GI Geography Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
1. How many dimensions does a globe have? How many does a map have? | Globe = 3, map = 2 |
2. What is one way you can identify a Mercator map projection? | It is square |
3. What is one way you can identify a Robinson map projection? | It has curved sides |
4. What’s the difference between a physical and political map? | Physical = natural things like mountains and rivers Political = manmade borders |
5. What’s the difference between small and large scale maps? | Small scale = zoom out Large scale = zoom in |
6. What’s the difference between lines of latitude and lines of longitude? | Latitude = run east and west Longitude = run north and south |
7. On a contour map, how can you tell if there is a steeper elevation? | The lines are closer together |
8. What is decolonization in your own words? | The end of colonization (one country controlling another) |
9. Which continent was almost completely colonized by Europe in the late 1800s? | Africa |
10. What does most of the Western world call Southwest Asia? | The Middle East |
11. List the three factors that impact a country’s economic development. | Urban/rural ratio GDP per capita Educational achievement (Skilled workers) |
12. How can a country’s rural/urban ratio help someone understand its level of economic development? | Higher urban population = more developed |
13. In your own words, what is GDP per capita? | Average family income |
14. In your own words, what is literacy? | Being able to read and write |
15. In your own words, what is life expectancy? | The average lifespan of people in an area |
16. What system do most countries use to calculate population density? | Population by square kilometer |
17. What’s the difference between urban and rural? | Urban = city Rural = country |
18. Compared to developing countries, developed countries usually have ________ population growth, ______, literacy rates, ___________ old people, _______ life expectancies, ________ infant mortality rates and a ______ # of people living in urban areas. | Lower, higher, more, higher, lower, greater Lower infant mortality rates Higher urban population |
19. List at least three developed countries. | USA, England, South Korea |
20. List at least three developing countries. | China, Brazil, South Africa |
21. What is a landlocked country? | A country that does not have access to an ocean |
22. Why would a landlocked country probably be less developed that a non-landlocked country? | Trade can be slowed because it is harder to trade on land. |
23. Name at least one landlocked country. | Bolivia |
24. In your own words, define migration. | When people move from one place to another permanently |
25. In your own words, define immigration. | People arriving at a new place to stay permanently |
26. In your own words, define emigration. | People leaving a place permanently |
27. What’s the difference between a push and a pull factor? | Push = make people want to leave an area Pull = make people want to come to an area |
28. List at least four push factors. | Overpopulation Lack of jobs Religious persecution War |
29. List at least four pull factors. | Religious freedom Economic opportunity Good land Family ties |
30. What is the reason for the immigration of most Latin Americans, Africans and Asians to the United States? | Lack of jobs |
31. Why does land become less fertile over time? | It loses nutrients each time it is farmed |
32. In your own words, define desertification. | When the desert overtakes other land types |
33. In your own words, define deforestation. | When forests are destroyed over a large area |
34. In what ways can immigration impact a culture? | Can change language, religion, art |
35. What part of China is more heavily populated? | The east, near the coast |
36. When looking at a map, where will the most densely populated cities probably be? | Near major sources of water |
37. What’s the difference between capital and natural resources? | Capital = money and things to sell Natural = things from the Earth |
38. List at least three reasons why a population growth would occur. | Better medicine Less education Women do not have jobs |
39. Why would education cause a country’s population growth rate to drop? | More educated people = less farming Less farming = no need for many children |
40. In China, if you have more than one child, what happens? | You must pay a fine |
41. If many of your country’s women have jobs, what can be said of your country’s population growth rate? | It is probably dropping |
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