World Geography

REVIEW

•Formal Regions•Functional Regions•Perceptual Regions

WHAT ARE THE 3 TYPES OF REGIONS?

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT CONSIDERED AN ELEMENT OF CULTURE?

A.LANGUAGE FAMILIESB.RELIGIONC.CLIMATED.SOCIAL SYSTEM •c

• People are distributed unevenly throughout the world due to physical features and environmental is conditions.

WHAT CAUSES VARIATIONS IN POPULATION DISTRIBUTION

GROUPS OF LANGUAGES THAT HAVE SIMILAR ROOTS ARE KNOWN

A.LANGUAGE FAMILIES.B.LANGUAGE CLUSTERS.C.LANGUAGE GROUPS.D.LANGUAGE TYPES. •A

• Location• Place• Region• Movement• Human-environment

interaction

WHAT ARE THE 5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY?

WHAT IS CULTURAL DIFFUSION?

A. CULTURES THAT HAVE CERTAIN TRAITS IN COMMONB. AN EARLY CENTER OF

CIVILIZATIONC. THE SPREAD OF KNOWLEDGE

BETWEEN CULTURESD. A COMMON LANGUAGE

•C

•Absolute location•And relative location

WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES OF LOCATION?

WHAT HAD THE MOST INFLUENCE ON THE RISE OF CIVILIZATIONS FROM CULTURE HEARTHS?

A.THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTIONB.SOURCES OF WATERC.ORGANIZED GOVERNMENTD.IRRIGATION •A

• Using satellites to track movements on Earth• Cell phone maps• Navigation in cars• Global Positioning

System

HOW MIGHT THE MILITARY USE GPS?

Which is an example of an absolute location?

1.south of London

2.the Northern hemisphere

3. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

4. 30°N latitude, 150°W longitude •4

• Location can be absolute or relative and identifies where something is, while place describes a locations physical and cultural features

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LOCATION AND

PLACE?

WHICH MODERN DAY COUNTRY WAS A CULTURE HEARTH?

A.RUSSIAB.INDIAC.CANADAD.IRAQ •D

• Describes the landscapes physical characteristics• Animals available• Weather• Vegetation

WHAT ARE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A

REGION?

HOW HAVE CULTURAL CONTACTS, SUCH AS THE INTERNET, AFFECTED THE WORLD'S CULTURES?

A.BY ENCOURAGING MIGRATIONB.BY PROMOTING CULTURAL CHANGEC.BY SPREADING WARD.BY SPREADING INDUSTRY •B

• A computer technology that helps mapmakers combine geographic data about a location from several sources in layers

• It can be used for planning or studying an area

• Used to• Track disease• Know where to build something

WHAT IS GIS AND HOW IS IT USED?

WHICH MIGHT CAUSE DEATH RATES IN A COUNTRY TO FALL?

A.ZERO POPULATION GROWTHB.MIGRATIONC.WARD.IMPROVED HEALTHCARE •D

Answer : According to the map, Canada has more fresh water per person than most other countries at over 70,000 cubic meters per person per year.

WHICH DESCRIBES ZERO POPULATION GROWTH?

A.BIRTHRATE IS HIGHER THAN DEATH RATE BY ZERO PERCENTB.BIRTHRATE IS HIGHER THAN DEATH

RATE BY 60 PERCENTC.DEATH RATE IS HIGHER THAN

BIRTHRATE BY 30 PERCENTD.BIRTHRATE IS LOWER THAN DEATH

RATE BY 50 PERCENT

•A

• A globe shows three dimensions and odes not distort landmasses while a map shows two dimensions and does distort landmasses

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MAP AND A GLOBE?

POPULATION DENSITY IS THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE?

A.LIVING IN COUNTRIES WITH SMALLER LAND AREAS.B.LIVING IN RURAL AREAS.C.LIVING ON A SQUARE MILE OR

SQUARE KILOMETER OF LAND.D.LIVING IN CITIES. •c

South America is one of the continents with the most access to freshwater at 15,000 – 70,000 cubic meters per person per year: whereas, Africa is the continent with the least access with many regions ranging from 0 – 6,000 cubic meters per person per year.

WHAT CAN BE LEARNED FROM A POPULATION PYRAMID?

A.THE NATURAL INCREASE OF THE POPULATION OF A COUNTRYB.THE DOUBLING TIME OF THE

POPULATION FOR A COUNTRYC.A COUNTRY'S STAGE IN THE

DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION MODELD.THE POPULATION DENSITY OF A

COUNTRY •C

Political Maps, Physical Maps, and Thematic Maps all show different types of information.

