World Geography Unit 2 Test Review

What best describes cultural institutions?

area of the Earth’s surface that is unified by a measurable physical of human characteristic

a pattern of behavior shared by a society, or group of people (ex. Food, clothing, language, etc)

In a free enterprise system the distribution of goods is controlled by who?

What ocean defines Oceania as a region?

In a command (or communist economy) the distribution of goods is controlled by who?

percent of the population with the ability to read and write over the age of 15

number of children who die at birth in a given country (per 1,000 births)

how much money a country makes divided by the population

area of the Earth’s surface that is defined by an interaction or connectivity

Why is the rust belt considered a perceptual region?

the average number of years a person is expected to live

Southwest Asia and North Africa are considered a region because they share the same what? (hint: aka the Middle East)

What makes Latin America a region?

area of the Earth’s surface that is defined by a perception of the people living there

Which of the following would be considered a perceptual region?

market system operating free from government intervention (the United States is closes to this kind of economic system)