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HUNTER COLLEGE OF THE CITY UNIVERSITYOF NEW YORK
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY
POSTCARDS FROM AMERICA
EXAM III STUDY GUIDE
Tuesday, MAY 24, 2016
Exam Starts at 9 AM!!
Ends at 11 AM
Review:
Class notes
Handouts including PowerPoint lectures and articles
Location of the major physiographic regions of North America
Location of the major climate zones of North America
Names and locations of physical features listed below
Definition of terms listed below.
Names of the states and provinces in discussed in class.
Readings:
Review American Landscape textbook assignments: Chapters 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 18, 19, 20.
Review appropriate maps in the historical atlas.
Exam Format:
Similar to Exams 1 and 2, there will be a combination of
- multiple choice questions some aimed at maps or diagrams;
- three short topical essays where you will illustrate your understanding of the
concepts of regions, landscapes, physical processes and/or basic human geography.
Be able to discuss: landscape development in each of the regions covered; the importance and use of water; the relationship of terrain to cultural development; influence of
historical circumstances on landscape; the role of the transcontinental railroad in the settling of the West; major physical processes and their influence on landscape and land use;
and the role of people’s perception of an area and the resultant land use.
PHYSICAL FEATURES OF NORTH AMERICA for EXAM III
Alaska Panhandle
Alaska Range
Aleutian Islands
Arctic Ocean
Baja California
Bering Strait
Black Hills
Bonneville Salt Flats
Brooks Range
Canadian Rockies
Cascade Mts.
Central Valley of California
Chihuahuan Desert
Colorado Plateau
Colorado River
Columbia Plateau
Columbia River
Fraser River
Golden Gate
Great Salt Lake
Gulf of Alaska
Gulf of California
Gulf of Mexico
Hawaii (Big Island)
Hawaiian Islands
Inside Passage
Juan de Fuca Strait
Kauai
Klamath Mts.
Lanai
Llanos Estacado (Stacked Plain)
Los Angeles Basin
Maui
Middle Rockies
Missouri River
Mojave Desert
Molokai
Northern Rockies
Oahu
Olympic Peninsula
Owens Valley
Puget Lowlands
Puget Sound
Queen Charlotte Island
Rio Grande
Rocky Mts.
Salton Basin
Sand Hills
San Diego Bay
San Francisco Bay
Sierra Nevada
Snake River
Sonoran Desert
Southern Rockies
St. Elias Mts.
Strait of Georgia
Vancouver Island
Willamette Valley
Yellowstone Caldera
Yukon River
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DEFINITIONS and TERMINOLOGY for EXAM III that were mentioned in class or in the textbook:
Acculturation
Adobe
Alta California
Annexation
Aquifer
Arroyo
Badlands
Basin and range topography
Bison
Blizzard
Braided river
Buffalo jump
Bur. of Land Managem’t (BLM)
Butte
Caldera
California Gold Rush
Cascadian Rupture Zone
Cattle drive
Central Arizona Project
Chaco Culture
Clear cutting
Continental Divide
Doctrine of Prior Appropriation
Drought
Drought cycle
Dry river bed
Dust Bowl
Dust Storm
Earthquake
El Camino Real
Fault zone
Fish ladder
Fjord
Gadsden Purchase
Geologic dome
Ghost town
Hacienda
High Plains
Homestead Act
Homesteader
Hot spot
Hydroelectricity
Lahars
Landslide
Mexican Cession
Mission
Mormon Trail
Mud flow
Navaho Nation
Oasis
Ogallala Aquifer
Oil shale
Old Town
Oregon Country
Oregon Trail
Oregon Treaty of 1846
Orographic precipitation
Pivot irrigation
Plains
Playa
Polynesia
Porciones
Prairie
Prairie Provinces
Presidio
Pueblo
Rain shadow
Rancho
Range Wars
Ring of Fire
Riparian Rights
Salt flats
San Andrea Fault
Santa Ana wind
Santa Fe Trail
Seamount
Shield volcano
Smog
Sod house
Spanish Mission
State of Deseret
Tar sands
Temperate rain forest
Temperature inversion
Texas Rebellion
Tornado Alley
Totem pole
Township and Range
Transcontinental railroad
Tsunami
Vertical zonation of climate
Wagon train
Wind farm
Honolulu, HI
Juneau, AK
Kansas City, MO
Las Vegas, NV
Los Angeles, CA
Oakland, CA
Phoenix, AZ
Portland, OR
Reno, NV
Sacramento, CA
Salt Lake City, UT
San Antonio, TX
San Diego, CA
San Francisco, CA
San Jose, CA
Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Fe, NM
Seattle, WA
Tucson, AZ
Vancouver, BC
Victoria, BC
Wichita, KS
CITIES OF US&C for EXAM III
Albuquerque, NM
Anchorage, AK
Bakersfield, CA
Boise, ID
Brownsville, TX
Calgary, AB
Denver, CO
Edmonton, AB
El Paso, TX
Fairbanks, AK
Fresno, CA
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