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World Geo Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hemisphere = | 1/2 of the earth that breaks up the world into E/W halves and S/N halves |
| What does a physical map show? | shows landforms + bodies of water w/contours |
| What does a political map show? | man-made features like territories |
| What does a qualitative map show? | shows patterns in regions w colors + symbols |
| What does a cartogram show? | shows info about country other than land |
| What does a flow-line map show? | shows movement of people/ideas with arrows |
| Longitude goes in what direction? | N to S |
| Latitude goes in what direction? | E to W |
| define prime meridian | imaginary line that divides E + W hemispheres |
| Define equator | imaginary line that divides N + S hemispheres |
| Define globe | 3D representation of th world |
| How is sediment formed? | when weathering breaks rock into small pieces |
| what is continental drift | theory that all continents were once a supercontinent that slowly split apart over time |
| define fault | fracture in the earth's crust |
| define tsunami | giant wave in the ocean |
| define climate | weather in a certain region over long time period |
| What is infrastructure? | power, water, transportation systems that help economy grow |
| Define innovation | Creating new things to meet a need in society |
| What does population density show? | how heavily populated an area is |
| What is diffusion? | spread of ideas, inventions, behaviors to new places |
| What is AIDS + How is it contracted? | disease of the immune system; through sex |
| What is cholera + How is it contracted? | infection in small intestine; unclean water |
| What is tuberculosis + How is it contracted? | respiratory infection; through air |
| What is malaria + How is it contracted? | infection caused by mosquitos |
| Who controlled much of Africa at the end of the 19th century | European countries like belgium, france, britain |
| What issues were there when colonial powers pulled out of africa? | weak economies + disputes among regions + corrupt leaders |
| What is the significance of Nile River? | very long river that provides water for farming |
| What are rift valleys? | areas where tectonic plates pulled apart and land sunk in |
| What is the highest mt. in Africa? | Mt. Kilimanjaro |
| What is an escarpment? | steep slope with flat plateau top |
| Largest desert in world + what continent its in | Sahara desert in Africa |
| What does an oasis do? | provides water + vegetation in desert |
| What is the Serengeti | grasslands in E Africa with many animals |
| What is the canopy | top layers of trees in forest |
| What is Aksum? | Early east african civilization with powerful trade through red sea |
| what was the berlin conference? | European countries met and divided africa between themselves |
| What was Olduvai Gorge? | place in Tanzania with fossils of early humans |
| What is the Masai? | major ethnic group in E african grasslands that herd animals |
| What was Carthage? | E African empire located on peninsula and had powerful trade |
| Who's teachings is Islam based on | Muhammad |
| What are N African souks? | busy marketplaces that sell clothes + food |
| What are Fang sculptures? | bone/skull sculptures made by ethnic group called Fang |
| Who was Mobutu Sese Seko? | A DRC leader who stabilized but then became corrupt |
| Who was King Leopold II | Belgian king who took over the Congo for trade + resources |
| What is monotheism | religion that believes in only 1 god |
| What are the 5 pillars of Islam? | faith, fasting, prayer, charity, Hajj |
| /Where is Islam prevalent | Middle East, Africa, SE Asia |
| What are 2 holy Islamic sites? | Ka'aba in Mecca, Jerusalem |
| What are the 2 sects of Islam | Sunni and Shiite |
| Who is the Jewish prophet? | Moses |
| What is the holy jewish book called? | Torah |
| What is a holy jewish site | western wall in jerusalem |
| /What is desertification | when moist areas next to deserts get dry |
| What is the middle eastern climate? | arid (hot, dry, little water) |
| What is the main geographic feature of middle east? | desert |
| What are the main waterways around the middle east? | Red Sea, Persian gulf, suez canal |
| Why are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers significant and what countries do they run through? | support farming + run through Turkey and Iraq |
| What is OPEC and what countries are part of it? | group of oil exporting countries that regulates global oil prices (Saudi Arabia, Iran, Venezula, Bahrain) |
| What are the West Bank and Gaza Strip | strips of land next to Israel where Palestinian refugees live |
| Summarize the Middle Eastern Conflict | Jews for looking for homeland; after WWII were given part of Palestine by UN, been fighting for territory ever since |
| What is the significance of Ganges river for Hindus? | sacred, brings life to people, washes away sins |
| What are alluvial plains? | fertile because of river silt deposits |
| What is an archipelago? Give example | group of small islands, maldives |
| What is a cyclone? | violent storm with heavy wind + rain |
| What is a storm surge? | cyclones that bring high waters + cause flooding |
| What river is important to Bangladesh> | Feni River |
| What effect does overgrazing have on pakistan? | causes soil erosion + loss of biodiversity |
| When did the Indus valley civilization exist? | 2500 BCE to 1500 BCE |
| Who are the Sinhalese? | people who moved from India to Sri Lanka and created advanced civilization |
| Who are the Tamils | Dravidian hindu group from S india who settled on northern part of sri lanka |
| Who are the Sherpas | nepalese group in Himalayas who serve as mt guides |
| What are the basic necessities listed by government? | food, shelter, clothing |
| Why did India and Bangladesh fight over water after the creation of the Farakka Dam? | the dam cut off bangladesh's water supply |
| What have caused economic impacts in South Asia? | Crop failure + buildings destroyed by extreme weather |
| what type of monsoon might result in a drought? | winter |
| What is the worst weather in S Asia | cyclone |
| Why is abundance of workers important for South Asia? | lots of industries so important to have workers |
| What is the yellow river? | huang he in China that carries yellow silt into Yellow Sea |
| What are the Kunlun mts? | west of china + source of yellow and yangzte rivers |
| what is the Xi Jian River | river in S China that forms an estuary + has imp minerals |
| What is the Chang Jiang river? | longest river in Asia + used for trade |
| What divides China into n and S regions? | Qinling Shandi Mts. |
| Where is china's desert region? What are 2 deserts | west central part of china; Taklimakan and Gobi Desert |
| What are some other significant land features in East Asisa? | tundras, mongolian plateau |
| What are the vegetation zones in East Asia | evergreen forests in N, tundra in highlands |
| What is the Three Gorge Dam? | dam being built on Chang Jiang river in china to help control flooding + generate power |
| What is a landfill? | method where refuse is buried between layers of dirt to fill in low-lying ground |
| Where are the highest population densities in China and Japan? | near river basins and coast |
| Who was Mao Zedong? | Communist leader of People's republic of China |
| How did Europe control parts of Asia | took advantage of China's weak gov/military and forced them to sign treaties |
| Boxer Rebellion | fight where Chinese militants killed Europeans + took a lot to defeat them |
| What is confucianism | Chinese philosophy based on importance of order and education |
| What is a dynasty? | series of rulers from the same family |
| What is an economic tiger? | rapid growth because of cheap labor + hi tech |
| What is the mongolian economy based on? | herding + managing livestock |
| How do mongolians live> | farms |
| what is the pacific rim? | countries surrounding pacific ocean like E Asian counties |
| Who has the US influences East Asian countries? | influences Taiwan and Japan with baseball, China with medicine |
| What countries have controlled Korea? | China and Japan |
| What is Seoul? | largest S Korean city |
| How are s Korea and N Korea divided? | 38 parallel |
| What is a samurai | japanese professional soldier who serves chiefs |
| What is a shogun? | Japanese army general with powers of military dictator |
| How do the ecnomies of different countries compare in East Asia? | China, Taiwan = growing, Japan = advanced, N Korea = unstable |
| What are 2 types of Japanese theater | Noh plays = historial, Kabuki plays = fun |
| What does Toaism stress? | harmony with nature |
| what is an estuary? | narrow seaward end of a river |
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