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TIME A NEWER DATE: Thursday, April 22nd; you'll have the entire 75 minute class period to devote to the quiz. POINTS a total of 100 points distributed as follows: 50 points...........25 multiple-choice @ 2 points each 30 points...........15 map items @ 2 points each 20 points...........2 short essay responses @ 10 pts. each FORMAT Quiz #1 is "closed-book" but you'll be allowed a crib sheet-- one side of a standard 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper. TOPICS Important topics to review include the following: HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY: dates, significant locations, territories, and cultural features associated with major pre-Columbian groups; continuing presence and impact of native Americans on present-day geography of continent, of individual countries; initial arrival, numbers and contributions of Europeans, Africans; DOMESTICATION, PRODUCTION: important crops, animals contributed by Old, New Worlds; introductions to and by South Americans of plants, animals, diseases, pathogens. pharmacopeia; patterns of present-day crop production; HUMAN POPULATION: growth, evolution of human groups-- identified by nativity, race and ethnicity, language, and religion--in South America since 1st European colonization; demographic patterns over time including those of birth & death rates, natural increase, net migration, intermarriage; modern South American countries' relative population sizes and population profiles; significant population clusters & empty areas; general association of such clusters and voids with characteristics of the natural environment; LANGUAGES: dominance of Spanish, Portuguese in South America; importance of these linguistic communities within worldwide patterns; important extant native-American tongues in South America--Aymara, Quechua, Guarani; influence of these, other native-American languages, African languages on placenames and vocabularies of South America; use of other languages--colonial introductions like French and Dutch in the Guianas; immigrant languages like Arabic and Japanese; multinational tongues like contemporary English-- in South America today; RELIGIONS: dominance of Roman Catholicism in South America; native American, African influences on patterns of belief and practice; presence, growth of non-Catholic communities in South America (e.g., Jewish communities, Islamic populations, other Christian groups--mainline Protestant churches, Pentacostal groups, Latter Day Saints; East Indian Hindus in the Guianas); importance of these religious communities within worldwide patterns; POLITICAL: general political organization of colonial South America; overall chronology of independence in 19th century; continuing controversies over territories and boundaries; present-day patterns of organization of national territories, designation of capitals; cultural, economic ties and contrasts between and among countries; ECONOMIC: colonial bases of economies (e.g., mining of gold, silver; cattle raising; sugar cane production); importance of exports to mother countries, to USA, rest of Europe; post-colonial economies; changes in mono-culture, in plantation and other export economies; development through import substitution, other strategies; present-day economic profiles of continent, major countries. Review all recent GEOG 122B class handouts carefully. Look at your texts: review historical, cultural features on South America maps; review appropriate chapters of Gade's text, in Smithsonian Atlas, especially characterizations of Andean and Amazonian population clusters. Consider insights from the in-class population reports on individual countries. Look over returned assignments--EXERCISE #2 and MAP QUIZZES #3 and #4. Return to the SCHEDULE for GEOG 122B. Return to the SYLLABUS for GEOG 122B.