Today was another busy day. We played "Global Bingo" and collected names of classmates and at least one of their global connections. I did a homework check on your Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions, and on your "global connections" chart. We looked briefly at collective identity and individual identity, and then watched the film "Whale Rider" to see examples of collective identity among the Maori people. You have some homework this weekend, your
Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday. Your "
global connections map" is due on Monday as well (please see the instructions below). Also, Monday is an important day because you have a couple of quizzes on Monday. You have your
World Geography Test on Monday (please see the study guide below) and you have your
Chapter 1-2 Quiz (key terms quiz, please see the study guide below).
Here are some reminder instructions for the map:
- People on the map should be represented by circles, color the circles and make sure there is a number beside each circle
- Make sure that you have colored and labelled the 20 different countries (color the entire country), these countries represent the 20 items that you found for homework and put into your chart
- Make sure that you have labeled every country that your classmates have a connection to, in other words, if they told you that like a band from Finland, you need to represent them with a circle and number on your map, AND you have to label Finland too.
- Choose different colors to represent your different categories (food, clothing, electronics, entertainment)
- Make sure that you have a detailed key on the back of your map (reproducing your 20 item chart's information with color codes for the different categories)
- Make sure that you have a title for your map
- No border is necessary
- No compass rose is necessary
- You don't need to color the oceans or bodies of water (if you feel the need to color them, simply do a blue outline of the land masses that touch the major oceans and seas)
- Don't forget to color ALL of a country (for example, Alaska is part of the USA and should be colored, don't forget to color the islands in the Arctic Ocean that are part of Canada if you have a connection to Canada)
The format for this exam is pretty straightforward, you will be given a blank map, labeled with numbers. You must be able to identify the countries that are labeled on the map. You will be given an answer sheet, and a list of countries that appear on the map. You need to be able to identify the countries. Here are the countries that you need to know the location of:
- NAFTA members (Canada, USA, Mexico)
- G8 countries (Canada, USA, Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Japan, Russia)
- some EU countries (there are 27 countries in the EU, here's a hyperlink to the map of the EU)
- full members of MERCOSUR: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and other associate members or countries that are achieving membership in MERCOSUR, such as: Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador
- African countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan
- other very important countries that will be in the news this year, or that we'll be talking about, or get mentioned in your textbook: Cuba, Jamaica, China, India, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq
Please use the following links for studying for this test:
This quiz will be on Monday, July 5th. The format of this quiz is matching. There will be 16 key terms on this quiz. Please make sure that you know what the following key terms mean:
- globalization
- economic globalization
- social globalization
- political globalization
- outsourcing
- transnational corporations (TNCs)
- infrastructure
- media
- NAFTA
- individual identity
- collective identity
- multiculturalism
- Francophone
- Anglophone
- bias
- tradition
- consumer
- multiculturalism
- linguistic identity
