This exam will consist of 50 multiple choice questions. The questions will cover:
Text (Bradshaw) Chapters 1, 2
Class notes and web notes
Group work: map exercises, etc.
Group presentations: Global Warming, Ozone Hole, El Nino, Culture & Globalization
Video: On the Global Screen

Chapter 1: A New Global Order & Geography __ Globalization  __ New World Order  __ 1st, 2nd, 3rd World countries __ Post-Cold War political environment __ Core, periphery, semi-periphery __ Westernization: causes and effects __ Geography __ Inequality __ Overpopulation vs over-consumption __ Anthropogenic effects __ Absolute vs. relative location  __ Human-environment interaction __ Global, regional, local scale  __ World system __ Growth of the global order __ Capitalism (also: mercantile capitalism, industrial capitalism)

CHPT 2: Basics of World Regional Geography __ Latitude and longitude (parallels and meridians) __ Friction of distance, cost __ Map scale (small vs large) __ Spatial analysis, distribution, density, diffusion __ Demography; global population issues __ Population pyramid __ Demographic Transition Model  __ Centripetal vs centrifugal forces __ Economic sectors: primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary __ Sustainable human development __ GDP, GNP __ Human Development Index (HDI) vs Human Poverty Index (HPI) __ Multinational corporation __ Marginalization __ Dependency theory __ Dual sectors __ Culture, race, ethnicity __ Cultural hearth Physical geography: __ Earth's temperature balance __ Convective rainfall __ World climates: tropical, midlatitudes, polar __ Plate tectonics (text, CD-ROM) __ Weathering, erosion, deposition  __ Ecosystem __ Biome: forest, grassland, desert, polar, ocean __ Human impact on the enviroment __ Desertification __ Renewable vs non-renewable resource __ Thomas Malthus and carrying capacity __ Landscape

I did not include in this table specific material from the group work. Please remember to review that as well.
If you have questions, please ask. You can also query your classmates on the email discussion list (if you are on it). Send email to GEO330@pearl.indstate.edu to post a message.
Send email to gejjohan@scifac.indstate.edu to reach me.

Good Luck!