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