Module One: Defining Culture
o Define and use geographic concepts related to cultural systems
o Discuss eight principles of culture
o Explain the three types of cultural regions
o Show an understanding of how cultural ideals develop and spread
o Show an understanding of globalization and the impact of transnational corporations
o Explain the three main properties of distribution
Module Two: Understanding Population Issues
o Define and use geographic concepts related to population growth and change
o Explain the five stages of the Demographic Transition Model
o Show an understanding of how gender, age and medical issues impact a population
o Discuss strategies designed to manage the size of a population
Module Three: Analyzing the Importance of Migration
o Discuss the importance of immigration to a countries development
o Explain the phases of immigration into the U.S.
o Identify different immigration patterns within less developed societies
Module Four: Distinguishing between Folk and Popular Cultures
o Show an understanding of the importance of globalization and colonialism in forming cultural systems
o Explain the difference between folk and popular culture
o Discuss the impact of popular culture on global societies
Module Five: Understanding Ethnicity
o Define and use geographic concepts related to race and ethnicity
o Explain how the term ‘Balkanization’ originated
o Show an understanding of the historical and political implications of genocide
o Discuss the devastating impact of social stratification systems based on ascribed characteristics like race
Module Six: Understanding Political Geography
o Define and use geographic concepts related to political geography
o Show an understanding of the two modern trends in geopolitics, micro-nationalism and supra-nationalism
o Identify the five basic shapes of countries
o Discuss the ‘heartland theory’ and its impact on U.S.
Module Seven: Analyzing the importance of Religion
o Discuss methods for classifying religions
o Explain the connection between secularization and fundamentalism
o Identify and discuss the connection between the three Abrahamic religions
Module Eight: Understanding the Development of Languages
o Discuss the importance of Language Families and Linguistic Family Trees
o Explain why indigenous languages are in decline and ways to protect them
o Explain the benefits of bilingualism
o Show an understanding of how languages develop and change overtime
Module Nine: Analyzing Industrial Activities
o Discuss the variety of factors that are important in determining the location of companies
o Identify the three main site factors
o Show an understanding of how McDonald’s growth strategies impact its workers, consumers and global economies
Module Ten: Analyzing Agricultural Systems
o Identify the differences between the three major agriculture styles on a global scale i.e. Industrial, Traditional and Subsistence
- Show an understanding of the connection between climatic factors and agricultural production regions on a global scale
o Discuss the importance of the Columbian exchange in modern economies
- Discuss the three interconnected processes of the Green Revolution and their importance in modern agriculture
- Discuss the benefits and problems of factory farms
Module Eleven: Understanding the importance of the Service Sector
- Explain locational factors in reference to service based businesses
- Discuss the
Central Place theory
Module Twelve: Analyzing Development Theories
- Discuss the methods used by international organizations to measure, monitor and foster economic development on a global scale
- Explain the Core-Periphery model and its relevance in a global economy
- Identify the policies differences between Neoliberalism, Self-Sufficiency, Dependency and Rostow’s development models
- Discuss the importance of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in global development levels
Module Thirteen: Understanding Urban Patterns
- Define and use geographic concepts related to urban development
- Show an understanding of how, why and where urban centers have developed and expanded overtime
- Discuss the three major models of city development i.e. Concentric-zones, Sectors, and Multiple-Nuclei
- Discuss urban morphology and how individuals navigate thru modern urban centers
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