Unit 1 Test

Question 1

What is regionalization?

Answer 1

Organization of the earth’s surface into distinct areas that have similar characteristics

Question 2

What type of characteristics?

Answer 2

Culture, religion, language, ethnicity.

Question 3

Why do geographers divide the world into regions?

Answer 3

To compare them based on similar characteristics and to study smaller geographic areas to better understand regional and global patterns.

Question 4

What is a transitional zone?

Answer 4

Area where regions come together, not a definite line of separation of phenomena such as in between (North and Sub - Saharan Africa)

Question 5

Why do some regions
overlap?

Answer 5

Some regions overlap, they can be sub - organized based on different similarities and differences than the larger region was based on (ex: Southeast Asia is part of Asia)

Question 6

SPEND?

Answer 6

Social, Political, Economical, eNvironmental, Demographic

Question 7

Social

Answer 7

Relating to society
language , religion, ethnicity, gender roles, cultural perspectives, health and welfare

Question 8

Political

Answer 8

Relating to government or public affairs
Government structure, international relationship, laws and legal systems

Question 9

Economical

Answer 9

Relating to money/ economy
Levels of development, wealth/poverty, employment and types of jobs, sectors of the economy.

Question 10

eNvironmental

Answer 10

Relating to surrounding conditions or the natural world
Physical environment, natural environment, climate, pollution, resources

Question 11

Demographic

Answer 11

Relating to people or the specific groups within a population.
Structure of population, birth rate, death rate, total fertility rate, natural increase rate, infant mortality rate, life expectancy.

Question 12

Define GNI PPP

Answer 12

The total domestic and foreign output claimed by residents of a country, consisting of gross domestic product (GDP) plus factor incomes earned by foreign residents, minus income earned in the domestic economy by nonresident. This stat is then converted to U.S. dollars to compare what the average income could purchase in services and goods in the United States.

Question 13

Define total fertility rate:

Answer 13

The rate of children born during a woman’s child bearing years.

Question 14

Define infant mortality rate:

Answer 14

The probability of a child to be born in a certain time period and dying the age of one.

Question 15

More developed

Answer 15

Good education
High GNI
Low infant mortality rate
Good medical care
High life expectancy
Good Economy

Question 16

More developed regions

Answer 16

North America
Europe

Question 17

Newly Industrialized Regions

Answer 17

East Asia
NASWA
Russia
Oceania
Latin America
Southeast Asia

Question 18

Newly Industrialized

Answer 18

Some characteristics of both ( in the middle )

Question 19

Less Developed

Answer 19

Bad education
Low GNI
High infant mortality rate
Bad medical care
Low life expectancy
Bad economy

Question 20

Less Developed Regions

Answer 20

Sub - Saharan Africa
South Asia

Question 21

More Developed =

Answer 21

GNI PPP per capita
HIGH
Total Fertility Rate
LOW
Infant Mortality Rate
LOW

Question 22

Newly Industrialized =

Answer 22

GNI PPP per capita
In the middle
Total Fertility Rate
In the middle
Infant Mortality Rate
In the middle

Question 23

Less Developed =

Answer 23

GNI PPP per capita
Low
Total Fertility Rate
High
Infant Mortality Rate
High

Question 24

Peters Map =

Answer 24

The Peter’s map is an equal-area projection which became the centerpiece of a controversy surrounding the political implications of map design.