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Geography 201 – Introduction to Geography
Exam 1 Study Guide
The eventual test will be made up of 70-80 Power Point identification, multiple choice,
true/false, matching, and map questions. Not all of the questions below will end up on the final
version of the exam and some new ones might be added.
SECTION 1 - IMAGE IDENTIFICATION
 Match rock examples on the screen with their corresponding rock type
 Match types of volcanic features with their corresponding examples from the images shown
on the screen
 Match tectonic features with the examples of the landscape features shown on the screen
 Match agents of erosion with the features they have created
SECTION 2 - MULTIPLE CHOICE, TRUE/FALSE, MATCHING, AND MAP
 Are earthquakes extremely unusual in Central Virginia?
 The catastrophic earthquake that hit Izmit, Turkey on August 17, 1999 – which claimed the
lives of over 18,000 people – was caused by movement of a nearby ________.
 Does mountain glaciation tend to produce smooth, rounded mountain peaks?
 Do meandering rivers make stable and unchanging boundaries between states and countries?
 Match the layers of the earth listed below with their corresponding positions on the diagram
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 The layer of the earth that is the source of the molten material magma is known as the
________.
 The first rocks on earth were ________ rocks.
 All of the following cooled very quickly and have little or no crystalline structure except
________.
 Only ________ rocks contain fossils of plants and animals.
 Does metamorphism occurs at the earth's surface?
 Match the types of rocks with their corresponding characteristics.
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formed from layered deposits of rock or organic particles
formed from magma that has hardened above the earth's surface
formed from magma that has hardened below the earth's surface
formed from rock changed by exposure to heat and pressure
 The Hawaiian Islands were formed primarily from ________.
 Eruptions of the Soufriere Hills volcano since 1996 have devastated the southern two-thirds
of the island of ________.
 The rugged ridge and valley topography of western Virginia and eastern Pennsylvania is the
result of ________.
 Is it true that continental crust is composed of SIMA and oceanic crust is composed of SIAL,
so continental crust is naturally more buoyant than oceanic crust?
 Shallow earthquakes in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean define a ________.
 Oceanic plate is destroyed or recycled at ________.
 All of the following were formed at convergent plate boundaries except the ________.
 The "Ring of Fire" is a term used to describe the pattern of active volcanoes around the edges
of the ________ Ocean.
 The collision of the continental land mass of India with the Asian continent has produced
which mountain range?
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 Use the map below to locate tectonic features
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 Use the map on this page to locate the specific features of the earth's surface.
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 The "Great Rift Valley" is in ________.
 "Tsunami" is the correct term for what hit the Indian Ocean on December 26, 2004 and which
we mistakenly call ________.
 Is Kilauea an excellent example of a regularly erupting volcano?
 Is weathering is the breaking up and removal of earth materials?
 Can dams be used indefinitely?
 What happened to the base level of the Colorado River that made it carve out the Grand
Canyon?
 Is the Chesapeake Bay only 10,000-15,000 years old or is it a much older feature?
 The Chesapeake Bay was carved out by the ________ River and its tributaries.
 The muddy appearance of rivers and streams – which provides their “color” – is evidence that a
form of sediment transport known as ________ is occurring.
 Are roads and settlements in Louisiana located primarily on the natural levees of the rivers
and bayous there?
 From where did the waters that flooded New Orleans come when the levees were breached
during Hurricane Katrina?
 Is the normal level of the Mississippi River higher than average sea level at New Orleans?
 If it were not for the Herculean efforts of the Army Corps of Engineers, the Mississippi River
would break through its levee and use the ________ River as a more direct route to the Gulf
of Mexico.
 Stalactites in caves are formed by the action of ________.
 The gently rolling landscape of Central Florida's Lake District is a product of karst features
called ________.
 The Palouse – the most productive wheat land in the world – is an area of löess deposits in
________.
 The farthest southward advance of the continental glaciers in North America occurred in
________.
 Do stalactites hang from the ceilings of caves and stalagmites grow up from the floors of
caves?
 In which season do sinkholes open up in places like Winter Park, Florida?
 Luray Caverns in Virginia was created as a result of which agent of erosion?
 Shifts in the course of the Mississippi River over the last several hundred thousand years
created most of the land in southern ________.