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WORLD GEOGRAPHY (GEOG 1020)
COURSE TOPIC OUTLINE
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Unit 0 - Introduction to the History and Applications of Geography
Monday, January 12
Lecture: Introduction to the course
and the instructor
Video: GIS in
K-12 Education
Read: pp. 8-14,
and 29-36 - Bradshaw text
See: The
Nation's Report Card on Geography
Wednesday, January 14
No Formal Class Meeting
Complete Article Review 1 - Due Wednesday
January 21
See: Instructions
for Weekly Article Reviews
Bring to class: A geography-related
newspaper or magazine article.
See:
APA
Style Guide for Citing On-Line Articles
See:
MLA
Style Guide for Citing On-Line Articles
Link:National
Geography Standards (k-12)
Tutorial:
National
Geography Standards
See: The
Four Traditions of Geography
Friday, January 16
No Formal Class Meeting
Complete Article Review 1 - Due Wednesday
January 21
Monday, January 19
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
Wednesday, January 21
Lecture: History
and Applications of Geography
Read: pp. 8-14,
and 29-36
Important Terms: Cartography, Spatial Tradition, Human-Land
Tradition, Regional Tradition, Earth Science Tradition, Quantitative Revolution,
Systems Approach, Environmental Determinism, Spatial Analysis, Formal Regions,
Functional Regions, Latitude, Longitude, Topographic Map, Geographic Information
Systems (GIS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Remote Sensing, Choropleth
Map, Dot Map
Read: The
Four Traditions of Geography
See: Geographic
Information Systems
See: Global
Positioning Systems
See: Remote
Sensing
See: Topographic
Maps
See: Geography
at About.com
FYI: Paul
Goodloe: Geographer on The Weather Channel
Friday, January 23
No Class Today - We will continue
on Monday
Read: pp. 8-14,
and 29-36
Monday, January 26
Lecture: History
and Applications of Geography, continued.
Discussion: Article
Reviews
Discussion: Web Page
Assignment
Assignment: Web Page
Preliminary Storyboard - Due Monday February 2
See: Instructions
for Web Page Assignment
UNIT 1 - GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA
Wednesday, January 28
Lecture: African
Environments
See: On-Line
Africa Country Information Page
Read: pp. 82-90 "Natural Environment"
See Also: pp.
57-74 for reference
Important:
*Africa is dominated by tropical climates including, Desert (less than
10 inches of precipitation per
year), Tropical Wet, and Tropical Wet/Dry.
*Nearly all of the African continent is at elevations above 1,000 feet
above sea level.
*African deserts: Sahara, Namib, Kalahari
*African rivers: Nile, Orange, Congo, Niger
*African lakes: Malawi, Tanganyika, Victoria, Chad, Volta
*African mountains: Kilamanjaro, Kenya, Ras Dashen, Cameroon, Margherita
*African soils: Africa is dominated by Oxisols and Alfisols
*African vegetation: Tropical Rainforest, Tropical Savanna, Steppe,
Desert
Friday, January 30
Central Africa - Population Geography
Read: pp. 90-99
"Central Africa"
Important Terms: Fertility Rates, Population
Pyramid Structure, Birth Rate, Death Rate, Doubling Time, Natural Increase
(%), Population Density,
Population Distribution, Demographic Transition
Model, Life Expectancy
See: World
Population Data Sheet (*.pdf file) *Note
the Fertility Rates for African Countries versus the U.S.A.
See: Study
Questions "World Population Problems"
Study
Questions and Answers "World Population Problems"
Monday, February 2
Eastern Africa and Impact of AIDS upon Population
Growth in Africa
Read: pp. 105-110 "Eastern Africa"
Geography of the AIDS
epidemic
Read: pp. 88-89
(see map on page 89)
See: Washington
Post Article on AIDS in Africa
See: MSNBC
AIDS Facts Page
Wednesday, February 4
Western Africa and the Trans-Atlantic Slave
Trade
Read: pp. 99-104
"Western Africa"
Read: pp. 78-81
"African Cultures"
Link: Maps
of African Slave Trade History
See: History
of Voodoo
See: History
of Rastafarianism
See: Background
on the Gullah People
Important: West African ethnic groups - Yoruba, Ashanti, Dogon,
Fulani, Wolof, Mende, Ibo, Hausa
Friday, February 6
10th Annual Africana Studies Conference (Click
Here to See the Full Agenda)
1:00-2:50 p.m. Room 103 Humanities Building
The Importance of Reconnecting to African
Spirituality
Presenters:
Montanez Wade, Center of Excellence
for Information Systems Engineering & Management, Tennessee State University
Mayibuye Monanabela, Africana Studies,
Tennessee State
OlaOmi Ajamu, Priestess, Egbe Onitoju
Ona Agbani (Keepers of the Ancient Path) African Spiritual Temple
Monday, February 9
Impacts of the Colonial Era in Africa
See: The
1884-1885 Berlin Conference to Divide Africa
Read: Article
- "Africa's
Bizarre Borders"
Read: pp. 80-81 "Colonial Impacts"
and "Independence Outcomes and Prospects"
See Also: Map on p. 80
Read: pp. 110-122 "Southern Africa"
Read: pp. 120-121 "Zimbabwe"
See: Map-"Colonialism
to Independence" p. 113 in the
Student Atlas
Important: Inequities in economic power between white and black
Africans; role of human-land relationships in Zimbabwe's post-colonial
politics,
apartheid, Rhodesia, Robert Mugabe, Xhosa, Zulu, Ndebele, Shona.
Wednesday, February 11
Impacts of the Mining Industry upon Africa's
Environment and People
Read: pp. 116-118 "Mining Wealth" and
"Manufacturing Contrasts"
Related Article: Political
and Economic Impact of Africa's Diamond Industry
Related Article: UN
Sanctions Illicit Diamonds
Related Article:
What
is Coltan?
Video: "Heart of Darkness" - Focus
Upon the Mineral Industry
Friday, February 13
Urban Geography of Africa
Read:
pp. 79-81, 122-127
Important Terms: overurbanization, rural-to-urban migration,
refugee migration
Monday, February 16
Northern Africa and the Nile River Valley
Read: pp. 133-159
Important Terms: Islam, Oil, OPEC, Desert,
Arab Culture
Wednesday, February 18
EXAM I