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Geography Final Review PART 1
Geography Final Review PART 1
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WHMS geography for life final review
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1
The longest mountain range in North America
Wasatch Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Rocky Mountains
2
The main factor the enabled the growth of cities and civilizations was the existance of
Religious Traditions
Surplus food
Strong defense capabilities
A common language
3
The major religion of Latin America
Roman Catholic
Evangelical
Methodist
Protestant
4
What are lines that measure East and West?
Tropic of Capricorn
Latitude
Tropic of Cancer
Longitude
5
The belief that once race is superior to another
Prejudice
Ethnicity
Discrimination
Racism
6
Hot and wet throughout the year
Steppe
Tropical Rainforest
Highland
Tundra
7
Identify the following landform
Strait
Peninsula
Archipelago
Isthmus
8
Major Language of Latin America
French
Spanish
Portuguese
English
9
The highest peak in the western hemisphere
Pikes Peak
Mount Rainier
Mount Everest
Mount Aconcagua
10
Which of the following areas receive the most direct sunlight year round?
High Latitudes
The mid and high latitudes
Low latitudes
Midlatitudes
11
Dry areas with sparse plant life
Tropical Rainforrest
Desert
Highland
Steppe
12
Dry areas bordering deserts
Desert
Steppe
Highland
Tundra
13
What is the study of the Earth and people on it?
Genealogy
Cartography
Sociology
Geography
14
Bitterly cold winters, thin soil with low vegetation.
Steppe
Desert
Highland
Tundra
15
The largest (most water) river in the world
Yellow
Amazon
Danube
Nile
16
Belonging to a particular nation by orgin, birth, or naturalization.
Race
Nationality
American
Ethnicity
17
Identify the following landform
Archipelago
Strait
Peninsula
Delta
18
Cultural hearths are places where
the newest civilization began
early centers of civilizations influenced by surroundings
the information revolution first took place
people first discovered fire
19
Ancient Civilization or Peru
Aztec
Inca
Olmec
Mayan
20
Identify the following landform
Penninsula
Delta
Archipelago
Isthmus
21
An irrational prejudgement
Prejudice
Ethnicity
Racism
Discrimination
22
Having common ancestry or cultural characteristics
Prejudice
Racism
Ethnicity
Discrimination
23
Ancient civilization of Central Mexico
Inca
Mesopotamia
Indus
Aztec
24
What Kind of map shows mountains, rivers, plains, ect. ?
Thematic
Political
Physical
Population
25
Zero population growth occurs when...
death rates and birthrates are equal
birthrates are high and death rates are low
Death rates and birthrates are high
Death Rates are high birth rates are low
26
A person of European and African descent
Creole
Mestizo
Mulatto
Incan
27
Having Elements from more than one culture
Ethnic
Multicultural
Diverse
Prejudice
28
This theory states that continents are continually moving
Nebular Theory
Coriolis
Continental Drift
Evolution
29
What is the representation the round earth on flat surface?
Globe
Map
Scale
Compass
30
What is the position of a place in relation to another place?
Scale
Relative Location
Coordinates
Absolute Location
31
What is 0 degrees latitude?
Equator
Longitude
Prime Meridian
International Dateline
32
"An area with similar characteristics"
Human Environment Interaction
Place
Region
Location
33
High CBR, decreasing CDR and developing economy means a country is in which stage of the DTM?
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 4
Stage 3
34
"How are people and places connected?"
Place
Region
Movement
Location
35
A person of European and Native American descent
Incan
Mestizo
Mulatto
Aztec
36
The oldest mountain range in North America
Rocky Mountains
Wasatch Mountains
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
37
A higher elevation cause cooler temperatures
Steppe
Tundra
Highland
Desert
38
"How does the environment affect man?"
Human Environment Interaction
Movement
Location
Place
39
"What is it like there?"
Human/Environment Interaction
Place
Location
Region
40
What is 0 degrees longitude?
0 degree line
Prime Meridian
Equator
International Date Line
41
Identify the following landform
Peninsula
Ithsmus
Strait
Delta
42
What kind of map shows boundaries and countries
Physical
Political
Thematic
Topographic
43
Treatment based on class or cateogry
Racism
Prejudice
Discrimination
Ethnicity
44
Of European descent born in the Caribbean or South America
Mestizo
Creole
Mayan
Mulatto
45
"Where is it?"
Location
Place
Movement
Region
46
Identify the following landform
Strait
Delta
Isthmus
Archipelago
47
the longest mountain range in the WORLD
Himalayas
Alps
Andes
Ural
48
What are parallel lines that measure North and South
Longitude
Tropics
Meridans
Latitude
49
What causes the earth's seasons?
The moon's revolution and its tilt in relation to the Earth
Earth's rotation and its tilt in relation to the sun
Earth's revolution and its tilt in relation to the sun
The movement of the continents due to the continental drift
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What is the exact position of a place on the Earth?
Scale
Absolute Location
Coordinates
Relative Location
