Tools of Geography
Splits the Northern and Southern Hemisphere
What is the equator?
A pattern of weather over a long period of time
What is climate?
Where ice hockey was invented.
What is the Atlantic Region?
The predominant language spoken in the Maya community
What is Spanish?
The largest country in Southwest Asia
What is Iran?
What is a compass rose?
Southwest Asia is an example of this
What is region?
Polar bears travel through this region to the Hudson Bay each year
What is the Prairie Region?
Country that has a high Maya population
What is Guatemala?
Holds the world's most oil reserves
What is Saudi Arabia?
Something all maps have
What is distortion?
The Midwest is known for having this flat, major landform
What is plains?
What is gothic architecture?
Farming carried out mainly to provide food for farm families, with little surplus for sale to others
What is subsistence farming?
The conflict that resulted from Iraq invading Kuwait
What is the Persian Gulf War?
A continent that can be found in all 4 hemispheres
What is Africa?
Characterized by arid climate with few plants
What is desert?
The only region with one province.
What is the Pacific Region?
Brings in a high number of tourists
What is Market Day?
Holds 7% of the world's oil reserves
What is Kuwait?
Can be found a 23N of the equator
What is the Tropic of Cancer?
Warm, rainy summers and cool, snowy winters
What is humid continental?
The reason for the population decline in the Atlantic Region
What is outlaws on commercial fishing?
The Cherokee and Navajo Native American tribes are an example
What is indigenous peoples?
Generally, a more accurate way of determining a country's wealth
What is GDP?