Transcript GEOG 204 Geography of Africa and the Middle East CRN

GEOG-160 Non Western World
Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa South West Asia, South
Asia, East Asia, and South East Asia
Instructor: Tom Broxson
Office Hours: 1:00-2:00 M,T,W, and by appointment
E-mail: [email protected]
Course objectives:
To gain an appreciation of the world’s lands and people. There are no prerequisites, and an effort is
made to make the material accessible to the broadest possible range of students. Historical and
contemporary geographical questions are considered in the context of the cultural, physical, and
biological landscape. Emphasis is placed on understanding and critically thinking about the historical
and geographical roots of each region's social, economic, and ecological problems. The class can
serve as a basic preparation for travel, business, government service, journalism, or volunteer work,
as well as for elementary or secondary school teaching. Numerous slides, maps, and videos will
illustrate each topic.
Course description:
An introduction to the rich variety of peoples, traditions, and landscapes in the geographic realms of
Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa South West Asia, South Asia, East Asia, and South East
Asia. Emphasis is on the origins and evolution of the diverse cultural heritages of these regions, their
interactions with the world as a whole, and on present interaction between these peoples and their
environments.
Textbook:
Realms Regions and Concepts, 12nd Ed
H. J. de Blij, Peter O. Muller, ISBN: 047171786
Student's responsibilities and strategies for success:
- ATTEND CLASS REGULARLY and BE ON TIME. You are responsible for all classroom
discussion and assigned readings from the textbook and other sources the instructor may introduce.
If you miss a class, please arrange to obtain notes from another student.
- Read the assignments and take notes. I will introduce ideas and images and give examples not
found in the text. This information is fair game for exams and will be helpful to weekly assignments.
- Combine and rewrite your notes from lectures and the readings.
- Arrange for adequate time to prepare for exams.
- Ask questions in and out of class, and if you have trouble with the material, ask for help!
- Respect your fellow students and instructor. The classroom is an environment where we can
share diverse opinions, viewpoints, and experiences.
Grading:
Map Quizzes 10% 20pts each. Know the locations of the countries, cities, bodies of water, mountain
ranges and islands, etc. given on the place name list distributed separately.
Class attendance and participation 10% or 100 pts. You will be asked many questions in class
and in group discussions over assigned readings and lectures. Take your best shot at answering the
questions posed verbally. These points are to encourage you to be in class actively participating!
Online Multiple Choice Quiz: 5% or 10 pts each
Online Discussions: 10% or 5 to 10 pts each (10 total)
Online Critical thinking Essays 10% or 20pts each set
Midterm 1 20% or 200 pts
Midterm 2 20% or 200 pts
Final Exam 20% or 200 pts
Map Quizzes:
Each geographic realm will have an introductory map quiz over assigned places to know. The
purpose of these quizzes is to familiarize students with where cultural and physical features are,
before we begin a more detailed discussion of the geographic processes at work in that
particular place.
Writing Exercises:
For each realm, you will receive a short assignment composed of several questions which are
designed to familiarize you with the material covered in your text and in class. Answers will
require critical thinking about cultural, physical, and environmental information pertaining to that
geographic realm. Exam essay questions will be drawn from these assignments.
Exams:
Will be structured to test knowledge of, concepts, explanations, and solutions. The tests will
include multiple choice, short answer, and essay questions. The student is responsible for all the
material in the readings, and lectures, including maps, slides, and other graphics.
Week
Topic
Quizzes (Tuesdays)/Exams (Mondays) Reading Assignment
1
Introduction
Introduction
2-3
Sub-Saharan Africa LOCATION QUIZ 1 (Africa)
Chapter 6
MID-TERM EXAM 1 Covers lectures, &
Intro, Ch 6
4-5
N Africa/SW Asia
LOCATION QUIZ 2 (N Africa/SW Asia) Chapter 7
6-7
South Asia
LOCATION QUIZ 3 (South Asia)
Chapter 8
MID-TERM EXAM 2 Covers lectures, & Ch 7, Ch 8
8-9
East Asia
LOCATION QUIZ 4 (East Asia)
Chapter 9
10
Southeast Asia
LOCATION QUIZ 5 (Southeast Asia)
Chapter 10
11
FINAL EXAM Covers lectures, &
Ch 9 , Ch 10
I am here to help you learn! Please feel free to come by my office (or e-mail) at any
time to discuss any questions or problems that you may have with the course
material from lecture or the textbook, with the computer, e-mail, WWW, or any other
matter that you'd like to discuss. I'll be glad to try to help you find solutions!
Places to Know Quiz:
ch 6. Sub-Saharan Africa (south of the Tropic of Cancer): countries & capitals, Atlantic
and Indian Oceans, Gulf of Guinea, Mozambique Channel, Red Sea, Lake Victoria, Niger
River, Congo River(Zaire), Nile Rivers, Ethiopian Plateau, Drakensberg Mountains, Sahara
Desert, Namibian Desert, Kalahari Desert, Adamawa highlands, Benue River, River Blue
Nile River, White Nile River, Gulf of Guinea, Lake Chad, Lake Malawi, Lake Tanganyika,
Lake Turkana, Limpopo River, Mozambique channel, Sahel, Zambezi River, Zanzibar
Places to Know Quiz:
ch 7. North Africa/Southwest Asia: countries and capitals, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean,
Red, Black, Caspian, Arabian Seas, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Gulf of
Aqaba, Gulf of Suez, Straits of Hormuz, Atlas and Hindu Kush Mountains, Plateau of Iran,
Nile River, Tigris River, Euphrates River, Jordan Rivers, Suez Canal, Mecca, Istanbul, Sahara
Desert, Ar Rub' al Khali, Strait of Gibraltar, Sinai Peninsula, Amu Dara River, Aral Sea, Atlas
Mountains, Bosporus, Cyprus, Zargos mountains, Aden, Alexandria, Basra, Casablanca,
Mecca, Medina, Rabat, Tel Aviv,
Places to Know Quiz:
ch 8. South Asia: countries and capitals, Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Mannar, Palk
Strait, Bay of Bengal, Himalaya, Karakoram, Hindu Kush Mountains, Western Ghats, Eastern
Ghats, Deccan Plateau, Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra Rivers, Mumbai (Bombay), Calcutta,
Chennai (Madras), Karachi, Great Indian Desert (Thar), Mt. Everest Baluchistan desert,
Godavari River, Kathiawar Peninsula, Malabar Coast, Narmanda River, Thar Desert,
Yamuna River, Bangalore, Chennai, Chittagong, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lahore, Mumbai,
Peshawar, Varinasi
Places to Know Quiz:
ch 9. East Asia: countries and capitals, Gulf of Tonkin, South China, East China & Yellow
Seas, East Sea, Taiwan Strait, Korean Peninsula, Tibetan Plateau, Himalaya, Tien Shan
Mountains, Yangtse and Huang Ho Rivers, Gobi Desert, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Great Wall,
Shikoku, Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Pacific Ocean, Chunchon, Kyongju, Altay Mountains,
Amur river, Bohai river, Chang Jiang River, Gobi Desert, Hainan Island, Liao River, Xi river,
Sichuan Basin, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Harbin, Hong Kong, Lanzhou, Lhasa,
Macau, Nagoya, Nanjing, Osaka, Pusan, Pyongyang, Shanghai, Shenyang, Shenzhen,
Wuhan, Xiamen, Xian,
Places to Know Quiz:
ch 10. Southeast Asia: countries and capitals, Indian & Pacific Oceans, Gulf of Tonkin,
South China Sea, Andaman Sea, Philippine, Celebes, Java and Sulu Seas, Gulf of
Thailand, Straits of Malacca, Annamese Cordillera, Mekong River, Irrawaddy River, Chao
Phraya River, Mindanao, Kalimantan, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Bali, Kra Isthmus, Luzon,
Malay Peninsula, Maluka Islands, Mekong Delta, New Guinea, Pinang Island, Red River,
Salween River, Sulawesi, Timor, Cebu, Chang Mai, Da Nang, Dili, Ho Chi Minh City, Hue,
Mandalay,