World Geography Exam Flashcards
The movement geographers talk about refers to what?
People, goods, and ideas
The most common type of mechanical weathering occurs when…
Water freezes in a crack in a rock
Internal force that helps create new land forms
Volcanism
Landforms are commonly classified according to differences in…
Relief
The largest canyons were created by…
Moving water
The force that probably propels the movement of the earth’s gigantic rock plates
Convection
When geographers observe moraines they conclude that…
A glacier once covered the area
The building of dams and canals to irrigate desert regions is an example of the geographic theme of…
Human-environmental interaction
A geographer would use GPS to provide detailed information…
About a location
Longitude is measured in degrees east or west of the…
Prime Meridian
The conquests of Mexico by the Spanish best illustrates the geographic theme of…
Movement
Similar climates, vegetation, or landforms can be used to divide the earth into what?
Formal regions
The theory of plate tectonics affirms that…
Large moving slabs of rock slide slowly over a layer of the mantle
The greatest agent of erosion
Running water
Desert and tundra regions are alike in…
Only plants that can adjust to extreme temperatures can survive
Some scientist theorize that global warming is…
Caused by increased level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
Broadleaf deciduous forests grow best in regions with…
A temperate climate
In a humid continental climate region, you would find that plants and animals have adapted to…
Warm summers and cold winters
Dry seasons of natural wildfires are common to…
Savannas
The six climate regions into which geographers have divided the earth were defined mainly by…
Temperature and precipitation
Both warm air and warm water generally flows from the…
Equator to the poles
Example of a biome
Coniferous forest
Coniferous forests tend to be found in the…
Colder parts of the middle latitudes
The primary reason the earth’s population is unevenly distributed is that…
Natural obstacles greatly restrict where people can live
A mixed economy is when the…
Free market and government jointly make the economic decisions
World population has grown rapidly since…
1950
Countries with high taxes are countries that usually…
Provide many social services to the population
The US has a government structure that is considered a…
Federation
A pure capitalists economy is the government…
Takes no part in economy
An example of importing would be when…
American consumers buy cars made in Japan
A primary economic activity would be…
Subsistence farming
Non renewable resources are formed by…
Geologic forces in the earth’s crust over millions of years
Most industrialized countries import ___ to meet their energy needs
Oil
Geothermal energy is possible in areas with…
Volcanic activity
Natural resources are distributed ________ throughout the earth
Unevenly
Coal deposits are more ______ ___________ the cool reserves
Widely distributed
The rapid increase of population in the West resulted from the discovery of…
Gold and silver deposits
The Midwest is called “the nation’s breadbasket” because it’s the region that…
Produces most of the nation’s grain, dairy products, and hogs
Industry and trade grew rapidly in the Northeast during the twentieth century because…
Rivers provided transportation routes and water power for factories
…severely restricted trade with European countries
In order to stimulate economic growth in recent years, the government of France…
Germany was unified in the 1800’s due to the ________ of the state of Prussia
Activism
The Ruhr Valley produces most of Germany’s ____ and _____
Iron and steel
In order to establish national unity, the French government established the ______ _______ to preserve the purity of the French language
French Academy
French’s chief center of commercial industry is located in…
Paris and it’s suburbs
The resource rich region that lies along the Rhine River
Alsace and Lorraine
Germany’s most important industrial centers are located in…
The central part of the country
The climate of Bolivia ranges from _____ and ________ to ____ and ________
Humid and tropical to cold and semiarid
In Uruguay, all citizens are required to ____
Vote
The grasslands of Argentina produce most of Argentina’s _____ and ______
Grains and meats
____ _________ in the Midlands of England fueled the Industrial Revolution
Coal resources
London became one of the greatest commercial and shopping centers in the world mainly because…
Ships could sail directly into its port
Heavy industries in Wales have declined since the mid-1900’s because of the lack of…
Modern technology
One-sixth of Ireland is covered by ____
Peat
Scotland’s lakes and rugged highlands were created by the…
Movement of glaciers
An important source of energy in Iceland
Geothermal energy
Located in south central and southeastern France
The Massive Central and the Alps
Venezuela’s varies climates depend most on _________
Elevation
Official language in Guyana
English
Binds the countries of South America together
The Plata River System
Has the highest per capita GNP in South America
Argentina
Control most of the country’s wealth in Ecuador and Peru
A minority of people of European descent
Venezuela’s economy relies most heavily on ___ _______
Oil reserves
The growth middle class is due in large part to government policies that have…
Encouraged the growth of industry
After clearing the rain forest for farming, the rain forest soil becomes quickly exhausted by…
Constant rains and planting
The northeast region of Brazil is more heavily influenced by ________ _______
African culture
Mexico’s Baja Peninsula can be described as a ___________ ______
Mountainous desert
One political party has held power for decades in ______
Mexico
Temperatures in the Caribbean are moderate because of the island’s…
Nearness to water
Little mixing of ethnic groups took place through Central America’s history because…
Mountains blocked the path of travel between areas
The main reason for high rates of migration among Caribbean Islands is…
Lack of economic opportunity
Costs Rica has a higher percentage of people of…
European descent
The majority of people in Central America earn their living from _______
Farming
The majority of people of African ancestry who live in Central America are the descendants of people who migrated from where in the early 1900’s?
Caribbean Islands
All of the islands of the Bahamas are…
Flat, sandy islands that support little vegetation
NAFTA led to an increase in what located in Mexico?
Manufacturing jobs
The main cause of the Mexican Revolution
Gap between the rich and the poor within the country
Until Mexico won its independence from Spain, the running of the country was mainly in the hands of what?
Peninsulares
Key to the Spanish conquest of Mexico in the late 1500’s
Spanish alliances with the enemies of the Aztecs
The United States is BYU’s about __% of all Canadian exports
85
Today, Canada must balance the opportunity of developing its northern resources with the challenge of..
Protecting the fragile environment
The Northeast became a leader in commerce because of its..
Rivers
Industrial development in the South has been influenced primarily by the availability of what?
Natural resources
Most common ecosystem in the south
Mixed forest
During the 1970’s, the population of the South increased greatly because of job opportunities in…
Industries that moved south
Quebec has been close to the customs and culture of what country?
France
Quebec and Ontario developed as Canada’s economic heart because of the provinces’ location on the..
Major waterways linking the Canadian interior and the Atlantic Ocean
The most important natural resource of the Atlantic Provinces is the…
Seas
Building a pipeline above ground to transport Canada’s oil would create…
Barriers to the migration of arctic animals
Relations between the US and Canada can be summarized as…
Generally good
Important economic activities in the Atlantic provinces in Canada
Forestry and farming
Two important economic activities in the Western US
Fishing and forestry
Characteristic of all the states in the Midwestern part of the US
Productive farmland
