Final Exam Review Guide PDF

Answer/ Define the following in preparation for the final: Unit #1 1.​ Why are all map projections wrong? 2.​ Mercator is a type of map projection we have talked about quite a bit. What is good and bad about it? What about the Peters Projection? 3.​ Identify the different elements of a...

Answer/ Define the following in preparation for the final: Unit #1 1.​ Why are all map projections wrong? 2.​ Mercator is a type of map projection we have talked about quite a bit. What is good and bad about it? What about the Peters Projection? 3.​ Identify the different elements of a map. What is the purpose of each? 4.​ How do you determine absolute location? 5.​ How do absolute and relative location differ? 6.​ Practice finding absolute location by correctly identifying the coordinates of the following cities: a.​ New York b.​ Paris c.​ Shanghai d.​ Rio de Janeiro 7.​ How did John Snow change the way diseases were studied and how is it related to geography? 8.​ Identify the different types of thematic maps and be certain you can analyze them using 4 levels of analysis. 9.​ We looked at many examples of the theme Human-Environment Interaction. Be certain you understand the way humans are impacted by and impact the environment. You should especially be able to discuss the case studies we examined: Climate Change in the US. 10.​Describe the difference between environmental opportunities and environmental constraints. 11.​ Identify some examples of environmental opportunities and constraints from “Human Planet”. Unit #2 1.​ Define culture 2.​ Identify the different levels of a culture and describe some traits that would fall in each level. (think about the iceberg metaphor which was on the PERSIA GEM nearpod) 3.​ Define what each aspect of PERSIA GEM represents and provide a specific example of that aspect. 4.​ Define a cultural hearth and be able to identify major cultural hearths today. 5.​ Explain how the Silk Road and the Columbian Exchange help spread culture. 6.​ Define each of the different types of diffusion and provide an example of a cultural trait that diffused through that type of diffusion. 7.​ How did fortune cookies come to be associated with Chinese food? 8.​ Explain how modern day Chinese food reflects the impact of cultural diffusion on cultural traits. 9.​ How has McDonald’s used regional preferences both in the US and around the globe to expand their menu and their global reach? Which form of cultural diffusion is most associated with these actions? 10.​Define homogenization.  11.​ How have American companies like McDonald’s influenced world culture and led to a greater homogeneity of world culture? 12.​ Explain why it is important to study religions. 13.​ Describe the similarities between the three Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. 14.​ Describe how the three Abrahamic religions differ. 15.​ Describe the similarities between Hinduism and Buddhism. 16.​ Describe the differences between Hinduism and Buddhism 17.​ Explain why each of the following; Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all believe Jerusalem to be an important city. Unit #3 1.​ Why do developing countries have such high fertility rates? 2.​ Why do developed countries typically have low fertility rates? 3.​ Why are many in the world concerned about the trends in fertility worldwide? 4.​ What impact could falling fertility rates have on global migration patterns? 5.​ What impact could falling fertility have on a country’s economic future? 6.​ What factors lead to women in Niger having on average 7 children? 7.​ Why would a population with a lot of young people not be ideal? 8.​ Why would a population with a lot of older people not be ideal? 9.​ Which countries tend to have a higher life expectancy? Why is this the case? 10.​What is the connection between fertility rates and infant mortality? 11.​ What is pronatalism and anti-natalism? 12.​ What is the one child policy? Does it still exist? What are the negative impacts that the country has seen/will see due to the policy? 13.​ What push and pull factors help explain migration patterns? How do remittances help explain the migration patterns we see? 14.​ What are refugees? What are internally displaced persons? 15.​ What regions of the world are currently experiencing high levels of refugees fleeing? What countries host high levels of refugees? 16.​ Why did Syrian refugees need to flee their country and where did they try to find safety? Why did some Syrians recently have to flee back to Syria? Unit #4 1.​ What was the motivation of imperialism and colonialism? 2.​ How was the current map of Africa impacted by European imperialism and what are the long term effects of imperialism on African countries? 3.​ Be sure that you can speak to the impact of European imperialism in the following case studies: India and South Africa. 4.​ Why did the world form the United Nations in the mid-twentieth century? 5.​ What work does the United Nations do? What successes and failures has it had? 6.​ What was apartheid and why was it instituted in South Africa? 7.​ How was the apartheid system brought down?