World Geography Exam Flashcards
Government-controlled production and distribution
Command economy
Molten rock within the Earth
Magma
The exact point on a grid of latitude and longitude lines
Absolute location.
The number of people per square unit of land
Population density
The shape of Earth’s physical features
Topography
People who share a common language, history, and place of origin
Ethnic group
The middle layer of the Earth that lies beneath the crust
Mantle
The process of spreading new knowledge and ideas from culture to culture
Cultural diffusion
The latitude of 23 1/2 N
Tropic of Cancer
Short-term aspect of climate
Weather
Traps head and keeps it from escaping too quickly into space
Atmosphere
Permanent daylight found at the Poles during summer
Midnight sun
Equal hours of daylight and nighttime
Equinox
Cartographers are people who make
a. weather forecasts
b. train schedules
c. musical instruments
d. maps
Maps
Latitude lines run
a. parallel to the equator
b. in circular patterns clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere
c. north and south from the Poles
d. in circular patterns counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere
Parallel to the Equator
When a mountain blocks precipitation to its leeward side, the result is a
a. windward circumstance
b. leeward disturbance
c. rain shadow effect
d. greenhouse effect
Rain shadow effect
A government that is run by one person alone
a. has never happened in world history
b. is called and autocracy
c. is called an oligarchy
d. may be known as a democratic monarchy
Is called an autocracy
Where is the Tropic of Capricorn located?
a. between the Antarctic Circle and the Equator
b. between the Arctic Circle and the Equator
c. between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole
d. between the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole
Between the Antarctic Circle and the Equator
Which of the following best summarizes the water cycle?
a. evaporation, subduction, accretion
b. evaporation, condensation, precipitation
c. condensation, spreading, precipitation
d. condensation, precipitation, weathering
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation
The consistent, proportional relationship between measurements on a map and measurements on the Earth’s surface is its
a. scale
b. longitude
c. relief
d. elevation
Scale
The Earth rotates on its
a. Equator
b. oceans
c. axis
d. revolution
Axis
The birthrate is the number of births per
a. year for 100 people
b. century for 1,000 people
c. decade for 500 people
d. year for 1,000 people
Year for 1,000 people
Human-made features, such as coundaries and highways, would be shown on a
a. political map
b. physical map
c. cartogram
d. relief map
Political map
The Earth revolves around the sun one time each
a. day
b. week
c. month
d. year
Year
Particular kinds of information, such as climate or population, would be shown on a
a. hemispheric map
b. political map
c. physical map
d. thematic map
Thematic map
What do cartographers use to show the round Earth on a flat surface?
a. global grid
b. relative location
c. compass rose
d. map projection
Map projection
What divides the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere?
a. the Prime Meridian
b. the Equator
c. cardinal directions
d. flow lines
The Equator
A place defined by popular feelings and images is called a
a. functional region
b. site
c. perceptual region
d. situation
Perceptual region
Why are maps useful to geographers?
a. A great deal of statistical information can be recorded on a map.
b. Maps can show the history of a country at a glance.
c. There are many different types of maps.
d. Maps can show some information better than writing can.
Maps can show some information better than writing can.
What features are most accurately depicted on a globe?
a. area, close-up detail, distance
b. area, distance, direction
c. close-up detail, distance, direction
d. direction, area, close-up detail
Area, distance, direction
On what do functional regions focus?
a. a time period in a specific part of the world.
b. the distant future and how geography will change in an area
c. a central point and the surrounding territory linked to it
d. a system of related regions that cover large continents
A central point and the surrounding territory linked to it
What part of a map explains its symbols, colors, and lines?
a. scale bar
b. compass rose
c. key
d. qualitative maps
Key
A _____ is made up of icy particles and frozen gases.
a. meteoroid
b. comet
c. solar system
d. gas giant planet
Gas giant planet
The core, _____, and the crust are the three layers of the Earth.
a. mantle
b. magma
c. plates
d. lava
Mantle
Land takes up about how much of the Earth’s surface?
a. 70 percent
b. 15 percent
c. 30 percent
d. 20 percent
30 percent
Which of the following best describes the Earth’s inner core?
a. liquid and extremely hot
b. solid and cool
c. liquid and cool
d. solid and extremely hot
Solid and extremely hot
Countries experiencing negative population growth may have to
a. import workers
b. export food
c. close borders
d. hire demographers
Import workers
One of the goals of this system of government is the equal distribution of wealth.
a. socialism
b. autocracy
c. democracy
d. confederation
Socialism
Habit and custom determine economic activities in a(n)
a. market economy
b. traditional economy
c. command economy
d. oligarchy
Traditional economy
People can own businesses and make profits in _____ system.
a. command economy
b. communist
c. traditional economy
d. free enterprise
Free enterprise
A _____ system of government divides power between national and state governments.
a. democratic
b. unitary
c. federal
d. socialist
Federal
Water, wind, and solar power are _____ resources.
a. renewable
b. nonrenewable
c. hydroelectric
d. unpolluted
Renewable
What is the relative location of megalopolis?
