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SOL REVIEW
1. relative location2. absolute location3. longitude (meridians)4. latitude (parallels)5. scale Ruler
 Equation
 ratio
6. compass rose7. orientation8. political map9. physical map10. thematic map11. map projection polar
 mercator
 robinson
 interrupted
 conical
12. weather13. precipitation14. hurricanecalled a _______________ in the Pacific
15. deforestation16. polder found in the country of the _______________
17. regional label-
18. Developed vs. Developing
DEVELOPED
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DEVELOPING
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19. urbanization20. capital resources
21. population pyramid pyramid shape=developing
 bullet shape=developed
22. migration
23. Push/Pull Factors
PUSH FACTORS
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PULL FACTORS
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24. diffusion25. refugee26. globalization27. natural resources renewable
 non-renewable
28. human resources29. capital resources30. Levels of Production
PrimarySecondaryTertiary31. GDP Per Capita32. life expectancy33. global economic interdependence-
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34. comparative advantage35. export36. import
37. net exporter
38. monopoly39. multinational corporation40. Site/Situation Cities
Site Cities
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Situation Cities
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41. confluence-
MAJOR WORLD REGIONS
1. Latin America and the Caribbean
 Volcanic Islands
 Amazon River Basin
 Andes Mountains
 Atacama Desert
 Mestizos (descents of Europeans and Native Americans)
2. Europe
 Peninsula of Eurasia
 Includes the Iberian, Italian, Scandinavian, Jutland, and Balkin peninsulas
 Mountain ranges: Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathian
 Rivers: Danube, Rhine, Seine, Thames
 Seas: North, Mediterranean, Adriatic, Black, Aegean, Baltic
 Chunnel connects Great Britain to France
 Euro common currency between EU member countries
3. US and Canada
 Mountains: Appalachians, Rockies
 Rivers: Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio
 Great Lakes: Heron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior
 Most productive agricultural and industrial region of the world
 Diverse in culture
4. North Africa and Southwest Asia
 Deserts: Sahara, Rub Al-Khali, Syrian
 Mountains: Atlas, Taurus, Zagros
 Fertile Crescent
 Rivers: Tigris, Euphrates, Nile
 Suez Canal
 Strait of Hormuz
5. Sub-Sahara Africa
 Coast made up of escarpments (sharp drop off a cliff)
 Rivers: Nile, Congo, Niger, Zambezi
 Deserts: Kalahari, Namib
 Great Rift Valley
 Rich in mineral resources
 1/3 of world’s languages
 culturally and ethnically diverse
 African kingdoms: Ghana, Songhai, Mali, Zaimbabwe
6. Russia and Central Asia
 Covers area on both Europe and Asia
 Goes through 11 time zones
 Chernozum (black earth) found in the Fertile triangle region
 Siberia (sleeping land)
 Aral Sea
 Shifting from a command economy (government controlled) to a free market economy
(business controlled)
7. South Asia
 Bordered by the Indian Ocean and Himalaya Mountains
 Monsoons
 22% of the world’s population
 Few natural resources
 Kashmir under dispute between India and Pakistan
 Caste system in India
8. Southeast Asia
 Collection of peninsulas
 Center of trading networks such as tin, oil, rubber
 Deforestation
9. East Asia
 Himalaya Mountains
 Plateau of Tibet
 Gobi Desert
 Yellow and East China Sea
 Japan economic leader of Japan
 China has the world’s largest population
10. Australia, the Pacific Islands, and Antarctica
 Antarctica is the world’s coldest, driest, and windiest continent
 Covered by and ice cap
 Pacific Islands made up of coral reefs
 Australia and New Zealand
 Great Barrier Reef
 Varied wildlife
 Sheep make up a large part of the agriculture
 Aboriginies in Australia and Maori in New Zealand are native to the region