Question | Answer |
What are the two major lines of latitude and longitude at zero degrees? | Equator and Prime Meridian |
What are the four major reasons for movement in the Push-Pull Theory? | Poverty, Land, Government, War |
What are the two basic standards of living for countries and their definitions? | Developed-Wealthy
Undeveloped-Poor |
Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift are the two theories that explain the movement of what? | Continents |
A dictatorship is an example of what style of government? | Unlimited Government |
A democracy is an example of what style of government? | Limited Government |
What are the four economic indicators of every economy? | Life Expectancy, Death, Birth Rate, Literacy Rate, and Gross Domestic Product (GDP |
What does GDP mean? | Gross Domestic Product |
What are the three types of economic systems? | Traditional, Market, Command |
Free enterprise is part of what type of economic system? | Market |
Communism is part of what type of economic system? | Command |
Basic farming and trading is part of what economic system? | Traditional |
What are the four economic industries of every economy? | Primary-Raw Materials
Secondary- Manufacturing
Tertiary- Services
Quaternary- Technology |
What is a landlocked country? | a country completely surrounded by land on all sides. |
What are the four sets of values every country shares? | Language, Religion, Values, Customs |
NAFTA | North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement |
What does NAFTA do? | Provides free trade between Canada, United States, and Mexico |
What tribe used aqueducts to transport water from the Andes mountains? | Incas |
Subsistence Farming | farming enough crops to support one's family. |
Largest mountain range in South America | Andes Mountains |
Largest rainforest in the world | Amazon Rainforest |
Second longest river in the world | Amazon River |
Significance of the Panama Canal | Links Atlantic and Pacific Oceans |
What is the purpose of the St. Lawrence Seaway? | Transportation Corridor |
What were the people of Quebec fighting over? | Language |
Deforestation | removal of forest |
What are the two theories that explain the movement of continents? | Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics |
What allowed conquistadors to conquer the Mayans, Incas, Aztecs? | Advanced Weapons and Disease |