Physical Geography Easy
Physical Geography Medium
Human Geography Easy
Human Geography Medium
Human Geography Hard
100
What are elevation and latitude useful for?
What is describing a location/region's climate.
100
Which forest type is more likely to be found in the colder parts of the middle latitudes - deciduous or coniferous?
What is coniferous.
100
The theme of movement refers to _____, _____, and _____.
What is people, goods, and ideas/culture.
100
Converting land used for farming into land used for housing shows which Theme?
What is Human-Environment Interaction.
100
Which Theme is exemplified by the conquest of Mexico by Spain?
What is Movement.
200
The Equator, latitude and the Prime Meridian are used to determine _____ _____.
What is absolute location.
200
A geographical tool used to map a section of the ocean floor.
What is sonar.
200
Building dams and canals exemplifies which Theme?
What is human-environment interaction.
200
Americans speaking English exemplifies cultural _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
What is convergence.
200
Give one example for each of the Five Themes.
What is (different examples work)
300
The most COMMON type of mechanical weathering occurs when __________...
What is water freezes in a crack in a rock...
300
Volcanism, which results in new landforms, is an _____ force.
What is internal.
300
What has been one important factor in less-developed countries' death rates DECLINING?
What is better health OVERALL than in the past.
300
How involved is the local government in traditional economies?
What is there is no involvement because the main actors are the individual people.
300
Did the Ottomans enforce Islam as the mandatory religion throughout the empire?
What is no, they did not.
400
Name at least one natural form that is created by moving water.
What is large canyons and/or deep valleys.
400
What two ecosystems, though different, both only have organisms that can adjust to extreme physical and climate conditions?
What is deserts and tundras.
400
How do you get zero population growth?
What is when the birth and death rates cancel each other out by being equal.
400
What economy type would have the free market and the government as equally important actors?
What is mixed economy.
400
How much of Israel's population is Arab?
What is about 20%.
500
Longitude is measured in degrees _____ or _____ of the __________.
What is east or west of the Prime Meridian.
500
True or false: Plants depend on one another in a biome; however, they are not necessarily suited to animals in the same biome (and vice versa).
What is False (plants and animals are suited to one another).
500
Name the four characteristics of a country.
What is territory, population, sovereignty and government.
500
Can royalty ever be elected?
What is yes, in constitutional monarchies of the authoritarian style of government.
500
How did the Great Leap Forward think it would increase China's production through working-class labor-intensive production?
What is by combining collectives into self-sufficient People's Communes.
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