Global Village (GEOG 202-502)
Texas A&M University, Fall 2003
SECOND MIDTERM
Africa, Europe and Southwest Asia (Middle East)
Required Readings:
Chapter 6 (Sub-Saharan Africa)
Chapter 7 (North Africa / Southwest Asia)
Chapter 8 (Europe)
Optional
Chapter 9 (Russian realm)
Lectures:
Oct. 8 to Nov. 7
Evaluation Date: Monday, November 10th (normal class time)
Total Points for midterm two: 225 (45 questions x 5 points)
SECOND MIDTERM
STUDY GUIDE
Regions/Places to know: (where is it and what is included or significant about it)
AFRICA
Sub-Saharan Africa
Southern Africa
East Africa
Equatorial Africa
West Africa
North Africa
Physical features
Sahara Desert
Sahel
Congo Basin
Kalahari and Namib
Madagascar Island
Rift Valleys
Ituri
Serengeti
Rivers/Dams:
Nile (Blue, White, & Mountain); Aswan High Dam/Lake Nasser; Delta
Congo (Zaire); Kasai (S) and Ubangi (N) tributaries
Niger; Debo Swamp; Kainji Res.; Niger Delta
Zambezi; Victoria Falls, Lake Kariba and Cabora Bassa Reservoir
Orange; Limpopo; Volta; Limpopo
Mountains:
Atlas Mountains
Ruwenzori Range (Margherita Peak)
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Mt. Kenya
Drakensberg
Ethiopian Highlands (Ras Dashen Terara)
Lakes:
Lake Victoria
Lake Chad
Lake Tana
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Nyasa (Malawi)
Coastal:
Cape of Good Hope
Horn of Africa; Bab el Mandeb; Socotra Islands
Gulf of Guinea (Blights of Benin and Biafra)
Guinea/Slave Coast; Grain, Gold coasts
Mediterranean Sea, (Str. Gibraltar)
Red Sea, Suez Canal, Gulf of Aqaba, Gulf of Suez
Gulf of Aden, Bab el Mandeb
Mozambique Channel / Madagascar
African States:
Algeria
Angola (Cabinda exclave)
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Rep.
Chad
Congo, Republic (Brazzaville)
Congo, Dem. Rep. of (f. Zaire)
Cote d'Ivoire
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sao Tome & Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Western Sahara
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Comoros, Mauritius, & Seychelles (Indian Ocean)
SOUTHWEST ASIA
Physical:
Arabian Peninsula
Caucasus Mountains
Elburz Mtns
Zagros Mtns
Plateau of Iran
Anatolian Plateau
Taurus Mtns (Toros Daglari)
Syrian Desert
Empty Quarter
Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
Dardanelles and Bosporous Straits
Persian Gulf
Straits of Hormuz
Gulf of Oman
Gulf of Aden
Euphrates River
Tigris River
Shatt al Arab
Historical / Regional:
Mesopotamia
Fertile Crescent
Levant
Asia Minor
Persia
Crete
Constantinople
States:
Syria
Lebanon
Jordan
Iraq
Saudi Arabia,
Kuwait
Bahrain
Qatar,
United Arab Emirates
Oman
Yemen
Iran
Turkey
Georgia
Armenian
Azerbaijan
Israel
--Golan Heights
Palestine (Palestinian Authority)
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Cyprus
Malta
Kurdistan?
Cities (Africa and SW Asia):
Cairo
Lagos
Cape Town
Johannesburg
Durban
Dar es Salaam
Nairobi
Addis Ababa
Khartoum
Kinshasa
Brazzaville
Accra
Dakar
Ouagadougou
Casa Blanca
Tehran
Qom
Istanbul
Ankara
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv - Jaffa
Damascus
Beirut
Baghdad
Riyadh
Mecca
Aqaba/Petra
I. European Regions
A. Geographical Regions in the "Europe as Idea" Trope
1. Western and Eastern Europe
2. Northern and Southern Europe
3. Central Europe / Mitteleuropa
4. Europe as a (non) Continent
B. Western Europe
Recent core of values & ideologies concerning Europe
Continental Europe
Center-core
--- Germany
--- France
----- Monaco
Alpine
--- Switzerland
--- Austria
----- Liechtenstein
(in the future, Slovenia)
Lowlands(BeNeLux)
--- Belgium
--- Netherlands
--- Luxembourg
Roman
--- Italy
----- San Marcos
----- Vatican City
C. British Isles
Western and American bridge
--- United Kingdom
England, Scotland, Wales, N. Ireland, Crown Dependencies
--- Ireland
D. Scandinavia / Norden
--- Denmark
--- Sweden
--- Finland
--- Norway
--- Iceland
E. Iberia
--- Spain
--- Portugal
----- Andorra
F. Baltic / North-central
--- Estonia
--- Latvia
--- Lithuania
--- Poland
--- Czechia
--- Slovakia
--- Hungary
G. Southeast / Balkans
--- Slovenia
--- Croatia
--- Bosnia
--- Serbia (-Montenegro)
--- Macedonia
--- Romania
--- Bulgaria
--- Albania
East but West?
--- Greece
H. East-East
--- Ukraine
--- Belarus
--- Moldova
--- Russia
I. Fringe
--- Turkey
--- Cypress
--- Malta
--- Georgia (Trans-Caucasia)
II. European Alliances ("Supranationalism")
A. European Union (EC, EEC, etc.)
B. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization: Treaty of Washington, 1949)
III. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE
A. Eurasian Landmass and Four Peninsulas
1. Scandinavian Pen.
2. Iberian Pen.
3. Italian Pen.
4. Balkan Pen.
B. Four Physiographic Regions (Specific parts)
1. Alpine System
(Alps) / (Pyrenees) / (Appennines) / (Carpathians) /
(Dinaric)
2. Great
European Plain [also known as North European/German Plain and East European/Russian Plain, etc.]
3. Central Uplands [France-Germany]
4. Northwest Highlands
(Scandinavian) / (Scottish Highlands) / (Meseta)
C. Major land/water features
Islands
1. British Isles [Great Britian & Ireland]
2. Iceland
3. Sjaelland
4. Corsica
5. Sardinia
6. Sicily
7. Greek Islands / Aegaen Sea [Crete, Rhodes, Lesvos]
Seas
1. Baltic Sea
2. North Sea
3. English Channel
4. Bay of Biscay
5. Strait of Gibraltor
6. Black Sea
D. Major Rivers
1. Rhine
2. Rhone
3. Danube
4. Volga
Major Places (London, Paris, Berlin, Milan, Vienna, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Rome, Athens, etc.)