Geography 1190: Cultural Geography Honor's Section
Spring Semester, 2009

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Study Guide: Final Exam-Wednesday, May 6^th (2:45-4:45)

Chapter Nine: Development

-Understand the key components of the HDI and know roughly where different regions fall within the index (i.e., N. America scores high on the index and would be considered a region of MDCs)

-What are some other key measurements for comparing countries (such as GDP per capita)?

-Understand the key social, economic and demographic indicators of development

-What is micro-credit and why has it been established in many LDCs?

-What is significant about the Grameen Bank?

-Understand the key points of the video on micro-credit

Chapter Fourteen: Resource Issues

-Be able to define and provide examples of renewable and non-renewable resources.

-When are water and timber considered non-renewable resources?

-Be able to identify the key resource-related issues discussed in the video on Iceland

-Know the general pattern of global energy consumption. (What regions consume the most/least energy?)

-Understand the major issues surrounding fossil fuels (i.e, problems, availability, political/economic issues, etc.)

-Be up-to-date on the issue of global warming including the facts, the unknowns and the dissenters opinions concerning the theory.

-From your reading, be able to discuss the key aspects of air, water and land pollution as developed by your author. What is the current extent of pollution at varying scales?

-Take a stance on the global warming and climate change debate drawing from class discussion and the key points outlined in the video, Meltdown

Chapter Thirteen: Urbanization

-How are cities defined in different countries?

-What are some general global urban patterns (i.e., what’s going on in LDCs vs. MDCs)?

-Understand general differences in global urbanization rates

-Understand the difference between centralizing and decentralizing decisions for business and residential location

-Be able to distinguish between a city, an urbanized area and an MSA

-Be able to discuss Borchert’s model of urban development in the U.S.

-What is a primate city? Can you give some examples of primate cities?

-What is a regional growth center? Can you give examples of some? What advantages do regional growth centers have over primate cities?

-Video on Edge Cities in Chicagoland: Be able to address the questions presented on the related quiz

-Understand the basics of the Latin American city model. How do cities in the region differ from North American urban spaces?

-What are some key problems associated with suburban development in North America? What is the extent of cropland loss in key U.S. regions and countrywide?

Resources and Urbanization Panel Discussions: Be able to discuss key points raised in each discussion.