World Geography Final

Zero degrees latitude is also called the _______.      

• Tropic of Capricorn
• Equator
• Prime Meridian 
• Tropic of Cancer

Hemisphere is ...

• The study of the earth and how we, the people who live there, interact with it.

• A region created when the Earth is divided in half.

• An imaginary line going across the center of the earth.

Prime Meridian is ...

• An imaginary line going across the center of the earth that separates the eastern and western hemispheres.

• An imaginary line going across the center of the earth that separates the north and south hemispheres.

• An absolute location on the map.

Human and Environment Interactions are ...

• The way people and the environment affect each other.
  
• Areas of the world that have common physical, human or cultural characteristics.
  
• The way people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
  

Human and Environment Interactions are ...

• The way people and the environment affect each other.
  
• Areas of the world that have common physical, human or cultural characteristics.
  
• The way people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
  

A place is...

• The physical and human characteristics of a place.
  
• The way people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
  
• Areas of the world that have common physical, human or cultural characteristics.

A _________ is a foreign owned manufacturing plant in Mexico.

• Maquiladora
• Plant
• Cartel
• Mestizo

South America is rich in natural resources, therefore, it's people are very wealthy.

• True
• False

Which of the following is a Peninsula?

• Scandinavia

• Europe

• Spain and Portugal

• All of the Above

The Scandinavian Peninsula is made up of which two countries?

• Spain and Portugal

• Sweden and Norway

• Italy and San Marino

• England and Scotland