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Test One


Telecourse concepts: lessons 1 & 2:
Scale:  local, regional, global
Supranationalism and the EU, What are open borders? 
What do they mean to the countries of the EU?
New World Order (Post Cold War, Post Soviet Union)
European Realm
Unity & Devolution in Europe: the EU, Ethnic separatism
Globalization of the workforce: give examples.
Diffusion
Infrastructure: compare developed country to developing country. 
Relative location.  Strasbourg, Juarez, Berlin, etc.
Homogeneity (of a region)
Global environment ( pollution, etc.) Greenhouse, global warming

Telecourse Programs 3 & 4 - Resiliant Europe 
Supranationalism. page 19, East Looks West page 25 
Relative Location
Absolute Location (grid longitude and latitude)
*Be able to determine the absolute location of a place using the map grid.
World Realms (name them and be able to locate them on map.)
Scale
The Council of Europe
"The Blue Banana"
Why is supranationalism viewed as a sign of maturity?
Nation-State boundaries. The "velvet divorce" of Czechoslovakia
Devolution & the paradox of European unity: see examples of Spain, France & Scotland
Why do some rural areas of Poland long for the "stability" of communism?
How is the diffusion of democracy in Poland being assisted?
Where is the Eastern border of Europe? 
Why is so much happening in Berlin?


Telecourse Program #5 Industrial Coreland
conurbation
modernization and its effects
comparative advantage
How has the Netherlands overcome the limitations of its physical geography?


Telecourse Program #6 The Periphery
Why are these two described as being on the periphery? Locate them on the map.
marginalization
Wegener & Continental Drift
Which country sits atop the mid-Atlantic ridge?
What unusual energy resource does Iceland posess?  Why?
Describe the ocean conditions that support a strong fishery off of Iceland.
What is the resource management issue (shortage) facing Iceland?
Describe the  role of Andalucia in Europe during the Middle Ages and today.


Telecourse Program #7 
How might the ethnic diversity of Daghestan be attributed to physical geography?
Dissolution of SU (1991)
Where is Daghestan? 
What new infrastructure was the legacy of Russian rule here?
What aspect of physical geography constrains Vologda?
(Hints: latitude, continentality, and soils)
How is value added to this resource-based economy?
How has the transition to a market system affected people's lives?


Telecourse Program #8 Isolationism 
How have the market conditions for housing changed in St. Petersburg?
What aspects of Bratsk are the result of central planning?
What environmental feature (TPK) of Bratsk can be seen from space?
Who developed the TPK in Bratsk? 
What are the locational advantages of each city?
Has a market economy helped everybody live better? 
Locate St. Petersburg, Siberia, Sweden, Finland, Norway,and the Baltic Sea
What reality of climate has been important historically for both 
internal policy decisions and external ambitions?


Telecourse Program #9
inner-city abandonment: Why is this flight to the suburbs a problem?
What resource is shrinking as a result of urban sprawl?
How has transportation infrastructure affected the (CBD) Central Business District?
GIS: Geographic Information System and its use here
What are edge cities?

Telecourse Program #10
Compare the global/geographical orientations of Canada's two coasts.
What has been Montreal's minority population (linguistically speaking?)
Define Quebecois.  How does Quebec promote its French national identity?
What Canadian city has received immigrants as a result of the Hong Kong diaspora? 
Are these families dependent on welfare?
The Pacific Rim

Telecourse Program #11
Compare the west coast and "marginal interior" of Oregon?
How does the just in time production method work?
How has globalization benefitted the US auto industry?
How do dams threaten the salmon habitat?
How does rain shadow affect eastern Oregon?
How does population distribution relate to the distribution of water resources?
What resource management issue is a critical challenge to the state of Oregon?