GIS 3625 Global Geography

Possible Short Answer Essay Questions, Exam #3

1. List and briefly describe each of the major culture hearths that
influenced the North Africa and Southwest Asia Realm. Pg345
Cultural geography: wide-ranging and comprehensive field studying spatial
aspects of human cultures
Culture hearths: crucibles of civilization and sources of dynamic ideas,
innovations, and ideologies
Cultural diffusion: set of processes that extended the spread ideas and
innovations far and wide
Cultural landscapes: the form sand artifacts placed on the natural
landscape by sequential human occupants
2. List any three of the impacts of oil on the NASWA realm and briefly describe
the nature of its impact.
3. List and briefly describe the five pillars of Islam. Pg 348
Repeated expressions of the basic creed
Daily prayer
A month each year of daytime fasting
The giving of alms
At least one pilgrimage to Mecca in each Muslims lifetime.
4. List and briefly describe the following regions that make up the
North American Realm: North American core, Pacific Hinge, Maritime
Northeast
North American core: US and Canada contain the largest cities and federal
capitals. Leading in financial markets, contain largest number of corporate
headquarters, dominant media centers, prestigious universities, busiest
airport, etc.
Pacific Hinge: Extend from California up to Vancouver. California economy
ranked among the worlds ten largest. This part of North America is deeply
involved in the development of countries in eastern Asia
Maritime Northeast: extends from the northern border of Massachusetts to
Newfoundland, thus incorporating all four Canadian Atlantic Provinces.
Primary industries include fishing, logging and farming. Recreational and

tourism have also helped boosted the economy.

5. Briefly summarize regionalism in Canada

- Canada is the second-largest state that divided into 13 subnational entities
known as provinces. Canadas population is clustered in a discontinuous
ribbon along the coasts and border with the United States. Canadas
population is markedly divided by culture and tradition, and this division has a
pronounced regional expression.
6. Distinguish between a state and a nation, illustrating your answer with
examples from NASWA.
7. Distinguish between the following economic sectors: primary,
secondary, tertiary, and quaternary.
The primary sector, involving the extraction of raw

materials from nature (agriculture, mining, fishing), was

rapidly mechanized, and the workforce in this sector
shrank considerably.

The secondary sector, using the input of raw materials

and manufacturing them into finished products, grew
rapidly.

The tertiary sector, entailing all kinds of services to

support production and consumption (banking, retail,
transport) expanded as well. Page 160

8. Briefly describe any three of the physiographic regions of North

American that are found in the US. Chapter 3A
Pacific mountains
rocky mountains
Interior lowlands
- The Pacific Mountains extend all the way from Southern California through
coastal Can- ada to Alaska. In the western interior, the Rocky Mountains form
a continental backbone from central Alaska to New Mexico. Around the Great

Lakes, the low-relief landscapes of the Interior Lowlands and the Great Plains
to the west are shared by Canada and the United States, and the international
boundary even divides the Great Lakes.
9. List the six major migrations that shaped North American population
distribution and its multicultural character.
10. List and briefly describe the geographic obstacles to a two-state
solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The West Bank: Jewish immigration and settlement made any possibility
of a future Palestinian State problematic.
The Golan heights: strategic territory claimed by syria, but occupied by
Israel. Area that includes Isreals main water reservoir and Jewish
settlements.
Jerusalem: Israel claimed the wet part as its capital, making it a forward
capital located squarely in contested territory.
The Security Fence : massive waller around the West Bank built as a
response to terrorism. It annexed additional lands and interrupts
Palestian livelihoods.
The Gaza Strip: Israeli withdrawal and power struggle between
palestinian factions. Palestinian attacks incited Israeli retaliation and
blockade.