Geography, module 3, grade 8

The Middle East refers to the region's culture , while Central and Southwest Asia reflect the physical geography of the region.

culture physical geography

Desertification is the spread of desert biomes to regions that historically had substantial vegetation.

desertification

The Wheat Belt and the Rust Belt are examples of ____________ regions.

economic

Along the Amazon River, there are countless houses built on stilts for when there are floods. People depend on the river for the resources they live off of. What part of their regional landscape are they relying on most?

geographic landform; the Amazon itself for resources and transportation

Match each rainforest layer with its definition. forest floor understory emergent

plants struggle to grow here because there's little sunlight a darker and more humid layer with plants that have large leaves to catch the little sunlight available top layer where trees photosynthesize

Regions divided by state or national borders are known as ___________ regions.

political

This region is located south of the Arctic Circle and is home to conifer and evergreen trees. Also known for its permafrost and muskegs, this region is sometimes called a boreal forest.

taiga

1 What technology allows for the creation of multiple types of accurate maps?

1 GIS

After the Soviet Union collapsed, it split into how many nations?

15

The first maps we would recognize as world maps were created in which centuries?

18th and 19th

In one sentence, explain what a diversified economy is. Your Answer:

A diversified economy is an economy with a diverse economy with many different people that have a similar language, economy, and religion.

Match each of the following map types with its typical attributes. American and European Maps Asian Maps Australian Maps

Atlantic at the center Pacific at the center South Pole at the top

What building, located in Dubai, is the tallest skyscraper in the world?

Burj Khalifa

What European nation peacefully split into two nations after the Cold War?

Czechoslovakia

From what region of the world did many African nations gain their freedom?

Europe

In one or two sentences, explain why and how the map of Africa has changed over time. Your Answer:

Europe was trying to take over Africa, and Europe divided Africa between themselves. However, Africa started to gain independence from this rival continent and did so but the cost was that Africa had many different countries caused from this great battle and from reformation of new nations.

Which of the following languages are commonly spoken in Switzerland? (choose all that apply)

French, German, Italian

What computer system compiles data from scientists and satellite images to create a host of different maps?

GIS

What nation was split into eastern and western halves after the end of World War II?

Germany

Which of the following can result in a place having multiple names? (choose all that apply)

Historical Tension Political Tension

The Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers are located in which country?

India

Elements of the physical environment, such as major bodies of water and mountains, influence the economic and cultural characteristics of regions. Match each physical element with the country or continent it's located in. Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers Rio Grande Swiss Alps Zambezi River Ob River

India North America Switzerland Africa Russia

Match each religion with its respective region. Hinduism Judaism, Christianity, and Islam Buddhism

India, Malaysia, and other parts of Southeast Asia Started in the Middle East but is now practiced all over the world China, Japan, and the Korean Peninsula

Match each conflict with the religion(s) it pertains to. Sunni and Shi'a Jerusalem Pakistan and India Northern Ireland

Islam Judaism, Christianity, and Islam Hinduism and Islam Catholics and Protestants

What nation was created out of the former European possessions in the Middle East, creating tension in the region?

Israel

San Diego is well known for its low humidity and moderate temperatures year-round, which is why people settled the area in the first place. If low humidity and moderate temperatures are why people gravitate towards San Diego, what factor makes San Diego most desirable?

It's climate

In one or two sentences, identify the primary monotheistic religions and describe where they can be found.

Judaism, Christian, and Islamic cultures can be found in South Eastern parts of the world like where I live.

Which of the following are nations that primarily have a single ethnicity? (choose all that apply)

Korea and Japan

In one sentence, explain what three things unite a group into a regional culture. Your Answer:

Language, ethnicity, and religion play a vital role in uniting people, language allows people to talk with each other, ethnicity allows people to have the same or similar traditions to share, and religion means that everyone would have the same or similar beliefs.

