Name _________________________                                               Geography 4712

Sample Exam                                                                               

 

Answer no more than the required number of questions.  All cases of cheating will be reported.  You have 90 minutes to complete all sections.  Good luck!

 

Identify  6 of the following 9 terms.  Provide examples where relevant (5 pts each).

1. Fukuyama’s “end of history” thesis

 

 

 

 

2. Five strategic chokepoints

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Shatterbelt

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Cosmos-chaos

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. World economy

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Gateway region

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. Geopolitical transition

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. Truman Doctrine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. Scale of ideology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-answer

Lectures : Answer 2 of  the following 3 questions (15 pts each).

1. What were the central themes of Mahan’s contribution to the study of geopolitics?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Describe Haushofer’s pan-regions & explain why there was a shift after 1941.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Contrast the Kennan approach to relations with the Soviet Union with that of the NSC-68 document.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Readings: Answer 2 of the following 3 questions (15 pts each).

1. Present the key intellectuals and examples of the dominant lexicon (discourses) for 2 of the 4 types of geopolitical discourses (imperialist, Cold War, new world order, environmental) (O’Tuathail).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Explain how Manichean categories were used to influence the Cold War (O’Tuathail).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. How did Spykman’s Heartland-Rimland model differ from Mackinder’s Heartland Model.  What were the implications for US foreign policy? (Taylor & Flint)