Syllabus

Syllabus
 * 1) Unit I Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives
 * 2) Unit 1 Course Description
 * 3) Geography as a field of inquiry.
 * 4) Evolution of key geographical concepts and models associated with notable geographers.
 * 5) Key concepts underlying the geographical perspective: location, space, place, scale, pattern, regionalization, and globalization.
 * 6) Key geographical skills.
 * 7) How to use and think about maps and spatial data.
 * 8) How to understand and interpret the implications of associations among phenomena in places.
 * 9) How to recognize and interpret at different scales the relationships among patterns and processes.
 * 10) How to define regions and evaluate the regionalization process.
 * 11) How to characterize and analyze changing interconnections among places.
 * 12) Geographic technologies, such as GIS, remote sensing, and GPS.
 * 13) Sources of geographical ideas and data: the field, census data, and satellite imagery.
 * 14) De Blij & Murphy
 * 15) Chapter 1: Introduction to Human Geography
 * 16) Goode's World Atlas
 * 17) Supplemental Material/Activities
 * 18) [|Terms]
 * 19) [|Five Themes of Geography Worksheet]
 * 20) [|Models Worksheet]
 * 21) [|Pattison's Traditions Worksheet]
 * 22) [|Chapter 1.1 Worksheet]
 * 23) [|Geographers Speed Dating Style]
 * 24) [|Chapter 1.2 Worksheet]
 * 25) [|Defining Geography: What is Where, Why There, and Why Care?]
 * 26) [|A New Look at the Four Traditions of Geography]
 * 27) [|Pattison's 4 Traditions]
 * 28) [|The 5 Themes of Geography]
 * 29) [|Global Positioning System]
 * 30) [|The Internet: The Revenge of Geography]
 * 31) Geography Scavenger Hunt
 * 32) Media & Projects
 * 33) Power of Place #1
 * 34) Human Geography in Action: Ch 1 True Maps/False Maps
 * 35) Quizzes/Tests
 * 36) Chapter 1.1 Quiz
 * 37) Chapter 1.2 Quiz
 * 38) Note cards
 * 39) Unit I Test
 * 40) Unit II: Population
 * 41) Unit 2 Course Description
 * 42) Geographical analysis of population
 * 43) Density, distribution, and scale
 * 44) Implications of various densities and distributions
 * 45) Patterns of composition: age, sex, race, and ethnicity
 * 46) Population and natural hazards: past, present, and future
 * 47) Population growth and decline over time and space
 * 48) Historical trends and projections for the future
 * 49) Theories of population growth, including the Demographic Transition Model
 * 50) Patterns of fertility, morality, and health
 * 51) Regional variations of demographic transitions
 * 52) Effects of population policies
 * 53) Population movement
 * 54) Migration selectivity
 * 55) Major voluntary and involuntary migrations at different scales
 * 56) Theories of migration, including push and pull factors, human capital, and life course
 * 57) International migration and refugees
 * 58) Socioeconomic consequences of migration
 * 59) De Blij & Murphy
 * 60) Chapter 2: Population
 * 61) Chapter 3: Migration
 * 62) Supplemental Material/Activities
 * 63) [|Terms List]
 * 64) [|Population Pyramids]
 * 65) [|Demographic Transition Model Article]
 * 66) [|Population Growth & Doubling]
 * 67) [|Chapter 2.1 Worksheet]
 * 68) [|Chapter 2.2 Worksheet]
 * 69) [|Chapter 3.1 Worksheet]
 * 70) [|Chapter 3.2 Worksheet]
 * 71) [|Immigrant Interview]
 * 72) [|PRB Unmet Need Infographic]
 * 73) [|Demographic Transition Model]
 * 74) Media & Projects
 * 75) Power of Place #2.2
 * 76) Power of Place #21
 * 77) The World in Balance
 * 78) [|HGIA: Ch 5 - The Hidden Momentum of Population Growth]
