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Name __________________________
Part A - Answer following Questions:
1.
Which of these terms is FALSE?
1 Culture - total knowledge, shared attitudes & behaviors of a specific group of people (71)
2. GPS - geography tool that locates a position on the earth’s surface (13)
3. Tierra Fria, Templada, Caliente and Helada - types of vegetation (208)
4. Extreme weather - hurricanes, typhoons, tornadoes, droughts, blizzards (51)
5. Shape, size, and relative location are important in describing a country. (84)
2.
Imaginary lines that locate places north/south of Equator are parallels OR ___________________ (6)
3.
Imaginary lines dividing earth east / west are meridians or _______________________
4.
The distribution and interaction of Earth’s physical and human features - __________________ (5)
5.
Using 5 Themes, Latin America, Europe, U.S./Canada are considered to be - ___________________
6.
Drawing of the earth’s surface that reduces distortion - _________________________ (10)
7.
A map that shows natural and man-made features on the earth - ________________________ (11)
8.
Maps with features on the earth’s surface that humans create - ________________________ (21)
9.
What are the 4 categories of relief? _______________ __________ _____________ ____________ (36)
10. Maps with types of landforms and bodies of water - ______________________ (20)
11. Soft layer of molten rock is _______________ (28)
12. The key/legend, title, compass rose, scale, grid, labels & colors are ________________________ p. 15
13. The hydrologic cycle includes the earth, atmosphere, and _______________ .
(32)
14. The typical weather conditions at a particular location as observed over time - _________________
15. Name the 4 factors that influence climate? _____________ ___________ __________ ________________
(54)
16. Name the 5 large world climate regions: _________
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______________________
_________________
________________________ (60)
17. Which of these terms are TRUE?
1. Convection is the transfer of heat in the atmosphere by wind and ocean currents. (51)
2. Greenhouse Effect - the layer of gases released by the burning of coal and oil that traps solar energy,
causing global temperature to increase. (58)
3. The spread of ideas and customs from one society to another is innovation. (72)
4. GNP - the value of only goods and services produced within a country in a period of time (94)
5. Memorial City Mall is near I 10 and Gessner, which would be its relative location (6)
6. Megalopolis - the number of cities in a state or territory. (88)
7. Infrastructure - basic support systems needed to keep an economy going including power, water, etc.
18. All these are true about economic systems EXCEPT: (91)
1. In a Traditional Economy goods and services are traded without exchanging money.
2. In Capitalism production of goods and services is determined by the demand from consumers.
3. In a Free Market the government controls essential/non-essential industries & provide free health care.
4. In a Communism Economy, production of goods and services is determined by a central government
19. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about types of governments.
1. Dictatorship governments are where power to govern is held by one or few leaders.
2. Theocracy is a government run by religious leaders.
3. In a republic, citizens vote for representatives to serve them in the central government.
4. Democracies are the only governments that have elections.
5. All countries have some type of government.
6. A Constitutional Monarchy and Monarchy are the same.
20. Which of these are TRUE about the earth? (49, 80)
1. tilted at 23.5°
4. rotation creates seasons
2. one rotation equals 365 1/2 days
5. 24 hours make up one revolution
3. revolution and tilt cause seasons
6. Asia has the highest population density and population
21. Which of these are FALSE?
1. The area between the Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn are tropical - hot and wet (55)
2. Elevation is altitude and the air is colder at higher elevations (56)
3. Humid Continental - subregion that experiences four seasons (62)
4. Desert climate - rainfall between 15 - 20 inches a year
5. Warm air and water flow towards the poles and cold air and water flow towards the equator
6. Physical component of biosphere include only atmosphere (air) and lithosphere (solid rock of earth) (28)
7. An artificial boundary is a fixed line usually using latitude and longitude.
22. T
F
Cultural hearths share geographic features of mild climate and fertile lands near major rivers.
23. T
F
Major religions of the world include Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, and Hinduism.
24. T
F A More Developed nation would have low technology, much agriculture and low urban percent.
25. T
F
Population pyramids show how events in society affect the population of a country or region.
26. T
F
Less Developed nations have a high literacy rate, low GDP, and high per capita income.
