Chapter 1
What is the name of the 0 degree line of latitude?
The Equator
Name the CLIMATE described here.
Found in low latitudes, this climate is hot, wet, and sunny.
TROPICAL CLIMATE.
What items are produced in a PRIMARY INDUSTRY?
Raw Materials. (Examples: agriculture, fishing, mining, and forestry.)
Definition: The path followed by an object in space as it moves around another object.
What is the vocabulary term?
ORBIT
100 points per right answer.
What are the 5 themes of Geography?
LOCATION, PLACE, HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION, MOVEMENT, REGION
Low, Middle, or High Latitudes?
Otherwise known as the polar zones, this area receives no direct sunlight. It is very bitterly cold there.
HIGH LATITUDES.
Name the CLIMATE described here.
A dry, hot climate with little rain and sandy, gravelly soil.
DRY CLIMATE
What items are produced in the SECONDARY INDUSTRY?
Manufactured Items. (They take resources from the primary industry and make them into goods.)
Definition: Scientists who study population.
What is the vocabulary term?
DEMOGRAPHERS
Where is the Prime Meridian located?
Greenwich, England.
Low, Middle, or High Latitudes?
This are receives direct sunlight at some times during the year. In this region, it is almost always hot.
LOW LATITUDE
Name the CLIMATE described here.
Found in the middle latitudes, this climate has moderate rainfall, temperatures are barely below freezing, and you can find a lot of variety in vegetation.
MODERATE CLIMATE.
What items or services are produced in the TERTIARY INDUSTRY?
Service Companies. (Examples: Banking, Transportation, Health Care, and Police Protection)
Definition: plants that grow in a region naturally
What is the vocabulary term?
VEGETATION
What is a nuclear family?
It is a family made up of a mother, father, and their children.
Low, Middle, or High Latitudes?
The only region that has defined seasons throughout the year.
MIDDLE LATITUDE.
Name the CLIMATE described here.
Summer temperatures are moderate to hot; winters are cold.
CONTINENTAL CLIMATE.
What items or services are produced in the QUATERNARY INDUSTRY?
Information Technologies. (Examples: Internet services, computer software, and cable and telephone services.)
Definition: a misrepresentation of the true shape.
What is the vocabulary term?
DISTORTION
What are ethics?
Standards of accepted behavior.
500 points per right answer:
What did each of the following people create?
1. GERHARDUS MERCATOR
2. ARTHUR ROBINSON
1. GERHARDUS MERCATOR - created a flat map to help sailors navigate long journeys around the globe.
2. ARTHUR ROBINSON - created the most accurate flat map available.
Name the CLIMATE described here.
This climate is found in the high latitudes and is cold all year. There are no trees and very few flowering plants.
POLAR CLIMATE.
500 pts per right answer.
Give an example of a PUSH factor, and give an example of a PULL factor.
Push Factor: wars, lack of jobs, the search for a better life, lack of land.
Pull Factor: Promise of better living conditions, similar or better climate/vegetation, the expectation of owning land, more freedom.
Definition: An economic system where decisions are made by the central government.
What is the vocabulary term?
COMMAND ECONOMY
500 points per right answer. Tell me the names of the governments described here.
1. A king of queen rules the government.
2. One person holds almost all total power to govern.
1. MONARCHY
2. DICTATORSHIP