 * 79) HGIA: Ch 4 - Newton's First Law of Migration (Gravity Model)
 * 80) HGIA: Ch 3 - Tracking AIDS Epidemic in the US; Diffusion Through Space and Time
 * 81) Quizzes/Tests
 * 82) Quiz Chapter 2.1
 * 83) Quiz Chapter 2.2
 * 84) Quiz Chapter 3.1
 * 85) Quiz Chapter 3.2
 * 86) [|Study Questions for Unit II Test]
 * 87) Note cards
 * 88) Unit II Test
 * 89) Unit II FRQ
 * 90) Unit III: Cultural Patterns and Processes
 * 91) Unit 3 Course Description
 * 92) Concepts of culture
 * 93) Traits
 * 94) Diffusion
 * 95) Acculturation, assimilation, and globalization
 * 96) Cultural regions
 * 97) Cultural differences
 * 98) Language
 * 99) Religion
 * 100) Ethnicity
 * 101) Gender
 * 102) Popular and folk culture
 * 103) Cultural landscapes and cultural identity
 * 104) Values and preferences
 * 105) Symbolic landscapes and sense of place
 * 106) Environmental impact of cultural attitudes and practices
 * 107) De Blij & Murphy
 * 108) Chapter 4: Local Culture, Popular Culture and Cultural Landscapes
 * 109) Chapter 5: Identity: Race, Ethnicity, Gender, & Sexuality
 * 110) Chapter 6: Language
 * 111) Chapter 7: Religion
 * 112) Supplemental Material/Activities
 * 113) [|Terms List]
 * 114) [|Chapter 4 Worksheet]
 * 115) [|Chapter 5 Worksheet]
 * 116) [|Chapter 6.1 Worksheet]
 * 117) [|Chapter 6.2 Worksheet]
 * 118) [|Chapter 7.1 Worksheet]
 * 119) [|Chapter 7.2 Worksheet]
 * 120) [|Research Project and Cultural Influences]
 * 121) [|World Religions]
 * 122) [|Cultural Patterns and Processes - Ethnic Conflict]
 * 123) [|Is a Smile Just a Smile]
 * 124) [|Cultural Landscapes from Around the World]
 * 125) [|Equal Rights for Women? Survey Says: Yes, but...]
 * 126) Media & Projects
 * 127) Power of Place #24.1
 * 128) Power of Place #25
 * 129) Power of Place #17
 * 130) Merchants of Cool
 * 131) HGIA: Ch 2 - Layers of Tradition: Culture Regions at Different Scales
 * 132) HGIA: Ch 12 - Do Orange and Green Clash? Residential Segregation in Northern Ireland
 * 133) Quizzes/Tests
 * 134) Quiz Chapter 4
 * 135) Quiz Chapter 5
 * 136) Quiz Chapter 6.1
 * 137) Quiz Chapter 6.2
 * 138) Quiz Chapter 7.1
 * 139) Quiz Chapter 7.2
 * 140) [|Study Questions for Unit III Test]
 * 141) Note cards
 * 142) Unit III Test
 * 143) Unit III FRQ
 * 144) Unit IV: Political Organization of Space
 * 145) Unit 4 Course Description
 * 146) Territorial dimensions of politics
 * 147) The concept of territoriality
 * 148) The nature and meaning of boundaries
 * 149) Influences of boundaries on identities, interaction, and exchange
 * 150) Federal and unitary states
 * 151) Spatial relationships between political patterns and patterns of ethnicity, economy, and environment.
 * 152) Evolution of the contemporary political patterns
 * 153) The nation-state concept
 * 154) Colonialism and imperialism
 * 155) Democratization
 * 156) Changes and challenges to political-territorial arrangements
 * 157) Changing nature of sovereignty
 * 158) Fragmentation, unification, alliance
 * 159) Supranationalism and devolution
 * 160) Electoral geography, including gerrymandering
 * 161) Terrorism
 * 162) De Blij & Murphy
 * 163) Chapter 8: Political Geography
 * 164) Supplemental Material/Activities
 * 165) [|Terms List]
 * 166) [|Chapter 8.1 Worksheet]
 * 167) [|Chapter 8.2 Worksheet]
 * 168) [|Chapter 8.3 Worksheet]
 * 169) [|Political Models]
 * 170) [|10 Most Unusual Borders]
 * 171) [|Berlin Conference of 1884]
 * 172) [|Gerrymandering]
 * 173) [|Political Geography of the Oceans]
 * 174) [|Shape of the State]
 * 175) [|Can A Town Divided .. Stand?]
