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Geography: Comprehensive Final Study Sheet
Name the 5 oceans.
Which way do latitude lines run on the map?
Which way do longitude lines run on the map?
Name the 4 layers of the Earth.
Explain the greenhouse effect.
What are tectonic plates?
What is a constitutional-monarchy?
What is a direct democracy?
What is a representative democracy/republic?
Give 5 examples of things that make up culture.
Name the 4 parts of the water cycle in order?
How long does it take the Earth to orbit the sun?
How long does it take the Earth to spin around
once?
Why do we have seasons on the Earth?
What is the atmosphere?
Define climate?
What is weather?
What are tsunamis and what causes them?
What are the 5 major world religions?
In what year did the United States declare
independence?
In what year was the US Constitution written?
What was the root cause of the Civil War?
What is Judicial Review?
How can a President of the United States be
removed from office?
Which leader invaded Russia in 1812?
Which leader invaded Russia in 1941?
What was the name for the German invasion of
Russia?
Lenin created which communist country in 1917?
What system of government takes all the property
and wealth of a country and manages it manages it?
Communism is based on what theory?
What is special about Lake Baikal in Russia?
How many Russians died in WWII?
What landform is the dividing line between Asia and
Europe?
Who is the President of Russia?
Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, Southern
sideways
up and down
Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
The atmosphere traps some of the heat delivered by
the sun, warming the Earth
Pieces of the crust that move around
A king or queen inherits the throne and is bound by
laws
Where the people directly make all the decisions in
the government
The people elect leaders to run the government for
them
Food, clothing, music, art, religion, language,
architecture, traditions, holidays
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection
1 year
1 day
Because the Earth spins on an axis (it is tilted)
A layer of gasses surrounding the Earth
What the weather is like most of the time (long term)
Changes in the air from day to day (short term)
Large waves caused by earthquakes under the ocean
Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam
1776
1787
Slavery
The power of the Supreme Court to strike down laws
that it determines are unconstitutional.
-The House votes to impeach
-The Senate votes to remove, they need a 2/3 vote to
remove
Napoleon
Hitler
Barbarossa
USSR
communism
Marxism
It is about a mile deep.
20 million
Ural Mountains
Vladimir Putin
What is the capital of Russia?
Who was the first human in space?
What percentage of Russians live on the
European/western side of Russia?
What was the Holocaust?
When was WWI?
What were the allied countries in WWII?
What were the Axis countries in WWII?
What was the Cold War?
What is NATO?
Why was the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989
important?
What is the European Union?
What are the 4 regions of the United Kingdom?
When combined: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, and
Macedonia, used to make up what country?
Which three countries are located on the Iberian
Peninsula?
What are the three Baltic republics?
What is the capital of the Czech Republic?
Sweden is one of the best examples of what kind of
state?
What does the acronym MENA stand for?
Important world cities
Rivers
Mountains ranges
30 countries
Continents
Bodies of water
Moscow
Yuri Gagarin
75%
During WWII the Nazis murdered 6 million Jews as
well as 6 million people from other groups the Nazis
wanted eliminated.
1914-1918
USA, Russia, United Kingdom, France, China
Germany, Italy, Japan
The effort of the US and its allies to contain the
expansion of the Soviet Union.
An alliance of Western European countries and the
United States.
It allowed Germany to reunite and began the fall of
Communism in Europe.
A loose confederation of European countries.
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
Yugoslavia
Spain, Portugal, Andorra
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
Prague
Welfare state – (where the government takes care of
the social and economic well-being of its citizens)
Middle East, North Africa
New York, London, Paris, Moscow, Lagos, Istanbul,
Cairo, Tehran, Rio de Janeiro, Mumbai, Beijing,
Shanghai, Tokyo, Manila, Jakarta
Danube, Yangtze, Colorado, Amazon, Niger, Yellow,
Volga, Nile, Mekong, Congo, Orange, Mississippi
Atlas, Ural, Andes, Rockies, Alps, Appalachian,
Himalayas, Pyrenees, Carpathian, Caucasus
Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, Egypt,
France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel,
Italy, Japan, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines,
Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South
Korea, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine,
United Kingdom
North America, Australia, Asia, Europe, Africa, South
America
Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Caspian
Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Persian Gulf, Black Sea, Gulf
of Mexico, Red Sea, Caribbean Sea, English Channel