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Finals geo 1 Flashcards

1
Q

The _____ is the number of people in a country who can read and write.

A

Literacy rate

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2
Q

Where would you be least likely to find substance farms?

A

Europe

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3
Q

What term mean the smallest Urban settlement?

A

Village

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4
Q

What are geometrical boundaries usually back on?

A

Lines of latitude and longitude

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5
Q

A limit to the amount of product that can be imported is ____.

A

A quota

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6
Q

The most important centers for economic power and wealth are ____.

A

World cities

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7
Q

He most basic economic system is a _____ economy.

A

Substance

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8
Q

What is a factor that is NOT a measure of development?

A

Population

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9
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Clusters of concentrated development on the perimeter highways of an urban area are called _____.

A

Edge cities

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10
Q

What country has a totalitarian form of government?

A

Cuba

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11
Q

Islamic houses of worship are called ____.

A

Mosques

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12
Q

How is a popular density expressed?

A

Persons per square mile

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13
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____ is a movement in which people believe in strictly following certain established principles and teachings.

A

Fundamentalism

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14
Q

The spread of new fashions from the big cities to the small town is an example of ____.

A

Hierarchical diffusion

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15
Q

Natural increase is solely based on ____.

A

Births and deaths

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16
Q

The increase in connections between cultures round the world is called ____.

A

Globalization

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17
Q

About what % of the world’s population lives in the northern hemisphere?

A

90%

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18
Q

Individuals who help spread a region are ____.

A

Missionaries

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19
Q

The spread of an idea or innovation though a society is a _____.

A

Expansion diffusion

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20
Q

The belief in many Gods is called ____.

A

Polytheism

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21
Q

What are folds?

A

Places where rocks have been compressed into bends

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22
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What are 3 processes that creat landforms?

A

Tectonic processes, erosion, and weathering

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23
Q

The hydronic cycle is driven by ____.

A

Solar energy, winds, and gravity

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24
Q

One result from a lowered water table is ____.

A

Ground settlement or slumping

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25
Q

The solid horizon is composed of ____.

A

Humus, subsoil, and weathering rock

26
Q

Forest do NOT ____.

A

Increase soil salinization

27
Q

Acid rain is caused by ____.

A

Chemicals in air pollution

28
Q

Where would you expect to find aquifers?

A

Near the ground water

29
Q

You might expect to find a geothermal power plant located ____.

A

Near a hot spring

30
Q

____ is NOT a renewable energy resource.

A

Coal power

31
Q

What happens to a hurricane where it moves inland?

A

It weakens

32
Q

In what region are tornados typical found?

A

Middle latitudes

33
Q

The conditions of the atmosphere at a given time and place is called ____.

A

Weather

34
Q

Mountains can influence climate though ____.

A

The orographic effect

35
Q

Areas of tropical grasslands, scattered trees, and scrubs are called ____.

A

Savanna

36
Q

Most temperature climates are located ____.

A

In the middle latitudes

37
Q

Wind systems that revers direction thereby causing wet and dry seasons are called ____.

A

Monsoons

38
Q

_____ is the process by which water vapor changes from a gas to liquid water droplets.

A

Condensation

39
Q

What appears to be a factor in global warming?

A

Increase levels of carbon dioxide

40
Q

Where are the most diverse ecosystem found?

A

In tropical climates

41
Q

Together, the 4 sphere of the earth make up the ____.

A

Earth environment

42
Q

On which day does the sun never set on the arctic circle?

A

June 21

43
Q

How many days are in a leap year?

A

366

44
Q

What causes the earthen tilt?

A

The gravitational pull of the sun, earth, and moon

45
Q

The shape of earth’s orbit is ____.

A

Elliptical

46
Q

Planets are major bodies that orbit a ____.

A

Star

47
Q

When does the fall equinox occur in the northern hemisphere?

A

September 21

48
Q

Which area of earth receives the most solar energy in a year?

A

The tropics

49
Q

Most stars are grouped together in huge bodies called _____.

A

Galaxies

50
Q

The moon orbits the earth every ____.

A

29 1/2 days

51
Q

____ is the worlds largest island.

A

Greenland

52
Q

Earth is divided into eastern and western hemisphere by the prime meridian and the _____.

A

180 degree meridian

53
Q

The ____ ocean is the smallest of all the oceans.

A

Arctic

54
Q

Degrees are subdivided into ____.

A

Minutes

55
Q

_____ is another word for longitude.

A

Meridian

56
Q

The essential element of the world in spatial terms is similar to the theme of _____.

A

Location

57
Q

The theme of ____ involves the study of how people and things change location and the effect of those changes.

A

Movement

58
Q

There are ____ essential elements in geography.

A

Six

59
Q

The ____ of a region is/are an example of a physical feature.

A

Soils

60
Q

____ geography is the study of the way people live.

A

Human

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