World Geography Final Review - Spring 22

The North American Free Trade Organization (NAFTA) is an example of an economic region.

The fact that mechanized agriculture has replaced manual labor motivates many to move from rural to urban areas.

Combined, Australia and New Zealand make up the region known as Australasia.

“Finland is west of Russia” is not a geographic theme of location.

Emigration is the leaving of one's homeland to settle in a new place.

The earth's physical features affect people's jobs they choose, means of travel, and ways they spend their free time.

The Great Plains area lies in both the United States and Canada.

El Ninos create their own distinct weather patterns causing wetter-than-normal weather for much of Australia.

The statement, "Jamaica is an island nation," describes a physical region.

Cultural convergence is wherein culture groups meet and interact.

More-developed countries (MDCs) have a negative population growth.

Unsustainable development occurs when present progress is at the expense of future generations.

In command economies, the government makes the business decisions.

The United States is a “less developed country”.

Tropical climate zone has the least change in temperature between winter and summer months.

Migration is the movement of people from one place to another.

“Cuba is an island nation” is an example of a physical region.

Tropical does not describe Canada's climate.

Cultural diffusion is the adoption of one culture's customs by another cultural group.

Coral reefs cannot be damaged or destroyed by too little rain.

. More even distribution of resources is not a benefit of increased development.

A grassland is an ecosystem much of which has been converted to farms.

An example of a tundra is not wetlands, rivers, lakes.

In an “Economic Region” trade agreements are typical.

The earth’s outmost layer is the crust.

“Population in the area will decrease” does not describe settlement patterns.

Effective charts and graphs do not include at least five different colors.

Underpopulation is a situation in which the birth rate is not sufficient to replace the existing population.

“Most of the people here speak French” is an example of a cultural region.

People's activities may affect the physical environment and the physical environment may affect people.

Aborigine are people native to the Australian continent.

Members EU economic alliance can live, work, even vote in any member nation.

The following statement describes the geographic theme of location: Tundra covers most of northern Canada.

Rugged terrain keeps people from settling near the Rocky Mountains.

Benefits of recycling are: increased profits for industry, reduced solid waste, and increased reuse of resources.

Air pollution is the not worst in urban areas.

When a major business closes or moves out of an area, population in the area will decrease.

It is believed that Taiwan is the original home of the Lapita, early Oceania explorers.

The indigenous Aborigines have recently received an apology from the Australian government.

Endemic is referring to the plants or animals that can be found in only one place.

Brazil is the largest country in South America.

Ninety-five percent of the world's opal supply is mined in the nation of Australia.

“Most regions are homogeneous” does not describe a region.

Overpopulation is a situation in which the number of people exceeds the available natural resources in an area.

Less developed countries have more problems with clean drinking water.

The Great Plains provides the best farmland.

New Zealand was discovered less than 1000 years ago by the Polynesians

The European group has the smallest population in Ecuador and Peru, they control the most money and power.

More-developed countries (MDCs) are nations that produce more of the world's pollution.

Examples of fresh water are “wetlands, rivers, & lakes.

. Tariff reduction is not a factor in population growth.

Connections between countries of the world have increased in recent history & can be expected to increase in the future.

A political region is ruled by kings and queens.

Invaisive is referring to plants or animals introduced to an area that destroy or hinder indigenous species.

Subtropical is a region located between temperate and tropical climates.

Techtonic activity is referring to the activity within the earth that causes movements of the earth's outer layer.

New Zealand is composed of the North Island and the South Island.

Techtonics is not the physical process responsible for the movement of soil.

The inner core is the metallic layer at the earth's center

Cultural divergence is government policy that restricts access to outside cultural influences.

“A long growing season improves crop growth” is an example of a geographic region.

Easter Island is known for its mysterious stone figures carved from lava.

A political region is ruled by kings and queens

Rain shadow is an area on the leeward side of a mountain that receives less precipitation.

New Zealand is home to three official languages French is not one of them.

The dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics affected nations throughout the world.

Cultural mosaic are groups living close to one another, but keeping their unique cultures.

West Indies is another name for the Caribbean.

Roald Amundsen is credited with being the first explorer to reach the South Pole.

The most accurate representation of the earth is a globe.

Sustainable land management practices important because they ensure continued food production.

More-developed countries (MDCs) are countries that use more of the earth's resources.

Indigenous is referring to people groups and other living things that are native to a region.

Members EU economic alliance can live, work, even vote in any member nation.

The Torres Strait is not one of the principal geographical landmarks of Antarctica.

The removal of salt from something, e.g., the ocean is called desalination.

Reduced use of resources is not a characteristic of economically developed nations.

Offshore drilling does not affect pollution levels in the Great Barrier Reef.

The entire area of Antartica is the driest and windiest place on the planet.

. Characteristics of MDCs are: higher standard of living, more access to health care, and more industry.

New Zealand is considered the top “green” country in the world.

Urban areas are the most culturally diverse places in Latin America.

Urbanization is the increase in the population of a city.

A Winkel Tripel projection map reduces distortion of distance, direction, and area.

The Great Barrier Reef is located near Australia.

Sustainable development is the ability to meet current needs without reducing the ability to meet future needs.

The plants and wildlife that make up a region are called the ecosystem.

Immigration is the movement of people to a new country.

Abundant rainfall year round and major storms such as typhoons are characteristics of a tropical climate.

In a topographical map the elevation is indicated by the distance between lines.

A desert receives less than ten inches of rain annually.

The Polynesians formed a distinct Maori culture in New Zealand.

The Micronesia Challenge has encouraged nations to participate in forest and land conservation.

Australia is considered both a country and a continent.

Areas of ocean between land prevented the Lapita, from developing an empire in Oceania and nearby regions of the world.

The Maori are the people indigenous to Australia.

The South Pacific Tuna Treaty controls the amount of commercial fishing that can be done in parts of Oceania.

The Malayo-Polynesian language is the root language of peoples living in much of Oceania.

A sea invertebrate that helps to create coral is a polyp.

China has given Australia an economic boost by purchasing great amounts of natural gas.