GWA Final Prt. 1 Flashcards
Define Imperialism
A policy of extending one’s own rule to a foreign country
Define Urbanization
The increase of people living in towns and cities. Shift from rural areas to urban
Diffusion
The movement of customs or ideas from one place to another
Population Density
The concentration on how many people are in an area
Literacy
The ability to read and write
What age does the Old Stone Age
Paleolithic Age
What age does the Middle Stone Age
Mesolithic Age
What age does the New Stone Age
Neolithic
What was the shift called from hunting to farming
Agricultural Revolution
What are the five characteristics needed for a civilization
-Organized Government
-Organized Religion
-Social Classes
-Division of Labor
-System of Writing
What are 3 different types of maps
Population map, Political map (boundaries), and resource map
What connects equal places of rainfall?
Tempreture?
Rainfall: Isohyet
Temp: Isotherms
What is the dependence of countries on goods?
Commodity Dependence
What is the description of a place using physical & human characteristics?
Place
What is the Patriarchal Family?
The eldest male is in charge of the family
What is a Matriarchal family
The eldest female is in charge of the family
What is the Mercator Projection map
Distorts the poles
What is the Interrupted Projection map
Distorts the distances of landmasses (ocean)
What is Peter’s Projection map
Distorts landmasses
What is Robinson’s Projection
Map we use today, only distorts the pacific ocean
Describe the Aztecs
Most successful civilization, died out from disease passed from the Spanish, big on sacrifice
Describe the Olmecs
First Mesoamerican civilization, stayed for a short period of time. Known as the Rubber people
Describe the Incas
In Peru upon the Machu Picchu Mountain (apart of Andes mountain range)
Describe the Mayas
South Mexico & Guatemala. Had a slash and burn agricultural system
What was the Bay of Pigs
The attempt to overthrow Castro (a communist dictator that took over Cuba), but failed
What do the Great Antilles consist of
Consist of Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico
What do the Lesser Antilles consist of
The rest of the Caribbean
What is the volcanic & earthquakes region of Latin America called
Ring of Fire
What is the Pampas
A flat grass-land that is home for the Gauchos, located in Argentina
What are the Sierra Madres
The mountain ranges along the east and west coast of Mexico
What is the Atacama
The Atacama Desert is the oldest desert in the world
What is Angel Falls
The tallest river in the world, in Venezuela. Named after James Angel
What is Devil’s Is.
Was a French penal colony, an island off the coast of French Guiana
What is the Bridge of Americas
North and South America, a highway that connects the two and goes over bodies of water. (Starts in Alaska, ends in Argentina)
What is Easter Island
An island with stone heads
What are the Galapagos Is. famous for
Where Charles Darwin experimented his idea of adaptation
What are Gauchos
Latin American Cowboys
What is the boundary of Oceania?
Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, 3 island groups (Micronesia, Polynesia, Melanesia)
Where do most people live in Australia?
Mostly near the east coast
Who was the first person (European) to arrive in Australia
Dutch, Abel Tasman
Where does AUS rank in the world (population & area)
Pop.: 55th
Area: 6th area, 7th continental
What is the only major city on the west coast of AUS
Perth
What is the most common language spoken in Africa?
Arabic
What happened at the Berlin conference?
The rivers/water were declared neutral (for the use of trade) & divide Africa among the 4 European nations
Who controlled most of Africa in the 1800’s
France
What percent of Africa is tropical
18%
Who are the Mau Mau’s
Began a Guerilla Campaign against Europe and fellow Africans
What is Nationalism
The loyalty and pride in one’s country
What are poor farmers of Latin America called
Peons
Name of first four independent countries in Africa
Liberia, Egypt, Ethiopia, South Africa
What is the dry land below the Sahara desert called
Sahel
Which European country controls the Falkland Is.
U.K
Who is the head of the Constitutional Monarchy of Canada
Charles the 3rd
Name the five themes of geography
Movement, Region, Location, Interaction, Place (Mr.Lip)
What year did Mr. Perry travel the world
1989
What is the national dish of Canada
Poutine
Where was the first University established in the Western Hemisphere
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Name an example of a sub continent
India
Which type of map shows topography
Physical
What is the Southern tip of S. America called
Cape Horn
Which Latin American country has a rainforest, other than Brazil
Costa Rica
What religion was practiced by all early civilizations
Polytheism
Which country in Latin America was first to receive independence
Haiti
