GGS 101 Final Exam Study Guide (1).docx

GGS 101 Final Exam Study Guide US and Canada What are the 3 Prairie Provinces? What are the 4 Maritime Provinces? What are the 3 Territories? What are the differences between First Peoples and Native Americans? Main colonizers of Canada? When was it founded? When did the territory become British? Wh...

GGS 101 Final Exam Study Guide US and Canada What are the 3 Prairie Provinces? What are the 4 Maritime Provinces? What are the 3 Territories? What are the differences between First Peoples and Native Americans? Main colonizers of Canada? When was it founded? When did the territory become British? Which province was given the highest degree of autonomy? What does Acadian refer to? Where do 50% of Canadians live? What are main factors that lead to the suburbs? What are the 5 permanently inhabited territories of the US? What is the connection between guano and US expansion across the Pacific? Southwest Asia Fertile Crescent Difference between periphery & semi-periphery? Enclave vs Exclave What are Musandam, Madha, and Nahwa—what country are they part of? Aridity traits and adaptations (architectural, agricultural, cultural, etc) What is Ghadamès, Libya architecture known for? Desalinization What is the most pronounced economic sector in middle eastern countries? How are Southwest Asian countries trying to diversify their countries? Southwest Asia cont. Kafala System What is Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 Where are the Houthis located in the Middle East? What are the Houthis doing in the Red Sea and why? What are differences of Sunni and Shia? What are the 5 pillars of Islam? What does the Kaaba represent and which pillar is it involved in? What 2 areas within contemporary Israel/Palestine remained occupied by Palestinians after Israel consolidated into a state and did not follow the UN Partition Plan? Which regions or areas did Israel occupy in 1967 that were outside its borders? When did Hamas come to political power in Gaza? What does Zionism mean? What did the Balfour Declaration say? What does nakba mean? What does Israeli settlements refer to? Africa Limnic Eruption—why did it happen and what is the current “solution” to it? What and where are the subregions of Africa? Thicket traits vs savanna traits How are trees adapted to the environment? What are the major deserts in the Continent? Where are the located? Why does Africa have such high fertility rates? North Africa vs Sub-Saharan Africa Africa cont. Apartheid—what does it mean, where did it occur Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Land Grabbing—what are foreign entities looking to gain/do with the land? Why is Namibia prorupt? What is its proruption called? What is the origin of Liberia? What was the colonial ruler of Somaliland vs Somalia? Who are the native people of Western Sahara? What are the Abraham Accords and why did Morocco sign them? What is biomass? Who primarily collects it in rural Africa? Why is Africa called the Plateau continent? Where and What are the 6 national Parks/World Heritage sites in Africa we covered in class? Animism definition Maghreb region and translation from Arabic What is the “Scramble for Africa” What are various legacies from European Colonialism and how Africa has tried to overcome some (ex: ECOWAS, etc)? Asia What are the three main subregions? How can you differentiate the three subregions? What is the Ring of Fire? How were the Himalayas formed—divergence, convergence, transform boundaries? What is a monsoon? Megacity definition Gateway City definition Archipelago vs fragmented States What is the Pacific Rim and how much trading goes through there? Asian Tigers—who are they and what does the nickname refer to? Latin America -compare/contrast Lesser Antilles vs Greater Antilles -compare/contrast rimland vs mainland -what things make Santería a syncretic religion? -Which 2 countries in South America do not speak a Latin-derived language? -rough location of Maya, Aztec, and Incan empires and which is the oldest -nicknames for the Atacama Desert -What does the altiplano refer to and where is it located? Traits of it, including agricultural? -How many people live in the Amazon? -what kinds of activities are going on in the Amazon that cause deforestation? -how is deforestation related to forest fires? - What does OPEN do to control oil prices? -why did the oil output and revenue in Venezuela significantly decline in the 2010s? -What kinds of things did this declining oil money result in? -Where is Essequibo? -Why does Venezuela want to take over Essequibo? -How has the area of Essequibo changed hands among: Spain, Gran Colombia, Dutch, British, Guyana, Venezuela? Pre-Midterm Content (UP to 10 questions will be on the exam) -why deserts are where they are -real-life uses of remote sensing -effect water has on climate -economic types—primary, secondary, etc. -physical features associated with each plate boundary type -# countries/states in the world -# people in the world -climates associated with edges vs interior of continents -how population pyramids move through stages of development Extra credit: -compare and contrast high islands vs low islands in Oceania (information is in textbook, chapter 10). Asia cont. What is a Hydraulic Society Karst Topography—how is it formed? Is Outer China in the western or eastern part of China? Mitigation vs Adaptation What country is Hong Kong part of? What country ruled Hong Kong until 1997? What is a SAR? Why did the ROC form? What’s the brief origin story? Why is Taiwan so important to the US economy? What does the nine-dash line represent on a map in the South China Sea? What is China doing in the South China sea to establish their sovereignty? Where is Tibet? What religion is most associated with Tibet and who is the leader? Traits of the Uyghurs and where they are located? Why is cultural genocide a term used regarding the Uyghur “re-education” camps? Traits of the Rohingya and where are they located? Why are the Rohingya being persecuted? Two things needed to experience climate vulnerability 4 ways that Bangladesh has adapted to climate change as shown in the class video