Global Human Connections
The earth has been around ____________ years
4.543 billion years
These storms are known by different names in different parts of the world. In the Indian Ocean, they are called cyclones, in the Pacific Ocean, Typhoons. What are they called in the Atlantic Ocean?
Hurricanes
How many people live on Earth?
8.2 billion
This natural disaster is a Japanese word meaning "harbour wave"
Tsunami
By population, what is the largest country in the World?
India (1.45 billion)
True or False: The Relative location refers to grid references, latitude, longitude or address
False - an example of relative location is the use of landmarks or distance (ex: 200 meters)
The Earth is made up of 3 main layers. List them.
core, mantle and crust
How often does Canada conduct a census?
5 years (formally every 10 years)
The subducting plate is bent downward to form a very deep depression in the ocean floor called a ________
trench
True or False: Earthquakes are randomly distributed over the globe
False: Earthquakes are not randomly distributed over the globe. They primarily occur along tectonic plate boundaries, where plates interact through processes such as subduction, collision, and sliding past one another. These zones, such as the Pacific Ring of Fire, are highly active seismic regions.
This percent, ____ of all textile fibres are derived from fossil fuels.
69%
List the three categories of natural hazards.
atmospheric, biological and geological
The total fertility rate in MDC’s it is about 2.1 children per female. In LDC’s it is about ____ children per female
2.5 children per female
This a composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and income used to rank countries into four tiers.
Human Development Index (HDI)
By land mass, what are the THREE largest countries in the world?
Russia, Canada and China
Who is the author of the 1962 book The Gutenberg Galaxy? He also coined the term "global village" and is a Canadian philosopher.
Marshall McLuhan
What are three types of plate boundaries?
1. Divergent boundaries - plates move away from each other
2. Convergent boundaries - the plates move towards each other
3. Transform boundaries - the plates slide past each other
What is the equation for measuring population change?
Births + Immigration – Deaths - Emigration
This is a band of high-altitude winds that flows around the world in both hemispheres. These streams of wind occur between 9 and 12 km in altitude, meander back and forth, and generally mark the boundary between cold polar air and warm tropical air.
jet streams
10 million people
What are the six fundamental concepts that form the foundation of the geographic method of study?
1. location
2. region
3. spatial pattern
4. spatial interaction
5. human/environmental interaction
6. culture
On which date did Mount Saint Helens violently erupt, causing one of the most devastating natural disasters in North American history?
May 18, 1980
What year did the global population reach 1 billion?
1804
This is an area set aside for the protection and preservation of one of the World's main ecosystems
Biosphere reserve
what was the first city to reach 1 million residents?
Rome