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2. GEO 155 Entire Course (UOP) GEO 155 Week 1 DQ 1 GEO 155 Week 1 DQ 2 GEO 155 Week 1 Assignment Get to Know Your Hometown Worksheet GEO 155 Week 2 DQ 1 GEO 155 Week 2 DQ 2 GEO 155 Week 2 Assignment Major Religions of the World Matrix GEO 155 Week 2 Assignment Colonial Geography Report GEO 155 Week 3 DQ 1 GEO 155 Week 3 DQ 2

3. GEO 155 Week 1 Assignment Get to Know Your Hometown Worksheet (UOP) Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Get to Know Your Hometown Worksheet available on the student website

4. GEO 155 Week 1 DQ 1 (UOP) Are the disciplines of geography and history different, similar, or complementary? Explain.

5. GEO 155 Week 1 DQ 2 (UOP) Identify a group of people who have recently migrated to the United States. Use the terms in Chapter 3 to answer these questions: Where did they originate? Why did they come? How have members of their immigrant group influenced American culture and economics?

6. GEO 155 Week 2 Assignment Colonial Geography Report (UOP) Most parts of the world outside of Europe were at one point a colony of a European power. Select one such area. Locate two maps of a country or geographic region that illustrates changes brought about by an era of colonialism. Include one map of the area that shows language, ethnic, or religious distributions across the specific country or geographic region. In your report, describe how these language, ethnic, or religious distributions cross over into other geographic regions. The map should be referred to in your report to highlight the geographical features and any boundary changes that may have occurred. You may include additional maps you think necessary.

7. GEO 155 Week 2 Assignment Major Religions of the World Matrix (UOP) GEO 155 Week 2 Assignment Major Religions of the World Matrix (UOP)

8. GEO 155 Week 2 DQ 1 (UOP) How can language be used to maintain local culture and ethnic identity against an onslaught of popular culture? How effective do you think it could be? Why?

9. GEO 155 Week 2 DQ 2 (UOP) Choose one of the religions discussed in Ch.6 of the text and compare it with Christianity. How do the adherents of these faiths differ in their beliefs about economic and resource development? Do you think one will be more successful than the other due to these beliefs? Why?

10. GEO 155 Week 3 Assignment European Union and United States Comparison Report (UOP) You are an American television news reporter working on a piece about the European Union (EU). Your editor wants you to describe the EU to American viewers providing a brief history and explaining its importance in the world, using the United States for comparison. In your piece, discuss the following areas: Is the EU a nation, a state, or some other entity?

11. GEO 155 Week 3 DQ 1 (UOP) Have the elements of identity discussed in Ch. 5 been used to isolate and oppress people? If yes, how have they been used this way? If no, how have they avoided being used this way?

12. GEO 155 Week 3 DQ 2 (UOP) Cultural and social identity are complex and dynamic concepts. Do you think cultural and social identities are constructed intentionally, or do they just happen? Does that make a difference? Why or why not?

13. GEO 155 Week 4 Assignment Production Patterns in Less and More Developed Countries Worksheet (UOP) Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Production Patterns in Less and More Developed Countries Worksheet located on the student website.

14. GEO 155 Week 4 DQ 1 (UOP) Do political and economic institutions influence uneven development within states? If so how? If not, why not?

15. GEO 155 Week 4 DQ 2 (UOP) Settling down in one place (urbanization), a rising population, and the switch from hunting-gathering to agriculture are interrelated occurrences in human history. Which of these three do you think happened first, second, and third? Why do you think they happened in that order?

16. GEO 155 Week 5 Assignment United States and China Comparison Worksheet (UOP) GEO 155 Week 5 Assignment United States and China Comparison Worksheet (UOP) GEO 155 Week 5 Assignment United States and China Comparison Worksheet (UOP)

17. GEO 155 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment International Product Presentation (UOP) Your company currently makes and sells a product in the United States. It is considering expanding its sales and production to other countries. You have been asked to study potential countries for this expansion and report back to the company CEO with your recommendations in a presentation. Identify a product that your imaginary company is considering for foreign production and sales. Choose three countries from three different continents and compare their suitability of expansion for the company’s production and sales of the given product. Consider the following issues for each of the countries you have identified: Population Distribution of wealth Expected economic growth or decline Infrastructure—including factories, highways, airports, and shipping capabilities

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