Study Guide for the final exam which will be at 10:30am on Tuesday, December 15th (noon class) and on Thursday, December 17th (10:30 class).
No, you can NOT take the final with my other class.
The final will cover the entire book especially chapters 13 and 14.
If you don't understand something or "can't find" something, please do the following:
Read the lecture notes I put on my webpage (use "search" or "find").
Look in the textbook's index or glossary at the back of the book.
Look it up in your dictionary or online at a website like www.dictionary.com.
Go to websites like www.google.com, http://www.nytimes.com/, www.cnn.com, or www.washingtonpost.com and search for it.
If you still can't find the answer, then email me with your question or bring your question to the last class.
Bring a scantron and pencil to the test. Also, bring your GMU ID (or another picture ID). I will want to see it when you turn in your test.
The questions are multiple choice, matching, and true/false (true is A; false is B).
The questions on the test will NOT be in the same order as the questions below.
There are 100 points total. If you get 96 correct, you get 100%; four are extra credit.
If you leave one blank, it counts the same as a wrong answer, so don't leave any answers blank.
The questions are about:
1) Match the language family with the country where it is dominant (a language family may be matched more than once or not at all) (Fig. 1.25):
A: Indo-European
B: Altaic
C: Afro-Asiatic
D: Sino-Tibetan
E: Austronesian
2) Match the religion with the country where it is dominant (a religion may be matched more than once or not at all) (Fig. 1.27):
A: Protestant
B: Roman Catholic
C: Eastern Orthodox
D: Islam
E: Buddhism
3) Match the European country with the country it colonized (a European country may be matched more than once or not at all) (Fig. 1.33 and Fig. 13.26):
A: Great Britain
B: Spain
C: Portugal
D: the Netherlands
E: France
4) The main character in the movie Rabbit Proof Fence is of which ethnicity?
5) In the movie Rabbit Proof Fence, how does the main character find her way home?
6) Where does the movie Rabbit Proof Fence take place?
7) Traditionally, where did people want to live (Fig. 1.12)?
8) Now, people are moving to where (p. 14)?
9) Which countries do/do not have tropical rainforests (Fig. 2.9)?
10) Where was El Nino first noticed (p. 88)?
11) The relationship between Cuba and the Soviet Union during the Cold War (p. 134).
12) Where do fertile soils come from (p. 152)?
13) Fertility rates in Sub-Saharan Africa (Table 6.1).
14) Where, in Africa, is Islam more prevalent (fig. 6.27).
15) Who decided on the current boundaries between countries in sub-Saharan Africa (p. 170)?
16) Makkah (Mecca) is in which country (Fig. 7.1)?
17) Exotic rivers (p. 201).
18) Which has more pollution problems: Western or Eastern Europe (p. 226)?
19) Which European countries were on which side of the Iron Curtain (Fig. 8.28)?
20) Which countries were once part of the Soviet Union (Fig. 9.29)?
21) Literacy rates under the Soviet regime (Table 9.2 and Table 10.2).
22) What's the problem with the Aral Sea (p. 294)?
23) Population density of Central Asia (Table 10.1).
24) Deforestation in Japan (p. 324-5).
25) China's population quandary (p. 352).
26) The Green Revolution: how important is it in South Asia's ability to feed its population (p. 363-4)?
27) The main reason for deforestation in Southeast Asia is the desire for which wood (p. 386)?
28) Deforestation in Malaysia (p. 386).
29) Where, in the regions covered in chapters 13 and 14, would you expect the least amount of rain (Fig. 13.8 and 14.12)?
30) Where does most of the population live in mainland Southeast Asia (p. 393)?
31) Shifting cultivation/swidden agriculture (p. 393).
32) What were the world's two largest rice exporters in 2006 (p. 394)?
33) Which is the most populous country in Southeast Asia (Table 13.1)?
34) What percentage of the citizens of Singapore live in rural areas (p. 396 and Table 13.1)?
35) The Vietnam War (p. 405).
36) The domino theory (p. 405).
37) What is Indonesia's largest source of tax revenue, and where is it located (P. 406)?
38) A new country has recently been created on which island (p. 406)?
39) Which regions in Southeast Asia have tried to secede (p. 406-407)?
40) The Spratly Islands (p. 408).
41) What is an archipelago (p. 418)?
42) What is Oceania's greatest future environmental threat (p. 421, Fig. 14.5, and Fig. 14.18)?
43) Are rabbits native to Australia (p. 421)?
44) What are the only native mammals of New Zealand (p. 421)?
45) The brown tree snake in Guam (p. 421-422 and Fig. 14.8).
46) What did a geological hot spot create (p. 425)?
47) What is an atoll (p. 425)?
48) Most of Australia's population is located in which section of the country (p. 426 and Fig. 14.19)?
49) The majority of Australia's population traces its roots to where (p. 428)?
50) Who were the first people to populate Australia, how long have they been there, and how did they get their food (p. 434)?
51) "Uncontacted peoples:" where are they (p. 436)?
52) The tsunami of December '04 hit the shores of which countries (news)?
53) The people of which country just elected a new President? The election is disputed because the military threw out the last President (news).
54) Rebels from which region take responsibility for bombing a train traveling between Moscow and St. Petersburg (news)?
Match the numbers on the maps with the country names (do not write on the maps)
You can find the maps at: http://wps.prenhall.com/esm_rowntree_dag_3
Southeast Asia
Burma
Cambodia
East Timor
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Vietnam
Australia and Oceania
Australia
Fiji
Hawaii
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
World
Afghanistan
Argentina
Brazil
China
Iran
Iraq
Mongolia
Nigeria
Russia
United Kingdom