Wickham Key Honors World Geography Fall Final Exam Review Packet 2024 PDF

Honors World Geography – FALL FINAL EXAM REVIEW Regions Answer the following using the regions we study in the first semester (North America, Latin America, Europe, Quebec, Nunavut, the former Yugoslavia, Southern Hemisphere...

Honors World Geography – FALL FINAL EXAM REVIEW Regions Answer the following using the regions we study in the first semester (North America, Latin America, Europe, Quebec, Nunavut, the former Yugoslavia, Southern Hemisphere). 1. Which region is known for its extensive network of navigable rivers?Europe 2. Which region has the greatest climate diversity?North America 3. Which region’s climate is altered by a warm ocean current called the North Atlantic Drift?Europe 4. Which region is known for cheap labor and the largest number of subsistence farmers?Latin America 5. Which region has the largest coast line due to its many peninsulas?Europe 6. Which region has experienced Balkanization due to ethnic and religious diversity? Yugoslavia 7. Australia and Antarctica are the only two continents solely in this region? Southern Hemisphere Please label the following countries Canada, Costa Rica, and Honduras. Then label following countries in order from very high, medium, to low development based on the information in the chart. Avg. Life GDP Population Expectancy per Capita Growth Rate Country 1 78HIgh $33, 689.00 1% Canada Country 2 53Low $ 386.00 1.8%Honduras Country 3 72Medium $ 2,879.00 -0.4%Costa Rica Immigrants: Struggle for opportunities, earn low wages for difficult jobs, and face harsh discrimination  Climographs For each climograph, label what determines temperature and what determines precipitation. Which of the following climographs is in the Northern Hemisphere and which one is in the Southern Hemisphere? How can you tell from the climograph? What factors influence climate the most? Bars - precipitation Dots - temperature Curve up - North Curve down - South Latitude influences climate the most Population Pyramids 1. For each population pyramid, label it with the type of growth: rapid, slow or negative. 2. For each pyramid, label it with the stage of development it represents; least developed, newly industrialized, most developed (very high, medium, low) 3. Which pyramid shows the need for an increase in schools? 4. The pyramids below represent the countries of Canada, Costa Rica, and Honduras. Label each country below the pyramid you think it matches. slow growth; medium; CR negative growth; high; CA rapid growth; low; need;HD schools How does the shape of a country’s population pyramid indicate how the government should spend money on that country’s Infrastructure? more children; more school - more elderly; more healthcare Developing countries and lower transitional countries will usually have increased birth rates and the average age of their populations will be younger. Therefore, as population increases, more schools (especially elementary) will need to be built. What trade exchange does the image above best represent? Columbian Exchange  REGIONS Latin America North America Europe/Eurasia HUMAN The population of the United States is _Siberia___________ has the What is the Dominant Religion of Latin shifting to what region? Why? South; lowest population density due to its GEOGRAPHY America? Catholic cost of living, better weather extremely cold climate and lack of resources for survival. Latin The diffusion of ideas and agricultural What is a megalopolis?several large America is products between the Old & New Worlds is known as the: __COlumbian cities growing together best studied Exchange_______ Catholics and Protestants in N. as a region Why would a megalopolis be located by Ireland argue about whether N. because of Why are Spanish and Portuguese the most water? trade Ireland should remain part of what? because of commonly spoken languages in Latin United Kingdom the European America? COlonization What region of the US, also known as influence of the steel belt, containing Midwest This region has the highest number of Spanish and cities, has seen a population decline, and subsistence farmers? Why? Latin America; Catholicism a loss of manufacturing jobs? midwest low development What do you call a city like Plano with single family homes and is centered around highways that lies on the outskirts of an urban area? suburb PHYSICAL Why was Panama selected as the The majority of Canadians live near What helps to moderate the climate GEOGRAPHY location for a canal to link the Atlantic what major geographic features that of Western Europe and led to and Pacific Oceans? Isthmus are shared with the US? great lakes increased settlement? North Atlantic Drift What