Geography Final Exam

Question: Climate is the pattern of weather over a long period of time.

Answer: CLIMATE

Question: Distortion is a change in size, shape or position when shown on a map.

Answer: DISTORTION

Question: Vertical Climate is the overall weather patterns of a region as influenced by elevation. The higher the higher you go the colder it gets!

Answer: VERTICAL CLIMATE

Question: A Tundra is a climate zone with very cold winters, cold summers, and little rain or snow; a vast, treeless plain in the article regions between the ice cap and the tree line; also a vegetation zone that is a treeless plain with grasses, mosses, and scrubs adapted to a cold climate.

Answer: TUNDRA

Question: Replacement Rate is the total fertility rate needed for a population to replace itself.

Answer: Replacement Rate

Question: The number of years that an individual is expected to live as determined by statistics.

Answer: Life Expectancy

Question: A huge food shortage.

Answer: Famine

Question: The exact Position of a place on earth.

Answer: Absolute Location

Question: Total number of people in an area.

Answer: Population

Question: The Distance north or south of the Equator, measured in units called degrees.

Answer: Latitude

Question: All the plants and trees in an area is called VEGETATION

Answer: Vegetation

Question: A system that allows for the year round watering of crops is called PERINNIAL IRRIGATION

Answer: Perennial irrigation

Question: A type of tropical grassland

Answer: Savanna

Question: Natural forces that change Earth's physical features including forces that build up and wear down Earth's surface

Answer: Physical Processess

Question: The forces that DIVIDE people and countries

Answer: Centrifugal Force

Question: The annual rate of population growth. The percentage is calculated by subtracting the death rate from the birth rate it does not include people moving into our out of a country.,

Answer: Rate of Natural Increase

Question: The location of a place described in relationship to places near it.

Answer: Relative Location

Question: The average number of people who live in a unit or area such as a square mile.

Answer: Population Density

Question: Geography is , the study of the earth's surface, climate, continents, countries, peoples, industries, and products.

Answer: Geography

Question: Centripetal Force is a force that unites / brings together people and countries.

Answer: Centripetal Force

Question: any natural resource (as wood or solar energy) that can be replenished naturally with the passage of time

Answer: Renewable Resource

Question: a resource that cannot be reused or replaced easily (ex. gems, iron, copper, fossil fuels)

Answer: Nonrenewable Resource

Question: an area of high, flat land

Answer: Plateau

Question: A wind that changes direction with the change of season, occurring especially in southern Asia and Africa.

Answer: Monsoon

Question: when the birth rate equals the death rate

Answer: Zero Population Growth

Question: Hydroelectric potential is the electrical power that can be generated from flowing water.

Answer: Hydroelectric Potential

Question: The way the population is spread out over an area.

Answer: Population Distribution

Question: The distance east or west of the Prime Meridian, measured in degrees.

Answer: Longitude

Question: A River Basin is the area drained by a river its tributaries.

Answer: River Basin

Question: The condition of the air and the sky from day to day.

Answer: Weather

Question: An area defined by one or more natural or cultural charateristics taht set it apart from other areas. Example: Alabama and Auburn Football is BIG STUFF in the southern region of the U.S., but not the northern region of the U.S..

Answer: Region

Question: land surrounded by water on three sides

Answer: Peninsula

Question: the time required for a population to double in size

Answer: Doubling Time

Question: A map that shows a particular theme or topic. Example: Political maps are thematic maps.

Answer: Thematic Map

Question: ...Because the world is round and your flat paper map is flat

Answer: Why are certain parts of flat maps always distorted

Question: The most accurate way to view the earth is to use a GLOBE.

Answer: What is the most accurate way to view the earth

Question: North America and South America are located entirely in the western hemisphere.

Answer: What 2 continents are located entirely in the western hemisphere?

Question: Scale: Shows the relative size: Compass: Shows Direction, KEy: Part of a map that explains the symbols Title: Describes what the map is about.

Answer: Tell what each of the following parts of map is used for : scale: Compass: Key:

Question: A physical map shows mountains,deserts, and land features

Answer: What does a physical map show? An economic activity map?

Question: The four seasons happen because of the tilt of the Earth's axis. At different times of the year, the sun's rays hit different parts of the globe more directly. The angle of the Earth's axis tilts the Northern Hemisphere towards the sun during the summer.

Answer: What causes the changing of the seasons?

Question: Altitude, Latitude, Prevailing Winds, Precipitation, and Ocean Currents effect Earth's Climate Regions.

Answer: What factors affect the Earth's Climate Regions?

Question: Asia is the largest continent on Earth.

Answer: What is the LARGEST CONTINENT ON EARTH?

Question: Asia is home to the most people on Earth.

Answer: Which Continent is home to the most people on Earth?

