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Geography midterm1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| makes up the greatest part of mexico | mexican plateau |
| mexican pop. | 109 million |
| what is a mestizo | mixed european and indian |
| per capita in mexico | 13,000 |
| border of US and mexico | rio grande |
| northern climate in mexico | semiarid |
| southern climate in mexico | tropical |
| most important resource in mexico | silver |
| largest indian group in mexico | mayan |
| name mexico comes from | aztec |
| conquistador who conqueres the aztec | hernando cortes |
| tenochitalan was renamed | mexico city |
| spanish farm | hacienda |
| % of US factories in mexico | 66 |
| 4 parts of Latian America | Mexico central america carribean islands, south america |
| how did central america form | plate tectonics |
| number of countries in central america | 7 |
| 3 important crops in centeral america | coffe, bananas, and cocoa beans |
| year for central america independence | 1821 |
| central american countries united to form.... | united provence of cental america |
| english speaking country in central america | bolivia |
| what is ecotourism | preserves trees and attracts people |
| central american country with largest pop | guatemala |
| guatemala indians were... | mayan |
| economy of guatemala is based on | coffe |
| hurrican that damaged central america | mitch |
| called banana republic | honduras |
| smallest country in central america | el salvador |
| largest and poorest country in central america | nicaragua |
| most stable country in CA | cost rica |
| what is an archipelago | chain of islands |
| started to build pananma canal | France |
| finished and fixed panama canl | US |
| miles across panama canal | 40 |
| hours to travel panama canal | 8 |
| 4 islands in greater antilles | jamaica cuba, hispanola, puerto rico |
| 3 parts of triangle trade | carribean, africa, europe |
| trade orginization in carribean | caricom |
| largest island in carribean | cuba |
| 3 cuban crops | tobacco, sugar, coffee |
| country US recieved after the spanish-american war | puerto rico |
| cuban dictator | fidel castro |
| attempt to overthrow castrow | bay of pigs |
| stand off over soviet missle | cuban missle crisis |
| 2 countries in hispanola | dominican rempublic and haiti |
| poorest country in carribean | nicaragua |
| fastest growing economy in carribean | dominican republic |
| leading sugar producer in carribean | jamica |
| highest per capita in carribean | 29,000 |
| number of countries in lesse antilles | 8 |
| 2 cash crops in lesser antilles | sugar cane, bananas |
| highest waterfall in s america | angle falla |
| rain forest in s america | amazon |
| driest desert in s america | atacama desert |
| warm current caused problems in SA | el nino |
| country with copper inSA | chile |
| country with oil in SA | venezuela |
| exports most bananas in SA | equador |
| exports beef in SA | argentina |
| leading coffee in SA | brazil |
| trade orginization in SA | mercosur |
| 2 men who freed SA | Simon Boliviar and Jose de Sanmartin |
| what is carnival | mardi gras |
| laargest city in SA | Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| English country in SA | guyana |
| dutch country in SA | suriname |
| french country in SA | french guiana |
| island prison in SA | devil's island |
| economy of columbia | coffee, emeralds, and cocaine |
| why is cocaine a good crop | brings in twice as muchas coffee, and grows four times a year instead of once |
| venezuela means | little venice |
| what is OPEC | orgenization of petrolium exporting countries |
| largest country in SA | Brazil |
| Fertile plains called in SA | pampas |
| longest country in SA | chile |
| crops sold to US in winter months of SA | grapes |
| Most isolated islands | easter islands |
| Indians in peru | inca |
| peru has the best | fishing |
| ecuador islands | galapagos |
| galapagos means | saddle |
| poorest country in SA | bolivia |
| US/CANADA makes up what % of NA | 80 |
| what is located on the fall line | piedmont and costal plain boundries` |
| oldest mountians in Amer | appala |
| highest mountains in amer | rockies |
| longest mountian in amer | rockies |
| eastern mountains in amer | appalachian |
| continential divide mount | rockies |
| main climate of canada | subarticc |
| only climate not found in US | ice cap |
