Geography Midterm

examples of globalization

McDonald's expansion into china FIFA the worldwide dominance of English

Middle America's largest country today in terms of both area and population is:

Mexico

More than one million Puerto Ricans have migrated to:

New York

central America's poorest country is

Nicaragua

term used to describe an inland climate that is remote from the moderating influences of large water bodies

continentality

the gradual reduction of regional contrasts resulting rom increasing cultural, economic, political and other types of exchanges is known as

globalization

process whereby the sun's radiation is trapped in the earth's atmosphere

greenhouse effect

Venezuela claims rights to a significant portion of this country:

guyana

The area that surrounds and is served by a city is known as its

hinterland

which Caribbean island contains more than one state

hispaniola

the mediterranean climate belongs to which major climate type

humid temperature

the major river in western Germany, which enters the North Sea through the Netherlands and which passes through the Ruhr is the

rhine

which city with over one million people is located on the eastern side of the andes mountains

santa cruz

far east's largest oil and gas deposits border the

sea of okhotsk

what would you most likely find at an elevation of 13,000 ft.

sheep or llamas (livestock)

large scale map shows

small area

countries located within one of the world's three largest population clusters

south korea france pakistan

name the highlighted ocean

southern

most important crop raised in Cuba before the fall of the Soviet Union was

sugarcane

the following states contain oil reserves

california wyoming oklahoma illinois

The leading agricultural activity of the Pampa region is the production of:

cattle

the leading agricultural activity of the pampas region is the production of

cattle

the _____ mountains lie in the corridor between the black and Caspian seas

caucasus

the former Soviet Union dissolved in

1991

about _____% of the souther American population currently lives in urban areas

80

which province in Canada has significant coal deposits

Alberta

northern and southern Italy are divided by the

Ancona Line

The capital and primate city of Greece is:

Athens

The archipelago to the Northeast of Cuba that was formerly a British dependency is called the ____________

Bahamas

each of the following is considered one of the BRICS

Brazil Russia India

forces divide a nation

Centrifugal

this statement is true

Climate refers to long term average conditions

located in the Greater Antilles?

Cuba

The majority of Russia falls within the humid cold climate region. In the Köppen-Geiger classification scheme, this is signified by the letter:

D

two leading languages spoken in Canada are

English & French

the large cluster of population in South Asia is focused on the ___________ River Basin

Ganges

largest Central American county in terms of population

Guatemala

Which Caribbean island contains more than one state?

Hispaniola

current interglacial period

Holocene

In a 2016 referendum, commonly known as the "Brexit" vote, 52% of the voting population in the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. If you had been a voter in the U.K., how would you have voted (for/against/abstain) and why?

I would have voted for UK to stay with the EU because the EU would help countries that the UK still owns i.e. British Overseas Territories.

Even though the Amazon rainforest lies almost entirely within Brazil, it is often referred to as "the lungs of the Earth." Should its preservation be a global responsibility? Explain why you believe so.

If it's called "the lungs of the Earth", then us on Earth should be globally responsible. I believe that we should take care of everything that God created.

which of the following is one of canada's prairie provinces

Manitoba

Canada has two official languages - English and French. While Spanish is Mexico's most widely spoken language, the government also recognizes 68 Mexican indigenous languages as official national languages. The United States does not have an official language. Does having an official language matter and which approach do you think is best? Explain why you believe so.

No I don't think it matters because Canada still has people that speak other languages other than English & French. Yes those are the top two but it's not really well represented of the other languages spoken there.

