World Regional Geography

Final Exam review sheet

 

Final Times and Locations:

          Section 100: Monday, 18 December, 4:30 – 7:00

          Section 200: Tuesday, 19 December, 1:30 - 4:00

 

Key Terms – be able to define these terms and know why they are significant in the broader context of the course.

 

Globalization

Regional Trade Blocs

New International Division of Labor

Bretton Woods System

Transnational Corporations

International Monetary Fund

World Trade Organization

World Bank

Free Trade

Maquiladora

Sweatshop

Export Processing Zone

Export Development

Import Substitution

Comparative Advantage

Neoliberalism

Trade Liberalization

Coffee

Fair Trade

Supranationalism

European Union

European Coal and Steel Community

European Economic Community

Treaty of Rome

Treaty of Paris

Treaty of Maastricht

Regionalism

European Culture

Iron Curtain

Nationalism

Economic Integration

Economies of Scale

Schengen Accord

 

 

Key Places

Mexico, Ciudad Juarez, Guatemala, Europe, Turkey, Rethymno, Brazil

 

Study Questions – these are meant to help guide your review, but they are not comprehensive in covering all the material you need to know for the exam.

  1. What is wrong with the textbook’s definition of globalization?  What definition of globalization was offered in lecture?  What does the perspective of geography add to our understanding of globalization?
  2. What are the different components of globalization, as discussed in lecture?  Be able to discuss each of these in detail and offer examples of each.
  3. What are some of the “hyperglobalist” and “skeptical” positions concerning globalization?
  4. When did globalization begin?  Explain your answer.
  5. Why has there been such a significant shift away from import substitution and toward export development in developing countries around the world?  What theoretical explanations have been offered in support of this shift?  How does the rise of Maquiladora industries in Mexico illustrate this shift?
  6. What are some of the challenges faced by Ciudad Juarez and what accounts for these challenges?
  7. In what ways does coffee illustrate the definition of globalization offered in lecture?  Include in your answer a discussion of the history of coffee production around the world.
  8. Describe the geography of global coffee production.
  9. Explain the typical distribution of earnings along the coffee commodity chain.
  10. What is the history of coffee production in Mexico and Central America?  What is the relationship between coffee production and indigenous peoples?
  11. How does the European Union help us understand the relationship between globalization and people’s senses of identity?
  12. What were some of the main motivations for the formation of a regional trading bloc in Western Europe following World War II?
  13. Outline the history of the formation of the EU (key dates, treaties, developments).
  14. Why was the year 2004 so significant for the EU?
  15. What are the key criteria for member states joining the EU?
  16. How has the EU sought to promote “European Culture”?  How has the EU defined “European Culture”?
  17. What are some of Europe’s key “regionalist” movements?

 

There will be a few questions on the content of the films we’ve seen (“China Blue” – focusing on a jeans factory in China; “Coffee Country” – focusing on coffee production in Guatemala and Mexico).  There will be a few questions directly from the assigned reading too.  Format will be the same as Exams 1 and 2.