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LS AA geo finalexam
geography final exam
Question | Answer |
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A peice of land with water on 3 sides | Peninsula |
Water covers what percentage of earth's surface? | 70 percent |
Long period of extreme dryness and water shortages; severe lack of rainfall | drought |
As elevation gets higher, temperature gets... | colder |
land covers about what percent of the earth's surface | 30 percent |
can be replaced or used again | renewable resources |
height above sea level | elevation |
northern and southern hemispheres have _ seasons. | opposite |
The shortest day of the year occurs in what season? | winter |
valleys, mountains, and plains are examples of... | landforms |
largest ocean | pacific ocean |
what climates are hot | tropical |
Hottest temperatures on earth are found at what lattitude line? | 0 degrees |
What basin has has the largest rain forest in the world? | Amazon River |
coal and oil are examples of... | fossil fuels |
widespread cutting of forests | deforestation |
the earth's land, water, plants, and animals | physical geography |
study people and culture | human geograpy |
study the earth (variety) | geographers |
name three uses of geography | map making, planning, managing |
area that shares common characteristics | regions |
individual features of the land or water | landform |
satellites used to locate exact places | GPS (global positioning system) |
special software to help geographers gather/use information on a place | GIS (geographic information systems) |
natural surroundings | environment |
how many themes are there in geography | 5 |
spherical model of Earth | globe |
how many hemispheres does the Earth have | 4 |
parallel imaginary lines that run E to W | latitude lines |
imaginary maridian lines that run N to S | longitude lines |
a map contains.. | may key, scale bar, compass rose, and title |
two examples of general purpose map are... | physical and political |
two examples of a special purpose map are... | climate and natural resources |
a way of summarizing and presenting information visually | graphs |
a graphic way of summmarizing and presenting information clearly | charts |
graph in which small symbols represent quantities | pictograph |
barline graph that gives information about temperature and precipitation | climograph |
in a market economy, who makes the decisions about what to produce, and who does in a command economy | market: individuals or people command economy: government |
geographers divide the world into _ regions | culture |
people express their culture through... | the art |
what allows people to communicate | language |
people who share a common culture, language, or history | ethnic group |
helps people answer questions about life's meaning | religion |
rules with absolute authority | dictator |
a market economy is based upon | free enterprize |
civilizations are highly developed... | cultures |
a local form of language | dialect |
way of life of a group of people who share simialr beliefs and customs | culture |
an economic system sets forth rules on how goods and services sre produced and... | exchanged (sold) |
cultural diffusion is the process of spreading ____ to other cultures | ideas |
largest continent | Asia |
highest mountain | Everst |
largest lake | Caspian Sea |
longest river | Nile |
largest freshwater lake | Superiour |
smallest contient | Austrailia |
Millvile's absolute location | 39 degrees N and 75 degrees W |
Millville's relative location is ______ of Pennslyvania | Southeast |