Geography: The North Africa/Southwest Asian & The South American

BASICS:  The North Africa/Southwest Asian realm is full of fundamental  concepts that serve to define and describe the Subsaharan Africa realm. Throughout the process of reading the presentation, you may have seen some of these concepts. Now, you are going to take one of these concepts, explain the concept as it relates to the North Africa/Southwest Asian Realm, and describe an example that illustrates this concept.
 
YOUR TASK:
1.      Choose a concept from the list below and explain that concept as it relates to the North Africa/Southwest Asian  realm. You will be using mainly the presentation/your book for this.
2.      Next, find and describe an example of this concept within the North Africa/Southwest Asian  realm. You may need to research this outside of the book .
3.      Then, write your findings out
4.      Finally, include: i) a map/illustration/diagram of your concept/example, and ii) a reference section (in MLA, or some other known citation format)
Note use one of these list ...

LIST:
o   Oil
o   Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
o   The Arab Spring
o   Dictatorial Regimes
o   Occupied Territories
o   Islamic Militantism
o   Problems with other Religions
o   Water Scarcity
o   Colonization
o   Darfur Conflict
o   Muslim Brotherhood
o   South Sudan
o   Sectarian Violence and Divide
o   Sects of Islam
o   European Union Aspirations
o   Stateless Nations
o   Choke Points
o   Russification
o   Migration

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BASICS: The South American realm is full of fundamental concepts that serve to define and describe the South American realm. Throughout the process of reading the presentation, you may have seen some of these concepts. Now, you are going to take one of these concepts, explain the concept as it relates to the South American Realm, and describe an example that illustrates this concept.

YOUR TASK:
1. Choose a concept from the list below and explain that concept as it relates to the South American realm. You will be using mainly your book for this.
2. Next, find and describe an example of this concept within the South American realm. You may need to research this outside of the book
3. Then, write your findings out.
4. Finally, include: i) a map/illustration/diagram of your concept/example, and ii) a reference section (in MLA, or some other known citation format).

LIST:
    •    Unusual Settlement Patterns
    •    Paulistas
    •    Spain vs. Portugal (colonial period)
    •    Friction of Distance
    •    Cultural Pluralism
    •    Rural-to-Urban Migration
    •    Megacities
    •    Inequality (poor majority vs. wealthy minority)
    •    Regional Integration
    •    Cocaine
    •    Growth Pole Concept
    •    Tropical Deforestation
    •    Insurgent States
    •    Oil
    •    Economic Booms and Busts
    •    Indigenous Amerindian Social Movement
    •    Landlocked Countries
    •    Failed States
    •    Dependency on World Market

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