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Study Guide (Exam # 2)

Culture, Cultural Diffusion - Cultural diffusion is the gradual spread of cultural features between different groups of people. This can take the form of technology, language, religion, etc. and Cultural Hearths.

Culture. Relocation Diffusion. Expansion Diffusion-expansion diffusion is the process of spreading something from one place to another in an ever-expanding "snowballing" process. Be sure you can shortly describe at least two cultural hearths.

Geography of Language. Language is the human ability to acquire and use complex systems of communication, and a language is any specific example of such a system. Literary tradition - What is literary tradition? Answer Literary tradition is a collection of works that have an underlying interconnectedness and coherence that makes them more than simply a group of works sharing geography or group. Irish poetry and dram…

Dialect. - a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group: Lingua franca - A lingua franca, also called a bridge language, trade language, or vehicular language, is a language systematically used to make communication possible between persons not sharing a native language, in particular when it is a third language, distinct from both native languages.

Language Family. Language Branch. Language Group. Jutes, Angles, Saxons. British English and American English.

Geography of Religion. What is Religion? (Definition; religion as a territorial phenomenon and a reason for conflicts.) Examples of conflicts based largely in religion. What is the nature of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Religion: branches, denominations, and sects. Types of religions: universalizing religions and ethnic religions. Monotheistic and polytheistic religions. Animism. Be sure you can describe at least one universalizing and one ethnic religion.

Ethnicity. How do you understand the concept of Ethnicity? Define/explain the following terms: Ethnicity. Race. Racism. Apartheid. Nationality.

Political Geography State. Basic characteristics of a state. A Nation State. A Multinational State. Frontiers and Boundaries. Enclaves and Exclaves. Five basic shapes of states. What is your understanding of procedural democracy and substantive democracy? (Please, see the excerpt from Rourke, J. & M. Boyer article below.)

Map Quiz. Ten Sub-Saharan Africa’s countries of your choice. Extra Credit. Please, read the article Demographic Trends in Muslim Countries, by Farzaneh Roudi-Fahimi, John F. May, and Allyson C. Lynch, available here: http://www.prb.org/Publications/Articles/2013/demographics-muslims.aspx

DEMOCRACY Rourke, J. & M. Boyer, World Politics: International Politics on the World stage, Brief. Dushkin/McGraw-Hill, 1998, pp. 144-145.

•	“…Standards of Democracy. There are a number of ramifications of democracy that make it of interest to us here. One of these is that some countries, such as the United States, use democracy as a standard to judge other governments. •	…There are, however, several difficulties with insisting that countries be democratic. One issue is that it is not always clear what is democratic and what is not. There are, for example, standards of procedural democracy and substantive democracy. Americans, Canadians, Western Europeans, and some others tend to equate democracy with procedure. If citizens periodically chose among competing candidates and follow other such procedures, then there is democracy. •	Many other cultures in the world view democracy as a substantive product associated with equality. Critics of American-style democracy comment, for example about the gulf between standards of living in places such as Hollywood and the Watts section of Los Angeles, just a few miles away. Critics suggest that you have failed democratically if, despite meeting procedural requisites, your democracy produces a perpetual racial, ethnic, or gender socioeconomic underclass. Such a system, they contend, goes through the motions of democracy while, in the end, denying the most important part of democracy: the substantive human right to equality. •	Critics further argue that a system, such as capitalism, of vastly different economic circumstances is inherently undemocratic because the theory of free speech or the right to petition the government for the redress of grievances is undercut by the ability of wealthy individuals, groups, and corporations to spend large sums to hire professional lobbyists, to wage public relations campaigns, to donate money to electoral campaigns, to pay attorneys to sue opponents in court, and otherwise to use economic muscle unavailable to most citizens. This, the critics say, makes the contest unfair and undemocratic, no matter what the theory may be.”

Your user page is here, not at Mr.Willison Define/explain the following terms/concepts/theories: meridians, parallels, Equator, Prime meridian, latitude, longitude, arithmetic and physiological density, location (toponym, site, situation, and mathematical location).

