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SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
GEOG 210 -World Regional Geography
Map and Globe Skills
Regional Geography
Textbook:
Ref: de Blij, H. J. and Peter O. Muller. 2004. Geography: Realms, Regions, and Concepts. New
York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Specifically students should review the Introduction and Appendix A in de Blij and Muller in
reference to each of the following:
Use of maps to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective ( Introduction-Geographic Perspectives); (Appendix A-Map Reading, Symbols and Interpretation)
Use of mental maps to organize information about people, places, and environments in a spatial
context (Introduction-The Criteria for Regions)
Absolute and relative location (Introduction-The Criteria for Regions)
Use of map projection, map type, and scale to display and analyze the spatial organization of
people, places, and environments (Introduction and Appendix A)
Use of charts and graphs as visual representations of data (Figures 1-5 and 1-6, Ch. 1; Figs. 5-6
and 5-7, Ch. 5; Figs. 8-7 and 8-8, Ch. 8; Figs. 10-5 and 10-7 Ch. 10)
Specifically students should review selected parts of the chapters referenced below in de Blij and
Muller for each of the following:
Formal, functional, and perceptual characteristics of a region: (Introduction The Criteria for Realms,
the Criteria for Regions); (Ch. 1: Europe Defining the Realm); (Ch. 2: Russia-Defining the Realm);
(Ch.3: North America-Defining the Realm); (Ch.4: Middle America Defining the Realm); (Ch. 5:
South America-Defining the Realm); (Ch. 6: Sub-Saharan Africa-Defining the Realm); (Ch.7: North
Africa/Southwest Asia-Defining the Realm); (Ch. 8: South Asia Defining the Realm); (Ch. 9: East
Asia-Defining the Realm); (Ch. 10: Southeast Asia-Defining the Realm); (Ch. 11: The Austral Realm
Defining the Realm); and (Ch. 12: The Pacific Realm-Defining the Ream)
Characteristics of a Place as well as inter-and intraregional comparisons as they involve cultural
distribution, spatial patterns of economic activity, and human environmental relationships: Consult
the list of "Major Geographic Qualities" for each of the 12 Realms featured in the text and the special
features with each chapter such as Fig. 1-3: Relative Location: Europe in the Land Hemisphere; Fig.
1-7: Europe: Industrialization; Fig. 1-8: Languages of Europe; Fig. 1-10: European Supranationalism;
Fig. 1-11: Europe: Foci of Devolutionary Pressures, 2004; and Fig-12: Europe: Muslims as
Percentage of National Population, 2004. The entire text is duplicates the above material for each
Realm (super region).
Development of this review sheet was made possible by funding from the US Department of Education
through South Dakota’s EveryTeacher Teacher Quality Enhancement grant.