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Geog Pre AP Final
Geography freshman final
Question | Answer |
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a grassland area in southern South America | pampas |
5 themes | Place, Location, Region, Movement, Human Environment Interaction (HEI) |
Ohio, Minnesota, Kansas, Iowa, and Michigan | midwest |
Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick | Atlantic Provinces |
a government run by a small group | Oligarchy |
California, Alaska, Hawaii, New Mexico, and Wyoming | West |
many would say Houston is an example of _____ gone bad | Urban Sprawl |
a cold dry wind from northern europe | mistral |
a glacier carved inlet | fjord |
farming on a mountain | terrace farming |
Europe has lots of these | peninsula |
if you die in the middle of Alaska you cannot be buried because the ground is _____. | permafrost |
the most accurate representation of the earth | globe |
Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta | Prairie Provinces |
the lower this number is indicates that the country is developed and has adequate health care and a long life expectancies | death rate |
the circulation of heat | convection |
an effort to protect rainforest land by paying off some a countrys debt | debt for nature |
the spread of Christianity is and example of the process of ____. | diffusion |
When you believe as a child that some place is really far away but when you learn how to drive that place is only a few minutes away. This is and example of ______ | phycological distance |
they're the old ones on the eastern side of the US | appilachians |
the common market of Europe | EU |
one of the reasons polar ice is melting | green house effect |
the US ia a developed country with good health care, education, and oppertunities where as Nigeria has governmental corruption and a poor economy, these are examples of _____ | push-pull factors |
the US is a nation of these | immigration |
oil in europe | north sea |
the newest territory of Canada | Nunavut |
the US cabinet position created because of the September 11 attacks | office of home land security |
they settled Brazil | Portuguese |
it connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean | St. Lawrence Sea way |
compressed and decayed plant material used as a fuel source | peat |
the type of precipitation that Houston does not receive | orographic |
the ____ is a problem in most Latin American countries where there is small wealthy population and a large poor population | income gap |
the structure to connect the atlantic to the pacific | panama canal |
an earthquake of 9.8 would be devastating, 9.8 is a measurement on the ____. | richter scale |
the type of precipitation which is common on the summer afternoons | convectional |
the agreement that divided up the new world | tready of tordesillas |
New York City is west of London is an example of ___ location | relative |
agreement between Mexico, US and Canada | North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) |
a ___ of 2.1 is needed to replace the population | fertility rate |
the Grand Canyon is a prime example of this type of external force | erosion |
this group of people thought the conquistadors were sent by the Gods | Aztecs |
Siberia is cold and dry is an example of the theme of ____. | place |
New York, Maine, Rhode Island, Delaware, New Jersey | Northwest |
type of vegetation removal done in the rain forest | slash-and-burn |
border factories in Mexico making goods primarily for the US | maquiladoras |
the different attempts to create an accurate representation of the earth on a flat surface | map projections |
the Woodlands and King wood are examples of ___ | sustainable communities |
Elizabeth II, Nepolian, Tutenkanen, and Richard the Lion Hearted were all ___ | monarchs |
Helps Europe identify and find solutions to environmental problems | European Environmental Agency |
the statue of David had to be brought inside because pollution was destroying the surface is and example of the theme of ___ | HEI |
the Netherlands consists of 40% of these man made structures | polders |
first Europeans in the New World | spanish |
the map components | TODALSIGS |
the most common type of chemical weathering | acid rain |
the dominant type eco activity of the US | tertiary |
between the tropics of cancer/Capricorn and the artic/antarctic circle | temperate zone |
what the US experience on Sept.11, 2001 | terrorism |
a combination of latitude and longitude on the earth | global grid |
nickname of northern Scandinavia | the land of the midnight sun |
another term used for this is country | state |
the grasslands of northern South America | llanos |
a large up land region of France | massif central |
a growing postindustrial eco activity in the US | quaternary |
the belief that south central Los Angeles is mostly inhabited by gang members is an example of a ____ region | perceptual |
its around the pacific plate | Ring of Fire |
a system in which the gov't controls all aspects of the economy and society | communism |
a group of people with a strong identity and unity | nation |
the higher this number is the faster the population is growing and an indicator that the country is not developed | birth rate |
if you destroy the ___ of a country such as communication capabilities, it can be easily conquered | infrastructure |
gov't run by generals | junta |
a northern region of central Europe that contains 3 countries | benelux |
Ontario and Quebec | core provinces |
cutting down trees faster than they can grow back | deforestation |
the system in which the gov't owns or controls some aspects of the economy and society for the benefit of the majority | socialism |
giving land to poor farmers | land reform |
anthrax is an example of a ___ | biological weapon |
great destruction by fire | holocaust |
the 4 big islands of the Caribbean | greater antilles |
has the Parthenon | Athens |
Stalin and Hitler were one | dictatorship |
the higher the value of ___ the more developed the the country is and indicates the economic success of the country | gap |
the area where earthquakes occur | plate boundaries |
the determinates of climate | LACEMOPS |
the study of people, places, and the patterns and distribution of people and places | geography |
it was created by the British-North America Act | dominion of Canada |
they're in the summer and winter | solstices |
the condition of the atmosphere over a short period of time | weather |
a really big piece of moving ice | Glacier |
the same as the tropical zone | lon/latitude zon |
Texas, Florida, Alabama, Kentucky, and Maryland | South |
the average of daily weather conditions | Climate |
the amount of living things an area can support | carrying capacity |
the power of the people | democracy |
most of it is in Brazil | Amazon rainforest |
they're the young ones on the western side of the US | rockies |
breaking up into mutually hostile units | Balkanization |
the area between 66.5 degrees north and the north pole and 66.5 degrees south and the south pole | Polar Zone |
they're in the fall and the spring | equinoxes |
a Yankee living in the south and saying Ya'll is an example of ___. | acculturation |
mix of French-Canadian and Native American | metis |
the Native Americans that built Macchu Picchu | the incas |
the land bridge between Asia and North America | Beringia |
Tornado Alley is an example of a ___ region. | formal |
the Native Americans of Central America | Mayans |