World Geography SOL 3 Regions

The cultural characteristics of a region change as time passes due to:

• changes in animal life & natural vegetation

• human innovation & cultural diffusion

• mountain building & volcanoes

• wind & ocean currents

Which is NOT a way that cultural regions have changed around the world?

• Many regions have become part of economic & political unions

• Megacities have developed in many regions

• Political boundaries have changed in many regions

• The greenhouse effect has killed millions in many regions

Which is an example of a cultural region that has changed over time?

• USA adopting a national religion

• All people of Latin America are now mestizos

• All Western European nations have adopted a common language

• Although Islam began on the Arabian Peninsula it has spread throughout North Africa & the Middle East.

Which group of characteristics can be used to label a physical region?

• climate, vegetation & landforms

• farming techniques, landforms, climates

• government, religion, major products

• language, religion, ethnic groups

Answer explanation

Although all choices contained at least one physical characteristic only one choice contained ONLY physical characteristics:

climate, vegetation & landforms

Which group of characteristics would best define a cultural region?

• climate, vegetation, water bodies

• farming techniques, landforms, vegetation

• government, natural hazards, language

• religion, major products, ethnic groups

Answer explanation

Only choice- "religion, major products, ethnic groups" contained ONLY cultural characteristics.

Which is a cultural region?

• Latin America

• Great Plains

• Nile Delta

• Sahara

A cultural region is an area with:

• a common climate & common landforms

• conflict created by cultural diffusion

• one or more common culture traits

• people who have a wide variety of unrelated cultural traits

Religion creates the greatest division among people in:

• Latin America

• Northern Ireland

• Saudi Arabia

• USA

Most common type of houses in Europe during medieval times:

• thatched roof houses

• castles

• tents or yurts

• homes on stilts

Thatched roof homes are common in:

• Switzerland

• nomadic areas of Southwest Asia & Mongolia

• in the SW portion of the US

• on the Pacific Islands