| plants and animals form | ecosystem |
| groups of ecosystem | biome |
| canada is the world leader of | wood |
| low quality paper | newsprint |
| north america has more than any continent | fresh water |
| canada's most important waterway | st lawrence |
| the st lawrence connects | atlantic to lake ontorio |
| % of coal in US | 25 |
| % of oil imported bu the US | 50 |
| amount traded a day between Canada and US | over 1 billio |
| difference bteween FTA and NAFTA | fta-canada and US Nafta-us, canada, mexico |
| pop of US | 305 million |
| growth rate of US | .6 |
| literacy rate of US | 99% |
| number of religions in US | 1200` |
| largest increase of peopl in the US in the nest 50 years | mexican |
| 3 countries claiming land in the US | England France Spain |
| pop density in US` | 80km^2 |
| 5 largest cities in the US | New york, LA, Chicago, Houston, philly |
| industrial region of US | northeast |
| what is a megalopolis | group of citites that have grown into one large built up area |
| economy in midwest | farming |
| number of mississippi tributaries | 250 |
| number of states the Mississippi runs through | 31 |
| 2 belts in the midwest | corn and dairy |
| state ranks 1 in corn | iowa |
| state ranks1 in dairy | wisconson |
| % of wood in the south | 33 |
| 2 crops in south | cotton and tobacco |
| new southern industry | auto |
| largest area in US | west |
| belt in the west | wheat |
| aquefer in west | ogallala |
| leading agriculture state | california |
| what is a dead zone | chemicals wash into the water killing animals and plants |
| what is gentification | rich people buying run down houses, restoring them, which raises taxes in the poor areas |
| what is a trade deficit | in import more than export |
| largest country in the world | russia |
| 2nd largest country | canada |
| capitol of canada | ottowa |
| what does bilingual mean | able to speak two languages fluentley |
| population of canada | 33 million |
| per capita of canada | 35,000 |
| number of lakes in canasa | 3 million |
| % of canada covered by forest | 50 |
| another name for inuit | eskimo |
| viking explorer in newfoundland | john cabot |
| sea route through canada | northwest water passage |
| 1 french explorer in canada | jacques cartier |
| 1 french colony in canada | quebec city |
| what drove british loyalist to canada | american revolution |
| head of state in canada | queen elizabeth |
| true leader of canada | governor general |
| 4 atlantic provinces | prince edward island, newfoundland, new brunswick, nova scotia |
| 2 provinces in the heartland | quebec and ontario |
| 3 prairie provinces | alberta, sakasewean, manitoba |
| 3 territory | yukon, nunavat, northwest |
| inuit territory | nunavut |
| 3 economic activities in canada | torism, mining, fishing |
| european pop | 129 millioj |
| k=mountains that seperate Europe and Asia | urals |
| smallest country in europe | vatican city |
| imaginary line that separates east and west europe | iron curtain |
| 5 peninsulas | balkan, italian, jutland, iberian, scandinavian |
| europe's 2 main rivers | danube and rhine |
| 3 climates in europe | west, interior, south mediterranian |
| 3 types of forest and area | tempeate, boreal, meditteranian scrub |
| thrade union in europe | european union |
| type of currency in europe | euros |
| 2 countries in british isles | united kingdom and ireland |
| 4 parts of the united kingdom | scotland, wales, england, north ireland |
| having different culture ifflence the country | sequent occupancy |
| controlling other countries | imperialism |
| % of the world britian controlle during imperialism` | 25 |
| 3 reasons the industrial revolution started in europe | coal/iron, population, transportation |
| year of irish potatoe famin | 1845 |
| caused irish potatoe famine | fungus |
| how long dod te irish potatoe famine last | 7 |
| fast growing economy | celtic tiger |
| north ireland is called | ulster |
| catholic terrorist group | IRA |
| religion in France | catholic |
| capitol of france | paris |
| 2 things france ranks number 1 in | wine and tourism |
| 3 benelux countries | belguim, netherlands,luxembourg |
| netherland means | lowland |
| used to hold water back | dike |
| land reclaimed | polder |
| belguim capitol | brussels |
| brussels is the headquarter of | e.u. and NATO |
| luxembouge per capita ranks` | 3 |
