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World Geography Fall Semester Exam Review
Below are materials that you need to know for your semester exam.
Line of latitude
Line of longitude
 The prime meridian is 0 degrees longitude.
 The equator is 0 degrees latitude.
 Be able to locate the equator, prime
meridian.
condensation
precipitation
transpiration
run-off
evaporation
You will need to label transpiration, precipitation, run-off, condensation and evaporation when given a
word bank.
Below are facts that will be very beneficial to know for multiple choice questions on your exam.
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Renewable resources can be replaced.
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Ethnic groups have a common language, history, and place of origin.
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Rivers in Texas have their source in the west and flow toward the Gulf of Mexico. (the question on
the test has you look at a map to determine this)
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Topsoil is rich due to decaying plant life.
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Animals, plants, and humans all live together in the biosphere.
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A cultural hearth is a source area from which new ideas radiate.
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Push factors are what cause people to leave an area.
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Quaternary economic activities involve intellectual careers, including research and space
exploration.
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The main reason why people move to cities is to find jobs.
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Sustainable development can best be characterized as using resources in order to meet current
and future needs.
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Physical features often influence where people live. Which type of environment typically has the
highest population density? – flat, fertile plains and river valleys
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One reason countries trade with each other is that natural resources are distributed unevenly
among countries.
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China and India are the two most populated countries in the world?
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Arable land is land that can be cultivated for farming.
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One challenge of rapid population growth is providing adequate food production.
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Population distribution is strongly influenced by geography.
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Customs include both how people dress and the foods they eat.
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In a free enterprise economy, businesses are driven by the desire for profits.
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The Ring of Fire is a zone of earthquake and volcanic activity surrounding the Pacific Ocean.
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Communism - government decides what factories will make, how much products cost, and how
much workers will be paid.
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Subsistence farming – growing only as much as the family needs to survive.
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People in poor, developing countries are most likely to work in primary and secondary
economic activities. Primary economic activities often involve agriculture.
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In deserts and tundras only plants that can adjust to extreme temperatures can survive.
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Elevation and latitude impact an area’s climate.
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Formal regions have boundaries determined by common characteristics.
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Relative location is the location of a place in relation to other places.
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Cultural geography is another term for human geography.
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Less developed nations have a high infant mortality and a low life expectancy.
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Erosion is wearing away of the Earth’s surface by wind, glaciers, and moving water.
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The world’s population is unevenly distributed because natural obstacles greatly restrict where
people can live.
Location Questions
When given a word bank, be able to label the following places on a map:
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Mediterranean Sea
United States
Japan
China
Mexico
Canada
United Kingdom
Afghanistan
Iraq
Amazon River
Rocky Mountains
Nile River