GEOGRAPHY 106 SPRING 2014 EXAM 2 STUDY GUIDE UNIT 5: US AND CANADA Topic: Environment and society - Climate change: causes and impacts - Environmental challenges - Case study: Global climate change and the Northwest Passage (Video: Global Warming Bringing Tensions in Arctic Region, a Special Report) o Intertwining of aspects of globalization o Relevant actors, identities, and social hierarchies o Relevance of geographic concepts o Global-local tensions Topic: History, economy, and demographic change - Historical legacies: slavery, industrialization, urbanization - Transformation: ‘old’ to ‘new’ economy - Economic and financial crisis – US vs. Canada - Waves of migration in US and Canada - Internal migration patterns Topic: Culture, politics, and globalization - Economic transformation and place transformation – birth of hip-hop - Assimilation, multiculturalism - Self-determination and globalization - Cultural globalization: US vs. Canada, US vs. other regions - U.S. world leadership UNIT 6: LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Topic: Environment and society - Climate, ecosystems, and agriculture - Climate hazards and change - Long history of environmental adaptations - Economic aspects: market solutions, Brazil and ethanol – impacts of globalizationTopic: Historical legacies and contemporary economics - Colonialism, post-colonial struggle and strategies - Crisis and external interventions (neoliberalism) - Strategies of regionalism vs. globalization - New/contemporary economic geographies Topic: Culture, politics, and globalization - Migration, identity, and racial difference - Ethnic and religious identities in globalization - Military rule, revolutions, and U.S. interventions - Case study: Debating NAFTA on its 20th birthday o Requirements and promises of NAFTA o New geographies created by NAFTA UNIT 7: EUROPE Topic: Environment and society - Climate change: Europe’s role - Climate change: vulnerability and adaptability - Climate change: mitigation Topic: Historical legacies and contemporary economics - Post-socialist legacies - Economic geographies of Europe (old/new, Northern/Southern, etc.) - Globalization and production of inequality - Case study: Financial integration and crisis: Whither the European welfare state? (Film: The Great Euro Crash) o Financial globalization and impacts at multiple scales (nation-states, “everyday people”) o Linkages between Europe and other world regions o Intertwining of economics, politics, and cultural narratives o Relationship between globalization and the welfare state Topic: Culture, politics, and globalization - Globalization (past/present) and changing demographies - Identity, integration, and globalization (nationalism and cosmopolitanism) - Globalization, territory, and security: new challenges for EuropeUNIT 8: RUSSIAN DOMAIN Topic: Environment and society - Climate change: impacts - Climate change and politics - Geopolitics of oil and gas - Environmental legacies of socialism Topic: Historical legacies and contemporary economics - Building a market economy - Case study: The Russian Domain, organized crime, and globalization (Video: Misha Glenny’s TED Talk) o Historical and economic roots of Russian organized crime o Globalization: linkages between criminal organizations and other entities o Place connections via illicit goods/services (ex: Atyrau, Kazakhstan) o New geographies of licit/illicit; new geographies of threats and security Topic: Culture, politics, and globalization - Breakup of USSR and out-migration; internal migration in Russian Federation - Territorial politics: ethnonationalisms, geopolitical shifts in contemporary