Question: ...By comparing birth rates and death rates.

Answer: How do demographers calculate population growth?

Question: wind and water

Answer: What two physical processes ten to wear down mountains

Question: An example of a RENEWABLE RESOURCE IS Wood.An example of a NON RENEWABLE RESOURCE IS fossil fuels/oil.

Answer: Give one Example of a Renewable and a Nonrenewable resource

Question: .Asia winsCONTINENTS (by size) #1 Asia - (44,579,000 sq km) #2 Africa - (30,065,000 sq km) #3 North America - (24,256,000 sq km) #4 South America - (17,819,000 sq km) #5 Antarctica - (13,209,000 sq km) #6 Europe - (9,938,000 sq km) #7 Australia/Oceania

Answer: How does Europe compare in six to other continents?

Question: Russia is the largest country in the world.

Answer: How does Russia compare in size to other countries?

Question: The European Union, the EU, makes sure benefits come from inter state trading activities. The EU policy tries to promote trade among other countries.

Answer: How has the European Union improved the movement of goods, people, and ideas between countries?

Question: Christianity is the most common religion with over half being Roman Catholic.

Answer: What is the most common religion found in Europe and Russia?

Question: ...The Ural Mountains and the Caucasus Mountains act as natural borders between Europe and Asia.

Answer: What landform divides Euripe and Asia into 2 separate continents?

Question: growing slowly

Answer: Are the populations of Europe and Russia growing quickly or slowly?

Question: The Sahara Desert is a geographic feature that covers much of North Africa.

Answer: What georgraphic feature covers much of North Africa?

Question: The longest river in the world is the NILE RIVER. It Flows SOUTH to NORTH. The Nile river flows FROM THE WHITE NILE AND BLUE NILE RIVERS. . The Nile River goes TO the MEDITERENEAN SEA.

Answer: What is the longest river in the world? Which direction does it flow? Where does the river flow FROM and TO?

Question: Agriculture, Mining, Manufacturing, fishing and trade.

Answer: What is the major part of Africa's economy?

Question: ...The Aswan high dam is important because it controls the Niles annual floods, which previously flood settlements bordering the river, and generates electricity and makes the Nile easier to control.

Answer: What was Egypt's main reason for building the Aswan High Dam?

Question: Apartheid was when there was a law in South Africa that separated whites and blacks. Black people did not have many rights under APARTHEID.

Answer: Explain Apartheid and its INFLUENCE on South Africa.

Question: .Nelson Mandela was elected president in 1994. Blacks could now have citizenship and the right to vote. It also helped them get out of low paying jobs and bad schools.

Answer: How did the END OF APARTHEID change South Africa?

Question: British Colonies

Answer: Colonies from which continent colonized much of Africa

Question: ...

Answer: How does Africa's elevation compare to the other 6 continents on Earth?

Question: AsiaAfricaNorth America South AmericaAntarcticaEuropeAustralia

Answer: How does Africa's size compre to other continents?

Question: ...Mount Everest (also known as Qomolangma, or Chomolungma) in Asia's Himalayas is the world's highest mountain peak. When measured from sea level to its summit, it's 29,029 feet (8,848 meters) tall.

Answer: What is the tallest mountian in the world? What mountain range is it located in?

Question: About 36 percent of China's population now lives in urban areas. About 64 percent live in rural areas.

Answer: What percentage of Asia's population lives in rural areas?

Question: Hinduism & Buddhism

Answer: What is the main religion in the MOnsoon Asia?

Question: Size: AsiaPopulation: China and India

Answer: What are the 2 largest countires in Asia, in terms of size and population?

Question: ...Saudia Arabia has the largest oil supply

Answer: Describe the distribution of oil in Southwest Asia?

Question: ...It came from the belief that economic growth would be compromised by too fast population growth

Answer: What was the goal of China's One Child Policy?

Question: 1. Judiasim, 2., Christianity, and 3.Islam

Answer: Name 3 religions that orginated in Southwest Asia.

Question: Islam

Answer: What is the dominant religion in Southwest Asia?

Question: ...

Answer: Countries from which continent colonized much of Monsoon Asia?

Question: Siberia is a region of central and eastern Russia stretching from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific OceanSiberia is a sub-arctic climate being cold and frigid almost all year round.So, with it being SOOOOO cold, the population density is low. In other words, IT'S TOO COLD FOR MANY PEOPLE TO WANT TO LIVE THERE!

Answer: Where is Siberia? What is its climate like? How does this affect its population density?

Question: ...The ultimate goal of OPEC, is to keep oil prices stable so the geopolitical things can also be stable.

Answer: What is the major goal of OPEC?

Question: Dry, Tropical, Polar, Continental, temperate, Moderate

Answer: Name the Earth's 5 major Climate Regions