Which of the following is NOT directly affected by the relative positions of the sun and the earth?

A _______ is a huge, slow-moving sheet of ice

Which of the following has been responsible for the declining death rate in many of the world's less industrialized nations?

A _______ is the sediment, rocks, and debris left behind from a glacier.

Which measure shows the average number of people living in a square mile (square kilometer)

Latitude: ______ // Longitude: _______

A mountain range is located near the coast of an ocean.  Winds blowing in from the ocean deposit moisture on the wind-facing slopes.  Which of the following is the MOST probable description of the climate on the leeward side of the mountain range?

Danielle's father works for a state-owned factory.  The government decides what equipment the factory will produce, how much it will cost, and how much her father will be paid.  Which kind of economic system is this?

In the United States, which sector of the economy employs the most?

To which category do carbon dioxide, volcanic activity, and acid rain belong?

Choose the words that BEST complete the following sentence.  Cultural changes from outside influences come through _____, while changes that develop from adapted traits is called _____.

"My family lives on a small plot of land, growing only the food that we need.  We use an ox to help us plow the land, but my brothers and I do most of the planting and harvesting."  Which type of agricultural method is this?

The area of the United States that includes cities such as Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Buffalo came to be known as the "Rust Belt" in the 1980s.  Why did the Rust Belt experience a decline in population during this time?

The Midwest is traditionally considered to include only five Great Lake States (Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin), but it is often defined as including the Great Plains States as well.  The Midwest is an example of which type of region?

A government in which officials are elected to represent the interests of the people is called a _______?

What major trend related to population occurred during the industrialization boom of the late 1800s in the United States?

What type of government structure does the United States have?

The circle of volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean is called the _________.

The map below shows the large delta that formed as the Mississippi River emptied into the Gulf of Mexico.  Which process was primarily responsible for the formation of the delta?

The cross section below shows a V-shaped valley and the bedrock beneath the valley.  Which agent of erosion is responsible for cutting most V-shaped valleys into bedrock?

The location of a place compared to other places is it's ________.

The taiga biome is shaded blue area on the world map below.  The taiga is a region defined primarily by --

The map below shows the locations of Virginia Beach, Virginia and Springfield, Missouri.  Virginia Beach experiences cooler summers and warmer winters than Springfield because Virginia Beach --

The vegetation region shown on the map is common to the central regions of several continents.  In North America this region is called a prairie.  What vegetation region is this?

The colonization of both Canada and the U.S. from Europe best fits which “Theme of Geography”?

Which of these is an example of a functional region?

The Inuit tradition of igloo making is an example of which “Theme of Geography”?

The Yukon Territory is in northern Canada, east of Alaska and west of the Northwest Territory.  This is an example of which “Theme of Geography”?

Which of the"5 themes of Geography" might this quote about a totalitarian state be MOST related to?

Rebirth; the period in European civilization characterized by a surge of interest in classical learning and values during the 14th through the 16th century.

beginning in the 1700s, the rapid, major change in the economy with the introduction of power-driven machinery

an economic system in which business leaders use profits to expand their companies

Permanently frozen ground found in some places in Russia.

This is Mikhail Gorbachev who instituted the policy of _______________, a policy that called for increased government transparency in the former Soviet Union.

The ________ nuclear disaster occurred in 1986 in what is now the country of Ukraine.

The German philosopher who developed modern communism.

The vast stretches of plains and plateaus of eastern Russia that extend to the Pacific Ocean make up much of ________________.

The idea that society should be based on public ownership and communal control of property. This idea was implemented in Russia (Soviet Union in 1917) and many it's surrounding Eastern European countries in the late 1940's.

This is the Matterhorn, the tallest mountain in the Alps. If you wanted to climb this mountain,  which country would you need to visit?