Match each landmark with its description. Empire State Building Burj Khalifa Taj Mahal Eiffel Tower

Located in New York City, it was the world's tallest building until 1970. Located in Dubai, it is the tallest skyscraper in the world. This huge tomb in Agra, India was built from 1632-1653. Finished in 1889, this iron structure is located in Paris.

In two or three sentences, explain why there are differences in maps. Your Answer:

Maps Are different because of one thing and one thing only, perspective. Take Australia as an example, at the top of their map is the South pole, which for people in America and Europe may look odd, is completely normal for Australians. It's just their perspective, the live closer the South pole and so they draw their maps opposite of ours because we live closer to the north me have the North pole at the top.

_____________ is the way in which an individual internally represents aspects of the world.

Mental mapping

Name the four characteristics that map makers use when mentally mapping the world. Your Answer:

Mental mapping is the way a person looks at the world internally. There are four key aspects to mental mapping. 1) What we think about the people living in that area. 2) How to locate it compared to other places. 3) How would you draw it out? Finally, 4) What are some geographical aspects you think of when you think about your mental map?

Which river in the central United States is responsible for countless industries and transportation and runs from Minnesota all the way to Louisiana, where it meets the Gulf of Mexico?

Mississippi River

Many areas in the Middle East were split between European powers after the fall of the ___________ at the end of World War I.

Ottoman

Nations that don't support Israel refer to the semi-autonomous regions of the West Bank and Gaza Strip as ___________.

Palestine

Language helps build a regional identity. In Brazil, though it is part of Latin America, the dominant language might surprise you. What is the dominant language of Brazil?

Portuguese

Regional landscapes are influenced by the cultural and political characteristics of their inhabitants. This is seen prominently in the Muslim world, where people model how they live, what they eat, and how they settle disputes by following Islamic Law. Islamic Law is known by what other name?

Sharia Law

Match each desert with its location. Mojave Desert Sahara Desert Gobi Desert

Southern California and Nevada North Africa China and Mongolia

Which of the following is true about ancient cartography?

Surviving ancient maps focused on small-scale areas, such as roads and rivers.

Which region is colored in green in the picture below?

Wheat Belt

Ethnic heritage can bring people together, but it can also divide them. In Southern Europe, Bosnians, Serbs, Croats, and many other groups were grouped together in one nation without regard to their cultural and ethnic characteristics. Because of this, the groups eventually came into conflict. In 1992, each of these ethnic groups received their own nation when ____________ was broken up.

Yugoslavia

Pagodas, mosques, and cathedrals are prime examples of cultural characteristics that impact regional landscapes. You can group these buildings under one name. Which choice below best fits what these buildings are considered?

architectural structures

Match each geographic landscape with its description. Himalayas Pyrenees Rocky Mountains Rio Grande

blocks moisture and creates steppes and deserts in Central Asia Mountains forms the border between France and Spain creates rain shadows on its leeward slopes forms the boundary between Texas and Mexico

___________________'s discovery of the New World added new knowledge to mankind's understanding of world geography.

christopher colombus

What is communication used by a community or country to express thoughts and ideas verbally? Regions such as the Anglosphere and Hispanosphere are examples of regions bound together by it.

language

These objective and subjective factors also help to create a person's

mental map

______ ______ is the way in which an individual internally represents aspects of the world.

mental mapping

Match each environmental problem with its description. deforestation decreased soil fertility acid rain

occurs when too much wood is harvested from forested areas occurs when there are fewer nutrients in the soil man-made chemicals mix with clouds and fall to the Earth as rain

This type of region, also known as a biome, is separated by its naturally appearing characteristics.

physical region

Which physical region is known for its broad, relatively flat land that can easily be cultivated into farmland?

plains

Though often thought of as only hot and wet, this type of physical region differs depending on how close it is to the Equator, and it's characterized by high levels of rain and dense forestation.

rainforest

Islamic and Buddhist regions are examples of regions that are unified by __________.

religion

A map drawn from direct observation rather than other mapping techniques is called a _________.

sketch map