Map Skills
Environment
Culture
Economics
Politics
100
You will find the cities of St. Petersburg and Kiev in this cultural region:
What is Russia (and the Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS)?
100
Alps Mountains Danube River Mediterranean Sea These physical features above are associated with which continent?
What is Europe?
100
These people are a group of educated and mostly successful people such as managers, teachers, professionals, small business owners and merchants. They are categorized as belonging to the ____________ class.
What is the Middle Class?
100
People have moved across the world for many reasons. They may move for economic, social, political, or _____________ reasons.
What is Environmental?
100
The need to improve the economic ____________ of European countried was the primary cause that led to the formation of the European Union.
What is the economic competitiveness of European countries?
200
Israel, and Jordan, & Saudi Arabia share borders in this part of the world:
What is the Middle East?
200
People tend to settle in fertile river valleys & along the coastline. Local vegetation influences what people eat and the clothes they wear. This shows that people are affected by their ________
What is Enviornment?
200
Judiaism, Christianity and Islam are all religions that have this belief in common.
What is the belief in ONE god?
200
Fleeing one's country because the dictator is making all people work with their hands is an economic "_________" factor.
What is a "Push" factor?
200
In this type of government, most policy decisions are based on religious doctrine.
What is a Theocracy?
300
Russia is north of the smaller countries of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan. What large country is to the WEST of these smaller countries?
What is China?
300
This is the name for the pattern of the warming of the Pacific Ocean, occurring every 4 to 12 years and causing unusual global weather patterns.
What is El Nino?
300
Cities have thousands of people, many buildings, and many businesses. An area with a city is also called an "_________" area.
What is an Urban area?
300
A shortage of workers in Germany is an economic “_______ factor”.
What is a "Pull" factor?
300
(Two-part answer) Which 2 types of government match most closely these characteristics? Citizens have a role in the government’s decisions The government is bound by civil law Power is not in the hands of a single individual
What is a democracy/republic?
400
(Two-part answer) The ________ River is considered to be the longest river in the world. It flows north on the continent of __________ .
What is the Nile River in Africa?
400
Monsoon rains usually occur in this part of the world.
What is South Asia?
400
An area that has farmland, agriculture, and few people is called a "___________" area.
What is a Rural area?
400
In the fictional country of Grand Fenwick, the government determines what factories produce and how much they produce. In Grand Fenwick, there is no privately owned property. This indicates that Grand Fenwick utilizes a "______________" economy.
What is a "Communist" economy?
400
This is the term used to describe the idea that our national govenrment is not subject to any higher authority.
What is Sovereignty?
500
You learned about this "sea" in Uzbekistan, which was once one of the 4 largest lakes in the world. It has been steadily shrinking since the 1960s, after the rivers that fed it were diverted by Soviet irrigation projects.
What is the Aral Sea?
500
This type of region is based on people’s feelings or attitudes about an area.
What is Perceptual region?
500
(Two-part answer) The ____________ religion is the largest Christian religion in the world. It began in Europe and has spread throughout Latin America & the rest of the world. Its leader lives in _________.
What is the Catholic religion in Rome, Italy? (or The Vatican)
500
In the fictional country of Grand Enterprise, people are steadily moving from the countryside to the city. This tends to indicate that Grand Enterprise is becoming _________________.
What is newly industrialized?
500
(Two-part answer) The mass killing of hundreds of thousands of people based on their ethnicity, religion, or other shared characteristic is called _____________. This has taken place in modern history in which events or which parts of the world?
What is Genocide? The Holocaust in Europe, the Vietnam War between North Vietnam & South Vietnam, or genocide in Rwanda?
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