Geography Midterm Review

Spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior

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

Colonized by different countries + African slaves makes Caribbean islands ____.

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

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

Goods brought in from another country are called ____.

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

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

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

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

Ruling family (King or Queen) holds some power - limited by a constitution.

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

The European Union requires countries to use the EURO

Interdependent community of plants and animals.

Which of the following is NOT true of this country?

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

Growing only enough to feed yourself and family

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

The Northern hemisphere experiences what season in January?

1494 - divided South America between Spain and Portugal.

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are all...

Globalization is most closely linked with which economic system

Mountains and rainforests are ____ making travel and trade difficult.

Individual or group holds complete power

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

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

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

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

Tendency for cultures to become more alike.

Merging of cultural traits from previously distinct cultural groups.

Most of Latin America has a ___ economy.

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

Production of goods and services determined by a central government

Transfer of animals, plants, culture between Americas and Old World 15th and 16th centuries.

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

The southern hemisphere experiences what season in September?

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

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

The southern hemisphere experiences what season in March?

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

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

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

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

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

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

People most often settle near..

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

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

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

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

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

Reasons Great Britain left the European Union (BREXIT) include...

Can be replaced through natural processes; trees

The Southern hemisphere begins what season in June?

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

Which of the following is NOT and advantage of globalization?

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

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

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

What country colonized Brazil and what language do they speak?

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

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

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

Demographic Transition Stage 2: high birthrate+declining death rate = _____ economy.

Countries in southern Europe have been hurt by..