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WHS World Geography
review activities for Warwick HS World Geo students
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hinduism | Dominate religion in South Asia (India) |
| Islam | Dominate religion in NW Africa and SouthwestAsia |
| Christianity | Dominate religion in North America, Europe, and South America |
| A city that developed because of its location between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. | Baghdad, Iraq |
| A city which developed because it has a command of two straits, the Bosporous and Dardanelles | Istanbul, Turkey |
| A region of grasslands in the central part of the United States and Canada. | The Great Plains |
| Type of climate found in Western Europe due to the effects of the North Atlantic Drift | Marine West Coast |
| Two North African countries in conflict over water rights. | Western Sahara and Morocco |
| Three Ancient African kingdoms | Greater Zimbabwe, Mali, Ghana |
| Vegetation region with mixed forest both deciduous and coniferous found in the temperate climate zone. | Middle latitude forests |
| tropical grasslands of Venezuela, and Colombia | Llanos |
| A region in Europe where countries are at or below sea level. | Low Countries |
| a region in Germany of manufacturing and industrialization. | Ruhr Valley |
| a region in Italy of manufacturing and industrialization | Po Valley |
| Open air markets found in Africa and Asia | Souks (suks) |
| A region where ethnic conflict between Serbians, Croatians, Albanians and Bosnians occured. | Former Yugoslavia (The Balkans) |
| Per capita | per person |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product the total amount of goods and services produced within a country |
| GNP | Gross National Product the total amount of goods and services produced by a country domestically and abroad. |
| Dams | built to prevent flooding of rivers and create hydroelectric power |
| Flood | More water than the earth can absorb usually caused by extended periods of rainfall |
| volcano | a mountain with a vent through which magma erupts |
| Erosion | The wearing away of the Earth's surface by wind, water, or glaciers |
| Reservoir | A place where humans collect water for future use |
| Desertification | Grasslands disappear and the land becomes arid mostly due to overgrazing of livestock |
| Windward | the side of the mountain that receives the wing and has an arid or semi-arid climate (example Northern side of Himalayas) |
| Leeward | The side of the mountain that receives more precipitation and moisture. (example south side of the Himalayas) |
| Pull factor | a condition that attracts a person to a new region or country ie; economic opportunity |
| Push factor | a condition that pushes a person away from their homeland, something that drives them away ie; religious persecution, war |
| Portuguese | the official language of Brazil |
| Renewable Resources | the earth's resources that can be replenised naturally |
| European Union | Economic alliance founded after WWII to reduce trade barriers |
| Per Capita Income | Average income per person per year |
| Erie Canal | Manmade waterway that connects Lake Erie with the Hudson River |
| Richmond, Virginia | fall line site; the city of Virginia's state government |
| Multinational Corporation | A company that is located throughout the world; McDonald's, Nike, Coca-Cola |
| Rio Grande River | River that forms a natural border between the United States and Mexico |
| Archipelago | a chain of islands; Hawaiian archipelago |
| Atacama Desert | Desert located on the coast of Chile |
| Subsistence farming | farming just enough to survive (for your family) yields food crops |
| Plantation agriculture | farming done on a large scale usually for crops like bananas, coffee, cacao, sugar (cash crops) |
| Chunnel | a tunnel that goes beneathe the English Channel and connects Great Britain with France |
| Ural mountains | a natural border between the continents of Europe and Asia |
| Aral Sea | Sea in Central Asia that is shrinking due to over irrigation in cotton production. |
| Aswan High Dam | Dam located on the Nile River that helps control seasonal flooding. |
| landlocked country | a country that is completely surrounded by land |
| hydoelectric power | Energy that is created by water |
| Hinduism | the dominant religion in India |
| Maori | the indigenous (native) people of New Zealand |
| Great Barrier Reef | A hugh coral reef located of the coast of Australia |
| subsistence farming | farming just enough for your family |
| Thatched Roof dwellings | Buildings found in the Pacific islands. |
| Janjaweed Muslims | Radical sect of Islam responsible for the conflict in the Sudan |
| Hutu and Tutsi tribes | Opposing ethnic tribes involved in the Rwandan genocide. |
| Rwanda | country where ethnic conflict between the Hutus and Tutsi's took place (direct result of European colonization) |
| Steppe | temperate grasslands (example Pampas of Argentina) |
| Savanna | Tropical grasslands (example Llanos of Colombia) |
| Mental map | A map in a person's mind based on prior knowledge and perception |
| Ghost Towns | Mining towns that have been deserted due to resource depletion |
| Baghdad, Iraq | City located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers |
| Kashmir | land conflict between Pakistan and India |
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