Schedule of Assigned Readings Geography 10 - Winter 2000 - Forsberg

(Last updated March 15, 2000) *This schedule is subject to change* Keep up to date. Attend class, check this schedule and the class calendar

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Week One 1/3-1/5 Introduction to geography: basic geographic concepts, tools, and theory, regions.	Geography 99/00: #1-"The Four Traditions of Geography"  #15- "The Importance of Places . . ." "Overviews" beginning pp. 8, 48, 88, 138, 174 Building Geographic Literacy (BGL): Chapter 1 Lecture on Regions Selected World Wide Web Sites for: Geography 99/00 Assignment A: Make a Map due the Wednesday before your presentation.
No Quiz Week One	Web links are not required reading unless specified. Required links will be posted in the same box as the the textbook readings (above). Web sites week one: Introduction to the World Wide Web Glossary of Internet Terms Atlas of Cyberspaces 1, 2
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Week Two 1/10-1/12 Global grid, maps, thematic maps, projections, scale, the importance of place, spatial interaction and behavior, scales of space and time. Introduction to culture: representations and perceptions of the world.	Geography 99/00:  #2- "The American Geographies . . ."  #19- "Does it Matter Where you Are?" Building Geographic Literacy: Chapter 2, & pp. 31-55 Assignment B: Cartographic Communication Map Projections Examples
Quiz 1: Study the first two week's readings, & on the blank world map found on p.35 of BGL, be able to find the continents listed in Building Geog. Lit. p.33 and the waterways listed in table 3-1 on p.55.	Web sites week two - Map Related Sites Terra cognita
Quizzes normally cover everything since the last quiz including all assigned readings and anything covered in class, as well as assigned locations on maps of the regions we are currently covering.
Week Three 1/19 Thinking Globally: ecological relationships, systems theory & global climate change. Research about your assigned region.	Geography 99/00: #6- "The Coming Climate"  Handout on Systems Theory Building Geographic Literacy: Read the chapter about your assigned region (this may coverr more than one chapter) and do some research in the library and on the internet. (recommended: G99/00 #3 "NASA Readies",#4 "Human Domination", #5 "Counting the Cost", #10- "The Great Climate Flip-Flop", #11 "Temperature Rising", #39 "Risky Business") Assignment C: Mapping Data with Online GIS Regional Group Presentations
Quiz 2: Study this week's readings, the chapter(s) in BGL about your region, & study the 3 blank world map projections handed out in class, be able to find the same continents and waterways from Quiz 1.	Websites week three - Global Warming  Electromagnetic Spectrum- NASA
Week Four 1/24-1/26  The Geography of North American Cities, communities, & peoples, The "American Dream", urban sprawl, transportation technology, social systems, urban morphology.	Geography 99/00: #8- "America's Rush to Suburbia" #24- "Transportation and Urban Growth . . ."  #28- " Do We Still Need Skyscrapers?" Building Geographic Literacy: Chapter 4 (recommended: G99/00 #17 "Metropolis Unbound", #26 County Buying Power", #29 "Indian Gaming", #30 "For Poorest") Assignment D: American Cities
Quiz 3:  Study this week's readings, & be able to locate assigned locations in North and South America: Mexico city, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Lima, and the cities on the map p.77 (in BGL), All of the places and countries mentioned in article 36 "Hispanics don't Exist"	Websites week four - Urban Geography Native American Sites  North American Maps USGS
Week Five  1/31-2/2   Latinos in the U.S., El Niño	Geography 99/00:  #9- "The Season of El Niño" #36- "Hispanics' Don't Exist" Building Geographic Literacy: Chapter 13 (recommended: G99/00 #35 "The Changing Geography") Assignment E: Connections to the Rainforest.
No Quiz Week Five	Rainforest Links
A difficult week coming up, your quiz covers dozens of countries and lots of reading.
Week Six 2/7-2/9 Nations and States of Europe and the Newly Independent States: nations, states, regions, borders and languages. Dawn of the industrial revolution.	Geography 99/00:  #37 "Russia's Population Sink" #38 "Vanishing Languages" Building Geographic Literacy: Chapters 5, 6 Assignment F: - The Search for the True Nation-State Caucasus Ethnolinguistic Groups Kaliningrad
Quiz 4: Study the last two week's readings, & on a blank regional map, be able to find the assigned locations of Europe & FSU (USSR): All the countries mentioned in the readings related to language, the industrial revolution, and the countries of the Balkan Penninsula, the Iberian Penninsula, and Central Asia. The Alps mountains, the Rhine River, the Danube River.	Ethnologue Database, Special Languages, Geographic Distribution of Living Languages  Historical Maps of The Balkans Bosnia Maps, Bosnia Relief Map, Bosnia Ethnic Majorities 1991  The BosnianVirtual Fieldtrip
MIDTERM Study Guide	MIDTERM Monday 2/14

Week Seven 2/14-2/16 MIDTERM Monday 2/14 East Asian economic development and population.	Geography 99/00: #23 "Demographic Clouds on China's Horizon" Building Geographic Literacy: Chapter 8 Assignment G: - Mapping Populations
No Quiz Week Seven	Demography and population, Population Clocks-U.S. Census Bureau
Week Eight 2/23 Population in South Asia	Geography 99/00: #31 "Before the Next Doubling" Building Geographic Literacy: Chapter 9 (recommended: G99/00 #12 "Dammed if You Do") Assignment H: Online Geography Glossary
Quiz 5: Study readings assigned since the midterm, and on a blank regional map, be able to find the countries of East Asia, South Asia and the Middle East (Southwest Asia only) and the following rivers: Tigris, Euphrates, Jordan, Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra, Chang Jiang (Yangtse), Huang Ho (Yellow)	Population Geography from about.com Animated population pyramid for the U.S.
Week Nine 2/28-3/1 Population and water resources in the Middle East and North Africa	Geography 99/00: #21 "Water Resource Conflicts" Building Geographic Literacy: Chapter 12 (recommended: G99/00 #7 "The Emergence of Gasahol", #22 "Boomtown Baku", #32 The End of Cheap Oil) Assignment I: Plan a Trip
No Quiz Week Nine
A difficult week coming up, your quiz covers dozens of countries and lots of reading.
Week Ten 3/6-3/8 Colonialism, Development and Agriculture in Africa South of the Sahara.	Geography 99/00: #33 "Reseeding the Green Revolution" Building Geographic Literacy: Chapter 11 (recommended: G99/00 #34 "How Much Food") Assignment J: Mapping Core and Periphery
Quiz 6: Study the last two week's readings, & on a blank regional map, be able to find countries in all of Africa and relate them to their colonial origins. You should also know the locaton of the Nile, Niger, and Congo rivers, and Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika, and Lake Nyasa.	Alan's Africa Links
Week Eleven 3/13-3/15 Globalization and core-Periphery relations in Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific Islands, Southeast Asia.	Geography 99/00: #16- "Rise of the Region State" Building Geographic Literacy: Chapter 7, 10
Quiz 7: Study this week's readings, & on a blank regional map, be able to find the countries of Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific Islands, Southeast Asia and relate them to their colonial origins .You should also know the locaton of the Mekong and Red Rivers as well as the following islands: Borneo, Sumatra, New Guinea, Jawa, Timor.
Week Twelve 3/20-3/22 Final Exam	Section 03 @ 6:00 p.m. Final Exam Scheduled on Wednesday March 22 at 6:15 pm
Final midterm exam covers weeks 7-11	Final Study Guide

*Readings abbreviations:

BGL - Building Geographic Literacy

G99/00 - Geography 99/00