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Standards 1 and 2: Basic Geography Vocabulary 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 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 Tectonic Plate Topographic Map Tsunami 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. Climate Culture Delta Erosion Precipitation Ring of Fire Savanna Society Steppe Weather Acculturation Carrying Capacity Central Business District Dialect Diffusion Innovation Landlocked Population density Population Pyramid Urbanization Short Answer 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 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 Vocabulary 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 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 Vocabulary 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 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 Vocabulary 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. Himalaya Mountains Subcontinent Archipelago Atoll Monsoon 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 Short Answer 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 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 Vocabulary 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. Fjord North Atlantic Drift Mistral Sirocco Polder Republic Crusades Renaissance Aqueduct Reformation Feudalism Holocaust Ural Mountains Czar Russian Revolution Cold War Chechnya Distance decay Short Answer 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 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 Vocabulary 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 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 Vocabulary 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Appalachian Mountains Great Plains Rocky Mountains Great Lakes Mackenzie River Everglades Nomad St. Lawrence Seaway Beringia Columbian Exchange Louisiana Purchase Representative democracy New England Megalopolis 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. The Midwest The South The West 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 Vocab 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 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?