27. Which of these are NOT TRUE?
1. A population will be most likely to grow if its birthrate is greater than its mortality rate.
2. Climographs can predict earthquakes and volcanoes for scientists.
3. An artificial boundary is a fixed line using latitude and longitude.
4. The population distribution of an area might be expressed as 55.9 people per square mile.
5. Shape, size and relative location are important in describing a country.
6. Push factors cause people to leave their homeland while pull factors draw people to a new location
7. Most of the world’s population is in the Northern Hemisphere between 20° - 60° N. latitude.
28. Which of these are NOT TRUE of the United States.
1. Oil must be imported to meet the needs of the United States.
2. It has about 7% of the world’s land, 5% of the population and the world’s largest economy.
3. The U.S. has many types of climates because of its east-west distance.
4. In the second half of the 20th century it was recognized as the world’s only superpower.
29. Which of the following best explains why North America is the world’s leading food exporter?
1. The waterways support an immense shipping industry.
2. The rich fertile soils allow for vast and productive agricultural activity.
3. Water resources have been harnessed to irrigate the agricultural regions.
4. Large quantities of minerals contribute to productive soil.
30. Which of these statements is TRUE ?
1. The Northeast and Midwest are subregions whose growth was aided by air-conditioning.
2. Alaska in the U.S. has the longest border with Canada.
3. The St. Lawrence River connects the Pacific Ocean to the Great Lakes.
4. The eastern U. S. between Boston and Washington D. C. has a high population density.
5. The majority of Americans are employed in manufacturing.
6. The Great Plains is a major supplier of timber for construction.
31. What country’s size and its cold climate significantly affected its development? __________________
32. Which of these is FALSE about the United States government?
1. U.S. has a federal republic that divides powers between the national and state governments.
2. The U.S. Congress has two houses that makes the federal laws.
3. There are three separate and equal branches in the federal government.
4. It is a representative democracy and every person who can read has one vote.
5. Executive enforces laws, Legislative makes laws and judicial interprets laws
33. Which of these are FALSE about Canada?
1. About 3/4 of all French Canadians live in Quebec.
2. The majority party’s leader in Parliament is Canada’s Prime Minister.
3. Alberta and Newfoundland comprise the areas of greatest population and land mass.
4. The Core Provinces have 3 out of 5 Canadians and Canada’s capital.
5. By the end of 18th century there were two distinct cultures - Catholic French & Protestant English.
6. Upper Canada or Newfoundland had a French-speaking majority.
7. Nunavut, home to the Inuit people, became a territory in 1999.
8. In Canada the legislative and executive branches are controlled by the UK.
9. Second largest country in world with 10 provinces and 3 territories.
34. Which of the statements are FALSE for Latin America?
1. Clearing of land for farming & cattle grazing contribute to the deforestation of the Amazon Rain forest.
2. Latin American citizens are unable to take advantage of the free-market economy because they lack
education and cannot get meaningful jobs.
3. The three main rivers of South America are the Amazon, Orinoco and Parana.
4. South America is among the world’s leaders in the mining of raw materials.
5. Most of South America’s rainforest is located in Colombia.
6. Chile is South American’s greatest economic success story.
7. Reggae and calypso music started in Argentina.
8. Toussaint L’Ouverture led the first independence movement freeing Cuba.
35. Which of the following are FALSE?
1. Undiscovered species, medicines, needed ecosystems - reasons to preserve the Rain Forest.
2. Human migration, exchanging plants, animals and diseases between Eastern and Western
hemispheres or the Old and New World was Columbia Exchange
4. Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires rank in the top 20 in population.
5. The Greater Antilles and Lesser Antilles are found in the Pacific.
6. Venezuela and Mexico have major oil reserves and Brazil hydroelectric power.
36. What 2 areas make up Latin America? _____________________ __________________________
37. T
F
The French and Indian War was between France and Britain.
38. T
F
Income Gap refers to the contrast between the quality of life by the wealthy & poor in Latin Am.
39. T
F
Brazil was colonized by the Portuguese.
40. T
F
The culture of Central America was influenced mainly by Europeans and Africans
41. T
F As part of the EU, all European Union have a common currency called the Euro.
42. T
F
The Zuider Zee project created more land for Venice, Italy.
43. Which of these are FALSE?
1. Mexico is a blend of native and Spanish influences.
2. Brazil is the largest country and most populated country.
3. Caudillos ruled many Latin American countries during the 20th century.
4. The Andes Mountains are the highest mountains in the world.
5. NAFTA, Mercosur, and European Union are organizations to promote trade for their member nations.
6. Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin helped lead South American countries to independence.
44. Which of these are FALSE for Europe?
1. Athens developed the basis for the form of government known as democracy.
2. Europe is sometimes called the Peninsula of Peninsulas.
3. After W. W. ll the Mediterranean nations were controlled by Russia.
4. The Renaissance was when Christians broke away from the Catholic church.
5. Martin Luther is best associated with the Reformation
6. Because of Italy’s classical art and writings the Renaissance began in its city-states.
7. The Crusades were religious wars that took Turkey away from Greek control.
45. Which of these European countries DID NOT have a past empire?
Finland
Macedonia
Great Britain
Italy
France
46. Which of these are FALSE?
1. Berlin, Germany was once a divided city with the east being controlled by the Communist.
2. Franco, Mussolini and Hitler were dictators.
3. Leonardo da Vinci, Pablo Picasso and Rembrandt were famous musicians from the region.
4. William Shakespeare and Charlotte Bronte were famous writers from the region.
5. It is an area of many islands with the Danube River as its only major river.
6. The Ural mountain range is considered the dividing line between Europe and Asia.
7. The Benelux countries are a part of Eastern Europe.
8. The Industrial Revolution began in England.
9. The most famous mountain chain is the Alps in Europe.
47. What policy did Serbia use toward Bosnia & Herzegovina’s Muslims and Croats? ___________________
48. Which of these statements are FALSE?
1. Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world with 20% of the world’s freshwater.
