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WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY 120 Winter 2010
Instructor: Lusiana Browning
Class Meeting Time: Monday – Thursday 11:30 – 1:20 PM
Lecture Room: Pearson 114
Office Hours: Before and after class.
Email: browning@udel.edu
Web URL: http://udel.edu/~browning/
Course Objective
To form a general understanding of regional geography, learn its concepts and concerns. Presented is a geographical survey of the environmental setting, historical formative periods, unique and spatial characteristics that distinguish the major regions of the world. This is an introductory course that does not require prior knowledge of geography.
Course Material
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Text: World Regional Geography: Global Patterns, Local Lives (4th ed), by Pulsipher & Pulsipher, 2008 - required
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Colored pencils – required for the quiz
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Goodes World Atlas 21st ed – recommended
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Media Guide: www.whfreeman.com/pulsipher4e (online study guide offering map learning & map related exercises, online quizzing, blank outline maps, etc).
Course Requirement
Student responsibilities: attending lectures, reading assigned material, taking 2 in-class exams, completing 6 map quizzes (open book), and 1 current events presentation. The map quiz should help improve your knowledge of the location of places, underscore why they are important and clarify how they relate to each other. Exams and map quizzes are due on the dates specified in the syllabus. Only serious and excusable reasons (University criteria) will entitle you to make-up or reschedule a quiz. Consult me if you are having problems.
Grade Distribution
The course grade will be distributed as follows: the 2 exams will account for 50% of the course grade; 6 map quizzes at 42%. Eight percent (8%) of your grade will come from the presentation project.
Attendance: If you are going to miss class, it is your responsibility to inform me of your absence. Participation is important so attendance and active involvement in class discussion will be considered influential in your final grade and in determining the course grade for those whose scores fall on the boundary between grade levels.
Academic honesty: University policies on academic honesty are expected to be followed in this course. Any indication that work you submit as your own has been copied in whole or in part from another student, or in some other ways does not represent your own work, will be dealt with under university policies for academic honesty.
Class Cancelation: If you are unsure whether the University will cancel a class due to weather or road conditions please call the UD Weather Information Line at 302/831-8800 or listen for closing bulletins on local radio stations.
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Chapter
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Topic/Themes
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Jan 4
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Chapter 1;
pp. 1-51
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Introduction
Course overview, Test your mental map!
Presentation Exercise Discussion: Current Events:
Enhanced by Geographic Knowledge
Fundamentals of Geography
Key components of MAPS; concepts in map interpretation
The REGION as a concept
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Jan 5
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Chapter 1 (cont’d)
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Concepts in Geography:
Culture; cultural markers. Gender roles and how they differ across cultures.
Landforms, Climate patterns, human settlement patterns, agricultural practices
Globalization, Measures of human well-being
Patterns of population growth and density
Concept of sustainable development;
Geopolitical Issues
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Jan 6
Jan 7
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Chapter 3;
pp. 115-158
Chapter 3 (cont’d)
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Middle & South America
Setting the boundaries, basic landforms and climate patterns.
Influence of colonization, population patterns, population distribution.
Causes and effect of SAP programs, the Debt Crisis, Free Trade Agreements
Fragile democracy; the threatened ecosystem
Map Quiz 1
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Jan 11
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No Class
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Jan 12
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Chapter 7
pp. 353-399
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Sub-Sahara Africa
Effects of landforms and climate on African development.
Outside influence on the region; consequences; difficulty of achieving true
Independence. Consequences of rapid population growth
Presentation:
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Jan 13
Jan 14
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Chapter 7
Sub-Sahara Africa
Chapter 6
pp. 297 - 336
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The geography of HIV-AIDS.
Leading environmental problems; water scarcity, the limits of carrying capacity
Case Study: The Colonization of South Africa
Map Quiz 2 (Sub-Sahara Africa)
Presentation:
North Africa
Attempts to make desert region inhabitable; effects on people, economy, environ
Affects of Islamic culture on government, law and everyday behavior
Public Places and Restrictions on Women
Presentation:
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Jan 18
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MLK Holiday
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No Class
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Jan 19
Jan 20
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Chapter 6 (cont’d)
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Oil revenue and income disparity in the region
Causes and effects of the sources of hostility; the Israeli and Palestinian conflict,
Access to water, distribution of oil wealth
Presentation:
Map Quiz 3 (North Africa)
Mid-Term Exam (Chapters 1, 3, 6, 7)
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Jan 21
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Chapter 8:
pp. 413 - 453
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South Asia
Affects of climate (Monsoons) on agriculture, economy, health
Residual positive and negative influences of British colonization
Presentation:
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Jan 25
Jan 26
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South Asia
(cont’d)
Chapter 9:
pp. 473-508
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Population: consequences of rapid growth.
The Caste System; Purdah and the Status of Women
Tensions and potentials for conflict; environmental issues
Presentation:
Map Quiz 4 (South Asia)
East Asia
Landforms and climate; affects on agriculture, population distribution and density.
Presentation:
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Jan 27
Jan 28
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Chapter 9 (cont’d)
Chapter 9 (cont’d)
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The differences between free-market and Communist economic systems? What market reforms are enacted in the region; the positive and negative consequences.
Why is population still growing when growth rates are declining? What is being done to control growth?
Presentation:
The Hans Chinese Majority; discrimination on ethnic groups in the region
Environmental Problems: causes and outcomes
The Three Gorges Dam
Presentation
Map Quiz 5 (East Asia))
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Feb 1
Feb 2
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Chapter 5
pp. 245 - 280
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Russia and the Newly Independent States
Turmoil and transition after the breakup of the Soviet Union; the transition to
Democratic government and market economies.
Presentation:
Challenges of living in a harsh environment.
Demographic changes; decline in birthrates and life expectancy
Presentation
Map Quiz 6: (Russia)
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Feb 3
Feb 4
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Chapter 4;
pp. 183 - 222
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Europe
High population density, high standard of living, diminishing resource base
The European Union; what it promotes to eliminate regional disparities
Presentation:
Role of guest workers in the region; difficulties with acculturation,
and assimilation
The varying welfare programs in the region
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Friday Feb 5th
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Final Exam (non-cumulative) – Room 114, during class period
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