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World Geography Review - Fall Final 2011
Unit One:
1. What are the five themes of geography?
2. “The building of dams and canals” is an example of which of the five themes?
3. “The conquest of Mexico by the Spanish” is an example of which of the five themes?
4. What does per capita GDP mean?
5. What type of agriculture and industry takes place in less developed countries?
6. What are the three types of erosion, and which is the most powerful?
7. List three items that are affected by the positioning of the sun and earth?
8. What is a renewable resource, and why is it important to conserve these?
9. List three physical regions in the United States?
10. When a country has 2% birth rate, and 2% death rate they are experiencing what type of growth?
11. Why is there uneven population distribution throughout the world?
12. The six climate regions that geographers have divided are based on?
13. What type of agriculture am I describing “I have family that farms its own land. We only make
enough food to feed our family. In fact, we plow the fields with an ox, and plant and harvest our
own food.”
Unit Two:
14. How has the relationship between the United States and Canada been as neighbors?
15. Why is Canada’s climate generally colder than the United States?
16. List three examples of how the transcontinental railroad affected patterns of settlement of North
America?
17. How did Canadians adapt to rough terrain to improve its economy?
18. Cities in the South and West Regions of the United States have flourished in its populations over
the years. What is the primary reason for this trend?
19. How did the invention of the telegraph change the economy of the United States?
20. What two provinces has profited economically because of its accessible trade routes?
21. What is the one overall common characteristic of the Midwest region of the United States?
22. Where were all the major cities of the United States located during its first 50 years of
independence?
23. Why is the Midwest region of the United States referred to as “the nation’s breadbasket?”
24. What distinguishes the province of Quebec from the rest of the Canadian provinces?
25. What percentage of exports does the United States buy from Canada?
26. What do the native people of Canada who live in northern Canada prefer to be called?
27. What led to the diversification of the United States labor force?
Unit Three:
28. What does El Nino bring to the world?
29. What climate zone occurs at the equator?
30. Why is Latin America historically politically not stable?
31. Mexico’s government has not been considered bi-partisan for much of it’s history because…..?
32. What is Mexico’s heartland region dominated by?
33. What does NAFTA strand for, and what is a direct result of this agreement?
34. Why is it difficult for smaller farmers in Columbia to produce enough food to feed their families?
35. What country in South America relies heavily on oil to boost their economy?
36. Which country in North America has had one political party hold power in its country until the
year 2000?
37. What physical landscape in South America contributes to the lack of cultural diffusion?
38. What two things did the Brazilian government do to encourage the economic growth of their
country?
39. What happens to the rainforest soil after Brazilian farmers’ clear land to farm on?
40. How does the northeastern region of Brazil compare to the rest of Brazil?
41. How do Central American nations differ ethnically from the countries of South America, and the
Caribbean?
42. People of African ancestry in Latin America are descendants of people who?
43. Why did the government of Brazil move its capital from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia in the 1950’s?
44. The islands of the Bahamas landscape are made up of what?
45. Why are there very few Indians living in the Caribbean today?
46. The majority of the major South American cities are located where?
47. What are three concerns about maquiladoras factories?
48. What is the largest and least explored region of Brazil?
49. How does Bolivia have economic challenges because of its location?
50. Explain the reasons for the urban development of Brazil’s cities
Unit Four:
51. Finish the sentence. Europe is called the peninsula
?
52. How has Luxembourg maintained a high standard of living?
53. What is the European Union?
54. Where are most of the factories located in Italy?
55. Why is the Ruhr Valley important to Germany’s economy?
56. What two regions of the United Kingdom have kept their cultural identities separate from
England?
57. Where do the majority of European populations live?
SKILLS
58. Be able to read line graphs and bar graphs (for example graphs that show both temperature and
precipitation).
59. Be able to read cross-section maps that show elevation change
60. Be able to understand data referring to a nation’s standard of living
61. Be able to read a population pyramid
62. Be able to read a timeline
63. Be able to read an economic activity map