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Worksheets25-26 WG First Semester Review
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 7hrs 55mins
A mental map is?
The most accurate representation of the Earth
A way to display absolute location.
A person’s perception of features on the Earth’s surface.
The Rocky Mountains are an example of which type of region?
Functional : A region with common characteristics linked together for a common purpose such as the New York subway system.
Formal: A region with common characteristics
Perceptual: A person’s personal idea or thought about a particular region.
What type of location would “near my house” be?
Absolute location
Relative Location
Latitude Location
Which feature would most likely appear on a physical map?
State Capitols
State Boundaries
Mountain Ranges
Which of the following is the best example of a functional Region?
Mexico
The Holy Land
The US highway system.
What is the approximate latitude and longitude of the city of Canberra?
36 east, 149 south
36 South, 149 east
36 north, 149 west
“Parallel lines” running east to west around the globe that measure distance from the Equator
Latitude
Prime meridian
Longitudes
International date line
The Great Lakes is an example ______________________region?
Latitude
Formal Region
Longitudes
Functional Region
“Meridians” running north to south between the poles that measure East to West.
Latitude
Equator
Longitudes
national date line
What kind of land-form is pictured?
A plain
water
A peninsula
An island
What agent of erosion created the Grand Canyon pictured here?
water
ice
wind
MATCH THE CORRECT DEFINITION: ATMOSPHERE
The air we breathe and makes life on Earth possible.
The place where life exists: Plants, animals and humans
Layer of the Earth made up of plates and crust.
Comprised of all the water on Earth, including oceans, rivers, and lakes
What characteristic is common to all the countries located in the shaded region on this map Hint: The tropics
A warm climate
Coniferous Forests
Wide Spread use of Hinduism religion
Why does snow fall at higher elevations?
Cool ocean currents push warm air up the leeward side of the mountain causing a rainshadow effect
The temperature gets colder as the elevation goes up.
Permafrost locks in cold temperatures and creates glaciers.
What would life in a rural village might be like?
Rural village residents receive a more formal education.
People in rural villages often engage in subsistence agriculture and cottage industries.
People in rural villages have greater access to the latest technologies.
Why is subsistence farming less effective than commercial agriculture?
Subsistence farmers harvest a surplus of crops to be sold for profit.
Subsistence farmers produce just enough food for their family’s survival.
Subsistence farmers domesticate animals to transport goods.
The three major factors that determine the number of people (population) in a place are:
Birthday, death rate and religion
Birthrate, death rate, and migration
Birthrate, culture, and weather
What statement about urbanization (cities) is most accurate?
Urbanization first occurred in Sub Saharan Africa.
Urbanization first took place in cooler climates.
Most urban areas developed along waterways
Loss of a job or a drought is an example of a _______________________.
pull factor
emigrant
push factor
In the twentieth century the factors listed Below caused people to migrate to another country primarily —
-Job Opportunities
-Political Freedom
-Access to Education
by people migrating with major economic incomes
by people migrating from one developed country to another developed country
by People migrating from a developing country to a developed country
According to the chart on the right, what is the best explanation for the change in world population shown on the graph between 1950 and 2000?
there were several major wars in Asia and Africa which caused the population to rise.
improvements in medicine and agriculture were accompanied by rising birth rates in less developed nations which caused the population to rise.
a dramatic increase in the number of famines and natural disasters occurred in the last half of the twentieth century which caused the population to drop.
Economic system where most major businesses, like railroads and hospitals, are owned by the government; but small businesses are privately owned.
Mixed
Command
Free Enterprise
Traditional
What kind of economic system is closest to what is found in the USA?
free enterprise/capitalist
command
Communist
Which of the following best illustrates the idea of a communist government?
A political and economic system where the government owns and controls the means of production.
A government where a King and Queen have total or absolute control.
When religion determines government policy and decision-making.
When a monarch shares power with a parliament, or law-making body.
TYPES OF GOVERNMENTS: Choose the correct government.
Supreme power held by a single person, typically by a King or Queen
Democracy
Theocracy
Monarchy
God and religious law are the governments of authority
Democracy
Theocracy
Monarchy
Absolute power is concentrated on one person.
Dictatorship
Democracy
Theocracy
Oligarchy
Government by the people.
Dictatorship
Democracy
Theocracy
Oligarchy
Which factor best explains why Canada’s population density is highest on the U.S. border?
Longitude
Tectonic activity Climate
Regionalism
Climate
What is the biggest reason the indigenous population of Mexico declined with the arrival of Europeans?
The majority of them died fighting the Americans.
European diseases killed a large portion of the population
They emigrated to USA
All of the following are examples of absolute location EXCEPT
35° 11' 22.53" N, -101° 52' 30.56" W
The U.S. Capitol is that it is located about 38 miles southwest of Baltimore.
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500
Mile marker sign 108
This image demonstrates the concept of
regions
stimulus diffusion
globalization
none of the above
Which picture illustrates the EQUATOR?
The United States is multicultural because
lots of different types of crops grow there
people from cultures around the world have migrated there
it is not multicultural
there are many different colors of the rainbow
Which of the following is one way cultures of Central America were influenced by Spanish colonization?
Farming became the primary economic activity in the region
Christianity and the Spanish language were introduced into the region
Mayan cultural practices were adopted by the Spanish settlers in the region
Women gained greater equality when Spanish laws were applied to the region
How is the Columbian Exchange an example of cultural convergence?
People came over to the America’s from all over the world and acculturated easily to the new society.
The old world forced their culture upon the new so all of the new world’s cultural traits have been lost.
As a result of trading between the old world and the new, cultures on both sides of the Atlantic became similar.
Is this country Developed or Developing?
Developed
Developing
What word describes a pyramid shaped diagram that shows the age and gender of a population?
population map
standard of living
population pyramid
pyramid graph
During the Columbian Exchange, which way did plants, animals, diseases, and people flow?
From west to east only
From east to west only
From both east to west and west to east
From both north to south and south to north
Which would groups want IF they SUPPORT sustainable development?
the building of more roads into the rainforest
the harvesting of rainforest trees to create more jobs
the clearing of rainforest to create farms and ranches
the use of rainforest resources without destroying them
The movement of large numbers of people specifically to cities is known as...
emission
distortion
immigration
urbanization
