Geography 114.001
Honors: Human Geography
Spring 1998
(MWF 10:00-10:00 a.m.)
Course Description:
Distribution of human beings in relation to population dynamics, economic development, and cultural diversity. Every semester. 3 crs.
Objectives:
This course serves to introduce students to world cultural diversity through the approach of contemporary human geography. The course has no prerequisite. At the conclusion of the course, all students should be able to:
1. Identify the contribution of societal agricultural, industrial, and urban development to the character of contemporary world cultures.
2. Describe the contribution of fundamental human values held in religious and linguistic traditions to the societal institutions of diverse cultures.
3. Explain the principles of economic and social development and cultural diffusion as they affect contemporary world lifestyles.
4. Explain the geographic and social factors which affect population growth worldwide and desired family size individually.
5. Explain the role of natural resources and climatic characteristics in affecting contemporary and historic lifestyles.
6. Analyze relations among political and economic systems in the context of states of the world.
7. Analyze relations among individuals as reflective of cultural diversity in religion, language, and ethnicity.
8. Analyze relationships between government policy and individual responses using cross cultural comparisons of development strategies.
9. Describe how human beings react to the contemporary urban environment and corresponding technological change in rural regions.
While mastering the above content oriented objectives, students will also find improvement in their written, oral, and cartographic communication skills. Students will also examine statistical tables and be asked to draw conclusions from them. Problem solving skills will be addressed in role playing situations, through evaluation of government policies, and in examining theoretical work of selected geographers. Students will be frequently confronted with the alternative value systems of other world cultures. Implications for decision making within and between cultures will be developed.
Instructor: Dr. H.W. Bullamore
309 Dunkle Hall, 687-4413 (Voice-mail available)
E-mail: hbullamore@frostburg.edu
Office Hours: 8:45-10:00 MWF
Resource Materials:
Paul L. Knox and Sallie A. Marston, Human Geography: Places and Regions in Global Context, Prentice-Hall, 1998.
Evaluation:
100 Exam I (Mar. 2)
100 Exam II (Apr. 5)
100 Exam III (Final Exam: 2:30-5:00 p.m., May 15)
50 Three out-of-class Projects
50 In-class Projects
400 Total Points
The final course grade will reflect total points earned on the above elements, according to the following scale:
90% (360-400 pts.): A
80% (320-359 pts.): B
67% (267-319 pts.): C
58% (232-267 pts.): D
less than 58% F
(Note: The CS and NC grades are not available in this course.)
The three exams will include up to 50 points of objective questions (multiple choice, true or false, matching, map, etc.), and at least two short answer questions. Exams will include material from text, lecture, and discussion. Make up exams are given only in exceptional situations, and only when the absence is explained within 24 hours.
Three out-of-class projects (one in each unit) will be required. The 20 point projects utilize current data and ask for your analysis. Projects may be turned in early, but projects more than 2 days late will not be accepted.
Approximately ten in-class projects, generally unannounced, will be given during the semester. Projects, some group, some individual, will be completed in class.
Extra credit is not available in this course. However, students should note that: 1) It is possible to earn 60 points on the out of class projects. 2) Students will be credited with the actual points earned in-class projects even if the total earned exceeds 50 points. and 3) Map quizzes will be scored and returned, but are not built into the formal evaluation. However, students may transfer map quiz points over 125 to general class points. Key maps in each chapter will be identified.
Policies:
Students are expected to attend each class. Any absence from class is assumed to be due to extenuating circumstances such as illness, curricular matters, or university sponsored activities. A student with four to six class absences, for any reason will find their course grade reduced by 25 points. Students with 7 or more absences will be reduced by 50 points. Therefore, students with previously scheduled commitments must carefully monitor their attendance.
Academic honesty is expected in all matters relating to this course. Please consult Pathfinder. Academic dishonesty on any exam will lead to course failure.
Disruption of the class or any student actions that interfere with the learning environment in the classroom will not be tolerated. Such students will be asked to leave class.
