Study Questions--First Exam, Fall 1997

(Questions from class handouts and discussions will be added.)
Study questions from Political Geography, 2nd edition, Glassner, and class lecture:

The first examination will be composed of forty multiple-choice questions and two essay questions. The essay questions will come from the course review list. The essay answers should be limited to two paragraphs. The essay questions will count approximately forty percent of the exam.

Identification--The following are examples of terms and concepts which you may be asked on the first exam. The questions may require more than understanding the definition of these terms.

raison d'etre	regnum/dominium
rump state	thalweg
jus soli	altiplano
mental maps	personal space
irredentism	proxemics
early states of Africa, Sahel	jus sanguinis
the Americas	cognitive distance
statism	enclaves/exclaves
boundary types	uti possidetis juris
ecumene	primate city
types of capital cities	Harappon
morphological classes of boundaries	genetic classes of boundaries
Cuzco	Van Creveld
Mercator view of the world	Zimbabwe
"Sikh" dispute of India	Kyoto
Boundary types and characteristics	Country types and characteristics
Forward capital	Zionism
Unitary, federal, & regional states	Size categories of states
Examples of large states	Communal contenders
Ethonationalists	Indigenous peoples
Ethnoclasses	Songhai, Mali
Tenochtitian	Hopi/Navajo

Here are examples of questions which might be helpful in preparing for the first exam:

Distinguish between a nation and a state
Discuss the origins, major points, and significance of the organic view of the state
What are the cohesive and divisive forces in the functional theory (Hartshorne)?
How does the physical environment become important in understanding the political geography of a country such as Colombia?
What are the causes for the evolution of a national core area?
Why did the war in Chech'naya in the nineteenth century last for forty years? What roles were played by individual political leaders on both sides of the Russian/Chech'nayan War in the nineteenth century?
What are the characteristics of each political/geographic theory of the state?
What forces work for and against political integration in Switzerland?
Distinguish between a boundary and frontier.
What are the types of states according to size and shape?
What are the criteria for determining whether a political unit is a state?
Where are frontier-like areas of the world today?

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