World Geography Unit Exam
What happened at Chernobyl?
A nuclear power plant set off a huge explosion in Ukraine.
What percentage of land in the Netherlands are polders, meaning the land was reclaimed from the sea?
33%
How is the Sahel changing?
A long-term drought linked to climate change is killing the trees.
What is the Aswan High Dam?
An embankment dam built across the Nile in Aswan, Egypt.
The construction of this dam decreased silt deposits, which was bad.
Aswan High Dam
What can humans do to adapt to their surroundings?
Build desalination plants
Between 1950 and 1985, the size of rainforests decreased here.
Central America
Why were man-made islands (Palm Jumeirah) built?
City was growing too fast and there wasn't enough room
As the US continues to grow-
Dams will need to be built for water storage and generating electricity.
What was the problem with the Aswan High Dam?
Decreased silt deposits
This is bad for the environment because it destroys forests, but it is good for the economy because it provides jobs.
Deforestation
This is an example of humans adapting to environments that contain little freshwater and are next to the ocean.
Desalination Plants
The result of overpopulation and overgrazing in the Sahel.
Desertification
Desalination plants are becoming common in places which have experienced this.
Drought
This city is one of the fastest growing cities in the world and it built the Palm Jumeirah for more space.
Dubai
How did economic activity move away from city centers?
Highways
The development of this changed the urban landscape and allowed for an expansion of economic activity away from city centers.
Interstate Highway System
Why are desalination plants becoming more common?
It removes salt and other minerals from seawater to produce freshwater.
What is the Three Gorges Dam?
It's a hydroelectric gravity dam in China.
An earthquake is a physical process that affects this sphere.
Lithosphere
Rains that are produced by this weather pattern promote sustainable economic development in India.
Monsoons
Previous grassland is turning into desert in the Sahel region due to this.
Overgrazing
The land reclaimed from the sea in the Netherlands is called this.
Polders
The building of dams for power and water is essential for this.
Population Growth
The one positive thing about deforestation is?
Provides jobs
The worst effect of technology occurred in Chernobyl due to this.
Radiation Leak
A system of dikes, polders, and windmills have allowed people in the Netherlands to live in areas that were once part of this.
Sea
Many societies in this region have adapted to the scarcity of water by building desalination plants.
Southwest Asia
La Niña is believed to contribute to what phenomenon in Texas?
Springtime tornadoes
This is an example of modifying the geography to help farmers in mountainous regions.
Terrace Farming
The Chinese government and environmentalists disagree about the construction of this project.
Three Gorges Dam
La Niña can create this weather phenomenon in Texas and other southern states during the springtime.
Tornadoes
Because Japan has high levels of volcanic and tectonic activity, they are susceptible to this natural disaster that deals with the ocean.
Tsunamis
Volcanoes in an ocean environment can create what?
Tsunamis
Droughts occur when there are shortages of this.
Water