Place all of the types of information in the coordinating column

WHAT IS THE GROWTH OF POPULATION IN CITIES AND THE RESULTING CHANGES CALLED?

A.INDUSTRIALIZATIONB.URBANIZATIONC.REVOLUTIOND.MIGRATION •B

What is the disadvantage of a map compared to a globe?

1. A map distorts properties like distance.

2. A map shows little detail.

3. A map indicates actual distances.

4. A map is very large. •1

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MIGHT BE CONSIDERED AN OPTIMISTIC AFFECT OF RAPID POPULATION GROWTH?

A.FOOD SHORTAGEB.INCREASED LEVELS OF

TECHNOLOGYC.INCREASED LEVELS OF

GOVERNMENTD.HOUSING SHORTAGE •B

C

WHAT IS NATURAL INCREASE IN A POPULATION?

A.THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE FROM PLACE TO PLACEB.THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN

AREA'S BIRTHRATE AND ITS DEATH RATEC.THE NUMBER OF DEATHS PER YEAR

FOR EVERY 1,000 PEOPLED.THE NUMBER OF YEARS IT TAKES A

POPULATION TO DOUBLE IN SIZE

•B

Islands

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ACCURATELY DEFINES WEATHER?

A.THE ATMOSPHERE'S CONDITION IN ONE PLACE OVER AN EXTENDED TIME PERIOD.B.A VARIETY OF PATTERNS TYPICAL FOR AN

AREA OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.C.DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUNLIGHT FALLING

ON AN AREA.D.THE ATMOSPHERE'S CONDITION IN ONE

PLACE DURING A SHORT TIME PERIOD.

•D

It was most likely given this name because of the high number of volcanoes and earthquakes that occur in a path that is ring-shaped around the Pacific Ocean

THE SPREADING OF CITIES INTO NEARBY UNDEVELOPED AREAS IS KNOWN AS?

A.URBAN SPRAWL.B.CONNECTIVITY.C.INFRASTRUCTURE.D.URBANIZATION.

•A

• Seasonal wind which brings rain to South Asia• Farmers in places like India depend on

Monsoons in order to have productive crop seasons

HOW IS A MONSOON AN AGRICULTURAL IMPACTOR

WHERE ARE YOU MOST LIKELY TO FIND A CITY?

A.NEAR A WATER SOURCEB.IN THE DESERTC.ON A LARGE, OPEN PLAIND.NEAR OTHER CITIES

•A

The Pacific side of North and South America lies directly on plate boundaries, whereas the Atlantic side of these continents does not

WHICH IS A CHALLENGE NOT FACED BY METROPOLITAN AREAS?

A.CREATIVITYB.OVERCROWDINGC.PUBLIC TRANSITD.INFRASTRUCTURE

•A

Rim along the Pacific Ocean where there is abundant tectonic activity which results in numerous volcanoes and earthquakes• Result- people in places like Japan and San

Francisco have very strict restrictions on building- must with stand an earthquake

WHAT IMPACT DOES THE RIM OF FIRE HAVE ON

PLACES LIKE JAPAN AND SAN FRANCISCO?

WHY DON'T ALL PLACES ON EARTH RECEIVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF DIRECT SUNLIGHT AT THE SAME PLACE?

A. THE EARTH'S AXIS IS TILTED.B.THE EARTH RECEIVES SUNLIGHT IN AN

UNPREDICTABLE PATTERN.C.THE EARTH ROTATES FROM EAST TO

WEST.D.WEATHER IN PLACES CHANGES OVER

TIME.

•A

1. From the east toward the equator – creates

the doldrums

2. 30N & 60N

WHAT DOES THE WORD EQUINOX MEAN?

A.THE NUMBER OF DAYS EARTH REVOLVES AROUND THE SUN.B.THE CONDITION OF THE ATMOSPHERE

IN ONE PLACE.C.THE DAYS OF THE YEAR THAT

DAYTIME AND NIGHTTIME HOURS ARE EQUAL.D.AN IMAGINARY LINE THAT RUNS

THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE EARTH.

•c

1.It changes from a cold current to a warm

oneCounter Clockwise-

Coriolis Effect

1. What happens to the Peru Current as it reaches the equator?

2. How are wind and ocean currents similar in their effect on Climate?

2. Both move heat from the earth’s

surface to other parts of the globe

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS DESCRIBES DAYS WHEN THE SUN'S RAYS DIRECTLY HIT THE TROPIC OF CANCER AND THE TROPIC OF CAPRICORN?

A.SOLSTICEB.EQUINOXC.MIDNIGHT SUND.REVOLUTION

•A