Final Reveiw Flashcards
From where did the ancestors of modern American Indians migrate
Beringia
What technological innovation have allowed more people to move to the sunbelt states?
Air conditioning
What method could humans use to sustain life areas suffering from desertification?
Irrigation
What are some legacies left from Spanish colonization in Latin America
Langue, religion
True or False: since the end of apartheid, all races in the South Africa have gained equality
False
What are some traits of traditional societies
Kinship, governed by customs, simple economy
What’s the worlds major monotheistic religions?
Judaism, Christianity, Islamic
This organization of traditional Hindu groups is based on …..
Hereditary
Discuss the climate of chile
Chile crosses many latitudes causing wide variations in its climate
How were the Himalayan Mountains formed
The collision of tectonic plates
A shift in human settlement from the countryside to cities
Urbanization
Why do pandemics still exist today, despite medical advances
The spread of diesels between nations had become easier with air travel
Discuss pull factored leading to Latin American immigration to the United States
Economic opportunities
Discuss pull factors that may be causing austin’s massive population growth
Economic opportunities and high tech businesses
Compare ways cultural innovations are influenced by their environment
Rice cultivation in Asia, papyrus in Egypt , gourds as instruments in Africa
What constitutes a region?
Functional, formal, perceptual
Give an example of sustainable development
Solar energy, a lumber company plants more trees than it cuts down, reuse/ recycling
Compare NAFTA AND THE EU
Free trade zones
Who owns the means of production in a communist country?
The government
Which technological innovations have had the greatest impact on the environment
The combustion engine
How have the long practiced Hindu rituals in and along the Ganges affected the river
The Ganges has become one of the most polluted rivers in the world
What is terrorism
Attacks against civilians for a political purposes
What has most contributed to China’s influence and power in the world?
Having the worlds largest population
In what areas would you likely find similar vegetation
West Texas and northwest Mexico
When it is winter in London, which hemisphere is tilted towards the sun
The Southern Hemisphere
What has been a useful benefit of GPS
Navigation
Why is there conflict by between Chechen nationals and the Russians government
Should an ethic minority be given its independence
Describe the biome found in the steppes
Grasses, grazing animals, some rain, not many trees
Who is genocide often directed against
Ethic minority groups
What happened in Japan in 2011
Earthquake, tsunami, nuclear disaster
Which major world religion likely spread along this trade route
Islam
Name a negative effect of the Columbian exchange
Introduced deadly diseases to the Americas
How had the motorized farm equipment effect agriculture
More production by fewer people