Course Schedule
Class Topics and Assignments
DATE
TOPIC
READING ASSIGNMENT
(Read before date in schedule)
Part I. The World's People
1. Jan. 28
Interdependence of Places
Chapter 1
2. 30
Globalization
3. Feb. 2
Location and Distance
4. 4
Accessibility and Interaction
5. 6
Core and Peripheral Regions
Chapter 2
6. 9
Industrial Revolution
7. 11
Impacts of Colonialism
8. 13
Global Population Trends
Chapter 3
9. 16
Population Measures
10. 18
Demographic Transitions
11. 20
Overpopulation
12. 23
Factors in Migration
13. 25
Cultural Ecology
Chapter 4
14. 27
Human Impacts
15. Mar. 2
EXAM 1
Part II: Cultural Traditions
16. Mar. 4
Cultural Elements
Chapter 5
17. 6
Religious Traditions
18. 9
Language Change
19. 11
Language Families
20. 12
Religion, Language & Ethnicity
21. 16
Cultural Landscapes
Chapter 6
22. 18
Special Spaces
23. 20
Measures of Development
Chapter 7
24. 30
Location Theory
25. Apr. 1
Development Models
26. 3
Globalization & Development
27. 6
Traditional Agriculture
Chapter 8
28. 8
Global Commercial Agriculture
29. 10
EXAM II
Part III: Forces of Global Change
30. Apr. 13
Political Ideals and Territories
Chapter 9
31. 15
Nationalism and Nation States
32. 17
Building New States
33. 20
Urbanization
Chapter 10
34. 22
Settlements
35. 24
Urban Systems
36. 27
Urban Growth and World Cities
37. 29
American City Form
Chapter 11
38. May 1
Urban Morphology
39. 4
Urban Problems
40. 6
Planning Initiatives
41. 8
Future Challenges: Sustainability
Chapter 12
42. 11
Future Challenges: Conflict
43. 13
Future Challenges: Infrastructure
FINAL EXAM: Friday, May 15, 2:30-5:00 p.m.
Study Guide
The following list of key concepts, key scholars, and place locations is provided to help you attain a basic level of competence (C level) in this course. For the concepts, be prepared to define the concept, explain its application, and give an illustration. For assistance, consult the "Key Terms" at the end of each chapter.
Part I: Development of the Modern World
Key Concepts:
culture diffusion
cultural region cultural ecology
uniform region situation
cultural landscape toponym
functional region site
environmental determinism spatial concentration
resource diffusion
hearth expansion diffusion
agricultural revolution relocation diffusion
density hierarchial diffusion
less developed countries (LDC) spatial distribution
possibilism subsistence agriculture
more developed countries (MDC) commercial agriculture
shifting cultivation gravity model
plantation agriculture bulk-gaining industry
pastoral nomadism bulk-reducing industry
labor intensive industry dairy farming
seed agriculture mixed crop & livestock
vegetative planting ranching
commercial grain industrial revolution
truck farming break of bulk paint
cottage industry development
Gross National Product (GNP)
primary sector
secondary sector
Key Scholars:
Carl Sauer
Johann von Thunen
Place location:
World Map
Continents Oceans
Eurasia Pacific Ocean
Europe* Atlantic Ocean
Asia* Indian Ocean
Africa Arctic Ocean
North America
South America
Antarctica
Australia
Equator
(*neither Europe nor Prime Meridian
Asia are true continents) International Date Line
European Map
(European Community) Physical Features
Belgium/Brussels
Denmark/Copenhagen Baltic Sea
France/Paris Black Sea
Germany/Berlin Mediterranean Sea
Greece/Athens North Sea
Ireland/Dublin Rhine River
Italy/Rome Danube River
Luxembourg/Luxembourg Pyreness
Netherlands/Amsterdam Alps
Portugal/Lisbon (North) European Plain
Spain/Madrid
United Kingdom/London
(European Free Trade Association) Other Cities
Austria/Vienna
Finland/Helsinki Frankfort
Iceland/Reykjavik Birmingham
Norway/Oslo Manchester
Sweden/Stockholm Rotterdam
Switzerland/Bern
Regions
(Central Europe)
Albania/Triane Scandanavia
Bulgaria/Sofia British Isles
Czech Republic/Prague
Slovak Republic
Hungary/Budapest
Poland/Warsaw
Romania/Bucharest
Yugoslavia/Belgrade
Solvenia
Croatia/Zagreb
Bosnia-Herzegovina/Sarajevo
Part II: People and Conflict
Key Concepts:
imperialism colonialism
frontier language family
boundary lingua franca
unitary state monothesism
federated state ghetto
pilgrimage state
nation-state universalizing religion
dialect ethnic religion
landlocked state bilingualism
multi-national state official language
fragmented state animism
apartheid standard language
zoning ordinance sprawl
gentrification central business district
concentric zone model filtering
multiple nuclei model
central business district
Key Scholars:
E.W. Burgess
Homer Hoyt
C.D. Harris
Ed Ullman
Place Locations:
North Eurasia Map Other Cities:
Baltic States St. Petersburg (R.F.R.)
