World Geography Final Review - Spring 22

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

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

The Great Barrier Reef is located near Australia.

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

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

In command economies, the government makes the business decisions.

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

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

A desert receives less than ten inches of rain annually.

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

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

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

In an “Economic Region” trade agreements are typical.

The most accurate representation of the earth is a globe.

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.

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

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

A political region is ruled by kings and queens.

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

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

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

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

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

West Indies is another name for the Caribbean.

Less developed countries have more problems with clean drinking water.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Air pollution is the not worst in urban areas.

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

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

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

Urbanization is the increase in the population of a city.

Rugged terrain keeps people from settling near the Rocky Mountains.

Cultural convergence is wherein culture groups meet and interact.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Polynesians formed a distinct Maori culture in New Zealand.

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

Immigration is the movement of people to a new country.

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

The Maori are the people indigenous to Australia.

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

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

Australia is considered both a country and a continent.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The earth’s outmost layer is the crust.

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

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

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

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

Tropical does not describe Canada's climate.

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

A political region is ruled by kings and queens

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

The United States is a “less developed country”.

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

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

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

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

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

. Tariff reduction is not a factor in population growth.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Great Plains provides the best farmland.

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

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

Subtropical is a region located between temperate and tropical climates.

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

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

Aborigine are people native to the Australian continent.

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

Brazil is the largest country in South America.