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Standards 1 and 2: Basic Geography
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Absolute Location
Cartographer
Equator
Geography
Globe
Hemisphere
Latitude
Longitude
Prime Meridian
Relative Location
Continental Drift
Fault
Geographic Information System
Landsat
Map projection
Richter Scale
Seismograph
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Topographic Map
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Climate
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Precipitation
Ring of Fire
Savanna
Society
Steppe
Weather
Acculturation
Carrying Capacity
Central Business District
Dialect
Diffusion
Innovation
Landlocked
Population density
Population Pyramid
Urbanization
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What are the 5 themes of Geography? Give a brief description of each.
What is the difference between physical and cultural geography?
Identify and describe 20 different landforms.
What tools are used by Geographers?
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Name the 5 oceans and 7 continents.
Standard 3: Africa
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Nile River
Rift Valley
Mount Kilimanjaro
Escarpment
Sahara
Aquifers
Oasis
Sahel
Savanna
Goree Island
Cash Crops
Pandemic
Zulu
Stateless Society
Apartheid
African National Congress
Commodity
Literacy rate
King Leopold II
Short Answer
1. How have the major physical features of Africa impacted the population density?
2. What are the major climates of Africa? How have they affect the development of the
region?
3. Describe the pattern of population distribution in relation to urbanization and
modernization.
4. Who are the Bantu? Where did the migration occur? What impact did the Bantu migration
have on the economic, cultural, and political aspects of Africa?
5. What is the Berlin Conference?
6. Who colonized Africa? Why? What was a direct result of colonialism?
7. What countries remained independent? How?
8. Know the linguistic, tribal, religious diversity, literacy levels, and colonial legacy of the
region.
9. What are the ethnic and religious groups of the region? What major customs and traditions
do they have?
10. What is a pandemic? What diseases have affected Africa? Define each
11. How has drought and desertification affected Africa?
12. Compare and contrast each region in Africa.
Standard 4 – SW Asia
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Wadis
Tigris and Euphrates R.
Jordan River
Dead Sea
Salt Flat
Crude Oil
Refinery
Muhammad
OPEC
Strategic Commodity
Sunni & Shi’ite
Mesopotamia
Taliban
Stateless Nation
Palestinians
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Mecca
Zionism
Short Answer
1. How have the major physical features impacted the region’s population distribution?
2. What are the major climates of SW Asia? How have they affect the development of the region?
Vegetation?
3. What natural resources are available? How have they impacted this region?
4. What affect did OPEC have on this region?
5. SW Asia has a lack of fresh water, what technology have they created to solve this problem?
How has this affected the region?
6. What are the differences between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam? How have these religions
impacted the region?
7. Why does this region contain areas on two different continents?
8. What are major ethnic and cultural groups of SW Asia? What major customs and traditions do
they have?
9. How have humans adapted, modified, and depended (5 themes) on the environment in this
region?
Standard 5 – South/SE/East Asia
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Himalaya Mountains
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Archipelago
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Ganges River
Estuary
Caste System
Mohandas Gandhi
Hinduism
Siddhartha Gautama
Huang He
Typhoon
Gobi Desert
Three Gorges Dam
Buddhism
Pacific Rim
Ring of Fire
Jakota Triangle
Samurai
Shogun
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How has the Himalaya’s and river systems impact this region?
How have the major physical features impacted the region’s population distribution?
What are the major climates of the region
What natural resources are available? How have they impacted this region?
What are the pros and cons of large populations?
How have China and India tried to reduce their populations?
What are major ethnic and cultural groups of the region What major customs and traditions
do they have?
Standard 6 – Europe & Russia
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Fjord
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Mistral
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Polder
Republic
Crusades
Renaissance
Aqueduct
Reformation
Feudalism
Holocaust
Ural Mountains
Czar
Russian Revolution
Cold War
Chechnya
Distance decay
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How have the major physical features impacted the region’s population distribution?
What are the major climates of Europe? Russia?
What natural resources are available? How have they impacted this region?
How has human-environment interaction impacted Europe’s power and industrial develpment?
What are major ethnic and cultural groups of Europe? Russia? What major customs and
traditions do they have?
Standard 7: Latin America
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Andes Mountains
Amazon River
Slash-and-burn
Terraced farming
Push and pull factors
Tenochtitlan
Spanish Conquest
NAFTA
Panama Canal
Treaty of Tordesillas
Carnival
Short Answer
1. Why is Central America, South America, and the Caribbean referred to as Latin America? Be sure
to include multiple reasons including but not limited to cultural reasons.
2. Identify major physical features and climate regions of Latin America, explain how each impacts
population distribution and economic development.
3. How do natural disasters and political instability in the region impact economic activity?
4. Identify and describe the major ethnic and religious groups in Latin America.
5. How does slash-and-burn agriculture lead to deforestation? What steps are being taken to slow
deforestation in Latin America?
Standard 8: United States and Canada
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Appalachian Mountains
Great Plains
Rocky Mountains
Great Lakes
Mackenzie River
Everglades
Nomad
St. Lawrence Seaway
Beringia
Columbian Exchange
Louisiana Purchase
Representative democracy
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The Midwest
The South
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Dominion of Canada
Parliamentary government
Metis
First nations
Atlantic, Prairie, and Core Provinces
British Columbia and the Territories
Biological weapon
Terrorism
Urban sprawl
Infrastructure
Sustainable community
Short Answer
1. What are the major physical features of the United States and Canada? Where are they located?
2. What are the major climate regions of the United States and Canada? Where are they located?
3. How have these physical features and climate region had impact on the region? Be sure to
include specifics about the economy, population growth, and population distribution.
4. Identify and describe major ethnic and religious groups of the United States and Canada, include
major customs and traditions.
5. How have improvements in transportation and communication led to significant growth of
industry in the United States and Canada? What negative impacts on the environment are a
result of this growth?
Standard 9 – Oceania, Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica
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Oceania
High Islands/Low Islands
Outback
Bikini Atoll
Subsistence Activities
Aboriginal People
Maori
Assimilation
Stolen Generation
Land Rights Act of 1976
Pastoral Leases
Penal Colony
ASEAN
Short Answer
1. How have the major physical features of Australia impacted the population density?
2. What are the major climates of this region? How have they affect the development of the
region?
3. How does the isolation of these countries impact culture and biological development of this
region?
4. Describe the various ethnic and religious groups; include major customs and religions.
5. How did the migration of diverse ethnic groups affect the economic and political
development?
6. How did the availability of natural resources affect the economic and political development
of this region?
7. What is the Antarctic Treaty of 1961? Why is it necessary for world governments involved in
the exploration of Antarctica to develop this treaty? Who was involved?
8. What are the regions of Oceania?
9. What is the Great Barrier Reef? Why is it considered a modern marvel of the world? What
value does the reef offer Australia’s economy? How is the reef being damaged?
10. What unique animals and plants are located in Australia?