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Geography Chapters 3-4

Total questions: 66

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Condition of the atmosphere in one place during a short period of time?
a)
Weather 
b)
Climate
c)
Midnight Sun
d)
Revolution 
2.
Weather patterns typical for an area over a long period of time?
a)
Climate
b)
Weather
c)
Equinox
d)
Solstice
3.
The Earth rotates on its axis, making one complete rotation every __________ hours
a)
18 hours
b)
24 hours
c)
36 hours
d)
64 hours
4.
In astronomy, the Earth's yearly trip around the sun, taking 365 days
a)
Revolution
b)
Solstice
c)
Equinox
d)
Midnight Sun
5.
One of two days in which the sun is directly above the Equator, making day and night equal in length?
a)
Revolution
b)
Equinox
c)
Solstice
d)
Midnight Sun
6.
One of two days in which the sun's rays strike directly on the Tropic of Cancer or Tropic of Capricorn, marking the beginning of summer to winter?
a)
Solstice
b)
Revolution
c)
Equinox
d)
Midnight Sun
7.
The capacity of certain gases in the atmosphere to trap heat, thereby warming the Earth?
a)
Greenhouse Effect
b)
Climate
c)
Midnight Sun
d)
Solstice
8.
A cold or warm stream of seawater that flow in the oceans?
a)
Currents
b)
Prevailing Wind
c)
Coriolis Effect
d)
Doldrums
9.
Wind in a region that blows in a fairly constant directional pattern?
a)
Currents
b)
Prevailing Wind
c)
Coriolis Effect
d)
Doldrums 
10.
The resulting deflection of prevailing winds caused by the Earth's rotation?
a)
Current
b)
Prevailing Wind
c)
Coriolis Effect
d)
Doldrums 
11.
A periodic reversal of the pattern of ocean currents and water temperatures in the mid-Pacific region?
a)
El Nino
b)
El Nina
c)
Currents 
d)
Doldrums 
12.
Result of a process by which dry areas develop on the leeward sides of mountain ranges?
a)
Rain Shadow
b)
Midnight Sun
c)
Windward
d)
Leeward
13.
Major type of ecological community defined primarily by distinctive plant and animal groups?
a)
Biome
b)
Natural Vegetation
c)
Tropical wet and dry
d)
Polar 
14.
______________ climates are found in or near low latitudes in areas otherwise referred to as the Tropics
a)
Tropical 
b)
Dry 
c)
Mid-Latitude
d)
High Latitude
15.
____________ climates have pronounced dry and wet seasons with high year-round temperatures?
a)
Tropical Wet and Dry
b)
Steppe
c)
Grassland
d)
Desert
16.
_____________ are usually located away from oceans or large bodies of water and therefore are less humid.
a)
Steppe
b)
Tropical 
c)
Tropical Wet and Dry
d)
Tundra
17.
_____________ are extremely dry areas that receive about 10 inches of rainfall or less per year and support a very small amount of plant and animal life
a)
Deserts
b)
Steppe
c)
Highland
d)
Temperate 
18.
An inland grass area
a)
Prairie
b)
Coniferous
c)
Decidious
d)
Mixed Forest 
19.
________________ are characterized by short, mild winters, and nearly year-round rain
a)
Humid Subtropical
b)
Tropical Wet and Dry
c)
Tropical 
d)
Steppe 
20.
Referring to vegetation having cones and needle-shaped leaves, including many evergreens, that keep their foilage throughout the winter
a)
Coniferous 
b)
Prairie
c)
Decidious
d)
Mixed Forests 
21.
Falling off or shed seasonally or periodically, trees such as oak and maple, which lose their leaves in autumn
a)
Deciduous 
b)
Coniferous 
c)
Mixed Forests
d)
Prairie
22.
________________ climate regions winters are bitterly cold, and summers are short and cool
a)
Subarctic
b)
Arctic
c)
Polar
d)
Tundra
23.
Winter darkness and bitter cold last for months while summer has only limited warning
a)
Tundra
b)
Polar
c)
Subarctic
d)
Arctic 
24.
Forest with both coniferous and deciduous trees?
a)
Tundra
b)
Mixed Forests
c)
Forest Deluxe
d)
Redwood 
25.
_________________ climates are mainly between the latitudes of about 30 degrees North and about 30 degrees South and 60 degrees South
a)
Marine West Coast
b)
Tropical Wet and Dry
c)
Tropical 
d)
Steppe
26.

the total of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by and passed on by members of a group

a)

Culture

b)

society

c)

ethnic group

d)

Diffusion

27.

a group that shares a geographic region, a sense of identity, and a culture

a)

Diffusion

b)

innovation

c)

society

d)

innovation

28.

Group of people who share common ancestry, language, religion, customs, or combination of such characteristics

a)

Religion

b)

fertility rate

c)

mortality rate

d)

ethnic group

29.

taking existing elements of society and creating something new to meet a need

a)

society

b)

Diffusion

c)

Cultural Hearth

d)

innovation

30.

the spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior to different societies

a)

Religion

b)

Cultural Hearth

c)

Diffusion

d)

Dialect

31.

the heartland or place of origin of a major culture; a site of innovation from which basic ideas, materials, and technology diffuse to other cultures

a)

Cultural Hearth

b)

innovation

c)

Dialect

d)

birthrate

32.

the cultural change that occurs when individuals in society accept or adopt an innovation

a)

Cultural Hearth

b)

Dialect

c)

Acculturation

d)

Religion

33.

a version of a language that reflects changes in speech patterns due to class, region, or cultural changes

a)

Dialect

b)

mortality rate

c)

birthrate

d)

Religion

34.

the belief in a supernatural power or powers that are regarded to as creators and maintainers of the universe

a)

Dialect

b)

Religion

c)

fertility rate

d)

birthrate

35.

the number of live births per total population, often expressed per thousand population.

a)

birthrate

b)

fertility rate

c)

mortality rate

d)

infant mortality rate

36.

fertility rate

a)

the average number of children a woman of childbearing years would have in her lifetime, if she had children at the current rate for her country

b)

the number of deaths per thousand

c)

the number of deaths among infants under age one as measured per thousand live births.

d)

the number of live births per total population, often expressed per thousand population.

