WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY
First Exam
For the first exam you should read the Introductory chapter (pp. 1-39),
study your weekly notes, and review the different sections of your atlas. Pay
careful attention to the correspondence to the terms and concepts that you read
in your textbook. Review
your atlas exercise. The Introductory chapter contains a great deal of
information and I am selecting the following terms as the most important for you
to know:
IDEAS AND CONCEPTS:
Geographic realm, spatial perspective and ecological perspectives of
geography, definition of geography, regional taxonomy, regional concept, area,
boundaries, location (absolute and relative), formal region, functional region,
spatial system, hinterland, transition zones, scale (large scale / small scale),
physiography, natural landscape, physical geography, culture, cultural
landscape, sequent occupance (Derwent Whittlesey), CBD, population density,
ethnicity, megalopolis, population concentrations, developed realm / developing
realm, DCs / UDCs, symptoms of
underdevelopment, world geographic realms (know the 12 names and their general
location), major population clusters, urbanization, state, development, economic
geography, regional geography, core-periphery regional relationships, systematic
subfields of geography (p. 33, Figure I-13), regional / systematic geography,
neocolonialism, globalization.
Continental drift, plate tectonics, subduction, Wegener, Pacific Ring of
Fire, Pangaea, glaciation, climate, climatic regions ( climate types – A, B,
C, D, E, H), general location of
climate regions, hydrologic cycle, desertification,
Pleistocene, areas of world with highest and lowest precipitation.
The exam will be composed of multiple choice, true/false and essay questions. Be sure to review all parts of your Atlas. You MUST be prepared to use your Atlas for a section of the test.
ENJOY YOUR
STUDIES OF GEOGRAPHY
BE SURE TO
CONTACT Lisa Keys-Mathews IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.