World Geography Semester 1 Final

What are the five themes of geography? (Choose all that are correct)

• Regions

• Location

• Place

• Human Environment Interaction

• Movement

What is the function of a map?

• To show locations of places, landforms, and bodies of water

• To show locations

• To show locations of places, landforms, and bodies of water and where they are compared to one another.

• None of the above

What does GPS stand for?

• Global Pocket System

• Global Positioning System

• Galaxy Purity Syndrome

• Greater Peru Schools

What are three functions of water?

• To distribute heat on Earth.

• To support the body's organs.

• To support plants, animals, and distribute heat on Earth.

• None of these are correct

What plays the biggest impact on weather and climates on Earth?

• Annual seasonal changes in the earth-sun relationship.

• Both of the answers are correct

• Neither of the answers are correct

• The tilt of the Earth's axis.

What are four major factors that influence the climate of a region? (Choose all that are correct)

• Wind/Ocean Currents

• Temperature

• Precipitation

• Latitude

• Elevation

What are the two most significant factors in defining different climates? (Choose all that are correct)

• Precipitation

• Wind Currents

• Temperature

• Ocean Currents

What are the five different climate zones found in America? (Choose all that are correct)

• Humid Continental

• Desert

• Highland

• Humid Subtropical

• Semiarid

In your own words, define the term, "nation."

• A group of people that share a religion and live in the same city.

• Two countries united together.

• A united country.

• A group of people with a common culture living in a territory.

How do Canada and the United States rank in terms of large countries?

• 1st and 2nd

• 2nd and 3rd

• 3rd and 4th

• 1st and 3rd