WG - Quiz Review - Semester 1 Exam

The process of removing salt from seawater

Where do the most dramatic variations in the amount of sunlight occur?

An area connected by feelings or impressions, but not by factual data or specific qualities.

Northern Mexico has a __________ climate. 

Bacteria that once broke down waste disposed of in the Mediterranean Sea is less able to do so due to

Haze caused by the interaction of ultraviolet solar radiation with chemical fumes from pollution sources

What financial incentive is at the heart of the Kyoto Protocol's system of cap-and-trade?

What kind of trees change color and drop their leaves in autumn

A community lying on the fringes of a metropolitan area

Which two U.S. states have the largest petroleum reserves?

 A process by which accumulated masses of snow form into ice and spread

Southern Mexico is part of a _________ that connects North America and South America.

A country that won its independence in 1804, following a revolt led by Francois Toussaint-Louverture

an illustration that depicts the distribution of a population by age and gender

a mathematical means to present the curved surface of Earth on a flat surface

Increased trade with mainland Europe in the 1300s caused Nordic Northern European Countries to become...

How has the European Union promoted trade among member countries, as well as countries such as the United States?

Which of the following statements accurately describes changes in the U.S. economy since the 1950s?

A reading of 36 degrees North latitude and 140 degrees East longitude provides...

How does monoculture affect soil?

In the grid system used to map locations on Earth's surface, lines parallel to the equator are:

The breaking away of one part of a country to create a separate, independent country

Due to heavy natural resource extraction, Canada's ____________ has been shrinking.

When geographers acquire geographic information by direct observation, they...

Urban area might turn into a _____ if its key industry is no longer needed and population moves

Iandforms of Svalbard were created through folding and faulting associated with continental drift and...

Why is water scarcity a growing issue in Mexico?

The difference between an area's birth rate and its death rate

A large agricultural estate owned by a family or corporation in Latin America

Deforestation has caused major disruptions to animal and plant ecosystems in the

How does the demographic transition model explain change over time in population of a country

Of Earth's three constructural layers, the hottest is...

To leave one’s own country to settle permanently in another

What is the term for the generally windless area near the Equator?

phenomenon that causes dry areas to develop on the leeward side of mountain ranges

Who were leaders of the South American wars for independence?

Which is an advantage of using Goode's Interrupted Equal Area Projection Map?

Which area experiences the midnight sun?

The sun activates the water cycles by...

Why is it important to protect wetlands and swamps such as Florida's Everglades?

The longest river in the Western Hemisphere

Temperatures at higher elevations are ___________ compared to temperatures at lower elevations.

In South America, most people live

A dry wind that blows from the leeward sides of mountains, sometimes melting snow and causing avalanches

__________ led the Spanish forces that invaded and conquered the _________ in Mexico.

An ancient Inca town in the Andes

permanently frozen soil beneath the ground's surface

When it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?

Movement within a country, such as from rural areas to urban areas

A large mass of ice, snow, or rock that slides down a mountainside

Why were the first factories in the United States located along the fall line in the Northeast?

Why would a corporation locate its manufacturing operations in a less developed country?

Wet or dry airborne acids that fall to the ground

political border that is established by a a physical geographic feature like a mountain/river

a dry grassland that has warm summers nad harsh, cold winters

A smaller river or stream that feeds into a larger river

A day on which the sun is directly over the Tropic of Cancer or the Tropic of Capricorn?

Of what precious mineral is Mexico the world's leading producer?

The indigenous people of the Canadian Arctic are known as the

The movement of weathered rock by wind, glaciers, and moving water

An area that includes a central place and related places around it

The mayor of Mexico City launched programs to reduce pollution in the city by

The cultivation of seafood

A part of the coastal plain that extends out underneath the ocean.

 A channel or pipeline for moving large quantities of water 

An area characterized by a certain unifying quality or characteristic

the average number of people living in a specific geographic area

French-speaking inhabitants of a city in eastern Canada

A strong northerly wind from the Alps that can bring cold air to southern France

Most of Earth's freshwater is in...

A long, steep-sided glacial valley now filled by seawater

A partially self-governing country with close ties to another country

The Kemi River in is harnessed for hydroelectric power, a significant renewable resource.

One method of reducing the damage to the rain forests of Central America is to require ____ of land that has been.

An underground layer naturally impregnated with petroleum

One limitation of geospatial technology is that it cannot provide information about...

What causes solar radiation to warm the Earth?

Which of the following landforms runs through both the United States and Canada?

Which is the best comparison to the geographic term "situation"?

The shortest path between two places on a globe.

The practice and business of recreational travel based on concern for the environment

U.S.-Canadian project reduced pollution in the Nashua River and led to the construction of wastewater treatment plants.

 A powerful tropical storm that forms over warm ocean waters

Complex forest that has developed over a long period of time and is relatively untouched by human activity

A form of energy conversion that captures heat energy from within Earth

A Spanish soldier who participated in conquest of indigenous peoples of Mexico

The sum of factors that reduce ability of an environment to support the population, resulting in migration or decline

Because of its location on the Ring of Fire, much of Central America is

Why is Argentina considered to be a global role model for environmental policies?

The rapid, major change in the economy beginning in the 1700s with the introduction of power-driven machinery

Term referring to the earliest centers of civilization whose ideas and practices spread

Which is the result of faulting?

divides power between the national government and state or provincial governments

The transfer of plants, animals, people, and diseases that began when Europeans arrived in the Western Hemisphere?

Scientists think that Pangaea separated...

Which of the following best describes the population of Iceland?

In many places throughout South America, Carnival is celebrated in the week before the observance of Lent.

The granting of self-rule to local and regional authorities

Due to extremely cold temperatures, and frozen ground, vegetation in the_____ climate is limited

What causes Patagonia to be dry, barren, and windy?