physical features can be found in The largest range of climate types can South America that produces 20% of be found in this country. United States What physical feature has earth's oxygen, contains 50% of the contributed most to Europe’s earth's species, provides a variety of Why is flooding so common in New economic success of landlocked crops, and medicines and cures that Orleans, LA? below sea level countries such as Switzerland? have been made from its plants? navigable rivers Amazon rainforest 4 Updated 10/18/2024  Why is the temperature only around 80 Why does Europe have such an degrees in rainforests? latitude extensive coastline? peninsula of peninsulas This mountain range serves as a natural border between Europe and Asia. Pyrenees POLITICAL What country in the Western How do the U.S. and Canada compare in Why is Yugoslavia a good example of GEOGRAPHY Hemisphere practices Communism and is terms of their government systems? “balkanization”? split into new a dictatorship and has a high literacy Constitutional Monarchy; Democratic countries along ethnic line rate and low infant mortality rate? Republic China What factor leads to Europe having 24 official languages? borders and ethnic groups Which part of Europe has a history of Communism? Eastern ECONOMIC What is the difference between What is the purpose of NAFTA/USMCA and What is the purpose of the EU and subsistence farming and commercial the EU? the expansion of NATO? trade and GEOGRAPHY farming? only enough to support family; promote free trade protections making money Large What has led to the fast spread of settlements How does the cost of labor influence globalization of ideas in the 21st century? foreign development in Latin America? technology What do countries that belong to the in Latin cheap labor makes companies build factories EU have in common?common currency; America, common trade; common citizenship there What invention led to people migrating to North the South? air-conditioning America, and What advantages do landlocked Europe all How could a Latin American government countries in Europe have that justify destruction of the rainforest? to form by landlocked countries in Latin America make money by selling timber rivers and don’t have? navigable rivers coasts for 5 Updated 10/18/2024  easy access How would non-corrupt governments How does the EU benefit its to rivers and help Latin America? members? they all share in each trade. preservation of natural resources; others wealth distributing money to the people; providing resources for the people THe UK recently left what European organization due to economic policy disagreements? EU SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS (SEIs) & STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT Developing Transitional Developed What SEIs would you expect to see High __IM__________ Higher ____LE________ than High ______LE______ concerning health developing care in each stage of development? Low ______LE_______ Low ________IM_____ Life expectancy Lower ______IM_______ than Infant Mortality developing What type of low medium high internet usage would you expect to see in each stage of development? What SEIs would you expect to see concerning education High ______FR______ High ___FR_________ High __LR__________ & fertility in each stage of Low ___LR__________ Low ___LR__________ Low _____FR________ development? Fertility rate Literacy rate ***Europe typically has less than 2 children per family 6 Updated 10/18/2024  What shape of Draw in LDC (developing) Draw in NIC Draw in MDC(developed) population pyramid would you expect to see in each stage of development? DEFINITIONS Define each term. Standard of Living Orographic Effect/rain shadow effect *Be sure you know what happens on each side of the mountain! Subsistence Farmer Globalization (Sped up by technology) Solstice Infrastructure Urbanization 7 Updated 10/18/2024 Urban Sprawl Megalopolis *formed due to easy access to ports Suburb 8 Updated 10/18/2024  PUSH – PULL FACTORS On the list of factors below, circle the PUSH factors in RED and square the PULL factors in blue or black. 