 * 176) [|In Praise of Borders]
 * 177) [|Invisible Millions Pay Price of Statelessness]
 * 178) [|The European Union]
 * 179) [|Township & Range]
 * 180) [|Stateless Groups Around the World]
 * 181) Media & Projects
 * 182) Power of Place #3
 * 183) Power of Place #4
 * 184) Power of Place #8
 * 185) HGIA: Ch 13 - Breaking Up is Hard to Do; Nations, States, and Nation-States
 * 186) Quizzes/Tests
 * 187) Quiz Chapter 8.1
 * 188) Quiz Chapter 8.2
 * 189) Quiz Chapter 8.3
 * 190) [|Study Questions for Unit IV Test]
 * 191) Note cards
 * 192) Unit IV Test
 * 193) Unit IV FRQ
 * 194) Unit V. Agriculture and Rural Land Use
 * 195) Unit 5 Course Description
 * 196) Development and diffusion of agriculture
 * 197) Neolithic Agricultural Revolution
 * 198) Second Agricultural Revolution
 * 199) Green Revolution
 * 200) Modern Commercial Agriculture
 * 201) Major agricultural production regions
 * 202) Agricultural systems associated with major bioclimatic zones
 * 203) Variations within major zones and effects of markets
 * 204) Linkages and flows among regions of food production and consumption
 * 205) Rural land use and settlement patterns
 * 206) Models of agricultural land use, including von Thunen's model
 * 207) Settlement patterns associated with major agriculture types
 * 208) Land use/land cover change, irrigation, conservation (desertification, deforestation)
 * 209) Modern commercial agriculture
 * 210) Biotechnology, including genetically modified plants and animals
 * 211) Spatial organization and diffusion of industrial agriculture
 * 212) Organic farming and local food production
 * 213) Environmental impacts of agriculture
 * 214) De Blij & Murphy
 * 215) Chapter 11: Agriculture
 * 216) Supplemental Material/Activities
 * 217) [|Terms list]
 * 218) [|Chapter 11.1 Worksheet]
 * 219) [|Chapter 11.2 Worksheet]
 * 220) [|Chapter 13.1 Worksheet]
 * 221) [|Chapter 13.2 Worksheet]
 * 222) [|Green Revolution]
 * 223) [|Two Examples of Commodity]
 * 224) [|The Global Food Crisis]
 * 225) [|Geography of Agriculture]
 * 226) [|Slash and Burn Agriculture]
 * 227) [|Green Revolution Expires?]
 * 228) [|Confined Livestock Better for the Planet]
 * 229) [|The Changing Scale of American Agriculture]
 * 230) [|Koppen Climate Classification System]
 * 231) Media & Projects
 * 232) Power of Place #7.2
 * 233) Power of Place #16
 * 234) Power of Place #20
 * 235) Power of Place #23.2
 * 236) Power of Place #24.2
 * 237) HGIA: Ch 8 - Food for Thought: The Globalization of Agriculture
 * 238) Quizzes/Tests
 * 239) Quiz Chapter 11.1
 * 240) Quiz Chapter 11.2
 * 241) Quiz Chapter 13
 * 242) Notecards
 * 243) Unit V Test
 * 244) Unit V FRQ
 * 245) VII: Cities and Urban Land Use
 * 246) Unit 7 Course Description
 * 247) Development and character of cities
 * 248) Origin of cities
 * 249) Rural-urban migration and urban growth
 * 250) Global cities and megacities
 * 251) Suburbanization and edge cities
 * 252) Models of urban systems
 * 253) Rank-size rule
 * 254) Central Place Theory (Christaller)
 * 255) Gravity model
 * 256) Models of internal city structure
 * 257) Concentric Zone Model (Burgess)
 * 258) Sector Model (Hoyt)
 * 259) Multiple-nuclei model (Harris/Ullman)
 * 260) Changing employment mix
 * 261) Changing demographic and social structure
 * 262) Uneven development, ghettoization, and gentrification
 * 263) Built environment and social space
 * 264) Housing
 * 265) Transportation and infrastructure
 * 266) Political organization of urban areas
 * 267) Urban planning and design
 * 268) Patterns of race, ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status
 * 269) De Blij & Murphy
 * 270) Chapter 9: Urban Geography
 * 271) Supplemental Material/Activities
 * 272) [|Terms list]
 * 273) [|Chapter 9.1 Worksheet]
 * 274) [|Chapter 9.2 Worksheet]
 * 275) [|Chapter 9.3 Worksheet]
 * 276) [|Urban Migration Drives Surge in World]
 * 277) [|Cities of the World]
 * 278) [|3 Urban Models]
 * 279) [|Burgess Concentric Zone]
 * 280) [|Sector and Nuclei Models]
 * 281) [|Central Place Theory]
 * 282) [|Land Rent Theory]
 * 283) [|Urban Morphology]
 * 284) [|Edge City]
