9.2.1/9.2.2 Comparison of World Regions

What is not one of the causes for the Green Revolution?

• Use of pesticides

• Improved irrigation infrastructure

• The purposeful cultivation of plants for food or the taming of animals.

• The introduction of high-yield seeds for planting.

Which country lies 25% below sea level and have built polders “creating” land by reclaiming it from the sea?

• Great Britain

• Iceland

• Netherlands

• Hawaii

What is permanently frozen soil, often found in the TUNDRA?

• Permafrost

• Taiga

• Savanna

• Monsoon

Most major cities are located near major bodies of water because?

• Food, water, transportation, and trade

• Food, water, factories, and trade

• Food, water, buildings, and transportation

• Food, transportation, construction, and trade

Prevailing winds are also known as?

• Ocean currents

• High altitudes

• Jet streams

• Coastal areas

What is windward?

• Wet side of the mountain

• Dry side of the mountain

• Cold ocean currents

• Warm ocean currents

Pollution releases compounds such as sulfur dioxide in into the atmosphere and then combines into condensing clouds and eventually various forms of precipitation and falls to earth…

• Increased pollution

• Acid rain

• Pollution effects

• Contaminated water

Interdependent is

• The switch from cottage industries to commercial industries.

• New resources are discovered.

• Communities rely on goods from each other.

• New inventions

Justify the climate of the Atacama desert. (2 answers)

• Cold ocean current along the southwest portion of the continent helps create a arid (dry) climate.

• Also along on leeward (dry) side of the Andes rain shadow.

• Warm ocean current along the northeast portion of the continent helps create a humid (wet) climate.

• Also along on windward (wet) side of the Andes rain shadow.

The climate patterns that affect opposite sides of the Pacific Ocean, roughly every five years.

• El Niño and La Niña

• Hurricanes

• Cyclones

• Monsoon