GEOGRAPHY FINAL EXAM REVIEW

Theme of Geography asks the question, “How are places similar or different from one another?”

Physical and chemical processes that change the characteristics of rocks.

All of the following are advantages that small countries tend to have except . . .

Which zones of latitude are hot all year round because they get a lot of direct sunlight?

How many surviving children do women need to have on average to keep up replacement population?

According to the Demographic Transitional Model at what stage is the population stable? Why?

A religion that doesn't seek out more followers but is locally contained to a group of people.

What kinds of currents affect climate?

A person who is forced to leave home because of dire threats to well-being.

Which natural resource is most important for the growth of human populations?

What is the condition of the atmosphere at a particular location and time?

French Canadians, Basques, and Catalonians use language to _______ them from majority cultures.

Which Theme of Geography asks, “How do people relate to the physical world?”

What is the environmental downside to fracking?

In which stage are birth and death rates both low, stabilizing the population?

People live in west, central, and southern Africa because . . .

Which of the following is not a pull factor in migration?

What are the places tectonic plates fracture called?

Christians believe that Jesus is . . .

How humans have physically impacted the natural layout of the land by their actions.

The study of the distribution and interaction of Earth’s physical and human features.

These companies to make money expand and adapt to different cultures and regions of the world.

The High Stationary stage of development applied to most countries before what episode?

Which is a reason GMOs are not important to food production?

What are Tertiary Economic Activities?

This is the spreading of ideas or products from one culture to another.

Jesus taught . . .

Which map projection is the most accurate?

Which phrase most accurately defines the term culture?

The Five Pillars or central teachings of Islam include all the following except:

What model shows the growth of populations through history based on birth rate and death rate?

This language brings people of different cultures together; they can use it to communicate.

What are Secondary Economic Activities?

Judaism within Israel is an example of how religion can . . .

What are Push Factors?

What international organization has 190 countries with the goal of keeping peace in the world?

This is the belief that when people die, they are reborn to new lives.

What are Pull Factors?

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all came from . . .

Why are most people moving to cities in increasing numbers around the world?

What economic activities do wealthy and developed countries mostly rely on?

This is a soul’s good and bad deeds that determines what a person’s new life will be like.

Which one of the following religions is a universalizing religion?

What are the weather conditions at a location over a long time?

This is a sovereign territory with distinct borders.

What is replacement population?

The 0° latitude line that divides the world into the Northern and Southern hemispheres is . . .

The 0° longitude line that divides the world into the Eastern and Western hemispheres is . . .

These include religious occasions, holidays, festivals, celebrations, music, dance, and food.

Private charitable organizations that are not a part of any government?

Apartheid in South Africa is similar to the ______________ system in the US.

Sunnis and Shiites are an example of how different denominations in religion can cause . . .

Which one of the following is an ethnic religion?

What are GDP per capita rates are directly linked to?

The fact that people in France and Quebec both speak French is an example of . . .

Islam was founded by the Prophet __________________ who lived from 570 to 632 in Saudi Arabia.

The two religions that believe in karma and reincarnation are _____________________

Which of the following is not a push factor in migration?

Theory that the earth once had one “super continent” that split into the current continents?

The founder of Buddhism was _____________________ who became the Buddha or “Enlightened One.”

What are Primary Economic Activities?

Lines of latitude measure the distance north and south of the _____.

Muslims and Jews are an example of how two different religions can cause . . .

Since the advent of social media, the speed in which culture is diffused has . . .

The mutual promise between the Jews and God was called . . .

A person with allowance to work in a country different than home temporarily.

In which zones of latitude do climates vary greatly (hot and cold)?

Which would we not expect rich countries with high per capita GDP to also have?

What treaty established a norm against interference in another state's domestic affairs?

Who was the “father” of the Hebrews (Jews)?

Larger countries tend to have all of the following advantages except . . .

During the High Stationary stage, why were death rates high?

In which zones of latitude is it cold all year round because they get little sunlight?

What occurs when weathered material is moved by wind, water, ice, or gravity?

The Caste system of human hierarchy is . . .

Universalizing religions are religions always seeking . . .

Which Theme of Geography answers the question, “What is this place like?”

Race is based on cultural traits and customs such as language, religion, dress, etc.

Theme of Geography asks, “How do people, goods, and ideas move from one location to another?”

In which stage of the DTM are both birth rates and death rates high?

Which country attempted to curb population growth with a “one child policy?”

The Prime Meridian runs through which city?

What is relative location?

Which Theme of Geography answers the question, “Where is this place?”

This is a group with a shared culture inside a land area.

This is land where a nation and state are within the same sovereign territory.

Assuming Mr. Dunn is an American, an example of cultural diffusion would be . . .

Which region of Africa is most likely to embrace Western cultural norms?

Which country in Africa had different cultures placed in it leading to violence and genocide?

Contour maps are meant to show the

How does the distance above sea level affect climate?

What kinds of information can be obtained from economic maps (a type of thematic map)?

What is absolute location?

Which would we not expect poor countries with low per capita GDP to have?

Where were political boundaries drawn with no consideration for religion leading to violence?

Hindus believe each person has an ____________________or soul.

Language and dress are to Cultural Traits as buildings, roads, and agriculture are to . . .

The Buddha sought enlightenment (wisdom), to learn how to escape . . .

Why would a country offer paid maternity leave for mothers?

This is the rapid diffusion of culture around the world: