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Map
Terms, Part I
Europe,
1815, with labels
Europe,
1815, without labels
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Maps are essential to understanding
the implications of changing political boundaries. A great deal
of information can be more effectively displayed on maps than by
text. Use this outline map of Europe, which also shows parts of
North Africa and western Asia, to fill in the political boundaries,
cities, geological features (rivers, mountains) and cultural information
(distribution of religions, languages) that we ask you to know for
Part I. Print the map out using the "landscape" option
in the Adobe Acrobat Reader Page Setup box on the File menu.
The maps of Europe in 1815
are here to help you to study the terms required for the first exam.
Print out the map that has no labels and test yourself on the location
of all of the items on the "Map Terms, Part I" list. (Note
that rivers, mountains and a number of cities are not shown on this
blank map; you will need to put those in first.)
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To understand European imperialism
in the nineteenth century, you need to study maps. The blank maps
of Africa and Asia are for you to print out to help you study. The
plain blank maps show the current political boundaries of countries
in Africa and Asia, and so help you to see how imperialism has long
political legacies in the world. The blank map of Africa in 1914
is the map found on p. 693 of Spielvogel with the labels removed.
The blank map of Asia in 1914 is the map found on p. 697 with the
labels removed. Use these two maps to identify European colonial
claims as they were just before World War I. The ones you need to
know are listed on Map Terms -- Part II.
For a good map of political
Africa today, see the one provided on the University
of Texas website.
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Map
Terms
Part III
Europe
in 2004 -- blank study map
Middle
East and adjoining regions in 2004 -- blank study map
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The
map of the Middle East in 2004 illustrates the outcome of European
imperialism and regional indentities in the political settlements
after World War I and World War II. The map of Europe in 2004 underscores
the way that political boundaries have changed, and continue to
change, in the history of Western Civilization. Lines on these maps
represent areas of peaceful coexistence as well as areas of suspicion,
mistrust and conflict.
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