MONSOON ASIA: FOCUS ON SOUTH ASIA
 - Compare population and size of India to United States
 - Be able to describe the geographical characteristics of the three basic physical regions of South Asia.
 - Where is the core area of South Asia/India?  Why?
 - What does “Punjab” mean, and why has it been the source of conflict between India and Pakistan?
 - Where are the most densely populated regions of India? Why?
 - What are monsoons?  Describe the monsoon seasons of South/Southeast Asia.
 - What affects do the Himalayas have on climate, and how do those effects relate to the monsoon seasons?
 - Explain the nature of the conflict between India and Pakistan regarding Kashmir.
 - VIDEO: India: Farming and Development in Kerala (review your question sheet)
 - VIDEO: Ecotourism in Nepal (review your question sheet)
 - VIDEO: ABC News Documentary: India, Pakistan, and the Bomb (factors responsible for the conflict)
 
CHINA
 - Why might China be considered the “last great empire”?
 - Be able to describe the basic population characteristics of China: religions, ethnicity, urban/rural, etc.
 - How do China and the U.S. compare with regard to: size of land area, climate trends, physical geography,
  population density, political geography.
 - Describe the population distribution of China, and explain the geography of that distribution.
 - Describe and explain China’s political geography.
 - Be able to describe the development policies of China (and dates) under Mao Zedong; impacts as well.
 - Compare the general philosophy of population growth exhibited by Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping.
 - Describe the policies of the First and Second Programs to reduce population growth in China.
 - Describe the positive and negative consequences of China’s population policies after 1979.
 - Has China’s population policy been relaxed in the 1990s?  If so, why, and how?  Who is exempt?
 - Does China’s population policy make sense for both urban and rural areas?  Why or why not?
 - VIDEO: World of the Dragon (review your question sheet).

JAPAN AND THE PACIFIC RIM
 - Where is Japan’s Core area?
 - Be able to describe the basic geographic and population characteristics of Japan.
 - Describe Japan’s core region, including Tokyo and the Kanto Plain.
 - Describe the physical characteristics of the Japanese islands: why are they there?
 - Who were the Ainu, and how did they get there?  What happened to them?
 - What is the Ring of Fire, and how does it relate to Japan? What are island arcs?
 - Explain how the location and boundaries of tectonic plates affect Japan’s human and physical geography.
 - What is the 70-Year Rule, and why is it significant to much of the world, as well as to Japan?
 - What was the Meiji Restoration? Its goals and impacts?
 - What motives convinced Japan to become a colonial empire prior to, and during World War II?
 
AUSTRALIA AND VICINITY
 - What characteristics of Australia suggest that it should be an economic “powerhouse” by now?  Has it
  happened?  Why not?
 - Be able to describe Australia’s basic population characteristics and physical properties.
 - Explain why Australia’s core area is located where it is, with regard to climate, colonialism, and urban growth.
 - What distinct features on a reference map of Australia directly reflect the country’s colonial era and impacts?
 - What is a penal colony, and why was Australia considered to be one?
 - Where does most of Australia’s Aborigine population reside today (what region)?  Why? How many people
  remain on the continent today?
 - Be able to describe the basics of Australia’s political geography since 1901.
 - Explain how distance has been both an ally and an enemy for Australia over the years.
 - What are import-substitution industries, and how do they relate to Australia’s economic geography?
 - Explain the process through which Australia has become a “newly declining country,” or NDC.

PRIOR COURSE MATERIAL: from classes only (no readings 1-6 or map quiz)

From Exam 1:

- Was the Green Revolution the answer to hunger and poverty?  Why or why not?
- What is the world-system concept, and why is it more suitable than dividing the globe into first, second, and
 third worlds?
- What are the characteristics of core, semiperiphery, and periphery regions/countries?
- What is globalization, and what factors have contributed to rapid globalization since the 1960s?
- What is modernization theory, and why is it a problematic development concept for developing countries?
- For what reasons is GNP/capita an insufficient measure of development?
- Understand the concept of vertical integration with regard to the food processing industry.
- Describe the four stages of the Demographic Transition Model.  In what ways does the model clearly
 represent the population growth of LDCs, and how do LDCs in general deviate from the model?  Why?

From Exam 2:

- What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference, and how did it impact African Geography?
 - What were the geographical implications of the Conference on current African populations/geographies?
- In what ways, and for what reasons, was the independence of South Africa a local/regional as well as global
 concern?  Provide some examples (and be sure to understand the country’s role in the Cold War – the
 primary global concern!)
- What was the philosophy of Apartheid, and what replaced the system in 1994?
- Where are the two primary culture hearths of the Middle East, and why were they there?
- For what reasons was the diffusion of Islam successful?  How did the dhimmi system factor in?
- Know and understand the significance of the Five Pillars of Islam.