Werner's supercontinent is known as

Pangaea

residents of this city are the wealthiest in france

Paris

the dominant religion in Russia is

Russian Orthodox

world's largest population cluster

South Asia

name the red point

South Pole

name this line

Tropic of Cancer

canada's largest city on its pacific coast

Vancouver

The hypothesis of ________ involves the breakup of a supercontinent that existed hundreds of millions of years ago

continental drift (Sid the sloth ;))

European state model includes all of the following

a population governed from a capital city a clearly and legally defined territory a representative government

the European state model includes all of the following

a population governed from a capital city a clearly and legally defined territory a representative government

Central America, as defined by geographers, is

a region within Middle America located betweeen Mexico and Colombia.

most of Mexico's oil deposits are located

along the Gulf of Mexico

northern and southern Italy are divided by the

ancona line

name the highlighted ocean

arctic

All regions possess all of the following

area absolute location boundaries

name the highlighted ocean

atlantic

Because the European Union chose to join under one currency, the problems of one or several nations become the problems of all nations in the Eurozone. What are the advantages and liabilities of supranational organizations, like the European Union, joining under one currency? Should the problems of Italy, Spain, and Greece be inherited by more economically stable countries like Germany? Why or why not?

blah blah blah :)

state created but the breakup of former yugoslavia

bosnia macedonia croatia slovenia

which country is located in the greater antilles

cuba

the divided eastern mediterranean island contested by both Greece and turkey is

cyprus

the birth rate in Brazil over the past decade has

declined

the process whereby regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy is known as

devolution

An index of regional disparity would be useful for examining:

economic differences between different regions of a country

a functional region

exemplified by a city and its hinterland

the chihuahua cartel has the greatest effect on people living near the Mexico- New Mexico border

false

Global Core

formed before 20th century good example of a functional region component of an international spatial-economic system

the following statement is INCORRECT

functional regions are generally more static and internally immobile than formal regions

The gradual reduction of regional contrasts resulting from increasing cultural, economic, political and other types of exchanges is known as

globalization

russia's core area

incorporates the Central Industrial Region, at the heart of which lies the city of Moscow

name the highlighted ocean

indian

friction between which two tectonic players is likely to have caused the earthquake in Nepal's Himalayas in spring 2015

indian & eurasian

name this line

international date line

in regional geography, relative location

is more meaningful and practical than absolute location

A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas

isthmus

a narrow strip of land concerning two larger land bodies is known as

isthmus

major city located in the north European lowland

london paris amsterdam Berlin

the ratio of distance on a map to actual ground distance is known as the

map scale

region of North America that contains the most important agricultural are of this realm

midwest

African orgin ethnic groups in South America live predominantly in the

northern and northeastern coastal zone

the North American region that is the largest but the least densely settled

northern frontier

a country's core area

often contains the capital city incorporates the nation's largest population cluster contains the region with the country's most efficient communications networks exhibits the country's strongest cultural imprints

north slope of Alaska contains large quantities of

oil

the north slope of Alaska contains large quantities of

oil

the dominant economic activity in Venezuela's Lake maracaibo lowland is

oil production

Europe's relative location is ____:

one of centrality within the land hemisphere

Washington, dc is to the United States as _______ is to Canada

ottawa

the highest elevation in North America lies within which physiographic region

pacific mountains & valleys

persistently frozen ground is known as

permafrost

lake titcaca straddles the border of which two countries

peru & Bolivia

name this line

prime meridian

Montreal and the lower course of the st. Lawrence seaway are located in the Canadian province of

quebec

northern new England's strongest cultural & economic links to Canada are with

the Atlantic provinces

about 2/3 of canada's exports go to

the United States

______ the only party of Russian realm with a humid temperate climate

the area near the Black Sea

following statements concerning a map scale

the fractional scale 1:1 mil means one inch on the map represents one million inches on the ground if the linear scale of a map is twice another, its areal presentation is four times larger to represent a large area on a small map, a small scale is used.

the difference between formal and functional regions

the nature of the unifying properties: static homogeneity vs. functional cohesion

what country has the most compact territorial shape

uruguay

the South American country that contains the northern end of the andes is

venezuela

St. Petersburg

was formerly called leningrad

two physical landscapes on the Iberian peninsulas

western uplands and alpine system