Unit 1 World Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
An economy based on tradition, trading, and bartering | Traditional economy |
An economy in which both gov’t and private groups make decisions | Mixed economy |
An economy in which the gov’t is heavily involved | Command economy |
Average number of people living within a square mile | Population density |
Exact position of a place on the earth’s surface | Absolute location |
How does a large population growth create problems for a country? | Answers may vary |
How does a negative population growth affect a country? | Answers may vary |
How much of the earth is water | 70% |
Lines that circle the earth that are parallel to the Equator? Measure north/south. | Latitude |
Lines that circle the earth that determine how far east/west a location is from the Prime Meridian | Longitude |
Map which shows the topography- mountains, rivers, desert of an area | Physical Map |
Movement of people from place to place | Migration |
Movement of people from rural areas into cities | Urbanization |
Name 3 countries in the southern hemisphere | Answers may vary |
Name 3 types of high latitude climates | Subarctic, tundra, ice cap |
Name 4 components of a map | Key, compass rose, scale, boundary lines, cities |
Name 4 countries in the eastern hemisphere | Answers may vary |
An economy based on tradition, trading, and bartering | Traditional economy |
An economy in which both gov’t and private groups make decisions | Mixed economy |
An economy in which the gov’t is heavily involved | Command economy |
Average number of people living within a square mile | Population density |
Exact position of a place on the earth’s surface | Absolute location |
How does a large population growth create problems for a country? | Answers may vary |
How does a negative population growth affect a country? | Answers may vary |
How much of the earth is water | 70% |
Map which shows the topography- mountains, rivers, desert of an area | Physical Map |
Movement of people from place to place | Migration |
Movement of people from rural areas into cities | Urbanization |
Name 3 countries in the southern hemisphere | Answers may vary |
Name 3 types of high latitude climates | Subarctic, tundra, ice cap |
Name 4 components of a map | Key, compass rose, scale, boundary lines, cities |
Name 4 countries in the eastern hemisphere | Answers may vary |
Name 5 countries in the Northern Hemisphere | Answers may vary |
Name the 4 mid- latitude climates | MWC, Mediterranean, Humid subtropical, humid continental |
Name the 4 oceans | Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic |
Name the 6 elements of culture | Language, religion, social group, gov’t, econ activity, culture region |
Name the 7 continents | N. Amer, S Amer, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia |
Name the four major climate regions | Tropical, Dry, Mid-Latitude, High-Latitude |
Name two types of dry climates | Desert, Steppe |
People who flee their home for safety in another country | Refugees |
The location of one place in relation to another | Relative location |
The pattern of human settlement in a country, a continent, or the world | Population Distribution |
Way of life of a group of people who share beliefs and similar customs | Culture |
Weather patterns typical for an area over a long period of time | Climate |
What are the two types of tropical climates? | Tropical rainforest, tropical savannah |
What is a federal gov’t? | Power split between nat’l/state gov’t |
What is a unitary gov’t? | All power given to nat’l gov’t |
What is the difference between a developing and developed country? | Answers may vary |
What is the lithosphere? | Land |
Which latitude separates the globe into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres? | Equator |
Which longitude line separates the globe into Eastern and Western Hemispheres? | Prime Meridian |
Who rule in an autocracy? Example? | One person. UK |
Who rules in a democracy? | Many people. US |
Who rules in an oligarchy? Example? | Few people. Soviet Russia |
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