Megalopolis is close to the state of Pennsylvania.
Badly polluted European industrial area
Black triangle
Tunnel linking England and France
Chunnel
German freeway system
Autobahnen
European shift into mass production
Industrial Revilution
Largest European port
Rotterdam
Northern Ireland, England, Wales, and Scotland
United Kingdom
Highest mountain range in Europe
Alps
Most important waterway of eastern Europe
Danube River
Waterway that runs through Germany to the North Sea
Rhine River
Area that includes Albania and Croatia
Balkan Peninsula
Administrative center for the EU
Brussels
Body of water that lies between Italy and Croatia
Adriatic Sea
Mediterranean island
Crete
Narrow water passage south of Spain
Strait of Gibraltar
Area that is home to Spain and Portugal
Iberian Peninsula
The Pyrenees mountains separate the _____ Peninsula from the rest of Europe.
a. Italian
b. Scandinavian
c. Iberian
d. Balkan
Iberian
Iceland’s location along the _____ results in volcanoes, hot springs, and geysers.
a. Antarctic Circle
b. Mid-Pacific Ridge
c. Mid-Atlantic Ridge
d. Arctic Circle
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Beginning in the late _____, the Industrial Revolution transformed manufacturing in Europe by replacing human labor with machines.
a. 1700s
b. 1900s
c. 1500s
d. 1600s
1700s
The goal of the _____ is a united Europe in which goods, services, and workers can move freely among member countries.
a. Common Market
b. United Nations
c. European Union
d. Maastricht Treaty
European Union
Foreigners who work on a temporary basis in a country other than the ones in which they are citizens are called
a. migrants
b. guest workers
c. regugees
d. immigrants
Guest workers
Countries that have health-care systems funded by the government are known as
a. communist states
b. city-states
c. democratic states
d. welfare states
Welfare states
The European Union requires its members to
a. limit and clean up environmental pollution
b. pay high tariffs
c. cease individual production
d. limit environmental pollution
Limit and clean up environmental pollution
Europe’s large deposits of coal and iron sparked the growth of _____ in the 1800s.
a. heavy industry
b. light industry
c. service industries
d. farm cooperatives
Heavy industry
_____, or organizations in which farmers share in growing and selling products, reduce costs and increase profits.
a. farm cooperatives
b. State farms
c. Mixed farms
d. Organic farms
Farm cooperatives
Iceland is a land of glaciers and
a. active volcanoes
b. long-dormant
c. month
d. dense forests
Active volcanoes
The Alps stretch from southern France to which region?
a. Britain
b. the Iberian Peninsula
c. the Balkan Peninsula
d. southern Italy
The Balkan Peninsula
The most densely populated nation in northern Europe is
a. Sweden
b. the United Kingdom
c. Iceland
d. Norway
The United Kingdom
Northern Europe’s largest and oldest urban area is
a. Paris
b. Scandinavia
c. Rome
d. London
London
After World War II, which country was divided between communist and noncommunist governments?
a. France
b. Germany
c. Belgium
d. Netherlands
Germany
The most populous nation in southern Europe is
a. Italy
b. Greece
c. Spain
d. Portugal
Italy
The recent dominant migration patterns of the region has resulted in
a. suburbaniation
b. rural concentration
c. urbanization
d. emigration
Suburbanization
Most eastern Europeans are ethnically
a. Celtic
b. Germanic
c. Roma
d. Slavic
Slavic
On _____, fools are raised without chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
a. farm cooperatives
b. collective farms
c. state farms
d. organic farms
Organic farms
In _____ earthen dikes hold back the sea.
a. Ireland
b. the Neterlands
c. Rhineland
d. Italy
The Netherlands
The _____ separate(s) the Iberian Peninsula from Africa.
a. Apennines
b. North Sea
c. Strait of Gibraltar
d. Aegean Sea
Strait of Gibraltar
The _____ run through eastern Europe from Slovakia to Romania.
a. Pyrenees
b. Meseta
c. Carpathians
d. Alps
Carpatians
The western European city that is the administrative center of the European Union is
a. Paris
b. Berlin
c. Geneva
d. Brussels
Brussels
After World War II, which country was divided between communist and noncommunist governments?
a. France
b. Belgium
c. Germany
d. Netherlands
Germany
The _____ was a power struggle between the Soviet-controlled Communist world and the non-Communist world.
a. Reformation
b. Cold War
c. Renaissance
d. Korean War
Cold War
Language, religion, social groups, government, and more
Culture.
