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Geo*Nadia
geo final exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A piece of land with water on 3 sides. | peninsula |
| Water covers what percent of the earths surface? | 70% |
| Severe lack of rainfall. | drought |
| As elevation gets higher; temperature gets.... | colder |
| land covers about what percent of the earths surface? | 30% |
| Can be replaced or used again. | renewable resources |
| The hight 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 what? | landforms |
| What is the largest ocean? | Pacific Ocean |
| What climates are hot? | tropical |
| Hottest temperatures on earth are found at what latitude line? | 0 degress (equator) |
| What basin has the largest rain forest in the world? | Amazon River |
| Coal and oil are examples of ........ | fossil fuels |
| Widespread; cutting of forest. | deforestation |
| The earth's land, water, plants, and animals. | Physical Geography |
| The study of people and their culture. | Human Geography |
| Experts on geography that study earth and it's people. | Geographers |
| Three uses of geography. | Map making, planning, and managing resourses. |
| An area that shares common characteristics. | regions |
| Individual features of the land. | landform |
| Satellites used to locate exact places. | GPS (Global Positioning System) |
| Special software that helps geographers gather/use information on a place. | GIS (Geographic Information Systems) |
| Natural surroundings. | environment |
| There are ____ themes in geography. | 5 themes |
| A round model of Earth. | globe |
| The earth has ____ hemispheres. | 4 hemispheres |
| Latitude lines are ________________ lines that run ___ to ____ | parallel/imaginary lines that run East to West |
| Longitude lines are _______________ lines that run ___ to ___ | mermidinas/imaginary lines that run North to South |
| having exact location | absolute location |
| What does a map contain? | A map key, scale bar, compass rose, and a title. |
| Two examples of a general purpose map are.... | political and physical |
| Two examples of a special purpose map are.... | climate and natural resources |
| A way of summarizing and presenting information visually. | graphs |
| graphic way of presenting information clearly. | charts |
| graph in which small symbols represent quantites | pictograph |
| bar/line graph that gives information about temperature and precipitation (rainfall) | climograph |
| In a market economy ________ make the decisions about what to produce, but in a command economy, the _________ does. | peolpe ; government |
| geographers divide the world into _______ regions. | culture |
| people express their culture thourgh the _____. | arts |
| What allows people to communicate? | language |
| People who share a common culture, language, or history. | ethnic group |
| ________ helps people answer questions about lifes meaning. | religion |
| Individual who takes control of a government (rules with absolute athority) | dictator |
| a market economy is based upon _____ ________. | free enterprize |
| civilizations are highly developed ________. | cultures |
| ________ is a local form of language. | dialect |
| A way of life of group of people who share similar beliefs and customs. | culture |
| An economic system sets forth rules on how goods and services are produced and ________. | sold (exchanged) |
| culture diffusion is the process of spreading __________ to other cultures. | ideas (new knowledge) |
| What is the largest continent? | Asia |
| What is the highest mountain? | Mt. Everest |
| What is the largest lake? | Caspian Sea |
| What is the longest river? | Nile |
| What is the largest freshwater lake? | Superiour |
| What is the smallest continent? | Australia |
| What is Millville's absolute location? | 39.9 degress North and 75 degress West |
| Millville's relative location is ________ of Pennsylvania. | South East |
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