| biggest industry in luxembourg | steel |
| 5 scandinavian countries | norway, sweden, denmark, iceland, finland |
| norway sweden and denmark formed | union of kalmar |
| norway is europe's leading | fishing company |
| sweden's religion | lutheren |
| sweden's economy | socialism |
| sweden ranks 3rd in | wood |
| denmark's peninsula | jutland |
| island controlled by denmark | greenland |
| % ice in greenland | 85` |
| people in greenland | eskimos |
| iceland is this type of island | volcanoe |
| number of volcanoes in iceland | 200 |
| number of glaciers in iceland | 100 |
| finland had the worlds 2nd largest | wood |
| northern part of norway, sweden, and finland, | lapland |
| people of lapland | sami |
| # of reindeer | 200,000 |
| germany's pop | 83 million |
| number of german states | 16 |
| german capitol | berlin |
| 2 most powerful state in germany | Austria and hasburg |
| during industrial revolution, germany spent on | military |
| european alliances against the germans created a | balance of power |
| german political party | nazi |
| hitler invaded | poland |
| divided west and east berlin | soviet union |
| the fall of the berlin wall ended the | cold war |
| germany GNP ranks | 4th |
| 1 out of 7 germans are employed in | auto |
| 3 alpine countries | austria, liechinstein, switzerland |
| austrian family | asburg |
| defeated austria | prussia |
| river liechtenstein is located on | rhine |
| leichenstein per capita renak | 2nd |
| % of sweden's pop that skies | 33 |
| how many officaial languages in sweden | 4 |
| sweden's policy toward war | neutral |
| swiss guards protect | VATICAN |
| swiss biggest industry | chocolate |
| 3 parts of soviet treaties | military bases, communist, makes products |
| imaginary land | iron curtain |
| poland's capitol | warsaw |
| number of jews in warsaw | 500,000 |
| jews were forced to live in a | ghetto |
| number of jews who dies in the ghetto | 10,000 |
| how many weeks was the ghetto revolt | 5 |
| number who dies in the revolt | 60,000 |
| how many partitions of poland | 3 |
| 3 baltic states | estonia,lativa, lithuania |
| part of russia on the baltic | kaliningrad |
| hugary's capitol | budapest |
| largest greek island | crete |
| main crops in greece | grapes and olives |
| a former soviet republic | moldove |
| 66% of moldova's pop are | romanian |
| country created after WWII | yugoslavia |
| yugosavian dictator | tito |
| tito type of govermetn | communist |
| 6 countries that formed after yugosavia collapsed | bosnia, croatia, slovenia, macedonia, serbia, montengro |
| difference between latitude and longitude | latitude measures left to right |
| 3 ways to make a map projection | cylindrical- a cyclinder wraps around a globe conic- a cone fits on top of a globle flat-plane-appears to touch one point of a globe |
| how are inner planets different fro outer | inner-small and rocky outer-large and gaseous |
| explain the water cycle | water is evaporated, condenstation, precipitaion |
| how have continents driffted apart | continential drift- plates slowly move, so it forces the conteninets to detatch |
| explain what happens when plates move | rift valleys, trenches, volcanoes, mountains, earthquakes |
| difference between secondary and tertiary industries | secondary-use raw matierials to produce or manufacture something new teritiary- provide services to people and buissnesses |
| difference between capitolisma and command | capitolism-buissnisses, industries, and resources are privatley owned command-gov. decides what to produce, where to make it, and price of charge |
| give an example of natural,cultural, and geometric boundries | natural-rio grande cultural-north ireland geometric-canada and US |
| 3 belts in the US | corn, wheat, dairy |
| what is th difference between the head of state and real ruler of canada | head of state-queen of england real ruler-governor general |
| northern mexico and how it effects US | has 2000 factories and 66% belong to US and 70% is exportes to US |
| explain how eco tourism works | countries keep unique sites like waterfalls and rainforests for tourism and use it for the economy |
| why did the french stop building the panama canal | so many people had died and there were diseases |
| explain cuban missle crisis | soviet union and US stand off during the cold war |
| why do colombians grow cocaine instead of coffee | cocaine brings in twice as much money and it grows four times fater |