Define/explain the following terms: population pyramid, dependency ratio, negative natural increase, positive natural increase, arithmetic density,  natural increase rate (NIR), doubling time,  infant mortality rate (IMR), life expectancy at birth, demographic transition, physiological density, geography of population, crude death rate, demography, crude birth rate, total fertility rate (TFR), population concentrations.

What is geography? Geography as a science; basic divisions of geography. What are some examples of thematic branches in physical and human geography? What are some reasons for being geographically informed? Regional vs. thematic geography.

How could you define globalization of economy and culture? What are some pros and cons (advantages and disadvantages) of globalization? Define/explain the following terms/concepts/theories: meridians, parallels, Equator, Prime meridian, latitude, longitude, arithmetic and physiological density, location (toponym, site, situation, and mathematical location).

User pages in article namespace
Hello! Mr.Willison is not the appropriate spot to post information about yourself, because that's the encyclopedic part of the Wikipedia website. User:, however, is all yours to use more or less as you wish. Please see Introduction and User page for more information.

--Signed and Sealed, JJJJust (T C) 13:10, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm so sorry I did not know I will delete it.

RE: Hello!!
This should help you on your journey as a Wikipedia user:

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Help
Hi, how can I help? I don't quite follow what you mean. Has someone vandalised your userpage? --Wisd e n17 18:14, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

RE:Help
On the find a User page I think someone vandlised it can you tell me hoe to restore it or help me thanks.2:16 1 august 2006
 * I don't quite follow what you mean. I see originally you created a page about yourself in the mainspace (i.e. in the encyclopedia) and it was correctly deleted. Your user page is here, and this is where you can put information about yourself. --Wisd e n17 18:19, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh I see. Nobody vandalised it, this is just a list of all registered names on Wikipedia. There are some "rude things" on it, but those names which breach WP:U are banned from editing, but there account will still be in that list. Why exactly are you looking at that list, it jsut seems an odd thing to be doing. Are you trying to find something in particular, if so do you need a hand? --Wisd e n17 18:22, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * To sign your entries you should simply copy and paste your name, you should use ~ to sign your entries, and date them. --Wisd e n17 18:24, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh ok. Rememebr to sign your posts as I said above, take a look at the welcome pages for my basic info. If you need any further help just let me know. --Wisd e n17 18:29, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

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(The page in question has been marked for speedy deletion per A1.) --Slgr @ ndson (page - messages - contribs) 16:48, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Help
Hi, how can I help you? --Wisd e n17 14:30, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Help tag
I see you've placed the helpme tag on your userspace. What do you need help with? -- Merope 16:02, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

There's no way to cut and paste pictures. Images must be uploaded to the server, and then you can use a tag (for example,  ) to place the image within the article. You can find instructions and guidelines about images here. The upload link is in the toolbox to the right of the screen, or you can click here. Hope that helps! -- Merope 12:40, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Mr.Willison 00:12, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, it's me
Same guy from Gametrailers. BlazeHedgehog 04:15, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Your edit to Glucose
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your user page
hey dude, i was tracing the links on sonic the hedgehog pictures and i arrived at ur page. Several (if not all) of the sonic the hedgehog pictures are copyrighted, meaning they can only be used on the article about that character/game. An admin will eventually remove the pictures. Sorry to say, but if you dan't remove them by monday, November 12th, I will remove them. p.s. I'm a big sonic fan too. I did the same thing and i had my pics removed. btw, SONIC PWNS. Bobcheezy, this is who I am. http://sonic.sega.jp/sonic/downloadcontents/

AfD nomination of Ponce de Leon Middle School
Ponce de Leon Middle School, an article you created, has been nominated for deletion. We appreciate your contributions. However, an editor does not feel that Ponce de Leon Middle School satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in the nomination space (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and the Wikipedia deletion policy). Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Articles for deletion/Ponce de Leon Middle School and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of Ponce de Leon Middle School during the discussion but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. &rArr;   SWAT Jester    Denny Crane.  01:30, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

http://library.thinkquest.org/C006522/main.php http://library.thinkquest.org/C006522/literature/

http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/marlowe.htm http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/rendrama.htm

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Texts/Marlowe.html

Jonas Brothers page
Hey Mr.Willson, I responded to you on my page. It's kind of long, but it should get you started. Take care  Johnny California  08:23, 14 August 2008 (UTC)