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World Geography 1st 9 Weeks Test Review Guide
I. Unit 1: Maps and Geographic Skills
1. What type of map projection is most helpful in the navigation of ships?
2. What device is used to determine orientation on a map?
3. What lands were not known to Europeans during the time of Columbus?
4. How do lines of longitude differ from lines of latitude?
5. Giving directions to another person to your house using roads and landmarks is an example of
using what type of map?
6. What are the main problems associated with using maps?
7. What is used to determine absolute location on a map?
8. What type of map projection is circular, oriented on the poles, and does not show a compass
rose?
9. What is another name for lines of latitude based on the fact that they never meet?
10. As a practical application, geographers assist in determining the size and location of what
types of public buildings?
11. Which continent is located north of Africa?
12. What are the major tools used in cartography?
13. What are mental maps?
14. Perform the following map skills:
A. Given latitude and longitude coordinates, locate places on a map.
B. Use intermediate directions of the compass rose to determine direction from one place
to another on a map.
C. Recognize population maps and their uses.
D. Given a historical map of Africa, identify which European nation controlled the most
territory after Europe's conquest of Africa.
II. Unit 2: Physical Geography
1. What is the main component of acid rain?
2. How has the automobile impacted the physical environment?
3. What type of vegetation region has very little plant life because of lack of rain?
4. What are the characteristics used to define a climate region?
5. What weather phenomena is most common to South Asia? What are its causes?
6. What are naturally occurring physical and ecological processes?
7. Why was the Aswan High Dam built?
8. What was the disaster that occurred at Chernobyl in the 1980's?
9. What was the result of the construction of roads and highways to and from city centers?
10. Why do people living in desert regions have roofs made of light colored materials?
11. Why does the presence of large bodies of water cause places in the same latitudes to have
different climates?
12. What vegetation region is located in areas with cool temperatures and a layer of permafrost
below the ground?
13. What is the term for the process by which arable land is changed to desert through human
activity or natural means?
14. What is the name for mountains formed when lava breaks through the earth's crust?
15. What weather phenomena is most common in the central U.S. states of Texas, Oklahoma,
Kansas, and Nebraska?
16. What are the major influences on regional climate patterns?
17. Skills:
A. Given an air quality bar graph, identify changes in air quality over time.
B. Given a line graph of world crude oil production, determine whether oil production
has increased or declined over time.
C. Given a climograph, answer questions about changes in temperature and precipitation
of the city for which the graph was drawn.
III. Unit 3: Cultural Geography
1. The North American Free Trade Agreement reveals what aspect of spatial divisions?
2. Which religious groups claim Jerusalem as their religious heritage site?
3. Describe the ethnicity patterns of the United States, Switzerland, and Japan.
4. What was the purpose of dividing the U.S. into 50 states?
5. What cultural elements unite the countries in the League of Arab States?
6. What type of transportation system is the Washington D.C. Metro?
7. What is the cultural characteristic that unifies Hispanic America?
8. Which two religious groups have clashed in Northern Ireland?
9. What region of the world has experienced long standing conflict between Bosnians, Serbs,
Albanians, and Croats?
10. Which religion unifies the majority of the people in India?
11. Which Canadian province is known for its French culture and desire for autonomy?
12. The region of Kashmir in northern has created problems between which two religious
groups?
13. Skills:
A. Given two maps of the U.S., determine which one represents the spatial division of
the country and which represents the spatial divisions of states.