| explain irish potoatoe famine | 1845 cause by fungus and lasted 7 years |
| explain how ntherlands formed | formed with dike and poder system which was a way to reclaim land from the sea |
| where is lapland and why is it unique | across norway, finland, and swedem-has 200,000 reindeer.economy is reindeer and tourism |
| discuss the berlin wall | divided east and west berlin and when it fell it ended the cold war |
| discuss the warsaw ghetto revolt | 60,00 died, polish jews uprising |
| explain break up of yugosolvia | after dictator tito died 6 countires broke off |
| genocide of kosova | miloservic sent in troops for the genocide, the EU tried to help. milodevio was arrested and died in jail |
| study of the earth | geology |
| age of the earth | 5 billion years |
| 3 layers of the earth | core, mantle, crust |
| 2 metals in the core | iron, nickle |
| 84% of earth | mantle |
| crust makes up what % | 1 |
| upper mantle and crust make up | lithosphere |
| temperature in core | 11.000 |
| melted rock is called | magma |
| number of active volcanoes | 1,500 |
| one landmass | pangea |
| 3 continents in Laurasia | north america, europe, asia |
| 4 continents in Gondwana | antartica, australia, south america, Africa |
| crust divided into plates | plate tectonics |
| number of plates | 20 |
| plates move how much a year | 1 INCH |
| 2 plates move apart | sea floor spreading |
| 2 plaes move toward eachother | colide |
| 2 plates collide form a | island and mountain |
| 2 plates slide | lateral |
| what happens with lateral plates | earthquakes |
| area with active volcanoes | ring of fire |
| changes landforms | weathering |
| 3 causes for weathering | water, wind, glaciers |
| % of fresh water in the great lakes | 20 |
| 60 times more water if found | underground |
| underground lake | aquifer |
| aqueffer between texas and south dakota | ogallala |
| % of pop that do not have fresh water | 30 |
| any material used from earth | natural resource |
| 3 nonrewnewable resources | oil, coal, mineral |
| % forest on earth | 21 |
| destrection of forest | deforestation |
| 3 fossil fuels | coal, petrolium, natural gas |
| dirtiest fossil fuel | coal |
| top oil producer | saudi arabia |
| % of oil US imports | 60 |
| cleanest fossil fuel | natural gas |
| alternative energy that can create the most | uranium |
| 4 alternative renewable resources | hydropower, geothermal,wind, solar energy |
| atudy of population | demography |
| average person per square mile | population density |
| 3 pop clusters | china, europe, india |
| % of pop in the northern hemisphere | 90 |
| 3 things cause pop change | birth rate, death rate, migration |
| pop of US | 305 million |
| how fast will the pop double | 6.7 million in 61 years |
| world's pop | 6.7 billion |
| demographic changes | high birth/death rate, high birth/death rate falls, low birth/death rate |
| study languages | demographs |
| number f languages in the world | 6,500 |
| % of languages will disappear in the next 100 years | 90 |
| most spoken language | chinese |
| number of major religion | 19 |
| 3 groups of religion | ethic,universal, animest |
| study of how goods are produced | economy |
| 4 industries | primary, day, tertiary, quaterly |
| 4 primary industries | farming, hearding, forestry, fishing |
| what are secindary industries | take raw material and turn it into a product |
| another name for tertiary industries | service industry |
| what do quaternary industries do | reasearch, create new products, help the other three |
| 3 typres of economires | traditional, market, command |
| traditional economies are used in | poor countries |
| traditional economies produce one | product |
| what is substinence farming | growing enough to feed your family |
| people own the resources is called | capitolism |
| economy where the gov has complete control | communism |
| command econmy are also called | GNP |
| GNP of US | 12trillion |
| total value of goods produced between the border | gross domestic prodect |
| US literacy rate | 99% |
| 3 categories of countries | developed, developing, middle income |
| % of developed countries | 25 |
| per capita of developed countries | 20,000 |
| number of nation in the UN | 192 |
| 2 people who created UN | rosevelt/churchill |
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