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World Geography Midterm Review

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The study of the interrelationship between people and their physical environment.

a)

Human Environment Interaction

b)

Regional Geography

c)

Economic Geography

d)

Human Geography

2.

People changing the land causing deforestation, pollution, etc

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Human- Environment

d)

Movement

e)

Regions

3.

Define human-environment interaction

a)

Physical features of a place

b)

An objects absolute location

c)

Language

d)

relationship between humans and the environment they live in

4.

What best defines region

a)

explains where something is

b)

describes both the physical and human features of a building, area, city, etc.

c)

a group of places unified by a common feature

d)

how people, products, information and ideas get around from one place to another

5.

Absolute location:

a)

means a general area

b)

not determined by GPS coordinates

c)

is saying that Akron is Northeast of Fairgrove

d)

uses latitude and longitude or another coordinate system to give a specific area

6.
Latitude lines run
a)
East/West
b)
North/South
c)

through time

d)

really fast in the 100 meter dash

7.

People leaving their homes in Syria and travelling to Turkey to avoid war is an example of which of the 5 themes?

a)
Human-Environment Interaction
b)
Movement
c)
Absolute Location
d)
Relative Location
e)

Region

8.

Longitude lines run

a)
East/West
b)
North/South
c)

through time

d)

really fast in the 100 meter dash

9.

Which is an example of absolute location?

a)

Across from McDonald's

b)

North of the Rio Grande

c)

1020 Mall Lane

d)

Near Gateway Mall

10.
Which letter would you find at 15oS, 60oW?
a)
A
b)
C
c)
L
d)
H
11.
What is the name of the line at 0 degrees longitude?
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
International Date Line
d)
Arctic Circle
12.
What is the name of the line at 0 degrees latitude?
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
International Date Line
d)
Arctic Circle
13.

The image above is what type of map?

a)

Formal

b)

Functional

c)

Perceptual

14.

1. This side of the mountain is dry and desert like because of the rain shadow effect.

a)

Leeward

b)

Sideward

c)

Windward

d)

Land

15.

What is the windward side of a mountain?

a)

The wet side that is upwind of the mountain.

b)

The side of the mountain with the most people.

c)

The dry side that is downwind of the mountain.

d)

The side of the mountain with the rain shadow.

16.
A student states the weather is the same as the climate. Which response BEST tells the student the difference between weather and climate?
a)
Weather is about the wind and the rain, but climate is about the clouds.
b)
Weather is the conditions in one day, but climate is the conditions over a long time.
c)
Weather is measured with tools like thermometers, but climate is measured with tools like forecasts.
d)
Weather is recorded on charts, but climate is recorded on world maps.
17.

A government system where people own their own businesses and property and must buy services for private use. Free Market system

a)

capitalism

b)

Socialism

c)

dictatorship

18.

Type of government where the government own many of the larger industries and provides education and health care services, while allowing citizens some economic choices.

a)

Capitalism

b)

Socialism

c)

Communism

19.

A form of government in which power is held by a leader who has absolute authority, may use force to control - leader not elected

a)

capitalism

b)

communism

c)

dictatorship

20.

Type of government system in which the gov owns all businesses and farms and provides healthcare, education, and welfare

a)

Capitalism

b)

Communism

c)

Socialism

d)

Dictatorship

21.

A state or nation in which power is held by a king, queen, or emperor and passed down through a family (Example JORDAN)

a)

monarchy

b)

anarchy

c)

republic

22.

system of government in which priests or religious leaders rule in the name of God or a god and act as direct agents of a deity

a)

republic

b)

oligarchy

c)

anarchy

d)

theocracy

23.

type of goverment controlled by a small group of people or elite group of people with their own interest in mind

a)

anarchy

b)

oligarchy

c)

monarchy

d)

republic

24.

Shopper in grocery store

a)

Producer

b)

Consumer

25.

Baker

a)

Producer

b)

Consumer

26.

The person who grows, makes or sells products is a …………..

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

goods

d)

business

27.

A person who buys and uses goods and services is a ………...

a)

goods

b)

services

c)

producer

d)

consumer

28.

What is demand?

a)

I need to pay the bills... but Imma go to Disneyland instead.

b)

The value, or worth, that we place on a product.

c)

the amount of something that producers will offer for sale at all prices.

d)

the desire, ability, and willingness to buy a product

29.

What is supply?

a)

The amount of money you are willing to supply to get that new iPhone.

b)

Illustrates how the quantity that a person will demand varies depending on the price of a good or service

c)

The amount of resources available to make a product.

d)

The amount of something that producers will offer for sale at all prices.

30.

A ______ factor is something that is bad and makes you want to leave your country?

a)

Push

b)

Pull

31.

A _____ factor is something good that makes you want to come to a new place.

a)

Push

b)

Pull

32.

John hears that in the United States he can worship as he chooses without fear that the government will throw him in prison. This is an example of

a)

a push factor

b)

a pull factor

33.

Brian is part of the Tutsi people from Rwanda that are treated very badly, often killed for being who they are. This is an example of a

a)

Push factor

b)

Pull factor

34.

What is the definition of geography?

a)

the study of artifacts

b)

the study of the physical features of the earth and human activity that affects the earth

c)

the study of continents

d)

the study of the continent of North America