2. The longest river on the European continent is the Volga River.
3. With the chernozem the Northern European Plain is a rich agricultural area.
4. Russia and the Republics cover 21 time zones.
5. The Caspian Sea is the largest inland sea in the world with large petroleum deposits around it.
6. Siberia is an uninhabited, hot area of Western Russia.
49.
Which of these are FALSE?
1. St. Petersburg and Moscow are the most densely populated cities in Russia.
2. Russia was the largest republic that was once part of the USSR.
3. Russia covers nearly 1/3 of the earth’s land surface.
4. The Trans-Siberian Railroad linked Moscow to the Pacific port of Petersburg.
50. Which of these terms are LEAST like the other terms?
NAFTA
EU
NATO
Mercosur
Part B, Maps: Fill in or make a key for the practice maps!!
Part C - Write the definitions to these important concepts on notebook paper: Use book,
glossary, and critical vocabulary - there are 30 concepts.
Geography, climate, mantle, GDP, Greenhouse Effect, innovations, population density, diffusion,
climograph (64), population distribution (80), monotheistic (75), megalopolis, urbanization, NAFTA,
More Developed countries, Less Developed countries, standard of living, Columbian Exchange,
pull factors/push factors, EU/Euro, Mercosur, Benelux, NATO (321), Crusades, Anti-Semitism,
ethnic cleansing, Industrial Revolution (304) Bubonic Plague (294), Reformation, Renaissance
Know this sequence:
Crusades
Renaissance
Age of Exploration
World War l
World War ll
Cold War
Topics to Review and Know - Units 1-4: (Many of these topics are in previous questions.)
What forms biosphere (p. 28)
What makes the hydrologic cycle (p. 32)
What is altitude and its effect on climate (p. 56)
Humid Continental (p. 62)
Climate between Tropics (p. 60-61)
Desert rainfall (p. 62)
Religions - Chapter 4 Notes
Economic systems - Chapter 4 Notes
Types of Governments (Chapter 4 Notes)
Greater and Lesser Antilles (p. 203)
Tierra Fria, Templada, Caliente and Helada (p. 208)
Why Canal was built in Panama (p. 226)
Cultures that influenced Mexico, Central Am./Caribbean
What music started in Caribbean (p. 227)
Reasons to preserve Amazon Rainforest (p. 245-246)
Shakespeare and Bronte (p. 306)
Europe - Peninsula of peninsulas (p. 273)
What does the North Sea produce (p. 276)
Where was the Zuider Zee (p. 283)
Developed the basis for democracy (p. 289)
Mediterranean region had what two empires (p. 289-290)
Martin Luther and Reformation (p. 297)
What region did W W l and W W ll start (p. 298)
Napoleon Bonaparte (p. 298)
Francisco Franco, Benito Mussolini and Adolph Hitler had what in common? (292-293, 298)
Additional Notes for final on Ms. Phillips website under documents, Notes for Final.
Examples of map questions on final.
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6 - North America, 7 - South America, 10 - Europe, 9 - Asia, 11 - Australia
10 - Africa, 5 - Antarctica, 9 - Asia, 8 - Europe, 7 - South America
8 - Asia, 6 - South America, 11 - Australia, 5 - Antarctica, 9 - Europe
11 - Australia, 10 - Africa, 9 - Antarctica, 6 - North America, 7 - South America
Study Guide Maps:
LABEL all maps using the list with each map. (You may write names on map or number the items to make a key.)
Asia
Africa
North America
South America
Europe
Australia
Antarctica
Pacific
Atlantic
Indian
Arctic
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
Equator
Prime Meridian
Ottawa
Toronto
Vancouver
Montreal
Chicago
Los Angeles
New York City
Washington D.C.
St. Lawrence R.
Mississippi R.
Rocky Mts.
Appalachian Mts.
Great Lakes
Great Plains
Mackenzie R.
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Latvia
Turkmenistan
Azerbaijan
Kazakhstan
Ukraine
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Former USSR
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Kiev
Aral Sea
Ural Mountains
Lake Baikal
Caspian Sea
Arctic Ocean
Black Sea