Intro to Geography
Five Themes of Geo
U.S. & Canada
Latin America
Random Geo
100

This tool provides real-time navigation based on satellite signals. 

What is a global positioning system (GPS)? 

100

This theme explaining where a place is on Earth using latitude and longitude or by telling where a place is in relation to another place. 

What is Location ?

100

The religion that centers on the Five Pillars, including daily prayer and acts of charity.

What is Islam? 

100
These are the two main industries in which people in Central America work.  

What are agriculture and tourism? 

100

The overuse and depletion of nutrients, leaving soil unable to support plant life is known as _________ ____________. 

What is soil exhaustion?

200

_____________is used to collect spatial data for analysis, such as tracking disease outbreaks.

What is a global information system (GIS)?

200

This theme focuses on how people, goods, and ideas are transferred around the Earth.

What is Movement? 

200

This regional belt in the U.S. is characterized by warmer climates and a strong economy which attracts people from other parts of the country. (Choose: Sun belt or Rust Belt) 

 What is the Sun Belt? 

200

These floating gardens were used by the Aztecs to make use of their limited space.

What are chinampas? 

200

Beliefs and concepts of time are likely to appear ___________ (Choose: above or below) the surface according to the Cultural Iceberg Theory.

What is below the surface? 

300

This type of map that shows physical features such as mountains, rivers, and lakes

A physical map 

300

This theme defines as an areas based on its unifying characteristics.

What is Region?

300

True or False: gentrification brings investment to neighborhoods, it often results in cultural homogenization and the displacement of lower-income populations.

 What is true? 

300

Areas in Brazil with poor infrastructure and lack of basic services are known as ________________.

What are favelas? 

300

These three factors influence population size and growth.

What are birth rate, death rate, and migration? 

400

 This type of map focuses on specific topics like climate zones or economic activity.

What is a thematic map? 

400

This geographic theme uses human and physical characteristics to define a location. 

What is Place?

400

The ____________ economic sector that focuses on using natural resources directly from the Earth. 

What is the primary sector?

400

The supranational organization the encourages economic cooperation and free trade among member nations is known as ___________________. 

What is Mercosur? 

400

This effect is when moist air is forced to rise over a mountain range, causing it to cool and drop most of its moisture as precipitation on the windward side, leaving the leeward side with significantly less rain.

What is the rain shadow effect?

500

These imaginary lines measure distances north or south of the Equator.

What are lines of latitude? 

500

This geographic theme explains how people adapt to, change , or modify their environment. 

What is Human-Environment Interaction? 

500

The approach to multiculturalism that allows diverse cultures to maintain their unique identities while coexisting.

What is the Salad Bowl Theory?

500

The sudden and violent overthrow of a government, often by a small group is called a _____________.

What is a coup?

500

DAILY DOUBLE: When it comes to multiculturalism ___________has a "salad bowl" approach, while ____________ encourages a "melting pot" of cultures.

Choose from: Countries in N. America not including Mexico. In the correct order!

What is Canada-salad bowl and the U.S- melting pot ? 

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