Unit 1 & 2
A map that displays data that relates to a theme
What is a Thematic Map?
This theme of geography (one of the 5 themes) deals with the relationship between humans and the environment
What is Human Environment Interaction? (HEI)
The event when GMOs became more commonly used throughout the world.
What was the Green Revolution?
Even though most immigrants to the U.S. used to be from Mexico, today there are more immigrants from ____________ than Mexico.
What is Central America?
How did Nick Fury get his scar?
Goose the cat
A map where a thematic variable is substituted for land area
cartogram
These are two examples of places where water stress has occurred.
What are: The Colorado River Basin (Lake Mead), The Aral Sea
This is the term Jared Diamond uses for why some countries are rich and some are poor?
What is Geographic Luck?
This is a push factor for families in Honduras.
What is crime, violence, or poverty?
What is the blue cube Loki holds in Infinity War called?
What is the Tesseract?
The downward movement of one continental plate into the Earth's crust. This causes the Pacific's "Ring of Fire"
What is subduction?
This crop is one of the main crops that is grown in the patches of the Amazon that have been cleared. Like corn, it can be deconstructed into many different ingredients.
What are soybeans?
This model of planting crops is most concerned with saving money by cutting down transportation costs.
What is Von Thunen's model?
This is the term for when an immigrant sends money back home.
What is a remittance?
Which actor plays Loki?
Tom Hiddleston
This place had no building standards, so when an earthquake hit in 2010 many died.
Where is Haiti?
This city is a great example of extreme air pollution.
What is Beijing? What is New Delhi?
This company controls a large part of the chicken industry and is one of the most powerful food companies to ever exist.
What is Tyson? (Purdue accepted)
A push factor that caused many people to run away from Syria and into Europe was:
What is the Syrian Civil War?
Name the original six
Thor, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America
The U.S. government sent in the National Guard to stop looting and to repair the levees after this category 5 hurricane.
What was Hurricane Katrina?
This is the name for the current time period where many animal species are going extinct.
What is The 6th Mass Extinction?
This is the term for a type of subsistence farming when the farmer follows flocks and herds of animals around to survive.
What is pastoral nomadism?
This proposed option for immigration reform in the U.S. would increase the number of people allowed to come into the U.S. legally.
What is raising quotas?
Name all 6 infinity stones
reality, power, time, mind, space, soul