Last update of this site: 23rd April 1999
http://matilda.aaa.com.au/bizskills/
This is the home page of the © Dharawal Aboriginal Tribal
Elders Association Inc. This site contains access to books,
newsletters, an A-Z encyclopedia, and other cultural and
historical areas of interest regarding the Australian Aborigines.
These pages detail information about Aboriginal affairs that have
appeared in Sydney Newspapers and contain comments on some of the
matters and activities of the Dharawal Aboriginal Tribal Elders
Association. This association is comprised of Elders and Members
who are descendants of the people who saw James Cook sail into
Kamay (Botany Bay) in April 1770 - the first Australian tribe to
feel the impact of discovery, COLONIZATION and settlement. People
who are actively involved in striving to obtain rights for
Aboriginal people today and Aboriginal culture as a source of
pride for all Australians.
- TOPIC / ISSUE: WELCOME TO PARADISE, WELCOME TO
MICRONESIA!
REALM: Pacific Realm
REGION and / or LOCATION: Micronesia
VOCABULARY / CONCEPTS USED: Coral atolls, lagoons, volcanic
outcroppings
REFERENCES: Micronesia.com http://www.micronesia.com/
This is the home page for Micronesia.com. At first glance this
site has the look of a travel and tourist ad, it gives information
on Micronesia's history, physical climate, and formation
background, and descriptions of unique characteristics like CORAL
ATTOLS, and LAGOONS, and VOLCANIC OUTCROPPINGS. This page also
contains introductory information on religion, culture, and other
"interesting facts" about the land, and people of Micronesia. What
I found most exciting about this site is the message boards where
you can read postings from people who are from Micronesia, have
family there, or plan to visit.
- TOPIC / ISSUE: "FIND YOUR CLAN" - CLAN CAMERON HOME
SITE
REALM: Europe
REGION and / or LOCATION: Western Uplands, U.K. - Scotland
VOCABULARY / CONCEPTS USED: Clan, Highlands of Scotland, Ben
Nevis
REFERENCES: Clan Cameron Online Home Page
http://www.clan-cameron.org/
AAA Matilda Scotland - AAA Matilda world search
http://matilda.aaa.com.au/images/logos/searches/sx.shtml
This site is a link from AAA Matilda World Search pages. The world
search home page let's you choose a country, or search by topic.
It also has links to world flags and users can point and click on
the flags to go to a different country's site as well. Useful
sites from Scotland include local newspapers, travel guides,
football guides, Scottish CLAN sites. From the "find your clan"
site I found the home page for Clan Cameron (I couldn't resist)!
There is information on the history of Clan Cameron, and the
HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. There is also information about BEN NEVIS,
the highest mountain in Britain.
- TOPIC / ISSUE: THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY
REALM: Russia
REGION and / or LOCATION: All
VOCABULARY / CONCEPTS USED: Structural Adjustment in Russia,
privatization
REFERENCES: (c) Copyright 1997, The Embassy of the Russian
Federation in the United States. http://www.russianembassy.org/embassy-main.html
This page contains a menu with various topics on Russia, including
some physical, cultural, historical, and economical information
useful to understanding Russia today, and Russia past. The site on
the economy has useful information on STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
programs in which the transfer of state owned land to private
ownership has been key in the transformation of Russia's economy.
The page goes on to explain PRIVATISATION, other market reforms,
at the effects it had on the people of Russia's Far East.
- TOPIC / ISSUE: BIG CHINA - RESOURCE INFORMATION AND
MORE
REALM: East Asia
REGION and / or LOCATION: China - Hong Kong
VOCABULARY / CONCEPTS USED: Mainland China,
REFERENCES: Big China.com http://www.bigchina.com/
Travel.com http://www.travel.com/
This site links users to all sorts of information including daily
news resources for MAINLAND CHINA, HONG KONG, TAIWAN, and SOUTH
CHINA. Other main topics on China are business, culture, religion,
magazines, language, food, and martial arts. This site was a
direct link when searching by country on the Travel.com home page,
so there are also links to travel and tourism information on
China.
- TOPIC / ISSUE: WASHINGTON LIBRARY OF CONGRESS - Valuable
Resources of Information
REALM: North America
REGION and / or LOCATION: United States of America
VOCABULARY / CONCEPTS USED: Immigration, inaugurations, U.S.
Presidents
REFERENCES: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/index.html
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/archive.html
This site is the American Memory Library of Congress "Learning
Page." On this page you can search by events, people, places,
time, and topics. Although the introductory paragraph on this page
is described as containing "documents, motion pictures,
photographs, and sound recordings about important places in the
history of the United States" there is much basic
international information and important events affecting our
nation. Specific themes include IMMIGRATION, INAGURATIONS, and
U.S. PRESIDENTS.
- WHAT? TOPIC/ISSUE: Nature's most violent weather in the
Central U.S.
