World Geography 1st Semester Exam Review

The ________ includes all liquid and frozen surface water, ground water, and water vapor.

• lithosphere
• biosphere
• hydrosphere
• atmosphere

The three layers of Earth are

• the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere.
• the plates, the crust, and the ocean basins.
• the surface, the inner core, and the outer core.
• the core, mantle, and the crust.

The main reason for the creation of desalination plants is

• to provide freshwater to support human activities.
• to promote jobs in high-tech industries and decrease agricultural careers.
• to expand trade exports of excess salt and brine processing.
• to provide economic stability to undeveloped countries.

In the grid system used to map locations on Earth’s surface, lines parallel to the Equator are called

• latitudinal lines.
• geometric lines.
• barometric lines.
• longitudinal lines.

A map that highlights differences in height between mountains and lower regions is called

• a political map.
• a mental map.
• a physical map.
• a thematic map.

Where is Earth’s freshwater supply located?

• in bays, rivers, and underground
• in glaciers, ice caps, lakes, streams, rivers, and underground
• in lakes, rivers, streams, oceans, ice caps, and underground
• in streams, lakes, rivers, seas, and bays

Longitude lines indicate

• distance north and south of the Equator.
• distance north and south of the Prime Meridian.
• distances east and west of the Equator.
• distances east and west of the Prime Meridian.

What is the term for a group of people who share common ancestry, language, religion, customs, or place of origin?

• ethnic group
• language family
• culture region
• ethnic enclave

Humans are most likely to heavily populate a ________ area.

• mountaintop
• desert
• river delta
• tundra

A political border that is established by a physical geographic feature such as a mountain range or a river is a

• natural boundary.
• geometric boundary.
• cultural boundary.
• ethnic boundary.