World Geography Semester 2 Exam

Africa accounts for what percentage of the world's GDP?

2.5%

Approximately what percentage of African deaths were caused by AIDS?

75%, three out of every four

What is the One-Child Policy? Why was it used? Was it working? What were some issues with this policy?

A policy used in China where the government limited each family to one child To lower China's population Yes, China's population was decreasing Abandened Children Aborted Killed

What is global climate change?

A theory that overtime the greenhouse gases are building up and the earth is getting warmer.

What is a sweatshop? Why were they used? What were some issues with using sweatshops?

A workplace where people work for low under poor conditions. Used to keep overhead low and profits high Kids work, low wages, poor conditions

What is the difference between absolute and relative location?

Absolute- Exact (35 N, 45 N) Relative- In relation to ("Down the street from")

What is "a set of closely grouped islands?"

Archipelago

What is the name for a process where a minority group gradually gives up its own culture and adopts the culture of a majority group?

Assimiliation

What are the three 'spheres' we talked about, and what do they make up?

Atmosphere Hydrosphere = Biosphere Lithosphere

What is a "ring-like coral island" or "string of small islands surrounding a lagoon"?

Atoll

What is the difference between weather and climate?

Climate: Average weather over a period of time. Weather: At a particular time & place

In the early part of the 20th century, what type of economy was found in Russia?

Command (Communist)

What are the 4 main types of government> Describe each.

Communism: Government controls all means of production Dictatorship: Single person or small person has power Democracy: Citizens have power Monarchy: Ruling family has power

What are the six main parts of a map?

Compass Rose, Scale, Key, Title, Symbols, Label

What are the three types of tectonic boundaries? How do the plates move on each?

Convergent: --><-- Divergent: <-- --> Transform: --> <--

What is a plateau that covers most of Southern India?

Decan Plateau

What is precipitation?

Falling water droplets in the form of rain, slow, sleet, hail, etc

What are the five pillars of Islam?

Fasting Creed Giving Alms Pilgramage to Meca Pary 5 times daily

Which parts of Australia did the British first settle in 1788?

Fertile Soil

What are the three types of regions? Give an example of each.

Formal- Tampa, FL Functional- Tampa Bay Area Perceptual- "The Hood","The South"

What is the difference between GNP and GDP?

GNP is the total value of all goods & services produced by a country overtime & GDP is within a country.

What is the river that drops down from the Himalayas, and is worshipped as a goddess?

Ganges River

Which Russian leader instituted a more privatized, or capitalist, economy?

Gorbachev

What are the mountains that lie at the west end of the Himalayas?

Hindu Kush

What is one of the main problems preventing Africa from spending money on economic development?

In so much debt

What is one of the two major rivers in SA, which flows west then S through Pakistan to the Arabian Sea?

Indus River

What three land use patterns are three? What do they each consist of?

Industrial- Factory (Audi Factory) Residential- House (Ronald's House) Commercial- Stores (Publix)

What is the growth of industry in a country or society?

Industrialization

From the inside-out, what are the different layers of the earth? What is the core made of?

Inner Core Outer Core Mantle Crust

What are two major ways that culture can change? What has to happen for a change to be adopted?

Innovation = Assimilation Diffusion

What happened immediately after the death of Muhammad?

Islam split

How is AIDS affecting population of Africa's countries?

It's killing people

What countries are included in the Jakota triangle?

Japan, South Korea, Taiwan

Where are a majority of the petroleum deposits located in this region?

Lake Baikal

In which direction do lines of longitude run? Lines of latitude?

Latitude- E-->W Longitude- N-->S

What are the three types of distance? Describe them.

Linear- How far? Time- How long it will take? Psychological- Refers to how people view distance

What are the five themes of geography, and what question does each one answer?

Location- where is it? Place- what is it like? Movement- how do people, idea, etc, move from one place to another? Human Enveniorment Interaction- how do people interact w/ their enviorments? Region- How places are similar or different?

Give an advantage and disadvantage of maps and globes.

Map: Adv- See whole world at once. Dis- Distorted Globe: Adv- Right to scale Dis- Half at a time

Name and describe the three main categories of religion.

Monotheism: one god Polytheism: many gods Animistic: natural force

What category of religions would Islam fall under?

Monothestic

What is the world's tallest mountain peak?

Mt. Everest

What is the highest mountain in Africa?

Mt. Kenya

Believers of Islam are called _____________.

Muslims

What is the difference between a natural and artificial boundary? What problem can each cause?

Natural boundary: Physical features (mount., rivers, etc) -Rivers can shift and disputes occur. Artificial Boundary:man-made boundaries -Treaties aren't always followed all the time

Why is the Aral Sea is shrinking?

Need for irrigation

The Aswan High Dam in Egypt was created to control the floods of the _____ River.