WHERE? REALM: North America
WHERE? REGION and/or LOCATION: Central United States
VOCABULARY/CONCEPTS USED: Gulf-Atlantic Coastal Plain, El
Niño and La Niña.
REFERENCES: Weather.com, "The Weather Channel Site" http://www.weather.com/weather_center/special_report/tornado/partone.html
De Blij, H.J. (1998). GEOGRAPHY Textbook. (pp. 17,
161-162).
The United States has already experienced a record setting
year, in January 1999, for tornadoes. "January's preliminary total
of 169 tornadoes more than triples the previous record of 52 set
in 1975." This article mentions the effects of the moist warm air
coming up from the GULF-ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN to contribute to
these severe weather conditions. While no one can accurately
predict the weather 100% of the time, forecasters agree that La
Niña causes U.S. weather to be more variable. Further
research continues to determine the influences of El Niño
and La Niña.
I have looked to weather.com as a source of determining weekend
weather, or predicted conditions for driving long distances. The
Weather Channel site also includes good information on weather
conditions according to regions in both the United States, and
around the world.
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Marino
Liberio
- Realm: Middle America
Web site: National Labor Committee
www.nlcnet.org
This website is a great starting point in learning about the
rampant sweatshop labor and its abuses by American corporations.
Both of which are problems facing many workers in the middle
america realm.
- Realm: South America
Web site: Incan History
learn.sencac.on.ca/~jadelgad/incas.htm
I know this web site was only written by a student, but that's
what I liked
about. His writing is very easy to understand. He gives a short,
concise
overview of the history of the powerful Incan empire. He outlines
their
origins, territorial expansion, collapse, architecture,
infrastructure,
agriculture and so on.
3. Realm: Russia
Web site: From Marx to Mao
www.marx2mao.org
One of the dominating features of this realm in the past
century was their
communist form of government. This was such an interesting site
for me,
because I love reading about the utopian vision of Karl Marx.
Even though
they may be to ideal to work, it still interests me. The website
has
numerous texts online written by or about many of the most
important
socialist thinkers and leaders. On first glance, it may seem to
be just an
electronic shrine to Marx, Lenin, and Stalin. However, the
sites
objectivity surprised me.
4. Realm: Australia/New Zealand
Web site: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
www.atsic.gov.au
When most people think of Australia, they think of the European
settlers
that inhabit the island. I picked this web site because it
focused on the
heritage and culture of the aboriginal people.
5. Realm: East Asia
Web site: Federal Research Division's Country Study on
China
lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cntoc.html
This website is all encompassing. I first came across it
earlier when I
was trying to find out more info on my native Italy. The
information
available at just this website is incredible. History, physical
environment
and population, social system, education and culture, economic
context,
agriculture, industry, trade and transportation, politics, and
government
are all covered.
6. Realm: South Asia
Website: Yahoo page on India-Pakistan relations
headlines.yahoo.com/Full_Coverage/World/India/
One conflict which gained some momentum lately is that between
islamic
Pakistan and hindu India. Late last year, Pakistan performed
multiple
nuclear weapons tests and even threatened its neighbor India.
This website
has articles on each separate country and then also articles which
focus
mainly on the conflict. There are also links to the Indian
parliament and
the Indian Embassy in Washington DC.
7. Realm: North America
Website: Foreign Information Trade System
sice.oas.org/trade/nafta/naftatce.stm
Because of the inclusion of the United States, North America is
a realm
which has great trade importance. So my website for this realm is
one which
covers the North American Free Trade Agreement. This site has the
agreement
in full text. Most of the text is so specific to certain goods.
What I
found most interesting was chapter one, which established the
objective of
NAFTA.
8. Realm: Europe
Website: European Union
europa.eu.int
So much buzz has been made about the European Union, the
Eurodollar, and
their economic impact. Their is a link to the Economic and Social
Committee
of the European Union. That website has a specific page with
articles
explaining the impact of the Eurodollar on the european and world
economy.
9. Realm: Sub-Saharan Africa
Website: Link 2 South Africa
link2southafrica.com
This is the web site of the South African Consulate-General in
Los Angeles.
From this web site there are links to numberous other sites. I
chose this
site because it was a nice way to reach the other sites. The
newsroom
section lists articles and specifies whether they are political,
social,
economic, or sports articles. Lately, Nelson Mandela has been in
the news
as he has met with Yeltsin and with the Parliament of Pakistan.
These are
both newsworthy as they deal with the current NATO/Serb conflict
and the
arms race between Pakistan and India.
10. Realm: North Africa and SW Asia
Website: Islamic Information & News Network
www.muslims.org
How could I choose a website on the this realm and not choose one
that does
not focus on the Islamic religion. This would seem to be the
main
centripetal force in all the nations of North Africa and SW Asia.
The
- importance of the religion in this realm makes it a region
with constant
conflict. This website gives background information on Islam
and also gives
current news articles. It also disputes many of the
misconceptions that
people have about Islam.
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