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dai cosby
geography final exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Penninsula | piece of land with water on three sides |
| water covers what precentage of the earths surface | 70% |
| drought | long period of extrem dryness and water shortages |
| As elevation gets higher tempature gets -- | colder |
| Land covers about --- of the earths surface | 30% |
| renewable resources can be -- | replaced |
| elevation | high above sea level |
| northern and southern hemisphere have -- seasons | oppisite |
| The shortest day of the year occurs in what season | winter |
| valleys ,mountains , and plains are examples of | landforms |
| largest ocean | pacific |
| -- climates are hot | Tropical |
| Hottest temperatures on earth found at what latitude line | o the equater |
| coal and oil are examples of --- fuels | fosiol |
| -- basin has the largest rain forest in the world | Amozon rain forest |
| Deforestation | widespread cutting of forest |
| physical geography | land and climate , water , plants |
| human geography | Culture and language |
| geographers | a person who studys the earth |
| Name three uses of geography | Physical , political , themetical |
| regions | are that shares common charcteristics |
| landform | individual features of the land |
| gps | group of satellites that travels around the earth |
| gis | special software that helps geographers gather and use information about a place |
| enviorment | natural surronding |
| there are --- themes in geography | 5 |
| globe | spherical model of earth |
| the earth has -- hemisphere | 4 |
| latitude lines are ----- lines that run --- | imagenary , and east and west |
| longitude lines are -- lines that run | imagenary ,north and south |
| absolute location | exact position of a place on the earths surface |
| a map contains a | map key,scale ,bar ,compus ,rose |
| two examples of a general purpose map are | political , physical |
| two examples of a special purpose map are | climate and natural resources maps |
| graphs | a digram repersenting a system of connection or interrelations |
| charts | graphic way of presenting information clearly |
| pictograph | graph in which small symbols repersent quantities |
| climograph | combination bar and a line graph giving information about temperature and precipation |
| in a market econmy --- decisions about what to produce but in a command economy the -- does | people, and goverment |
| geographers divide the world into -- regions | culture |
| people express their culture through the -- | arts |
| ethnic groups | people who shares a common culture or language |
| ---- allows people to communicate | language |
| --- helps people answer questions about a life's meaning | religon |
| dictator | individual who takes control of a goverment and rule as he or she rules the country |
| A market economy is based upon | free enterprise |
| civilizations are highly developed | culture |
| ------ is a loca;l form of language | dialect |
| culture | way of life of a group of people who shares similar beliefs and costomes |
| An economic system sets forth rules on how goods and services are produced and | how they are exchanged , produced or sold |
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