Midterm #1 Review Materials
Introduction to Geography
Did you look over the timeline of key events?
Introduction to Geography
- Discuss "Geographical Eyes"
- Draw, label, and discuss the diagram of PLACE (adapted from R. Sack)
- Describe the spatial pattern of federal lands in the United States
- What other variables show a similar spatial pattern?
- When, how, and why did the Era of Acquisition begin? What are some of the major acquisitions? Has this era ended? When? Why?
- When, how, and why did the Era of Disposal begin? Give specific examples of how land was disposed. Did disposal meet original goals? Has this era ended? When? How?
- When, how and why did the Era of Retention and Conservation begin? Describe some of the major events of this era.
- List the dates and be able to discuss the events from the time line discussed in class and available in the "Lecture Materials" tab.
- What four federal agencies are we focused on in this class? How are they similar or different in terms of personnel, land managed, public visibility?
- How, when and why did the NPS begin? The USFS? The BLM?
- Be able to discuss how mining and grazing intersect with federal land management.
- How have mining and grazing impacted the west and public lands?
Did you look over the timeline of key events?
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