Unit 1: Physical and Human Geography
Unit 2: The United States
Unit 3: Latin America
Unit 4: Western Europe
Unit 5: Central and Southwest Asia
100
Name one of the 5 themes of Geography.
What is Place, Regions, Movement, Human-Environment Interaction, or Location?
100
Name one of the biggest physical features of the United States.
What is the Rocky Mountains, Appalachian Mountains, Great Plains, Great Lakes, etc.
100
This natural resource is in abundance in the Gulf of Mexico.
What is oil?
100
The Industrial Revolution was fueled by this natural resource.
What is coal?
100
In Israel the dominant religion is ___________. In the rest of the Middle East the dominant religion is _____________.
What is Judiasm and Islam?
200
Our most important "renewable" natural resource.
What is the sun?
200
This region of the U.S. has the greatest amount of people.
What is the Northeast?
200
This is the largest country in South America.
What is Brazil?
200
One reason why England and Ireland have a difficult relationship.
What is history, religion, economic reasons, or location.
200
The main ethnicity in the Middle East is...
What is Arabic?
300
This is the biggest cause of erosion.
What is water?
300
The Midwest is also known as the _____________ of the U.S. because of its ability to produce certain resources.
What is breadbasket?
300
Population is dispersed in this way...where do most people live in Latin America?
What is along the coasts?
300
The European Union is...
What is a "common market" for trade, they settle problems between European countries, and do many of other things.
300
These two groups fight over the right to control Jerusalem.
What is Palestinians and Israelis?
400
This is the difference between climate and weather.
What is weather occurs over a short period of time and climate is the weather patterns that occur over a long period of time.
400
This was the main form of transportation in the 1800's in the U.S.
What is railroads?
400
This region of Argentina produces most of the meat and grain in South America.
What is pampas?
400
This period of "art and learning" greatly shaped Europe (and the world).
What is the Renaissance?
400
The most holy city in Islam.
What is Mecca?
500
Name three of the four specific characteristics that define a country. (In order to be a country you have to have these things)
What is clearly defined territory, population, sovereignty, and a government?
500
In the last several decades people have been moving to the Southeast, Southwest, and West coast. Why?
What is a more constant temperature.
500
Name one of the major reforms that occured after the Mexican Revolution.
What is land redistribution, new government, new president, and new constitution.
500
This country reclaims land from the sea...
What is the Netherlands (I would also accept the Dutch).
500
The ayatollah is this country's dominant religious (and often political) figure.
What is Iran?
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