Introduction to Geography
Weather and Climate
Population and Migration
Government and Economics
Culture, Religion, Ethnicity, and Language
North and South America
Social Studies Skills
100
Which of the following scales is represented in the map shown?
What is local, showing the towns and township areas in a county
100
How to oceans form hurricanes?
What is warm waters provide the energy for hurricanes
100
What inference can you make using this population pyramid?
What is rapid population growth, they will need more doctors and schools
100
What are three indicators are used to measure the HDI?
What is life expectancy, mortality rates and GDP
100
What is time-space compression
What is the idea that the world feels smaller than it used to because of increased technology in transportation and communication
100
How does latitude impact the culture of the United States?
What is it affects temperature and weather, which affects population distribution in the country because people move to places & cities here the weather is attractive
100
The relationship between the proportion of the Earth being studied and the earth as a whole.
What is a map scale
200
Define absolute distance
What is describing how far a distance is quantitative units of distance
200
Which most affects the temperature of an area? A)Precipitation B) Latitude C)Humidity D)Vegitation
What is B
200
How would you describe the population of this country?
What is they are experiencing stable population growth
200
Which type of economy is based on traditions and beliefs?
What is a traditional economy?
200
A learned system of shared beliefs, goals, and ways of doing things:
What is culture
200
How does physical geography affect people in the U.S. & Canada?
People migrate and make decisions about where to live based on the climate conditions created by all of the physical geography and landforms in the U.S. The physical geography of the U.S. has literally shaped the population distribution of the country over time.
200
What is a toponym
What is the name given to a portion on Earth's surface.
300
Define relative location
What is describing the position of a place as compared to (or relative to!) another landmark (near the beach)
300
Which climate zone is characterized by high temperatures and significant precipitation throughout the year?
What is tropical
300
How would you describe the population of this country?
What is they are experiencing negative population growth?
300
Buyers and sellers make the decisions.
What is free enterprise
300
The world's largest religion with the most followers is
What is Christianity
300
Each branch of government can block the other branches from doing certain things, so no one branch can become too powerful.
What is checks and balances
300
What is the southern most continent?
What is antartica
400
What is GIS?
What is software that captures, manages, analyzes, and displays data that is collected geographically
400
What is the primary effect of El Niño on global weather patterns?
What is it results in drier conditions across the western Pacific and Indonesia.
400
My family were very poor and did not have enough food. We had to leave our country. Is an example of which type of factor?
What is a push factor?
400
Which type of economy is usually paired with a Communist government?
What is command
400
This form of religion worships the one God, Allah:
What is Islam?
400
The US Government is divided into three branches, each with specific jobs.
What is the separation of powers
400
Which continent is located at #3?
What is Asia
500
Measures the distance north and south of the Equator
What is latitude?
500
La Niña is characterized by ______________ of the Western Pacific Ocean.
What is cooling?
500
Jennifer wants to move to move from Mexico to the United States for a better education. This is an example of a:
What is a Pull Factor
500
Which type of economy is run by the businesses & business owners?
What is market
500
Which regions are most commonly associated Islam?
What is North Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East
500
The President can veto a law, the Congress can override the veto, and the Supreme Court can rule the law unconstitutional.
What is checks and balances
500
Which continent is located at #5?
What is Australia?
600
The effect that humans have on their environment and the effect that the environment has on humans
What is human environment interaction
600
What happens when two plates collide?
What are volcanoes and earthquakes
600
"My government did not give me any freedoms, so I chose to leave and come to the United States of America." This is an example of a.....
What is a push factor
600
A government that chooses leaders through free and fair elections is considered to be a -
What is democracy
600
Culture is spread by
What is trade, travel, immigration, war, and social media
600
The exchange of people, plants, animals, diseases and ideas from Old World to New World and from New World to Old World is _________________
What is the Columbian Exchange
600
Which color/number represents Europe
What is red #5
700
What are the 3 types of regions?
What is functional, formal, and perceptual
700
What makes a Mediterranean climate attractive, or a pull factor to people?
What is the warm & sunny weather year round
700
Jose lives in Louisiana and wants to move to New Jersey with his family because Louisiana floods often. This is an example of:
What is a push factor
700
Whether or not it is run by the people, if a government has no king or queen it is considered a -
What is a republic
700
Islam spread from its origin on the Arabian Peninsula to North Africa, and then into West Africa. The Arabian Peninsula is an example of
What is a cultural hearth?
700
Spanish is the main spoken language many South American countries is a result of
What is European exploration and colonization
700
Which ocean is located West of North America
What is the Pacific Ocean
800
40 degrees north, 80 degrees east is an example of
What is absolute location
800
How do natural disasters like floods, hurricanes and earthquakes affect the people in the areas where they occur?
What is they disrupt the economy of those areas because goods can't be produced and distributed after a major disaster
800
emigrate means to:
What is leave one's country of residence for a new one
800
Fidel Castro ruled Cuba for nearly five decades. He controlled the government and the economy. This is an example of what form of government?
What is communism
800
This is an idea or innovation that spreads by moving from larger to smaller places, often with little regard to the distance between places, and often influence by social elites
What is hierarchical diffusion
800
What is the economic system of Canada and the United States?
What is free enterprise
800
To locate exact places on the earth, one must look at
what are lines of longitude and latitude?
900
Most earthquakes usually occur along a faults due to the movement of __________________.
What is tectonic plates?
900
As you go higher up a mountain the temperature will ___________.
What is will decrease by 1 degree for every 100m.
900
Nora, Oliver, and Samuel are studying about migration in their geography class. They learned about various factors that can lead to migration. Can you help them identify three push factors that can lead to migration?
What are political instability, economic hardship, lack of job opportunities, natural disasters, and persecution.
900
The government controls the entire economy and controls all production and distribution of goods. There is no private ownership.
What is communism
900
Based on the image, which TWO areas has a High HDI?
What is the USA and Australia
900
What type of government does Mexico have?
What is a republic
900
Which mountain range stretches from Alaska to the North of Mexico?
What are the Rocky Mountains
1000
What geographic tool uses at least four satellites to provide locations on the Earth?
What is GPS
1000
The YELLOW climate zone is...
What is temperate zone
1000
Maya, Emma, and Charlotte are considering migrating to a new city. What are three pull factors that can attract them to this new location?
What are better job opportunities, higher wages, improved living conditions, political stability, access to education and healthcare, and a better quality of life.
1000
Including all production with a countries borders + all production by domestic business abroad is
What is a GNP
1000
This is the spread of cultural items such as ideas, styles, religions, technologies, and languages between individuals, whether within a single culture or from one culture to another.
What is cultural diffusion
1000
Canada's goverment is a
What is a constitutional monarchy
1000
This is an example of what type of map?
What is a physical map?