Estonia/Tallinn Vladivostok (R.F.R.)
Latvia/Riga Irkutsk (R.F.R.)
Lithuania/Vilnius Karaganda (Kazakhstan)
Slavic States Physical Features
Belarus/Minsk
Moldova/Kishinev Caspian Sea
Russian Federated Baltic Sea
Republic/Moscow Lake Baikal
Ukraine/Kiev Volga River
Ural Mountains
Caucasus States Caucasus Mountains
Armenia/Yerevan Black Sea
Azerbaijan/Baku
Georgia/Tbilisi
Central Asian States
Kazakhstan/Alma Alta
Kyrgyzstan/Bishkek
Tajikistan/Dushanabe
Turkmenistan/Ashkhabad
Uzbekistan/Tashkent
African/Arabian Pennisula Map
Selected Countries
Cameroon/Yaounde Senegal/Dakar
Central African Republic Sierra Leone/Freetown
Congo Tanzania/Dar es Salaam
Ghana/Accra Uganda
Ivory Coast/Abidjan Zaire/Kinshassa
Kenya/Nairobi Angola/Luanda
Liberia/Monrovia Lesotho/Maseru
Madagascar/Antanarivo Mozambique/Maputo
Nigeria/Lagos Namibia
Ethiopia/Adia Abeba South Africa/Pretoria
Mali/Bamako Zimbabwe/Harare
Somalia/Mogadishu Zambia/Lusaka
Sudan/Khartoum Morocco/Rabat
Algeria/Algiers Tunesia/Tunis
Libya/Tripoli Egypt/Cairo
Syria/Damascus Lebanon/Beirut
Israel/Tel Aviv Jordan/Amman
Iraq/Bagdad Kuwait
Saudi Arabia/Rijadh Yeman
Physical Features Other Cities
Niger River Mombassa
Zaire River Cape Town
Zambezi River Johannesburg
Mediterranean Sea Mecca
Red Sea Medina
Nile River Jerusalem
Persian Gulf Alexandria
Sahara Desert
Part III: Global Population Issues
Key Concepts:
natural increase dependency rate
migration demographic transition
(population) density population pyramid
crude birth rate ethnic group
crude death rate green revolution
life expectancy intervening obstacle
acculturation chain migration
push factors doubling time
carrying capacity analysis (spatial pattern)
agricultural revolution expansion diffusion
pull factors folk custom
popular custom basic industries
central city central place theory
market area non-basic industries
primate city range
threshold urbanization
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
Key Scholar:
Thomas R. Malthus
Place location:
East and South Asia Map
Afghanistan/Kubul Physical Features
Bangladesh/Dacca
Bhutan Indus River
India/New Delhi Ganges River
Nepal Himalayan Mountains
Pakistan/Islamabad Deccan Plateau
Sri Lanka/Colombo Bay of Bengal
China/Beijing Arabian Sea
Japan/Tokyo Sea of Japan
Korea, North
Korea, South/Seoul Other Cities
Macao
Mongola/Ulan Bator Calcutta
Taiwan Bombay
Karachi
Osaka
Shanghai
Hong Kong
North American Map
Belize/Belmopan Haiti/Port-au-Prince
Canada/Ottowa Honduras/Tegucigalpa
Costa Rica/San Jose Jamaica/Kingston
Cuba/Havana Mexico/Mexico City
Dominican Republic/Santo Domingo Nicaragua/Managua
El Salvador/San Salvador Panama/Panama City
Guatemala/Guatemala City United States/Washington
Physical Features Other Cities
Gulf of Mexico Toronto
Caribbean Sea Montreal
Panama Canal Vancouver
Rocky Mountain New York
Mississippi River Chicago
Ohio River Los Angeles
Missouri River
Appalachian Mountains
Great Lakes
Hudson's Bay
Greenland
Puerto Rico