Geography Midterm Review

Globalization is most closely linked with which economic system

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

Which of the following is NOT true of this country?

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

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

The southern hemisphere experiences what season in March?

A country's abilities to provide power, lights, and clean water are all part of...

Countries in southern Europe have been hurt by..

1494 - divided South America between Spain and Portugal.

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

Production of goods and services determined by a central government

Tendency for cultures to become more alike.

The ____ were the 1st Europeans to 'discover' America.

What country colonized Brazil and what language do they speak?

Interdependent community of plants and animals.

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are all...

Government funded education, healthcare, and housing are typical of a/an _____.

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

Which area of a city would it most likely be the most expensive for someone to live?

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

The Northern hemisphere experiences what season in January?

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

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

Geographers research and consider all of the following EXCEPT...

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

Which of the following does NOT contribute to tourism in the Mediterranean countries?

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of globalization?

Moist air pushes against a mountain, the barrier forces air to rise and it rains on one side of the mtn: this is called

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

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

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

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

The European Union requires countries to use the EURO

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

Can be replaced through natural processes; trees

People most often settle near..

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

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

The Southern hemisphere begins what season in June?

Growing only enough to feed yourself and family

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

Society changes - accepts an innovation such as jeans instead of traditional clothes.

Because the sun does not rise/set depending on time of year, Scandinavian Peninsula called ___.

Mountains and rainforests are ____ making travel and trade difficult.

High _____ and high _____ have created political and economic instability in Southern Europe.

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.

The southern hemisphere experiences what season in September?

System of trade - usually not taxed. In Latin America - street vendors or markets.

Colonized by different countries + African slaves and the indigenous people- the Caribbean islands are ____.

Study physical and Human features as well as interactions on earth is the job of..

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

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

Spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior

Most of Latin America has a ___ economy.

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

Attempted invasions of Russia by Napoleon and Hitler were...

Reasons Great Britain left the European Union (BREXIT) include all of the following except...

Goods brought in from another country are called ____.

A person who weaves cotton into textiles (cloth) is engaged in what level of economic activity?

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

Highly trained persons - information, management, research - examples of ___ economic activity

Individual or group holds complete power

Taking of cultural traits from a group to belong or be alike. Becoming similar to those around you.

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