Global Studies Final
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Geographers study history to
Maps that emphasize a single idea or a particular kind of information are called
What is meant by the term relative location?
What name is given to the study of the connections between people and their physical environment?
Which of the following is NOT a use of geography?
Why would a geographer be likely to read population density maps of two counties?
If geographers want to understand how a mountain range affects settlement in a region, they study
Migrants entering a long-established society
Mapmakers are also known as
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10. What category of map is depicted in the projection pictured above?
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What category of map would be depicted by the projection pictured above?
Which type of map projection resembles a globe that has been cut apart and laid flat?
The Eastern and Western Hemispheres of the Earth are divided by the
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What is the scientific name for the “thick inner soup” mentioned in the quotation?
The _____ is the deepest known depression on Earth.
Which of the following maps illustrates the movement of people, animals, goods, and ideas?
Which of the following would NOT be shown on a physical map?
What kind of map shows topography?
The Southern Hemisphere is located entirely south of the
The Corn Belt is an example of a
A relative location consists of at least
Which of the following is an example of physical geography?
Groundwater comes from
Three types of _____ are seas, gulfs, and bays.
What do many scientists believe about the Earth’s continents?
Surrounding the inner core of the Earth is
Earth is a
Which layer of Earth releases 80 percent of the heat from Earth’s interior?
The theory of continental drift states all of the following EXCEPT
A heavy sea plate drives under a lighter continental plate in a process called
Which of the following causes continents to grow outward?
The hydrosphere is made up almost entirely of
Nearly 70 percent of the world’s freshwater use is used in
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In the figure above, 2 represents Earth’s
In the figure above, 3 represents Earth’s
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For six months out of the year, the _____ receive(s) little to no sunlight.
The greenhouse effect helps to
Earth’s high latitudes include the
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Elevation and climate
Which of the following climate regions has the widest temperature range?
In which months do equinoxes take place?
Because of the tilt of Earth,
Earth rotates on its axis one time each
The natural vegetation of certain warm deserts is
What are the two kinds of tropical climates?
Currently, Earth is tilted on its axis at
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Earth’s _____ around the sun and tilt on its _____ cause variations in the amount of direct sunlight that
reaches different locations on Earth.
47. The Tropic of Cancer lies completely in the
The most variable weather on Earth is found in the
Which of the following is NOT a cause of ocean currents?
Renewable resources are those that
What is an embargo?
At the end of the 1900s, the world experienced the _____ revolution.
Culture hearths are places where
What are two major factors that aided the development of complex social systems?
Farmers who raise crops to sell in the market
Some of the factors that change cultures are
An ethnic group is made up of people who
The Earth’s population
Based on current rates, the Earth’s human population is expected to grow to _____ by 2050.
The study of populations is called
Which of the following is a measure of how crowded a country or region is?
Which of the following is NOT a region in which an influential culture hearth developed?
Which of the following places events in the order in which they happened?
When the power and authority to rule resides within a single individual, the government is a(n)
Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource?
Tariffs are often used by governments to
70. According to the chart above, the rise in population in Stage 2 is accompanied by a
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71. According to the map above, what are the two main land uses in Afghanistan?
72. Summers generally are _____ in the southeastern United States.
73. What part did glaciers play in forming the Great Lakes?
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75. According to Table 5-1 above, which of the lakes has the largest Canadian population?
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76. According to the map above, which of the following states on the Appalachian Region map above has the
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77. Moist winds from the Gulf of Mexico and the Arctic
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The land of the high Piedmont drops to the lower Atlantic Coastal Plain along the
Climate regions vary with changes in elevation and
What causes the dry areas of the Columbia Plateau?
How are mineral resources like fossil fuels?
Where are the Mississippi River’s headwaters located?
Why did the Canadian government ban cod fishing?
What caused the Appalachian Mountains to look like they do?
Where are you most likely to find a Mediterranean climate?
Large parts of Canada and Alaska are in what type of climate region?
A high atmospheric pressure area over the Canadian subarctic causes the
Lands along the Arctic coast fall into which climate zone?
Which of the following types of vegetation are found in the state of Maine?
The three highlands climate zones are determined by
The Atacama Desert is one of the _____ places in the world.
The pampas consist primarily of
A(n) _____ is a place where a tide meets a river current.
The Río de la Plata is a large _____ where three rivers meet the Atlantic Ocean.
Which of the following areas in Latin America is most likely to experience a hurricane?
How much more water volume does the Amazon River carry than the Mississippi River?
What three countries does the Mato Grosso Plateau spread across?
Which mountain range begins in the United States and ends as the Andes in South America?
Where do most people in Brazil live?
The Europeans who claimed parts of the Americas for Spain were called
A _____ is artwork that is painted directly onto a wall.
When did most Latin American countries gain their independence?
Who was Simón Bolívar?
Aztec farmers grew maize and beans on
What percentage of Mexico’s population is urban?
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What percentage of the U.S. population is Latino?
What does it mean that healthcare in Mexico is subsidized?
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Which of these themes is emphasized by this preamble?
What ongoing problem are many countries in Central America and the Caribbean Islands struggling to end?
Which language is a required course in Cuban secondary schools?
Due to leaching, slash-and-burned farmland loses its fertility
All of the following have limited industrial growth in Latin America EXCEPT
Maquiladoras benefit foreign corporations by allowing them to
Many rural migrants in Latin America are forced to live in _____ when they reach the city.
Latin American governments use satellite imaging to help
NAFTA reduced trade restrictions among which countries?
What are latifundia?
What is a major risk Latin American countries take by depending on two-export crop products?
In 2004, Hurricane Ivan hit the island of Grenada, severely damaging what major cash crop?
Why are the waterways of Tumucumaque Mountains National Park so difficult to navigate?
What is a negative aspect of the growing industry in Latin America?
Which country/countries in Latin America is tourism most crucial to?
____ 123. According to the circle graph above, how much more of a percentage of total Latin American exports did
Mexico have compared to Brazil in 2005?
____ 124. What are some things a country can do to protect its forests and boost local economies at the same time?
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The Great Rift Valley was formed, in part, by
In western Africa, a _____ is welcome after heavy summer rains.
As one moves away from the Equator, climates change from
Where is the Kalahari Desert located?
Most of the rivers in Africa south of the Sahara
What forms part of the escarpment along the southern edge of the African continent?
Because of _____, Africa south of the Sahara is losing fertile land.
The Niger River splits into an island _____ in southern Nigeria.
Kilimanjaro is located in the region known as Africa’s
Most escarpments in Africa South of the Sahara are located
____ 135. According to the above chart, which of the following statements is NOT true?
____ 136. About how much rain falls on average per year on the tropical wet regions near the equator in Africa South
of the Sahara?
____ 137. Which type of climate supports savanna in Africa South of the Sahara?
____ 138. A dusty, northeast trade wind from the Sahara that dries up moisture is known as a
____ 139. Only a third of the children go to school in
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According to the graph above, which of the following statements is TRUE?
Currently, the most urbanized country in the Sahel is
Europeans began trading with Africa in the
Why is East Africa considered the place of origin for humankind?
The lingua franca of East Africa is often either
Most people in East Africa are Christian or
____ 147. According to the graph above, in which of the following years did the countries of Ghana and Nigeria have
the same amount of urbanization?
____ 148. The Yoruba language is spoken by _____ people in West Africa.
____ 149. In 1960, Nigeria erupted in civil war following what event in 1960?
____ 150. Universal suffrage provided voting rights in South Africa for