1. War 12. Disease 2. High GDP 13. Economic opportunity 3. Low Taxes 14. Political stability 4. Famine 15. Foreign invasion 5. Free public healthcare 16. Variety of consumer products 6. Drought 17. Harsh climate 7. High unemployment 18. Family and friends 8. High per capita income 19. Abundance of housing 9. High infant mortality rate 20. High crime rate 10. Military dictatorship 21. Huge slums (favelas) 11. Economic collapse in Venezuela 12. Low standard of living (Brazil) Sun’s Energy Mark the following statements as TRUE or FALSE. After you have finished, CORRECT the false statements to make them true. __t_____1. The orographic effect occurs when wind from over the ocean passes over a mountain and the lack of rain creates a desert on the other side. ___f____2. Longitude is the most influential factor of climate. latitude ___f____3. Mountains are usually created by tick tock activity. plate tectonics ____f___4. A solstice occurs when every place has 12 hours of daylight. equinox ____f___5. The Equator divides the eastern and western hemisphere. north and south ___f____6. Elevation: The higher you go, the hotter it gets. cooler ___t____7. The seasons in the northern hemisphere occur at the exact opposite time as in the southern hemisphere. ___f____8. The warm North Atlantic Drift moderates the climate of South America.europe ____f___9. Population density tends to be near water because of fertile soil for farming. trade _____t__10. The sun’s direct rays at the equator produce the tropical climates found there. _____t__11. Latitude is the most important factor in climate. ____t___12. The Southern Hemisphere experiences its summer solstice in December. 9 Updated 10/18/2024  THEMES Write the theme which best illustrates each statement: location, character of a place, human-environment interaction, movement, region, physical geography, climate factors, or political factors. 1. Urbanization is a controversial problem causing the loss of natural habitats. HEI 2. The Spanish language spread to Latin America during colonialism. movement 3. Buildings in Texas are cool inside even when it is 100 degrees outside because of the invention of air conditioning, so people began to migrate to the South/Sun Belt due to the invention of Air Conditioning. HEI 4. The US and the USSR fought the Cold War to stop the spread of Communism. political 5. Populations of cities near rivers are high because of transportation and job opportunities. physical 6. Height above sea level, distance from the equator, rainfall, average daily temp, and latitude all influence climate. climate factors 7. Dams being built on rivers. HEI 8. Most rivers start at the top of mountains, then gravity helps them flow towards the oceans. movement WHO AM I? 1. I have a parliamentary system of government and am a part of North America. CA 2. I contain 20% of the world's oxygen, 50% of the earth’s species, provide a variety of food crops, and medicine and cures have been developed from my native species. Amazon 3. I am an organization that attempted to promote world peace through cooperation formed during the Cold War. I am best at humanitarian missions, international security, and stopping the spread of communism. UN 4. I am the means to move quickly from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and the U.S. controlled me until December 31, 1999. Panama Canal 5. I am an alliance that helped open the borders and increase trade between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. USMCA 6. I was a country that split into seven pieces in 1991 after the fall of the USSR due to ethnic and religious conflict. Yugoslavia 7. I am a region of continuous urban settlement from Boston to Washington, DC. megalopolis 8. I am an alliance that helped to reduce trade barriers among the European countries. EU 9. I describe the goods traded between Europe and the Americas. Columbian exchange 10. I am a government type with a monarch who is mainly symbolic and a Parliament to make laws. Constitutional Monarchy 11. We are the two countries that fought each other during the Cold War to stop the spread of Communism. US/USSR 12. I am the state that is very windy because I am located in the Great Plains. I am one of the top wind energy producers in the US leading to a decrease in renewable energy costs. Texas 10 Updated 10/18/2024  13. I am an ocean current that makes Europe’s climate warmer and increased it’s settlement numbers. North Atlantic Drift 14. I am the unusual warming of the East Pacific that disrupts weather patterns worldwide and makes winters in Texas colder and wetter. El Nino 15. I am the only Communist country in the West, I have limited freedom, am a Caribbean island, and I have a high literacy rate and a low infant mortality rate. Cuba 16. I am formerly part of the USSR, I am one of the Baltic States, I am a member of NATO and the EU, and I have high literacy rates and low infant mortality rates. Estonia 17. I am a navigational tool on your cell phone that can help you find the nearest Starbucks or help you determine where to potentially start a small business. GIS 18. I was involved in terrorist activity in Chechnya and the annexation of Crimea and the invasion of Ukraine. I also opposed NATO’s expansion into Europe. Russia 19. I am an island in the Caribbean Sea and I am a US Commonwealth (territory). Puerto Rico 20. I am a line of latitude that divides the Northern and Southern hemispheres. Equator 21. I am a country that is Nordic, Scandinavian, NOT a member of the EU, but I have vast oil wealth and use it to find extensive government programs. Norway 22. I am a French speaking Caribbean Island, I had the first successful slave revolt, I suffered from a horrible earthquake, and I am currently developing because of government instability. Haiti 23. I am a line of longitude used as a basis for the world’s time zones. Prime Meridian 24. The majority of my people speak Portuguese and are Catholic. I am a country in South America. Brazil Government and Economy Write the letter of each term next to the matching statement: B. Democracy _B___1. Government created by the U.S. Constitution C. Totalitarianism _E___2. examples: Vatican City and Iran D. Communism ___F_3. ruled by a constitution with a monarch as a ceremonial leader (United Kingdom) E. Theocracy __C_4. dictatorship, little freedom, with a strong military F. Constitutional Monarchy __D__5. govt. controls people and economy, example: Cuba and Eastern Europe G. Command (Communism) __H__6. Capitalism + government pays for health care +high taxes H. Free Enterprise (Capitalism) _J___7. Inherited occupations I. Mixed (Socialism) __H__8. Free Enterprise, supply and demand, Businesses are privately owned, no government interference of business J. Traditional (Barter) _G___9. Government plans all economic development 11 Updated 10/18/2024 Circle the correct phrase(s) to complete the sentence as a true statement. Haiti is so poor due to its government instability/large amount of rainfall. Cultural diffusion is the movement of cultural traits from one culture to another /the cleansing of undesirable traits from one’s own culture. World climates are affected by ocean currents/ latitude / longitude /elevation/all of the above. Technology can lead to economic change/globalization/ political change/all of the above. Pros of USMCA include increased tariffs/ decreased tariffs/ increased imports/ decreased imports. Cons of USMCA include more jobs in Africa/ political unrest in Mexico/ increased pollution. On a climograph, the bars represent precipitation/ temperature, and the line represents precipitation /temperature. A country with high internet usage and data consumption is most likely to be an LDC/NIC/MDC. The majority of the world population is in the Northern Hemisphere/Southern Hemisphere. A dictatorship has a strong/weak military. The creation of a dam is an example of Human Environment interaction/ethnic cleansing. The primary role of the UN is to establish war/international cooperation. Competing nationalistic beliefs between Serbs and Bosnians/ Amazonians and Australians led to genocide in Yugoslavia. The Panama Canal was constructed to make a shorter route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans/for irrigation purposes. Yugoslavia split into 7 countries because it was easier that way/there was a conflict over ethnic and religious diversity. Which one is more likely to lead to sustainable development? Renewable resources/non-renewable resources. 12 Updated 10/18/2024 Venezuela went from one of the richest to one of the poorest countries in Latin America because of oil wealth wasted by a corrupt government/intense flooding. The Rocky Mountains/Sahara Desert is a physical feature shared by the US and Canada. Estonia/China was part of the USSR but is now in NATO and part of the EU. Not all EU countries use the Euro as their currency because when one country struggles it can bring down the value/it is not very visually appealing money. The Sun Belt/ Rust Belt region of the US consistently lost many of its factories due to outsourcing. The UN (United Nations) was created primarily to promote world peace/censor the internet. Quebec, Canada has a separatist movement from the whole of Canada due to cultural differences/climate change. 13 Updated 10/18/2024  Map Skills List for Fall Final Exam Each student is required to label, locate, and recognize the following geographic features. STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT UNIT: Latin America Political Features: Honduras Venezuela Argentina Physical Features: Amazon River Atacama Desert Caribbean Sea DIFFUSION OF IDEAS UNIT: North America Political Features: Montana Arkansas Michigan Physical features: Rocky Mountains Missouri River Lake Erie UNIFICATION VS. BALKANIZATION UNIT: Europe (West and East) Political Features: Ukraine Estonia Poland United Kingdom Germany Spain Physical Features: Mediterranean Sea Black Sea Danube River Baltic Sea 14 Updated 10/18/2024  15 Updated 10/18/2024  16 Updated 10/18/2024  17 Updated 10/18/2024