GEG 101
World Regional Geography
Reading Assignment: Chapter 3
Videos: 9, 10, 11
Vocabulary See "Ideas and Concepts" on the first page of chapter and all italicized words within the chapter
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Reading Assignment: Chapter 3 Videos: 9, 10, 11 Vocabulary See "Ideas and Concepts" on the first page of chapter and all italicized words within the chapter |
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1. What are the physical, cultural, economic, and/or historical criteria (characteristics) used to define this realm and the regions within it? Why are the boundaries drawn where they are?
2. Using maps found in the textbook's introduction (figures I-9, I-4, I-6, I-7, and I-8), your atlas, and the appropriate textbook chapter, explain where most people live in this realm and where few people live. Why do they live there or not live there?
3. Geographers not only study WHERE, WHY there, and WHAT is significant about there, but also what spatial CHANGES are occurring and why. Discuss the following spatial changes in North America: (a) population- where do people live and to where are the moving, (b) urbanization, (c) urban structure, and (d) economic activity. (NOTE: This is an important objective.)
4. Briefly discuss the cultural geography of the U.S. and Canada. Pay special attention to the recent political problems in French Canada.
5. What is N.A.F.T.A. ? How is NAFTA similar to the European Union (EU)? How is it different?
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Boston, America's oldest city, is the setting for this case study on U.S. urbanization, some of it's problems, and how geographers are employed to help find solutions.
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urbanization |
North America |
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megalopolis |
United States |
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spatial perspective |
Canada |
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Boston |
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Massachusetts |
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Megalopolis |
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This case study looks at our own backyard, the northwest suburbs of Chicago. Professor Greene of Northern Illinois University explains the impact of suburban growth on the farming economy. Professor de Blij discusses the pepperoni pizza model of urban growth.
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post-industrial transformation |
Chicago |
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edge cities |
Lake Michigan |
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central business district (CBD) |
New York |
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geographic information system (GIS) |
Los Angeles |
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pepperoni pizza model of urban growth |
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Program 10 looks at the impact of cultural changes in Canada. This case study analyses the future of the French language and French Canadians in North America. This is a good example of the devolution of political power occurring around the world.
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Places to Know |
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post-industrial economy |
North America |
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Quebecois |
Canada |
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francophone |
Quebec |
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devolution |
Montreal |
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Romania |
Video Case Study: Program 10b -- Vancouver - Hong Kong East
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Vancouver, British Columbia, is the setting of this conflict of cultures as Chinese immigrant culture displaces the dominant Anglo-Canadian culture. What the video calls "the meeting of the local and the global". Also highlighted is the growing economic power of the Pacific Rim countries.
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Concepts/Vocabulary |
Places to Know |
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1997 takeover of Hong Kong Vancouver |
Hong Kong |
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great circle |
Pacific Rim |
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pacific rim |
British Columbia |
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cultural landscape |
Quebec |
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diaspora |
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push factors |
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pull factors |
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This discussion of the tug-of-war over water rights between the salmon industry and farmers along Oregon's Columbia River illustrates the fundamental geographic concept of human-environment interaction. The fight over water highlights the contradiction between the physical and cultural (economic) geography of the area.
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circular irrigation |
Oregon |
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subsidized agriculture |
Columbia River |
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orographic rainfall |
North American Marginal Interior |
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rain shadow effect |
West Coast Region |
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physiographic province |
Seattle |
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diffusion |
Cascade Mountains |
Video Case Study: Program 11b -- U. S. Midwest - Spatial Innovations
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The impact of the Japanese automobile assemble factories on the industrial landscape of the U.S. Midwest is the topic of this case study. It highlights how technological changes affect the geographical landscape.
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diffusion |
North American core area |
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just-in-time production (JIT) |
Japan |
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open door economic policy |
Midwest |
Map Quiz Locations -- North America
There is an on-line map quiz review tutorial at: http://user.mc.net/~mhealy/mapquiz/menu/menu.htm. Check it out!
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Physical Geography |
Rocky Mountains
Appalachian Highlands
Canadian Shield
Interior Lowlands
Great Plains
Gulf Atlantic Coastal Plain
Piedmont
Intermontane Basins and Plateaus
Interior Highlands
Pacific Mountains and Valleys
Rivers/Water Bodies
Mississippi River
Missouri River
Ohio River
Colorado River
Rio Grande
Columbia River
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Mountain/Land bodies
Rocky Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
Cascade Mountains
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Political/Cultural Geography |
