Western Geography Benchmark Review #2

Using the map, St. Thomas and St. John are a part of what islands?

__________ is heaviest near the equator, where air usually rises.

How do lines of latitude and longitude help geographers study Earth?

Using the picture, what sector of the economy provides the highest % of jobs?

According to the graph, what year did world population reach 6 billion people.

Areas that share similar temperature and precipitation patterns are called __________.

According to the graph, what two years does the population growth peaks (reaches climax).

On which type of map would you look at to find the capital of Montana?

Based on the table, which country has the highest level of development?

Global movements, water, and sunlight shape different ___patterns from one region to another

What type of map would you look at to find the voting results for a recent president election

When two air masses of different temperatures collide, one result of this is ____________.

Which type of economic system has the highest level of government control?

Causes of migration that push people to leave their home country are called

Which of the following conclusions supports the information in the map?

Which ecosystem/biome usually supports thick forests of trees that lose their leaves?

According to the graph, how do demographers know a population is growing

If it is noon in New York what time is it in Denver?

People who move from their farm to find work in the city have moved from ___areas to ____areas

What climate zone gets less direct sunlight because the sun is near or below the horizon all yr

Using graph,what percentage of the world’s people have access to good education and health care

Which one of the five themes of geography that is useful when studying different places

The water cycle includes

Rapid population growth can result in large increases in infant mortality rate if there is __.

How does the theme of location differ from the other themes of geography?

Using the map above, what Ohio city is found northwest OF Columbus?

Using the map, which city is closest to the coordinates 18N, 72E?

Using the graph, precipitation in Bangalore India ______

Using the map,which bodies of water form part of the northern border of the United States

What causes the seasons?

What is one example of a pull factor?

What is the climate like in Bangalore, India during the months of January through March?

___act like large rivers in the Earth’s oceans and help spread Earth’s heat and shape climates.

Most maps have a key and a scale bar in order to

Using the characteristic list, what type of country would this list be describing?

Ocean current move cool water from the poles to tropics where the cool water __ the air near it

Which part of a map would you look at to find directions on a physical map?

A developed country is likely to have which of the following?

What type of information does a physical map show?