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World Geography
Study Guide
D. Horne
1. Which theme of geography deals with how places are similar or different?
2. What is a way of drawing the Earth’s surface that reduces distortion?
3. What is the name for the Earth’s surface from the edge of a continent to the deep part
of the ocean?
4. What term means the process that breaks rock into smaller pieces?
5. What is the term for the condition of the atmosphere at a particular location and time?
6. What affects the climate?
7. What is used to find the distance between two points?
8. Latitude lines are used to measure distance __________ or __________ of the equator.
9. What part of a map is used to find orientation?
10. What types of lines are used to find elevation on a map?
11. What type of map is used to find human made features such as countries, roads, and
cities?
12. Rainforests are found in what climate zone?
13. What is a savanna?
14. What climate zone gets the least amount of precipitation?
15. Wind and ocean currents are important because they
16. What is an example of a pull factor?
17. What is the most important resource in the North Africa/Southwest Asia region?
18. The process of removing salt from ocean water to create fresh water is called
_____________.
19. A long, thin valley created by the moving apart of the continental plates is called
20. What is the name of a dry riverbed found in the desert?
21. The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea with what other body of water?
22. The North Africa/Southwest Asia region is the birthplace of 3 major religions. What
feature do all of these religions share?
23. What is the most important function of OPEC?
24. The Sahara region is spreading into the Sahel region. This is an example of what?
25. Why was the state of Israel created?
26. Muslims are required to make a Hajj (pilgrimage, or journey) to their holiest city at
least once in their lifetimes. To what city do they make this pilgrimage?
27. What is Africa’s most prominent physical feature?
28. A large, bowl-shaped depression in the land that often occurs in areas drained by a
single river system is a ___________________.
29. What is an example of human-environment interaction?
30. In what region of Africa would you most likely find a tropical wet climate zone?
31. What is the single most important economic activity in Africa?
32. Coffee, tea, sugar, and palm oil are examples of what?
33. An agricultural or mining product that can be sold is called a/an ____________.
34. The person credited with breaking down the system of apartheid in South Africa
is____________.
35. What disease is contracted by living in unsanitary conditions?
36. An escarpment is __________________________.
37. The period of continuous British rule in India was called ___________________.
38. South Asia is often called a ___________________, because it is large land mass that
is smaller than a continent.
39. The Indo-Gangetic plain is an example of what?
40. Why is the Ganges River important to the people of South Asia?
41. Pakistan split from India mainly because of what?
42. What mountain range serves as a boundary between South Asia and the rest of Asia?
43. The countries surrounding the Pacific Ocean are collectively known as ____________.
44. __________ is the sum total of all goods and services produced within a country each
year.
45. China has which type of economic system?
46. Which of the following countries has implemented a “one-child” policy to control
population growth?
47. Which method of farming is most common in mountainous areas?
48. ASEAN is an example of a/an ____________.
49. The majority of China’s population lives where?
50. __________ are elevated regions consisting of hills, plateaus, and sometimes the
eroded remains of ancient mountain ranges.
51. What mountain range extends down the western portion of South America?
52. What covers more than 2 million square miles of South America, mostly in Brazil?
53. What is a pull factor?
54. Which group built temples and palaces in present-day Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador,
and Honduras?
55. What did most of the European powers profit from in the Caribbean?
56. What is a possible effect of the deforestation of rain forests?
57. What is the name of the major mountain system in the western United States and
Canada?
58. What climate region is NOT found in Canada?
59. What is North America’s most important deepwater shipping route?
60. What is the name of the highland system that runs from Newfoundland to Alabama
and contains the Catskill, Blue Ridge, and Great Smokey ranges?
61. In which type of jobs do most Americans work?
62. What sub-region covers about one-half of the land area of the United States?
63. What form of government is followed in Canada?
64. What is Canada’s largest export?
65. What is caused primarily by air pollution?
66. What term refers to the basic facilities, services, and machinery needed for a
community to function?
67. What was the response of the United States to the terrorist attacks on September 11,
2001?