Updated February 10, 3.30 pm

Important reminder: You must complete the quiz posted on Blackboard before class time on Thursday February 11. This deadline applies whether or not UMW is closed.

As you now know, class did not meet as scheduled yesterday.  Instead, please watch the following segments of The Power of Place:

22. Dynamic Pacific Rim

Ecuador: Orange Alert — When scientists monitoring the Tungurahua Volcano see dangerous signs, they have to advise the government: evacuate or remain? Chile: Pacific Rim Player — Bordered to theeast by the towering Andes Mountains and to the west by the Pacific Ocean, Chile enjoys continued economic growth. Go to this unit.

23. Brazil: The Sleeping Giant
Sao Paulo: The Outer Ring — The sprawling mega-city of Sao Paulo is evidence that Latin America is among the most rapidly urbanizing regions. A Second Chance for Amazonia? — An American scientist discovers new possibilities for sustainable development in the Amazon basin. Go to this unit.

When you have watched the videos and read the text chapter on South America, go to Blackboard and take the quiz that you find posted there. You may use any sources you wish in answering the quiz questions, but you must answer the questions without anybody else’s help. The photographs referred to in some of the quiz questions are posted on my Picasa page (click on the album labeled Geog 101 Quiz, Feb 9 – 11, 2010.)

Thanks to a problem with the UMW internet connection, apparently the e-mail I sent shortly after 7 am this morning took more than eight hours to arrive, and in some cases never arrived.  To those who didn’t get the e-mail in time, I apologize that you had to brave the cold to get to a class that didn’t happen.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Donald N. Rallis
February 9, 2010