Geography Overview Test Review

Which of the following statements about how climate IMPACTS population density is TRUE?

• There is typically lower population density in Arid/Desert climates.

• There is typically lower population density in humid subtropical climates.

• There is typically higher population density in tundra climates.

• There is typically higher population density in Arid/Desert climates.  

The $20 billion bridge opened in 2018 after nine years of construction becoming the longest sea-crossing bridge in the world. The 34-mile structure now connects Hong Kong to Macau and the mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai. As if that weren’t a big enough feat of engineering, two long segments of the bridge are interrupted by a 4-mile tunnel that dips under the sea. Cars enter and exit the submerged tunnel from two artificial islands. The Zhuhai-Macau Bridge is MOSTLY an example of...

• how people adapt to their environment.

• how people modify their environment. 

• how people deal with natural disasters. 

• how economic systems impact the government. 

Solar panels are a way of providing cheap power across much of the African continent, where there is plenty of sunshine. Growing crops underneath the panels is a new process that has had promising trials in Kenya.  Which of the following is true based on the excerpt?

• Kenya is modifying the environment permenantly by changing weather patterns. 

• Kenya is adapting to the environment by finding new ways of growing crops in sunny and dry climates.  

• Kenya has not adapted to the environment in Sub Saharan Africa.

• Food scarcity in Kenya has forced people to migrate to surrounding countries.

Human Adaptation

• People make adjustments to themselves

• Permanent change to the environment

• Can deplete natural resources

• Has little to no affect on the environment 

Environmental Modification

• People make adjustments to themselves

• Permanent change to the environment

• Can deplete natural resources

• Has little to no affect on the environment

Many people living in coastal cities such as Japan, must build their homes on stilts to protect them from flooding in the event of a hurricane or tsunami. This is known as ____________ your environment.

• modifying

• adapting to

• 
  controlling

• 
  changing

The children in this picture have moved to a colder climate.  To adjust, they changed the clothing that they wear.  What type of adjustment is this?

• Adaptation

• Immigration

• Modification

• Conquest

A gold mine in Russia is the second largest man-made hole in the world.  Mining began in 1957, in extremely harsh climate conditions.  The mine closed in 2004, but the hole is so large that airspace above the mine is closed for helicopters because of incidents in which they were sucked in by the downward air flow. the former gold mine in Mirny Russia is an example of...

• human adaptation.

• environmental modification.

• earth's natural processes.

• natural disasters. 

How has rapid urbanization (growth of cities) affected the environment?

• It has led to an increase in natural resources.

• It has led to a decrease in population.

• It has led to a decrease in available farmland. 

• It has led to a decrease in air pollution. 

Farmers who live in dry areas most often get water to their fields by building...

• paved roads

• irrigation systems

• bridges and tunnels

• 
  railroad tracks