 * 285) [|Gravity Model]
 * 286) [|Primate Cities]
 * 287) [|Urban Heat Island]
 * 288) Media & Projects
 * 289) Power of Place #5
 * 290) Power of Place #9
 * 291) Power of Place #23
 * 292) Power of Place #24
 * 293) HGIA: Ch 10 - Reading the Urban Landscape: Census Data and Field Observation
 * 294) Quizzes/Tests
 * 295) Quiz Chapter 9.1
 * 296) Quiz Chapter 9.2
 * 297) Quiz Chapter 9.3
 * 298) Note cards
 * 299) Unit VI Test
 * 300) Unit VI FRQ
 * 301) Unit VI: Industrialization and Economic Development
 * 302) Unit 6 Course Description
 * 303) Growth and diffusion of industrialization
 * 304) The changing roles of energy and technology
 * 305) Industrial Revolution
 * 306) Evolution of economic cores and peripheries
 * 307) Geographic critiques of models of economic localization (i.e. bid rent, comparative costs of transportation) industrial location, economic development, and world systems
 * 308) Contemporary patterns and impacts of industrialization and development
 * 309) Spatial organization of the world economy
 * 310) Variations in levels of development
 * 311) Deindustrialization and economic restructuring
 * 312) Globalization and international division of labor
 * 313) Natural resources and environmental concerns
 * 314) Sustainable development
 * 315) Local development initiatives: governmental policies
 * 316) Women in development
 * 317) De Blij & Murphy
 * 318) Chapter 10: Development
 * 319) Chapter 12: Industry & Service
 * 320) Chapter 14: Human Environment
 * 321) Supplemental Material/Activities
 * 322) [|Terms List]
 * 323) [|Chapter 10.1 Worksheet]
 * 324) [|Chapter 10.2 Worksheet]
 * 325) [|Chapter 12.1 Worksheet]
 * 326) [|Chapter 12.2 Worksheet]
 * 327) [|Chapter 14 Worksheet]
 * 328) [|Weber's Theory of Industrial Location]
 * 329) [|Rostow's Theory of Industrial Development]
 * 330) [|Wallerstein's Model]
 * 331) [|Geography in the News: America's Aging Population Grows]
 * 332) [|Geography in the News: Cargo Container Shipments Venerable]
 * 333) [|Accents of Africa: A New Outsourcing Frontier]
 * 334) [|Potholes in the Global Road]
 * 335) [|MNC Rwanda Rd]
 * 336) [|Move Over Oil - H2O]
 * 337) [|Foreign Internets]
 * 338) [|Room For WWW2]
 * 339) [|Developed or Developing]
 * 340) [|New Silk Road Built by China Connects Asia to Latin America]
 * 341) [|Industrial & Economic Development Notes]
 * 342) Media & Projects
 * 343) Power of Place #5-1
 * 344) Power of Place #10
 * 345) Power of Place #11-2
 * 346) Power of Place #14
 * 347) Power of Place #15.1
 * 348) Power of Place #22-2
 * 349) Power of Place #26-2
 * 350) HGIA: Ch 6 - Help Wanted: The Changing Geography of Jobs
 * 351) HGIA: Ch 7 - Rags to Riches: The Dimensions of Development
 * 352) Quizzes/Tests
 * 353) Quiz Chapter 10.1
 * 354) Quiz Chapter 10.2
 * 355) Quiz Chapter 12.1
 * 356) Quiz Chapter 12.2
 * 357) Quiz Chapter 14
 * 358) Note cards
 * 359) Unit VII Test
 * 360) Unit VII FRQ
 * 361) Review and Exam Prep
 * 362) Lecture Notes
 * 363) [|Unit I: Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives]
 * 364) [|Unit II: Population]
 * 365) [|Unit III(a): Cultural Patterns and Processes - Language]
 * 366) [|Unit III(b): Cultural Patterns and Processes - Religion]
 * 367) [|Unit III(c): Cultural Patterns and Processes - Folk & Popular Culture]
 * 368) [|Unit III(d): Cultural Patterns and Processes - Ethnic Geography]
 * 369) [|Unit IV: Political Organization of Space]
 * 370) [|Unit V: Agriculture & Rural Land Use]
 * 371) [|Unit VI: Industrialization & Economic Development]
 * 372) [|Unit VII: Cities and Urban Land Use]
 * 373) Discussion Questions
 * 374) [|Unit I: Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives]
 * 375) [|Unit II: Population]
 * 376) [|Unit III: Cultural Patterns and Processes]
 * 377) [|Unit IV: Political Organization of Space]
 * 378) [|Unit V: Agriculture & Rural Land Use]
 * 379) [|Unit VI: Industrialization & Economic Development]
 * 380) [|Unit VII: Cities and Urban Land Use]
 * 381) Practice Exams
 * 382) AP Human Geography Practice Tests
 * 383) McGraw Hill Practice Tests
 * 384) Feldman Quiz Site