Semester One Final Review

Under the Soviet System, the government

Source of a river is called it's

A person who moves into a country

Organized persecution and massacres of Jewish people under the czars

People descended from an area's first inhabitants

An area's temperature and level of precipitation over a long period of time

Northern manufacturing states in the US are nicknamed what?

Why are people distributed unevenly throughout the world?

Native American groups who developed early civilizations in Mexico and Central America

The US has a trade

In Latin America, the structure of the family is often

Foreigners who work on a temporary basis in another country

When attacking Russia in 1941, German forces

All nations in Western Europe (except Switzerland) are all currently members of

The Native American empires of Latin America were the

The Caspian Sea is

Philosophy which calls for economic equality and ownership of resources by the workers

When people blend beliefs and practices from different religions and cultures

Diego Rivera is a Latin American artist that created

Lack of basic needs, which is very prevalent in Latin America, is known as

Which of the following statements describes the general trend in world population since 1950?

The leading European country in banking is

Both the US and Canada have what kind of economy?

Trees that shed leaves in winter are called

Coal and natural gas are two forms of

Population clusters in the United States are located

A city with more than 10 million people

Which statement about South America’s population is accurate?

Climate regions are classified mainly on the basis of

The Great Plains have bitter winters and hot summers because

The majority of Russia’s population lives

Huge area that contains coniferous trees in Russia

Much of Latin America is located in what climate zone?

Most people in Europe speak at least one __________ ___________ language

Africans first came to the Caribbean as

Over time, what will reduce a mountain to gravel?

The Maya are remembered today for

Countries that have health-care systems funded by the government are known as

System in which monarchs gave land to nobles in return for loyalty during the Middle Ages

Lakes and rivers are important resources to North America because they

The "movement" about which geographers usually refer

The Dust Bowl was caused by

Permanently frozen subsoil found above the arctic circle

The highest temperature ever recorded in the United States was at

System in which the government makes the majority of the economic decisions

Eastern Europe was controlled by this until 1990

Countries one controlled by the Soviet Union are called

The study of where people, places, and things are located and how they relate to each other.

Ethnic Russians are part of a

Long, narrow, steep-sided inlet carved out through the process of glaciation

.Since Mikhail Gorbachev came to power, Russia has been moving toward

The British Isles include the islands of

Quebec's people are mostly of what decent?

Rich black soil that supports grain production in Russia is called

What trade program allows for no duties between the U.S., Canada and Mexico?

Building dams and canals to irrigate desert regions is an example of

The ___________separate(s) the Iberian Peninsula from Africa.

Permafrost is found in

Which of the following are part of a country’s non-material culture?

Water in oceans, lakes, rivers, and under ground make up the: