2017 Geography Midterm Review

Which of the following is NOT true about Germany at the end of World War II?

Tourism very large part of economies in what region of Latin America?

Tendency for cultures to become more alike.

The Industrial Revolution (mass production) created many jobs - led to rapid _____.

The Inca used ____ to grow food in the Andes Mountains.

Because the sun never sets during summer, the Scandinavian Peninsula is called ___.

Goods brought in from another country are called ____.

Can be replaced through natural processes; trees

People settle in volcanic regions for all the following reason EXCEPT...

Mountains and rainforests are ____ making travel and trade difficult.

The massacre of 6 million Jews by the Nazis in WWII is called the ______.

Production of goods and services determined by a central government

Which of the following is NOT and advantage of globalization?

All of the following moved from America to Europe in the Columbian Exchange EXCEPT ____.

System of trade - street vendors or markets.

The explosion of a ____ at Chernobyl, Ukraine created an environmental disaster.

_____ is the world's deepest lake, called Jewel of Siberia,

Housing near the Central Business District is expensive for all these reasons EXCEPT...

Interdependent community of plants and animals.

Countries splintering along cultural or religious lines as in Eastern Europe is called _____.

Ruling family (King or Queen) holds some power - limited by a constitution.

Transfer of animals, plants, culture between Americas and Old World 15th and 16th centuries.

Increasingly integrated world economy, marked by free trade and free flow of capital

How did the Bubonic Plague spread across Asia and then to Europe?

Economy in which key industries owned by government - private businesses also encouraged.

Demographic Transition Stage 2: high birthrate+declining death rate = _____ economy.

Growing only enough to feed yourself and family

Most of Latin America has a ___ economy.

Countries of Eastern Europe dominated by the Soviet Union during Cold War were called ______.

Things cause people to leave a place or migrate to a place are called ____ and ____ Factors.

Geographers use all of these EXCEPT ___ to categorize countries as more or less developed.

Spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior

Reclaimed land in the Netherlands - build seaworks, then drain and fill - area called a ____.

Collectivized farming, industrialized USSR, killed 30 million people.

Production of goods and services determined by demand from consumers; free enterprise.

Which of the following is NOT true of the European Union?

Which of the following is NOT a reason people want to live in a place?

Which of the following is NOT true of Ivan III of Russia?

Which of the following is NOT true of this country?

Individual or group holds complete power

What country colonized Brazil and what language do they speak?

Sales people, teachers, and doctors are examples of ____ economic activity.

Period of hostility between Soviet Union and U.S. from 1945-1991 is called the _____.

Colonized by different countries + African slaves makes Caribbean islands ____.

Cold, treeless region - long winter, short summer, grass and low bushes is a ____ biome.

Reasons Great Britain left the European Union (BREXIT) include...

Fishing, farming, and mining are examples of _____ economic activity

El Nino and La Nina occur when _____ currents and weather patterns reverse.

Merging of cultural traits from previously distinct cultural groups.

North Atlantic Drift affects climate of Northwest Europe in all these ways EXCEPT...