WORLD CULTURES FINAL EXAM
Monday June 8th – Second Session (9:20-11)
Final Exam Room _____ Proctor______
General Information:
The test is 100 questions. It contains both multiple choice and True/False questions. Some of the questions require factual knowledge and recall, but other skills are tested as well. For example there are map questions, reading or passage based questions, political cartoons and “application” type questions which require you to apply your knowledge rather than to simply recall information. Below is a breakdown of the number of questions you may expect to find for each chapter. Following that is a suggested study list for each chapter we covered this year.
TOPIC/REGION / TEXT CHAPTER / NUMBER OF QUESTIONSIntroduction / 1 AND 2 / 22
Middle East / 7 / 16
South Asia / 12 / 16
East Asia / 11 / 21
Latin America / 4
/ 11
Africa / 6 / 14
TOTALS / 7 Chapters / 100 Questions
Chapter 1: Diversity Amid Globalization - Key terms & concepts…
** World Map
Globalization definition of culture
Hybridization cultural imperialism/nationalism
Pro-globalization & anti-globalization cultural syncretism/hybridization
Cultural geography MDC’s and LDC’s
Rate of natural increase indicators of social development
Total fertility rate (such as life expectancy, literacy, etc)
Urbanization ethnocentrism
Urban primacy homogeneous vs. heterogeneous cultures
Squatter settlements
Nation state
Chapter 2: The Changing Global Environment - Key term & concepts…
Desertification (causes & effects) Greenhouse Gases
Subsistence agriculture Green Revolution
Global Warming (causes/effects)
Greenhouse Effect Deforestation (causes/effects)
Chapter 4: Latin America - Key terms & concepts…
Regionalism Impact of Catholicism
Deforestation, desertification, pollution effects of urbanization
Squatter settlements transnationalism
Megacities Columbian Exchange
Urban primacy economic & social impacts of imperialism
Effects of modernization effects of economic strife (eg. – drug cartels)
Effects of NAFTA
Chapter 6: Sub-Saharan Africa - Key terms & concepts…
Population demographics (age, family size, role of women)
The Sahel
Desertification
Effects of the slave trade
Impact of Imperialism
Results of Apartheid
Chapter 7: Southwest Asia (“The Middle East”) – Key terms & concepts…
**Map
History & impact of religions in the region (Islam, Christianity, Judaism)
Creation of modern Israel & reaction of neighboring countries
Desire to establish Palestinian state & impact on peace process
Arab Nationalism
OPEC Islamic fundamentalism
PLO Role of Abraham in the 3 major religions
Impact of westernization Intifada
Water scarcity
Chapter 11: East Asia - Key terms & concepts…
**Map
Chiang kai-Shek Japanese Industrial development
Mao Zedong
Opium Wars
Confucianism, Daoism, Legalism, Buddhism
Shinto
Chinese Nationalists vs. Communists
Deng Xiaoping’s political policies
3 Gorges Dam
One Child Policy
Differences between North & South Korea
Pollution issues in China
Chapter 12: South Asia - key terms & concepts
**Map
Varna (social levels in pre-Independent India)
Siddhartha Gautama
Beliefs of Buddhism (especially how it differs from Hinduism)
Mohandas Gandhi’s role in Indian Independence (civil disobedience, satyagraha, etc.)
Caste system
Jawarhalal Nehru (goals for secular India)
Separation of India & Pakistan (causes/effects)
Monsoons
Hinduism
Population growth policies and concerns
Effects of Imperialism
“Untouchability” today
Regional ethnocentrism
Impact of Islam on region
9-11’s impact on US/Pakistan relations