AP Human Geography, Chapter 7.3 and 7.4 Reading Guide

  1. What do cultural values shared with people of the same ethnicity derive from?
  2. What do cultural values shared with people of the same nationality derive from?
  3. How did the United States forge a nationality?
  4. What question is important in Canada with regard to the Quebec breaking away from Canada as an independent country?
  5. What was the vote split for independence of Quebec in 1995?
  6. What re the four principle ethnicities in the British Isles? Is that still true with the amount of immigration Great Britain has experienced since the 1970’s?
  7. How is the Irish ethnicity divided?
  8. What is the ethnicity and nationality of Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods?
  9. Define nationalism.
  10. How do states foster nationalism?
  11. Define centripetal force?
  12. When did Ukraine declare its independence from the former Soviet Union?
  13. What are the ethnicities in Lebanon and how were they represented in government prior to and after 1990?
  14. What is the ethnic makeup of Sri Lanka? And what is the origin and percentage of each?
  15. How were India, Pakistan and Bangladesh started?
  16. Which religions dominate the three countries listed in #16
  17. Explain the dispute over Kashmir?
  18. What did Gandhi want?

  1. What is surprising about this 2013 map given the partitioning of India, Pakistan and Bangaledesh?
  2. Which religion lives in Punjab?
  3. What happened to Kurdistan?
  4. Which countries do Kurds live in today and in what percentages?
  5. What are the main ethnicities in Iran?
  6. How might a good understanding of the human geography of West Asia have prevented the Iraque War?
  7. Study the map on page 244. What do you think will be the fate of Afghanistan or Iraq?
  8. Where and who is the Taliban?
  9. Who do Iranian’s feel allegiance with?

7.4

The book provides 6 distinct areas in the world where ethnic cleansing has or is taking place.

Read these sections carefully! On a separate sheet of paper create a detailed one page timeline for each to be handed in. The more detailed the descriptions of what is happening, the better the grade. Use names of leadership and actions of specific ethnicities.