What is the physical region made up of the areas that border the Pacific Ocean and are characterized by tectonic activity?
Ring of Fire
100
What two countries are fighting over the territory "Kashmir"?
What's the dominant religion in each of these countries?
Pakistan and India
Hinduism = India and Pakistan = Islam
100
What agricultural technique do people use to grow crops in the mountainous regions of South America and Southeast Asia?
Terracing
100
What kind of natural renewable resources can be used to produce energy?
Why aren't renewable energy sources used more often?
Sun, Wind, Water
They require a lot of capital resources (financial investment)
100
What's the name of the climate region that has been experiencing population growth since the invention of air conditioning?
Sun Belt
200
What is the name of the mountain range along the west coast of South America?
Andes Mountains
200
What is the name of the cultural region made up of the world's French speaking nations?
Francophone World
200
What's the name of the region in the northeast US that has experienced a population decrease over the last few decades as a result of outsourcing to Asia nations?
Rust Belt
200
What nonrenewable natural resources are used to produce energy?
Coal, Oil, Natural Gas (fossil fuels)
200
What is created when people in the Netherlands reclaim land from the sea?
polders
300
What is a natural, narrow body of water that connects two large bodies of water?
Strait
300
What ancient group of people lived in the Andes mountains of South America?
Inca
300
Manufacturing cars belongs in what level/sector of the economy?
Secondary
300
What is the biggest cost when deciding to use natural resources?
Harm to the environment
300
True or False: There has been a migration trend from rural to urban areas?
True
400
What is the name of the large coniferous forest that stretches across norther Russia and Canada and is located within the subarctic climate zones?
Taiga
400
What is the dominant religion of Southwest Asia? and What is another name for Southwest Asia + North Africa?
Islam
Middle East
400
What term explains why countries decide to specialize in producing/providing a good or service with the lowest relative cost (lowest opportunity cost)?
Comparative Advantage
400
What part of the world is rich in oil?
What's the name of the economic union that many of the countries in this region have joined in order to regulate the production of oil?
Southwest Asia and North Africa or the Middle East
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
400
what two categories of factors cause people to move?
push and pull factors
500
tropical climate zones and rainforests can be found between which two lines of latitude?
Tropic of Cancer (23.5 degrees north) and the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5 degrees south)
500
What's the dominant religion in Southeast Asia?
Buddhism
500
In your own words, define each sector of the economy.
Primary = jobs that deal directly with natural resources
Secondary = turning natural resources into something usable
Tertiary = service sector
500
Why do countries trade?
Because resources are distributed unevenly
500
what's the major reason some companies choose to produce their goods in foreign countries?