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Test 2 Review Sheet Items for you to be sur e you und erstand… Unit 3: Languages • Taxonomy of languages • Distribution of languages worldwide • Language as a clue to cultural diffusion and interchange, e.g., Africa, diffusion of Indo-European languages • Toponyms • Language as a clue to culture: structure, vocabulary, social status, gender differences • Multilingualism in the US and other nations –causes and consequences • Language, territoriality, and identity Unit 4: Reli gion • Types of religions: universal, ethnic, animist, secular • Origin, diffusion, distribution of specific religions • Effects of religion on patterns of life (daily schedule, food preferences, role of women, importance of education, work ethic, business practices, political etc—see on-line notes) • Cultural landscapes produced by specific religions, including attitudes toward the environment, calendar, burial practices (slides in class) • Patterns of religion in US Unit 5: P ol itical Geography Evolution of the modern state. Nation vs. state vs. nation state. Centripetal and centrifugal forces in modern nations: the rise of nationalism vs. regionalism. Political systems at a variety of scales: local to global. Characteristics of states: shape, size, location of capital, core vs. periphery. Types of boundaries and boundary disputes. Analysis of current world crises using above concepts Politics of geography and the geography of politics distinction, Geography of politics, (gerrymandering) Globalization, cultural convergence, and Islam Unit 6: Economic Ge ogr aphy The world system(s) of making a living: subsistence, market, planned. World distribution of economic systems. Agriculture: variations among systems in different world regions. Von Thunen theory of agricultural location. Location of economic activities in each system. World economic systems: specialization, comparative advantage, interdependence, trade, movement of capital to peripheral regions. Characteristics of developed and developing world. Unit 7: P op ulation Ge ography Basic concepts of population: distribution, density, growth rate, doubling time, interpreting population pyramids. Historical patterns in population growth: the J curve and the S curve. Demographic transition: will it predict future patterns of population growth? Factors which affect population growth in the developing world: the Cycle of Doom.Gender roles and world population growth. Unit 8: Migr ation Migration as an enduring theme of human history: migrations in ancient times, the historical past, and the present. Migration at a variety of scales: local, regional, and international. Types of migrations. Patterns of migration: step migration, chain migration, channeled migration. Role of distance decay and information flow in migration patterns. Barriers to migration; inducements to migration. How is the decision to migrate made? Push and pull factors, voluntary and involuntary migration. Rules of migration: who, what, when, and why. Readings: Cultural Geography: Language Cultural Geography: Religion Pp 183-189; pp 229-231 Political Geography Chapter 9; Chapter 12 Economic Geography Chapter 2 pp 57-83; Chapter 7; Chapter 8 Migration (Self study on-line to be completed this week) Be sure you can answer questions related to each Activity including place names including


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