World Geography Semester Exam Review
Dec 30, 2015
World Geography Semester Exam Review
What are the 3 different types of plate movements?◦ Divergent (pulls apart)◦ Convergent ◦ Transform
Physical Geography
WeatheringMechanical Chemical
Erosion◦ Wind ◦ Water ◦ Glaciers◦ Which is the most common
Describe the following….
How do the following effect climate?LatitudeAir MassesContinentalityElevationMountain BarriersOcean CurrentsPressure CellsStorms
LACEMOPS
Movement Region Human-Environment Interaction Location Place
5 Themes of Geography
Why are people, goods, ideas moved from place to place?
o Human movement-Planes, Trains, Carso Information movement-phones, email,
What are some reasons people migrate?
Movement
Push FactorsWhat are some examples of push factors?
WarGovernmentEconomyNatural Hazards
Pull FactorsWhat brings people into new places?
Job OpportunitiesBasic Freedoms
Reasons for Migration
Urbanization (moving from country to city for more opportunities.)
Transportation (access to water routes) Access to and availability of resources Economic Activities
Where do the majority of the people on the planet live? Why?
Settlement Patterns
Show population density map of the world – where do people live?
Examine population pyramids to describe the growth and the impact of that growth
What are trends in past world population growth?
Compare ways that humans depend on, adapt to, and modify the physical environment Culture – influences how people interact
with their environment, some cultures may have more technology
How humans depend on the environment is effected by the nature of the environment, the culture and values, and their level of technology
Adapting – terrace farming Modifying – polders in Netherlands, Three
Gorges Dam in China
Describe interaction between humans and the physical environment by analyzing the consequences of extreme weather and natural disasters
How do we adapt to the following?: El Nino – trigger heavy rainfall and flooding Floods Tsunamis volcanoes
Identify physical and human factors that constitute a region
Climate – Humid Sub-tropical (formal) Vegetation – Grassland (formal) Language – Arab (formal) Trade networks – NAFTA (functional) Political units – United States (formal) River systems – Amazon Basin (functional) Religion – Islam (formal) Middle East is classified as Arab language
region, Islam religion region, Desert vegetation region
Analyze cultural changes in regions caused by:
War – The Crusades changed ideas, products, and technologies/Iraq conflict helped to spread democratic ideas
Trade – Silk Road Innovations – Internet lead to global
diffusion of ideas Diffusion – Columbian Exchange changed
lifestyles, trade patterns, and migration patterns
Analyze how the creation, distribution, and management of key natural resources affects the location of products, money, & people
The availability of natural resources = jobs, money, and products; so therefore, impacts the types of economic activities in an area
Compare resource and land use maps with economic activity maps
Example: the availability of diamonds in South Africa led to the exploitation of this resource by Europeans who controlled the production and distribution routes
Evaluate the significance of major technological innovations in the areas below that have been used to modify the physical environment
Transportation – steam ships and trains (impact on industry)
Energy - Three Gorges Dam in China (provides hydroelectric power and water to previously desert areas)
Examine the environmental, economic, and social impacts of advances in technology on agriculture and natural resources
Advances in technology on agriculture & natural resources (some examples: desalination, clear cutting rainforests, mechanization of farm equipment, advanced irrigation systems)
1. Environmental – use of pesticides has polluted water
2. Economic – use of pesticides has increased productivity
3. Social – use of pesticides has increased productivity and food supply world-wide
Low:What are some reasons underdeveloped
countries may have a low standard of living?
High:What are some things that developed
countries might have that underdeveloped countries don’t?
Standards of Living
Primary Economic ActivitiesThe primary sector of the economy extracts
or harvests products from the earth/Raw materials and basic foodsEX: subsistence farming, fishing, hunting and
gathering, forestry, grazing Secondary Economic ActivitiesManufactures finished goodsEX:Metal working, automobile production,
construction, textiles, engineering
Economic Activities
Tertiary Economic ActivitiesThe service industryProvides services to general population and
businessesEX:sales, transportation, entertainment,
tourism Quaternary Economic ActivitiesConsists of intellectual activitiesEX: government, scientific research,
education, and information technology
Economic Activities
Command EconomyAn economy where supply and price are
regulated by the government Mixed EconomyA mix between a command economy and free-
enterprise. They have some government interference but not total.
Free-Market EconomyProvides individuals the opportunities to make
their own economic decisions, free of government constraint.
Economic Systems
Write down 4 types of governments and an economic system you might find with each.
Types of Governments