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LS AA geo finalexam
geography final exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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