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World Geography – Grade 8 – Study Guide
Learning Concepts to Review and Remember
Skills to Practice and Perfect
Unit: Tools of Geography
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Latitude/Longitude (Coordinates)
Absolute/Relative location
Hemisphere
Names and locations of specific bodies of water, land cover, land forms, regions,
continents, 50 US states, countries (see attached list)
Directions – Cardinal/Intermediate
Map Projections and Distortion
Parts of a map
Mental Maps
How to read/interpret different types of Maps, Graphs, Charts/Tables,
Cartograms, Climate graph
Unit 2: Physical Geography
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Climate
Sun and Earth relationship: seasons, tilt, direct and indirect sunlight
Ocean/wind currents
Plate tectonics (mountain building, etc.)
Weathering
Earth’s Physical Features
Climate Zones
Unit 3: Human/Environmental Interaction
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Population Distribution
Development Indicators (Economic indicators, Technological Advancements,
Education, etc.
Commercial farming/fishing
Subsistence farming/fishing
Economic classification of countries/regions (developed and developing)
Natural Resources
Settlement/population patterns (urbanization)
Factual contrasting perspectives of environmental issues (such as climate change,
deforestation, desertification, etc.)
Conservation
Natural and technological hazards
Revised December 2011
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World Geography – Grade 8 – Study Guide
NATIONS:
Europe
United Kingdom
Ukraine
France
Italy
Spain
Germany
Greece
Bosnia
Russia
Poland
Africa
Egypt
Libya
Algeria
Nigeria
South Africa
Somalia
Kenya
Congo*
Liberia
Asia
Japan
China
Vietnam
North Korea
South Korea
Turkey
India
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Afghanistan
Iraq
Iran
Pakistan
Americas
Canada
Mexico
Venezuela
Panama
Brazil
Mountain Ranges
Alps
Rockies
Himalayas
Andes
Caucasus
Ural
Appalachian
Deserts
Sahara
Gobi
Kalahari
Atacama
*Democratic Republic of the Congo
PHYSICAL FEATURES:
Oceans/Seas/Lakes
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Southern Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
Red Sea
Black Sea
South China Sea
Bay of Bengal
Bering Strait
Caspian Sea
Persian Gulf
Revised December 2011
Rivers
Yangtze River
Amazon River
Rhine River
Danube River
Ganges River
Congo River
Nile River
Rainforests
Congo Basin
Amazon Rainforest
Southeast Asia Rainforest
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Unit Vocabulary
Unit 1: Tools of Geography
Bar graph
Line graph
Climate graphs
Precipitation
Temperature
Projection
Cardinal directions
Globe
Map
Cartogram
Grid
Latitude
Longitude
Intermediate directions
Coordinates
Distortion
Scale
Legend/key
Compass rose
Hemisphere
Unit 2: Physical Geography
Archipelago
Continental divide
Delta
Isthmus
Mountain/range
Peninsula
Desert
Tundra
Rainforest
Bay/Gulf
River
Mouth of the river
Source of the river
Downstream/upstream
Strait
Tributary
Seasons
Ring of Fire
Weathering
Erosion
Ocean currents
Wind currents
Plate tectonics
Climate
Polar
Temperate/moderate
Tropical
High/middle/low latitudes
Unit 3: Human/Environmental Interaction
Urban
Subsistence farming
Urbanization
Agriculture
Rural
Natural resource
Primitive
Renewable resource
Developed country
Non-renewable resource
Developing country
Conservation
Commercial farming
Endangered species
Fossil fuels
Climate change
Revised December 2011
Deforestation
Desertification
Population distribution
Population density
Natural hazards
Technological hazards
Birth/death rates
Infant mortality