PRELIMS

Question 1

Geography’ derives from the Greek

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geographia

Question 2

Geo –means Earth
Graphia –way of writing, drawing or
describing

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“to describe or write about the Earth”

Question 3

the science of
how the earth and its life
interact.

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Geography

Question 4

The Five Themes of Geography

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*Location
➢Place
➢Human-Environment Interaction
➢Movement
➢Region

Question 5

Site’s location expressed in
specific or absolute terms,
such as an address

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Absolute (specific) Location

Question 6

Site’s location expressed in
general terms and directions

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Relative (direction) Location

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Refers to an area’s landscape, land, climate, plants and animals

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Place

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How people adapt, modify and depend on their environment

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Human-Environment Interaction

Question 9

How and why are places connected with one
another?

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Movement

Question 10

Areas that share COMMON characteristics

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Regions

Question 11

the third largest continent by area. (24,474,000 km2)

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North America

Question 12

North America is made up of 4 countries:

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*Canada is the furthest north.
o United States is in the middle.
o Mexico is the furthest south.
o Greenland is an island in North America, lying Northeast of Canada

Question 13

North America came from the female Latinate version of?

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Amerigo Vespucci’s name

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considered as the most populous country in North America.

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United States of America

Question 15

The five Great Lakes lie on the United States and Canadian border.

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MISSISSIPPI-MISSOURI-JEFFERSON RIVERS
LAKE SUPERIOR
WESTERN REGION
GREAT PLAINS

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North America’s longest river.

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MISSISSIPPI-MISSOURI-JEFFERSON RIVERS

Question 17

Rocky Mountain are part of a system of parallel
mountain ranges called

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CORDILLERA

Question 18

Is a large area of grassland that stretched west of the
Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains in
the central Canada and United States.

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Great Plains

Question 19

The Weather or climate in North America is

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very cold in the North like Canada, Alaska,
and Greenland.

Question 20

The southern part of North America like Florida and Mexico are much warmer because they are closer to the equator TRUE OR FALSE?

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TRUE

Question 21

FOUR SEASONS OF WEATHER IN NORTH AMERICA

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‘*SPRING - March, April, May
o SUMMER – June, July August
o AUTUMN – September, October, November
o WINTER – December, January, February

Question 22

America, was named after the Italian explore

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Amerigo Vespucci

Question 23

The country includes (50) states; (48) continental states, plus Alaska and Hawaii, the
two newest states.

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Question 24

• Is the capital of United States

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WASHINGTON D.C

Question 25

The 50 stars represent the ?

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50 STATES

Question 26

The 13 stripes represent the?

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13 COLONIES

Question 27

– believe to be the original designer of the Flag of USA

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Francis Hopkins

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a Philadelphia seamstress believed to make the first flag

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Betsy Ross

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It was developed by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson at the
the direction of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention in 1776

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THE GREAT SEAL OF UNITED STATES

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POPULAR AIRPORT IN UNITED STATES It was the official flag carrier from 1972 until December 4,1991.

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PAN AM Also known as PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS

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considered as the 2nd largest nation in the world.

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Canada

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The climates of Central America are essentiall

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tropical

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dominant language of Central America and the official
language in six of the countrie

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Spanish

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the most visited nation in Central America.

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Costa Rica

Question 35

he islands of the Caribbean are sorted into three main island groups:

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The Bahamas, the Greater
Antilles and the Lesser Antilles.

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The name “Caribbean” is named after

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the Caribs one of the dominant American Indian groups in the region at the time of European contact during the late fifteenth century.

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The term “West Indies” originates from?

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Christopher Columbus’s idea that he had landed
in the Indies

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a common alternate name for the Caribbean
Sea in various European languages.

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Sea of the Antilles