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Geog Pre AP Final
Geography freshman final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a grassland area in southern South America | pampas |
| 5 themes | Place, Location, Region, Movement, Human Environment Interaction (HEI) |
| Ohio, Minnesota, Kansas, Iowa, and Michigan | midwest |
| Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick | Atlantic Provinces |
| a government run by a small group | Oligarchy |
| California, Alaska, Hawaii, New Mexico, and Wyoming | West |
| many would say Houston is an example of _____ gone bad | Urban Sprawl |
| a cold dry wind from northern europe | mistral |
| a glacier carved inlet | fjord |
| farming on a mountain | terrace farming |
| Europe has lots of these | peninsula |
| if you die in the middle of Alaska you cannot be buried because the ground is _____. | permafrost |
| the most accurate representation of the earth | globe |
| Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta | Prairie Provinces |
| the lower this number is indicates that the country is developed and has adequate health care and a long life expectancies | death rate |
| the circulation of heat | convection |
| an effort to protect rainforest land by paying off some a countrys debt | debt for nature |
| the spread of Christianity is and example of the process of ____. | diffusion |
| When you believe as a child that some place is really far away but when you learn how to drive that place is only a few minutes away. This is and example of ______ | phycological distance |
| they're the old ones on the eastern side of the US | appilachians |
| the common market of Europe | EU |
| one of the reasons polar ice is melting | green house effect |
| the US ia a developed country with good health care, education, and oppertunities where as Nigeria has governmental corruption and a poor economy, these are examples of _____ | push-pull factors |
| the US is a nation of these | immigration |
| oil in europe | north sea |
| the newest territory of Canada | Nunavut |
| the US cabinet position created because of the September 11 attacks | office of home land security |
| they settled Brazil | Portuguese |
| it connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean | St. Lawrence Sea way |
| compressed and decayed plant material used as a fuel source | peat |
| the type of precipitation that Houston does not receive | orographic |
| the ____ is a problem in most Latin American countries where there is small wealthy population and a large poor population | income gap |
| the structure to connect the atlantic to the pacific | panama canal |
| an earthquake of 9.8 would be devastating, 9.8 is a measurement on the ____. | richter scale |
| the type of precipitation which is common on the summer afternoons | convectional |
| the agreement that divided up the new world | tready of tordesillas |
| New York City is west of London is an example of ___ location | relative |
| agreement between Mexico, US and Canada | North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) |
| a ___ of 2.1 is needed to replace the population | fertility rate |
| the Grand Canyon is a prime example of this type of external force | erosion |
| this group of people thought the conquistadors were sent by the Gods | Aztecs |
| Siberia is cold and dry is an example of the theme of ____. | place |
| New York, Maine, Rhode Island, Delaware, New Jersey | Northwest |
| type of vegetation removal done in the rain forest | slash-and-burn |
| border factories in Mexico making goods primarily for the US | maquiladoras |
| the different attempts to create an accurate representation of the earth on a flat surface | map projections |
| the Woodlands and King wood are examples of ___ | sustainable communities |
| Elizabeth II, Nepolian, Tutenkanen, and Richard the Lion Hearted were all ___ | monarchs |
| Helps Europe identify and find solutions to environmental problems | European Environmental Agency |
| the statue of David had to be brought inside because pollution was destroying the surface is and example of the theme of ___ | HEI |
| the Netherlands consists of 40% of these man made structures | polders |
| first Europeans in the New World | spanish |
| the map components | TODALSIGS |
| the most common type of chemical weathering | acid rain |
| the dominant type eco activity of the US | tertiary |
| between the tropics of cancer/Capricorn and the artic/antarctic circle | temperate zone |
| what the US experience on Sept.11, 2001 | terrorism |
| a combination of latitude and longitude on the earth | global grid |
| nickname of northern Scandinavia | the land of the midnight sun |
| another term used for this is country | state |
| the grasslands of northern South America | llanos |
| a large up land region of France | massif central |
| a growing postindustrial eco activity in the US | quaternary |
| the belief that south central Los Angeles is mostly inhabited by gang members is an example of a ____ region | perceptual |
| its around the pacific plate | Ring of Fire |
| a system in which the gov't controls all aspects of the economy and society | communism |
| a group of people with a strong identity and unity | nation |
| the higher this number is the faster the population is growing and an indicator that the country is not developed | birth rate |
| if you destroy the ___ of a country such as communication capabilities, it can be easily conquered | infrastructure |
| gov't run by generals | junta |
| a northern region of central Europe that contains 3 countries | benelux |
| Ontario and Quebec | core provinces |
| cutting down trees faster than they can grow back | deforestation |
| the system in which the gov't owns or controls some aspects of the economy and society for the benefit of the majority | socialism |
| giving land to poor farmers | land reform |
| anthrax is an example of a ___ | biological weapon |
| great destruction by fire | holocaust |
| the 4 big islands of the Caribbean | greater antilles |
| has the Parthenon | Athens |
| Stalin and Hitler were one | dictatorship |
| the higher the value of ___ the more developed the the country is and indicates the economic success of the country | gap |
| the area where earthquakes occur | plate boundaries |
| the determinates of climate | LACEMOPS |
| the study of people, places, and the patterns and distribution of people and places | geography |
| it was created by the British-North America Act | dominion of Canada |
| they're in the summer and winter | solstices |
| the condition of the atmosphere over a short period of time | weather |
| a really big piece of moving ice | Glacier |
| the same as the tropical zone | lon/latitude zon |
| Texas, Florida, Alabama, Kentucky, and Maryland | South |
| the average of daily weather conditions | Climate |
| the amount of living things an area can support | carrying capacity |
| the power of the people | democracy |
| most of it is in Brazil | Amazon rainforest |
| they're the young ones on the western side of the US | rockies |
| breaking up into mutually hostile units | Balkanization |
| the area between 66.5 degrees north and the north pole and 66.5 degrees south and the south pole | Polar Zone |
| they're in the fall and the spring | equinoxes |
| a Yankee living in the south and saying Ya'll is an example of ___. | acculturation |
| mix of French-Canadian and Native American | metis |
| the Native Americans that built Macchu Picchu | the incas |
| the land bridge between Asia and North America | Beringia |
| Tornado Alley is an example of a ___ region. | formal |
| the Native Americans of Central America | Mayans |
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