CVSP 295 Final, Spring 2005

CVSP 295 AB Cultural Geography of North America Test Questions for the Final Exam This will be a take-home exam. Answer four out of the following five questions. Do not copy long quotations from readings; answer the questions in your own words. Copying sections from websites is plagiarism and will result in a grade of zero. There is a limit of eight pages in total (double-spaced, 12 point). Turn in your test to the CASAR Office (443 College Hall) or attach it to an email and send it to pm07@aub.edu.lb (make sure you get a reply) by 14 June 2005. 1. More than 20 years after its publication, what are the strengths and weaknesses of Garreau’s “Nine Nations” hypothesis? 2. To what extent is the Federal Rectangular Survey System an expression of U.S. culture and society and to what extent has it shaped them? 3. Why do events of the “1960s” loom so large in the debates that demarcate U.S. political divisions today? 4. According to Cronon, what is “the trouble with wilderness”? If his thesis is correct, what does this imply about what can be done to repair the “trouble”? Does it have public policy implications? To what extent do you think he is right, and why? 5. Consider the two following maps: African-American population, and Hispanic- American population. How can the two distributions be explained (why are they where they are today?)? In comparing the two patterns, why are they so different? ¥ Number of people indicating exactly one . race, Black or African American, by state Number of People, 2000 One Race: “ Black or African American 1,000,000 to 3,015.000 100,000 to 999,999 10,000 to 99,999 i 2,692 to 9,999 Number of people indicating exactly one race, Black or African American, by county 50,000 to 1,406,000 10,000 ta 49,999 5,000 to 9,999 | 1,000 to 4,999 | 100 to 999 | oto 99 Data Source: U.S, Census Bureau, Census 2000 4 ° Se Redistricting Data (PL. 94-171) Summary file. . \ Cartography: Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau y : American FactFinder at factfinder.census.gov ° 190 Miles as | 2 190 Maes provides census data and mapping tools. 4 j uses § —t 4, a All races: .. Number of people indicating Hispanic or Latino origin by state Number of People, 2000 10,856,556 (CA) Hispanic or Latino“Origin All Races £000,000 to 9,989,939 i |, 19,000 ro 989,999 i | 5,504 10 9.998 All races: Number of people indicating Hispanic or Latino origin by county 50,000 to 4,243,000 10,000 to 49,999, 5,000 to 9,999 1.000 to 4,999 100 to 999 | 1 t0.99 Redistricting Pata (PL 94-171) Summary File, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureat Cartgrap! Finder at factfinder:census.gov ° 100 Hiles “ es] 0 100 Mies 0 tae ates American Fak — u provides census data and mapping ‘oats. -