Checkpoint Review

Label the following Key geographic regions.

a

b

c

The Mississipi River

The Rocky Mountains

The Great Plains

How do geographers find where something using absolute location?

• By interviewing members of tribes

• by predicting the weather with computers

• Using an intersection of longitude and latitude

What two important factors as to why people live by water?

• to use it for crops

• Shared traditions

• many highways and roads

• to travel for trade

One economic reason for why people migrate from rural to urban areas is that -

• urban areas have better safety

• people in urban areas have more oppourtunities and more jobs

• people in rural areas have better services

Which of the following is the set of behaviors, beliefs, and traditions, of people that unify a region?

• Culture

• Community

• Primary groups

Which two of the following would be considered PULL factors in migration?

• War

• jobs

• Famine

• education

What is the most common religion in the United States?

• Buddhism / Daoism

• Islam

• Christianity / Roman Catholic

• Judaism

What is urbanization?

• wide open space with no buildings or many other people

• a place with buildings and a lot of people

Which of the following fall under the category of culture-

• climate

• population

• traditions

What is a rural area?

• a wide open space with no buildings or many people

• a place with buildings and a lot of people