Geography Mid Term Review

What religion is likely to experience growth in Europe because of current immigration trends?

Islam

The Great Plains region of the United States and Canada is characterized by a common what?

Vegetation type

Pull factors responsible for the east to west migration pattern evident in the European Union region ?

seeking economic opportunities

What are characteristics of rural communities in the United States and Canada?

Agricultural Cooperatives

Describe the characteristics of the cultural landscape of both West Texas and western Canada?

Cattle ranches

Where in the former Soviet Union did an accident involving nuclear energy technology have long- term negative environmental and health consequences?

Chernobyl

Which religion spread to the Americans through a process of European colonization?

Christianity

In a free enterprise economic system, the decisions about what to produce are made in response to what?

Consumer Demand

Which innovation had the effect of producing electricity and improving farming?

Dams

How does the Earth- Sun relationship affect the climate of different regions of the world?

Diffrent areas of the globe receiving differing amounts of sunlight

One way air conditioning has facilitated human adaptation to the environment is by?

Enabling habitation in warmer environments

El Nino's effect on people living in Central America

Extensive flooding

In a communist economic system the production and distribution of goods is determined by?

Government Officials

How is the distribution of goods and services determined in a communist economy?

Government officials decide what and how much to produce

Explain how elevation Influences temperature?

Higher elevations experience cooler temperatures compared to lower elevations

The United States and Canada are home to many multinational corporations, which employ people in a variety of jobs. In this way, globalization has benefited the societies of the region by?

Increasing the standards of living

Which level of economic development is typical of nations with high infant mortality rates, low literacy rates and low life expectancy rates?

Less developed

An earthquake is a physical process that most affects what layer of the earth's surface?

Lithosphere

This technology has allowed people in the Netherlands to?

Live in areas that were once part of the sea

Factors that characterize developed countries are?

Low infant mortality rate, high literacy rate, high life expectancy

The use of yurts in Central Asia reflects a culture that is?

Maintaining traditional customs

The effect of oceans on temperature are?

Moderates the temperature; they do not vary much because large bodies of water warm and cool slowly

The Atacama Desert in Peru is considered to be the driest place on the earth. What geographic factor is most responsible for producing this phenomenon?

Mountain Barriers

The landforms created by plate tectonics are?

Mountains, Rift Valleys, Volcanoes, Ocean Trenches

Industrial growth in the United States has most directly contributed to the process of...

Multiculturalism

Out of many, One people is the official motto of Jamaica. This motto reflects a perception that Jamaican culture is characterized by?

Multiculturalism

What trade agreement of the 1900's changed trade patterns between the United States and Canada?

NAFTA, North American Free Trade Agreement

How did the building the Transcontinental Railroad and the Trans- Siberian Railway influence economic patterns?

New businesses formed near the stops along the railroad

Why has Siberia become an increasingly valuable area to Russia?

The many resources have led to expanding industry & trade

Describe the physical process of erosion .

The movement of weathered materials by wind, ice, or water

The use of terrace farming by the Incas was an adaption to?

Physical Geography

The transportation of goods in Europe is facilitated by the access of what?

Ports & Rivers

Describe cultural institutions.

Practices which are passed from one generation to another

How did the opening of the Panama Canal affect economic development in Latin America?

Shipping costs decreased

Why are both Brazil and Haiti are culturally unique in Latin America because-

Spanish is not the primary language in either place

Why are some American manufacturing companies have located factories in Mexico?

Supply of inexpensive labor

Many people living in Canada deal with extreme weather conditions because of...

The risks of exposure in a cold climate

How do mountains affect the climate on the leeward side?

The temperatures would be warm and the amounts of precipitation low

What economic activity is located in the taiga of Russia?

Timber

Eastern European nations experience lower rates of human development than in Western Europe. True or False?

True

Functional Region

are made up of a central place and surrounding areas affected by it

Political Region

based on political units such as sovereign states, provinces, countries, territories, townships, etc

Formal Region

defined by government or other structures ( cities, towns, states & countries)

Perceptual Region

defined by peoples feelings & attitudes about an area, basically their perception

Climate Region

measured by assessing the patterns of variation in temperature, humidity, wind, and precipitation