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1st semester final exam Study guide Geo &History of the World
1. This describes a community of plants and animals that depend upon each other and their surroundings for survival.
2. When using a map this helps readers interpret information on a map by using the four cardinal directions.
3. This term is used to find the specific location of any place in the world.
4. Markings on a globe or map that run in a north to south direction, but measure distance east and west of the Prime
Meridian.
5. What is Global Positioning System?
6. What is a Site?
7. Areas around the world that share common characteristics are known as?
8. This type of map will help you locate specific countries.
9. What is the term that is used to indicate the height of a land surface above the level of the sea?
10. What is the title of an individual who create maps?
11. Where did the first civilizations in history take place?
12. What led to the development of civilization?
13. What Mesoamerican tribe was located in modern day Mexico City?
14. The cultural Hearth that led to the first civilization in Asia is what modern day country?
15. What crops were spread from Mesoamerica to Europe?
16. Where did the world’s first civilization’s start?
17. This means the spread of cultural traits, materials from one culture to another.
18. What led to the development of agriculture?
19. What is a major outcome of agricultural development?
20. What is Monotheism?
21. What is polytheism?
22. What were major geographic reasons religion developed differently in regions around the world?
23. What are three of the major Monotheistic religions? What region did they originate?
24. Modern day Iran’s population is dominated by this Islamic group
25. How is Islam different than Christianity?
26. How does Christianity influence governments around the world today?
27. What is Migration?
28. What is a pull factor?
29. What is a push factor?
30. What can lead to a quick fall in the death rate?
31. What is the model that is used to show how populations in countries or regions change over time?
32. What is the term that is used to explain the number of years it takes for a population to double in size?
33. What was one cause for the Age of Exploration?
34. What was a major result of the Age of Exploration?
35. What was life like for Europeans during their voyages to the New World?
36. Why did the Spanish want to colonize the New World?
37. In what ways did the Americas change after the Europeans began to colonize?
38. What is Imperialism?
39. In what continents of the world has Imperialism still had a negative influence?
40. Why did people begin to move into cities?
41. Why have cities grown over the years?
42. What is a Metropolitan area?
43. What is the concentric zone model?
44. What is Urban Sprawl?
45. What is a world city?