WHG-A Unit 1 Review

North of the Arctic Circle,​ (a)   does not rise during some ​ (b)   months.

• the Sun
• winter
• the Moon
• the North Star
• summer
• autumn
• spring
• Venus

The Bosporus is a (a)   that divides the continents of ​ (b)   and Asia.​

• waterway
• Europe
• railway
• highway
• mountain pass
• North America
• Africa
• Oceania

Examples of an archipelago include the ​ (a)   and the ​ (b)   .

• Hawaiian Islands
• Lesser Antilles
• Bermuda Triangle
• Great Lakes
• cordillera
• Andes Mountains
• Amazon River
• Horn of Africa

The Prime Meridian is a line of ​ (a)   that separates the ​ (b)   hemispheres.

• longitude
• latitude
• symmetry
• Equator
• eastern and western
• northern and southern
• proximal and distal
• historical and geographical

​ (a)   and ​ (b)   are member states of the Commonwealth of Nations.

• Canada
• Australia
• The United States
• Russia
• Germany
• Brazil
• Japan
• France

The tundra is a biome characterized by (a)   temperatures and very few​ (b)   .

• cold
• trees
• warm
• hot
• balmy
• animals
• bodies of water
• permafrost

The desert is a biome characterized by very little (a)   ; the largest of these is known as the ​ (b)   .

• precipitation
• Sahara
• Amazon
• Gulf of Mexico
• Canadian Shield
• animal life
• plant life
• latitude

The Lesser Antilles include states such as (a)   and ​ (b)   .

• Guadeloupe
• Barbados
• Cuba
• Hispañola
• Jamaica
• Florida
• the United Kingdom
• Indonesia

The Greater Antilles include states such as (a)   and ​ (b)   .

• Haiti
• Cuba
• Barbados
• Aruba
• Florida
• Greece
• Mexico
• Bahamas

Places near the (a)   see the most direct ​ (b)   and are part of the tropical zone.

• Equator
• sunlight
• Arctic Circle
• Prime Meridian
• 45th parallel
• sustained winds
• geothermal energy
• magnetic resonance