World Geo Mid-Term

610 A.D.

According to the muslim religion, when did God reveal himself to Muhammad?

Traditional

For most of human history what has been the most common form of economic system

600 ft

How deep is the continental shelf

6000 miles

How far does the atmosphere extend

800 miles

How far out does the continental shelf extend

11 mph

How fast must wind travel to move fine sediment

rapid increase

How would you describe population growth in the Middle East?

Parent material, relief, organisms, climate, time

Identify the five factors that determine soil composition

Waves, currents, tides

Identify the three basic emotions of the ocean

Federal

In what structure of government is the power shared by a national government and a local government

Cold and dry

In what type of climate will a region see more mechanical weathering than chemical weathering?

Hot, wet

In what type of climate would a region see more chemical weathering?

Monarchy

In which type of government is power inherited

True

Less than 1% of water is available freshwater (T or F)

North America, South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, Antarctica, and Australia

Name the seven Continents

location, place, region, human-environment interaction, movement

What are the Five Themes of Geography?

Inner, Outer, Pluto

What are the three types of planets in our solar system

Transform, divergent, and convergent

What are the three types of plate?

Chemical weathering - rust, mechanical weathering - ice wedges

What are the two types of weather? Give an example of each

Relative and absolute, relative is used more often

What are two types of location? Which is used most often?

Glaciation

What cause the Great Lakes to form?

Glaciers

What causes a Moraine?

Gravity

What causes the ocean tides?

Greenwich, England

What city is located at 0° longitude

China

What country has suffered the most earthquakes in the 20th century?

Iron

What element is found in the center of the earth?

Measures waves created by earthquakes

What is a seismograph?

The part of earth that can sustain life

What is biosphere

The breaking down of landform over time; wind, water, ice, gravity

What is erosion? What are four causes of erosion?

Organic material

What is humus?

The envelope of gases surrounding the earth

What is the atmosphere

25,000 miles

What is the circumference of the earth

Lake baikal

What is the deepest lake in the world?

Mariana trench

What is the deepest point below sea level?

8000 miles

What is the diameter of the earth

Magma is below the earth surface and lava is above

What is the difference between magma and lava?

0 miles

What is the distance in miles between lines of longitude at the north pole?

Mt. everest

What is the highest point above sea level?

All the water on earth

What is the hydrosphere

Lake baikal

What is the largest lake in the world by water volume?

Land of the Earth

What is the lithosphere

Shore of dead sea

What is the lowest land below sea level?

Earth/Sun relationship

What is the most important factor in determining climate

Lake baikal

What is the oldest lake in the world?

Autocracy

What is the oldest type of government

Equator

What line of a latitude relieves direct sunlight during the spring equinox?

Formal

What region is the cornbelt of the United States?

Irrigation

What was the key activity to establishment of civilization

10,000 years ago

When did the agricultural revolution begin?

September

When is the spring equinox in Brazil?

December

When is the summer solstice in Australia?

Equator

Where are the doldrums located

North of tropic of cancer

Where are the horse latitudes located

Mississippi river valley

Where is a large deposit of Loess found?

Along the Pacific ocean, volcanoes and earthquakes

Where's the ring of fire located? What are two things associated with this region?

Andes

Which area of the world is an example of a convergent boundary

Great rift Valley - Africa

Which area of the world is an example of a divergent boundary

San Andreas fault

Which area of the world is an example of a transform boundary

Clockwise

Which direction do currents rotate in the arctic circle?

Nitrogen

Which element makes up most of the earths atmosphere

Southern

Which hemisphere is covered by 80% of water?

Iraq

Which is NOT one of the most populated countries in the Middle East?

A

Which of the following countries has a diverse population A. U.S. B. Japan C. Sweden D. Greece

Population density of a region

Which of the following is an example of Cultural geography

Plant roots

Which of the following is an example of mechanical weathering?

Jupiter

Which of the following is not an inner planet

Mantle

Which of the worlds layers makes up most of the earths volume

Mid Latitude

Which region has the greatest variation in climate

special purpose map

Which type of Map would show the economic activity of Southwest Asia?

Sea

Which type of tectonic plate is heavier?

a group of places drained by a particular river, have similar landforms, and are ruled by the same gov.

a region can be defined as...

Volcanism

an internal force that helps create landforms is...

Turkey

in what country does the Euphrates River begin?

Turkey

in what country does the Tigris River begin?

south and east

in which hemisphere would you find africa

north and east

in which hemisphere would you find asia

south and east

in which hemisphere would you find australia

north and west

in which hemisphere would you find north america?

south and west

in which hemisphere would you find south america?

prime meridian

longitude is measured in degrees east or west of the...

Human-environment interaction

the building of dams and canals to irrigate desert regions is an example of the geographic theme of...

convection

the force that probably propels the movement of the earth's gigantic rock plates is...

moving water

the largest canyons and deepest valleys were created by...

people, goods, and ideas

the movement about which geographers talk usually refers to...

Landforms and vegetation

the physical characteristics of a place include its...

gulf of aqaba

what body of water is to the east of the Sinai peninsula

soviet union

what country invaded afghanistan in 1979

turkey

what country makes up the Anatolia peninsula?

iran

what country was formely known as persia

an underground canal

what does quanat mean

sumerians

what early civilizations do we associate with cuneiform

egyptians

what early civilizations do we associate with hieroglyphics

pheonicians

what early civilizations do we associate with the spreading of the alphabet?

50% of its population is from another country

what fact is true about the population of Israel

dry streambed

what is a Wadi?

1948

when did israel become a sovereign nation

6,000 years ago

when were the first farming communities established in the region

southern Iran

where are the Zagros Mountains located?

mesopotamia

where did the first known civilization develop?

production increased after WW2

which statement is true about oil production in the region