Semester Exam Review Part 1

2024 - World Geography Semester Exam Review - Part 1

Coach Jewell - Aug - Dec 24 - PART 1

Multiple Choice

How long does it take the earth to go around the sun completely in one rotation

• 300 days

• 365 days

• 366 days

• 365 1/4 days

Multiple Choice

At what degree is the earth tilted

• 23.5 degrees
• 30 degrees
• 45 degrees
• 15 degrees

Multiple Choice

What is the source of all the earth's energy?

• The moon
• Volcanic activity
• Ocean currents
• The sun

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the layer 1

• inner core

• outer core

• crust

• mantle

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the layer 3

• Inner core

• outer core

• crust

• Mantle

Multiple Choice

What is a Biome?

• A biome is a weather pattern in a specific region.
• A biome is a type of animal species.
• A community of living organisms of a single major ecological region

• A biome is a small garden area.

Multiple Choice

What are the reasons people on Earth experience changing seasons?

• Earth's tilt & rotation

• Earth's tilt & revolution

• Earth's rotation & size

• Earth's tilt & resolution

Prime Meridian splits the world - East and West

Equator - splits the world North and South

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Prime Meridian & Equator

Longtitude & Latitude Lines

Longtitude Lines - imaginary lines that run north to south around the Earth. Used by the Global Positioning systems to indicate exact locations. - Prime Meridian is 0

Latitude Lines - imaginary lines that run east and west around the earth - Used by the Global Positioning systems to indicate exact locations - Equator is 0

Multiple Choice

What is pictured here?

• east coast during daytime

• Bos - Wash corridor

• wast of electricity

• lights of the us

​Maps that tell a story
Focus on the legend and
Learning to decipher information

Thematic Maps

Multiple Choice

Starting at Riverside on the Purple line what station would I change at to get to Harvard station

• Newton Center

• Allston

• Brighton

• Kenmore

Multiple Choice

Starting at Riverside on the purple line, how many different colored lines will I ride to get to Fenway

• 5

• 4

• 3

• 2

Why - lack of fresh water

How - ​using a process called reverse osmosis, where seawater is forced through a semipermeable membrane under high pressure, allowing water molecules to pass through while leaving behind salt and other impurities, resulting in fresh water

​Desalination

Multiple Choice

What does desalination do?

• Desalination is used to generate electricity.
• Desalination is a method of purifying air.
• Desalination increases the salt content of water.
• Desalination converts saltwater into freshwater.

How was the US Formed? How big is the US?

• The US as the rest of the world was formed due to Tetonic Plate movement. (shifting plates caused mountains to form)

• Oldest mountain range in the US? - Appalachian Mountains

• The Rocky Mountains has elevations up to 14,000 feet

• The US has more than 3.5 million square miles

How did the Original people get to the US.

Two accepted theories

Bering Straight Land Bridge theory - People walked across

Second theory not as widely accepted they took boats along the coast

Geography of the ​United States od America

#North Canada

#East Atlantic Ocean

#South Gulf of Mexico and Mexico, #West Pacific Ocean.​
#Great Plains
#Coastal Plains
Rocky Mountains
Applachian Mountains

Labelling

Label the following places

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Gulf of Mexico

Atlantic Ocean

Great Plains

Labelling

Label the following places

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Mexico

Coastal plains

Canada

Pacific Ocean

Major Rivers of the US

Mississippi River

Rio Grande River

Missouri River

Hudson River

Hotspot

Identify the Mississippi River

Hotspot

Identify the Rio Grande River

• Appalachian Mts

• Rocky Mts

• Sierra Nevada

​Three Majore Mountain Ranges in
the US

Labelling

Label the US mountains

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Sierra Nevada

Appalachian

Rockies

​​The Great Lakes

​#Superior

#Michigan

#Huron

#Erie

#Ontario

​Lake Michigan is the only one of the Great Lakes that is completely within the United States. The other four form a natural border between Canada and the United States.

Labelling

Label the Great Lakes

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Lake Ontario

Lake Erie

Lake Huron

Lake Michigan

Lake Superior

​The United States is broken into 5
Regions.

Northeast
Southeast
Midwest
Southwest
West

Hotspot

Select the Midwest Region

Multiple Choice

Select two states in the Southeast Region

• Maine and Newyork

• Michigan and Minnesota

• Alabama and Georgia

• Texas and New Mexico

COMMON CULTURAL TRAITS

Three Items most cultures have that demonstrate their Culture?

Music

Dance

Food

Examples of american music Genre and musicians associated with them

Rock and Roll - Elvis Pressley
Country - Hank Williams
Jazz - Louis Armstrong
Punk Rock - The Ramones

Match

Match the artist to the genre of Original american music

• Hank Williams

• Elvis Presley

• The Ramones

• Louis Armstrong

Country

Rock and Roll

Punk Rock

Jazz

• Country

• Rock and Roll

• Punk Rock

• Jazz

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

• Most US cities have cultural regions such as "little italy" "China town" These are areas normally occupied by immigrant groups upon their arrival in america and turn into cultural hot spots in major cities as time goes by.

• Gentrification - When neighborhood values increase quickly and the original people who lived in the neighborhood can no longer afford to live there.