37.

mortality rate

a)

the number of deaths among infants under age one as measured per thousand live births.

b)

the average number of children a woman of childbearing years would have in her lifetime, if she had children at the current rate for her country

c)

a graphic device that shows gender and age distribution of a population

d)

the number of deaths per thousand

38.

infant mortality rate

a)

the number of deaths among infants under age one as measured per thousand live births.

b)

also called population growth rate-the rate at which population is growing, found by subtracting the mortality rate from the birthrate

c)

the number of deaths per thousand

d)

the average number of children a woman of childbearing years would have in her lifetime, if she had children at the current rate for her country

39.

also called population growth rate-the rate at which population is growing, found by subtracting the mortality rate from the birthrate

a)

infant mortality rate

b)

mortality rate

c)

fertility rate

d)

rate of natural increase

40.

a graphic device that shows gender and age distribution of a population

a)

population density

b)

push-pull factors

c)

carrying capacity

d)

Population Pyramid

41.

Conditions that draw people to another location (pull factors) or cause people to leave their homelands and migrate to another region (push factors)

a)

carrying capacity

b)

State

c)

push-pull factors

d)

Nation

42.

the average number of people who live in a measurable area, reached by dividing the number of inhabitants in an area by the amount of land they occupy

a)

push-pull factors

b)

population density

c)

carrying capacity

d)

Population Pyramid

43.

an independent unit that occupies a specific territory and has full control of its internal and external affairs

a)

State

b)

Nation

c)

nation-state

44.

a group of people with a common culture living in a territory and having a strong sense of unity

a)

State

b)

Nation

c)

nation-state

45.

when a nation and a state occupy the same territory

a)

State

b)

Nation

c)

nation-state

46.

citizens hold political power, either directly or through elected representatives

a)

Democracy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Dictatorship

d)

Socialism

47.

A ruling family headed by a king or queen holds political power and may or may not share the power with citizen bodies

a)

Monarchy

b)

Democracy

c)

Dictatorship

d)

Socialism

48.

A ruling family headed by a king or queen holds political power and may or may not share the power with citizen bodies

a)

Monarchy

b)

Democracy

c)

Dictatorship

d)

Socialism

49.

the government controls most of a country's means of production and distribution of goods and services. Other aspects of the economy are subject to market forces.

a)

Communism

b)

Monarchy

c)

Democracy

d)

Socialism

50.

an individual or group holds complete political power

a)

Dictatorship

b)

Monarchy

c)

Socialism

d)

Democracy

51.

Communism

a)

a system in which the government holds nearly all political power and the means of production

b)

the government controls most of a country's means of production and distribution of goods and services. Other aspects of the economy are subject to market forces.

c)

an individual or group holds complete political power

d)

A ruling family headed by a king or queen holds political power and may or may not share the power with citizen bodies

52.

Landlocked

a)

an area that is the center of business and culture and has a large population

b)

having no outlet to the sea

c)

the dramatic rise in the number of cities and the changes of lifestyle that result

d)

the production and exchange of goods and services among a group of people

53.

The study of how people use space in cities

a)

city

b)

Communism

c)

Urbanization

d)

urban geography

54.

an area that is the center of business and culture and has a large population

a)

urban geography

b)

suburb

c)

city

d)

metropolitan area

55.

a political unit or community touching the borders of the central city or touching other suburbs that touch the city

a)

suburb

b)

city

c)

metropolitan area

d)

Landlocked

56.

a functional area including a city and its surrounding suburbs and exurbs, linked economically

a)

metropolitan area

b)

suburb

c)

city

d)

Urbanization

57.

the dramatic rise in the number of cities and the changes of lifestyle that result

a)

metropolitan area

b)

economy

c)

city

d)

Urbanization

58.

the production and exchange of goods and services among a group of people

a)

economic system

b)

Urbanization

c)

economy

d)

market economy

59.

economic system

a)

the production and exchange of goods and services among a group of people

b)

the way people produce and exchange goods

c)

a type of economic system in which production of goods and services is determined by the demand from consumers. Also called a demand economy or capitalism

d)

a material on or in the earth, such as a tree, fish, or coal, that has economic value

60.

a type of economic system in which production of goods and services is determined by a central government, which usually owns the means of production. Also called a planned economy.

a)

market economy

b)

command economy

c)

infrastructure

d)

economic system

61.

a type of economic system in which production of goods and services is determined by the demand from consumers. Also called a demand economy or capitalism

a)

market economy

b)

command economy

c)

Central Business District

d)

metropolitan area

62.

consists of the basic support systems needed to keep an economy going, including power, communications, transportation, water, sanitation, and education systems

a)

per capita income

b)

infrastructure

c)

Outsourcing

d)

market economy

63.

the average amount of money earned by each person in a political unit

a)

infrastructure

b)

free-trade zones

c)

Outsourcing

d)

per capita income

64.

the total value of all goods and services produced by a county in a time period

a)

per capita income

b)

GDP

c)

free-trade zones

d)

GNP (Gross National Product)

65.

goods or services produced in one country by a company based in another country

a)

Outsourcing

b)

GNP (Gross National Product)

c)

GDP

d)

free-trade zones

66.

the total value of all goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time

a)

free-trade zones

b)

Outsourcing

c)

GDP

d)

GNP (Gross National Product)