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PreAP World Geography Introductory Unit Review
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1
Earth's lithosphere is made of:
the crust, continents, and ocean basins
nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and oxygen
molten rock and toxic gases
all the land and water of Earth
2
A megalopolis is a region
of several large cities and their metro areas grow together
seen primarily in the West
of great artistic diversity and cultural heritage
dominated by agriculture
3
A wind turbine is a source of ________ energy.
geothermal
fossil fuel
solar
renewable
4
Which of the following does human environment interaction refer to?
the way people use and change their surroundings
the climate of a region
the physical and human characteristics of a place
the way people, goods, and ideas move from place to place
5
A reading of 36 degrees north and 140 degrees east provides a:
planar projection
global reckoning
a relative position
an absolute location
6
Which of the following regions is known by having agreements between human or physical traits?
functional region
perceptual region
formal region
vernacular region
7
All the liquid and frozen water, groundwater, and water vapor is the:
biosphere
lithosphere
atmosphere
hydrosphere
8
Erosion is an external force that is constantly changing the surface of the Earth
false
true
9
Which map projection is this a picture of?
Goode's Interrupted projection
Conic Projection
Mercator Projection
Robinson Projection
10
A formal region is based on a unifying quality or feature, such as the "Corn Belt" in the U.S.
True
False
11
Slower speaking, gospel music, and church signs are characteristics of the South, which is a:
formal region
Perceptual region
cultural hearth
stimulus region
12
A map known for its distortion of the higher latitudes is a(n):
Equal Area projection
cartogram
Robinson projection
Mercator projection
13
An example of a functional region would be a(n):
city and its road networks
area where everyone has a cajun dialect
region where nearly everyone speaks French
region where farming practices are similar
14
Which internal process leads to earthquakes in places like California?
plating
weathering
eroding
faulting
15
Technology, transportation/trade routes, urbanization, and economic activities are:
pull factors
push factors
physical factors influencing where people settle
human factors influencing where people settle
16
The 5 Themes of Geography are:
people, places, goods, services, and the environment
location, place, human and environment, movement, regions
latitude, longitude, hemisphere, prime meridian, and equator
north pole, south pole, natural forces, surface, and shape
17
Scientists believe Earth's largest physical features are made by:
widening continental shelves
collisions between landmasses (tectonic plates)
softening of the earth's mantle
erosion from mountain meltwater
18
The main purpose of GPS (global positioning systems) technology is:
to determine absolute locations of Earth
determining elevations on Earth
determining relative locations on Earth
for your mom to hunt you down
19
The location of a place using the latitude-longitude grid is called:
central location
relative location
referenced location
absolute location
20
Mental Maps relate to:
individuals' subjective perception of the world around them
layers of information such as soils, zoning, and population
maps inside technical devices, like GPS systems
specific topics in geography, like landforms and vegetation
21
Which of these is NOT a pull factor?
economic opportunities
religious freedom
oppressive governments
temperate climates
22
It is important to conserve fossil fuels because they are
an inexpensive source of energy
scarce in the United States
the least polluting source of energy
nonrenewable energy sources
23
Geographers identify a perceptual region by defining it as an area:
surrounding and related to an important central landform
with certain resources, producing certain crops
political borders that mark a variety of nationalities
in which people associate with having certain traditions
24
The location of a place in relationship to other places or features around it is called:
site location
central location
absolute location
relative location
25
A self governing country with close ties to another country is (ex: Canada to the U.K.)
First Nation
province
dominion
Colony
26
These 3 areas of Earth work together to support life in the biosphere:
the lithosphere, mesosphere, and the stratosphere
the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere
the hydrosphere, mesosphere, and atmosphere
the troposphere, mesosphere, and lithosphere
27
The biosphere cannot exist without interaction with the atmosphere and hydrosphere
true
false
28
What tool can your mom use to check if you were in class or skipped?
Instagram
relative location
GPS
GIS
29
Layering of geographic data by computers into data sets is known as:
GIS (geographic information systems)
GPS (global positioning system)
RSS
ENSO
30
Absolute location is how 2 places are located in relation to each other.
false
true