NO NOTES: Themes, Regions, Maps Vocab
Distance and Spatial Vocab
Regions of the World
North and South America
NO NOTES: Countries of the World
100

1) HE in MR HELP stands for.  


2) For an EXTRA 100 points: What does M in MR HELP stand for?

1) Human-Environment Interaction


2) Movement

100

Paris is 470 km from London.  That is the _________ _________ between the 2 cities.

Absolute distance

100

Name 2 countries that are also world regions.

(2 of these) Canada, USA, Brazil, or Australia (also accept Micronesia)

100

Name 2 countries in North America (this includes Central America) besides the USA.

Canada, Mexico, Jamaica, Cuba, Panama, Guatemala, any other Caribbean or Central American country

100

Fill in these blanks: Costa _______ and Puerto _____

Rica and Rico

200
One of the five themes of geography made up of absolute and relative.

Location

200

The geographic theory by Walter Christaller that discusses a node and its Hinterland or market area.

Central Place Theory

200

1) The world region that includes Jordan, Israel, and United Arab Emirates.


2) For an EXTRA 200 points: What world region includes St. Kitts and Nevis, Jamaica, and Haiti?

1) Middle East

2) Caribbean

200

Name 2 Caribbean countries

(2 of these) Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, Jamaica, Dominica, Barbados, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, etc.

200

Small country in Europe between France and Italy.  It also borders Austria, Germany, and Liechtenstein.  This country has preferred to stay out of past wars.

Switzerland

300

A region within which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics.  Sometimes, these have specific borders given by humans.

Formal Region

300

We can classify spatial patterns where settlements occur as dispersed, clustered, or __________.

Random

300

The world region that includes Venezuela, Chile, and Honduras.

Latin America

300

Name 2 South American countries that end with an A.

(2 of these) Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Guyana, French Guiana

300

1) Country on the northeast coast of the Horn of Africa.  It borders Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia.


2) For an EXTRA 300 points: Name 3 African countries that start with B.

1) Djibouti


2) (3 of these) Benin, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Botswana

400

When you get a map on the AP test, what are 2 of the 3 parts you should look at first?

(2 of these) Title, Key, Scale

400

1) The total number of people divided by the total land area is the ______________  ________.

2) For an EXTRA 400 points: Figure out what that would be for India: 1,269,000 miles squared with about 1,800,000,000 people (give in people per square mile)

1) Arithmetic Density


2) 141.8.3 people per square mile

400

Name 4 countries in Western Europe 

Any countries including and west of Germany and Austria (France, Spain, Portugal, etc.)

400

NO MAPS: Name 2 countries that border Argentina

(2 of these) Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay, and Bolivia

400

Country in Southeast Asia made up of more than 13,000 islands.  Shares a border with Malaysia and Papua New Guinea.

Indonesia

500

Lines of __________ are also called p__________ and lines of __________ area also called m__________. (must get all 4 correct for the points)

latitude parallels; longitude meridians

500

The spread of an idea or trend from one place to another while keeping strong in the original place as well is called__________  ______________.  

Expansion Diffusion

500

Name 2 countries in the world region "South Asia" (not "Southeast Asia")

India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives

500

1) NO MAPS: Order these countries from West to East:  Bolivia, Uruguay, Nicaragua, and Ecuador.

Nicaragua, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Uruguay

500

Order of these countries from North to South: Chad, Kazakhstan, Argentina, Finland

Finland, Kazakhstan, Chad, and Argentina