Nile

Which river is the longest in the world, and runs 4,000 miles through several African countries?

Nile River

What was the capital of North Vietnam? South Vietnam?

North- Hanoi South- Saigon

What was one extremely large and dangerous, problem caused by the fall of the Soviet Union?

Nukes were spread out between many republics.

What is the name for a huge chunk of land still owned by the government, which ranchers take out leases and rent the land from the government?

Pastoral Lease

What is the difference between physical and political maps?

Physical- Focuses on land forms Political- Focuses on human-made features (states, countries)

What are "reasons that people move to, or from, cities"?

Push-pull factors

Give two examples of push factors and two examples of pull factors.

Push: Bad land High Taxes Pull: Hot babes More jobs

What type of climate is found in each sub-region of RatR?

RS & WR: Subartic Transcaucasia: Sub-tropical Central Asia: Semi-arid

What are African economies based on?

Resources

One-fifth of the world's timber comes from where?

Siberia

What are the 3 main geographic characteristics of a nation? Why is each important?

Size- more space equals more people & more resources Location- better for a country near a coast &bad near dangerous countries Shape- more compact countries are better

What is the difference between a society and an ethnic group? Give an example of each.

Society: Spain, USA, Europe Ethnic Group: Hispanic, Eastern European, Western European

Where is the "steppe" located?

Southern Ukraine

What does a stable population pyramid look like? What does a less-stable population look like?

Stable- triangle shaped Less Stable- rectangle shaped

Which Russian leader instituted "collective farming"?

Stalin

Which type of plate boundary occurs when an oceanic plate slides under the continental plate?

Sub duction

What is the Continental Drift Hypothesis?

Supercontinent that broke apart overt time.

What are "workplaces where people work long hours for pennies under poor conditions"?

Sweatshop

When the British came to Australia, how did they treat the Aboriginal people?

Terrible, they took their land

What is a mountain range that form the border between the Indian sub-continent and China?

The Himalayas

The Soviet Union rose in response to which war?

The Russian Revolution

What is a term for the mixed race children who were taken by the government and given to white families to promote assimilation?

The Stolen Generation

What is population density? How is that number decreased?

The amount of people in a given area. # of people -------------- Size of area

What is relief?

The difference in elevation of a land form from the lowest to the highest point (Hills, mountains, plains, & plateaus)

Why is it hard to make the Ganges River less polluted?

They worship it is a goddess and can't believe that it could get polluted.

What are the 4 main economic systems? What are the characteristics of each?

Traditional: Barter System Market: Demand drives economy Command:Government controls production Mixed: Partly government control & consumer preferences

What was built to help people settle and gather resources in Siberia?

Trans-continental railroad

China's long rivers are used for what purposes?

Transportation Irrigation

What are rivers in South Asia used for?

Transportation,. irrigation

What are the three general zones of latitude?

Tropical Temperate Polar

What climate is found in the most forested parts of South Asia?

Tropical Wet

What organization is "an international watchdog and relief organization for children"?

UNICEF

What are some problems contributing to the damage caused by earthquakes along the Ring of Fire?

Unstable buildings- smushed people Underground gas lines- fire Narrow roads- EMT can't get through

What is one way that African countries can improve their economies?

Vary the products they produce

Communist sympathizers who returned south in order to launch attacks on U.S. military installations were known as the ___________________.

Viet Cong

The act of the U.S. military teaching South Vietnamese troops to fight their own war was called __________________.

Vietanization

Living along the Ring of Fire means living with what?

Volcanic activity & Earthquakes

After which war did the nations of East Asia begin industrializing, which included the use of cheap labor to produce goods for trade?

WW II

How do African economies compare to those of the 1960s?

Worse off

Which river is historically important because in 1950, Chinese troops entered the Korean War by crossing the river and attacking U.N. forces?

Yalu River

The Three Gorges Dam, was built to control flooding along what river?

Yangtze River

Are issues of Aboriginal land rights still going on today?

Yes

Is the climate of "Southeast Asia and Oceania" varied?

Yes

Is the climate of East Asia varied?

Yes

Is the climate of South Asia varied?

Yes

Mt. Fuji is a very well-known land form in Japan. Is it a volcano?

Yes

The expansion of dry conditions into nearby moist area is known as ____________.

desertification

Muhammad is not to Islam what Jesus is to Christianity, because Muhammad is simply thought of as a __________.

messenger

The number of __________________ in the region means that the amount of land available for agriculture is limited.

mountains

Southeast Asia contains two _______________.

peninsulas

Geographers refer to Africa as the "______________continent"

plateau

The population of Australia's ____________ grew out of control in the 1800s.

rabbits

Africa's ____________ make it one of the richest continents in the world.

resources

The British declared Australia to be _______________, or empty land.

terra nullis