GWA Ch.1 Test

Question 1

Literacy

Answer 1

Ability to reason about Earth systems and interconnections to make far reaching decisions

Question 2

Population Density

Answer 2

Number of people in that country divided by the area in square kilometers or miles

Question 3

Diffusion

Answer 3

Spread of people, things, ideas, cultural practices, disease, technology, weather, and other factors from place to place

Question 4

Cash Crops

Answer 4

Agricultural crops that are planted for the purpose of selling on the market or for export to make a profit

Question 5

Capital

Answer 5

A city a region’s government is located

Question 6

Urbanization

Answer 6

The growth and spatial reorganization of contemporary city (The growth of a city)

Question 7

Imperialism

Answer 7

When a country extends its power into other territories for economic or political gain

Question 8

Artisans

Answer 8

A worker who practices a trade or handicraft

Question 9

Tariff

Answer 9

A tax on good and services imported into a country

Question 10

Nomads

Answer 10

A member of a community without fixed habitation who regularly moves to and from areas

Question 11

Map projection

Answer 11

A method for taking the curved surface of the earth and displaying it on something flat

Question 12

Interaction

Answer 12

How locations interact with each other in terms of movement of people, freight, services, energy, or information

Question 13

Polytheism

Answer 13

The belief in multiple gods

Question 14

Cultrue

Answer 14

All the ways of life including arts, beliefs, and institutions of a population passed down through generations

Question 15

Ethnocentrism

Answer 15

Belief in the superiority of one’s own ethnic group

Question 16

Name the 4 Map Projections and list the problems with each one

Answer 16

Mercator Projection- Distorts areas along poles

Interrupted- Distorts distances across oceans

Peter’s- Distorts shapes of landmasses

Robinson- Distorts areas along edges of map (ocean)

Question 17

List the 5 Characteristics Needed for Civilization to exist

Answer 17

-Organized government
-Organized religion
-Social classes
-Division of labor
-System of writing

Question 18

List some of the early cultural advancements of hominids.

Answer 18

Being able to make tools

Question 19

What are the scientific names of the following?

Old Stone Age-  

New Stone Age- 

Middle Stone Age-

Answer 19

Paleolithic

Neolithic

Mesolithic

Question 20

When did culture begin

Answer 20

4mya

Question 21

What is the difference between archaeology and anthropology?

Answer 21

Anthropology is the study of human societies, cultures, and development while Archaeology is the study of human history and the analysis of artifacts

Question 22

List the five themes of geography

Answer 22

Movement
Region
Location
Interaction
Place

Question 23

List 5 factors that influence culture

Answer 23

Social class
Religion
Government
Economy
Art/Music

Question 24

What factor greatest impact on culture

Answer 24

Family

Question 25

Explain the difference betwen an extended family & nuclear family.

Answer 25

A nuclear family only consists of the parents and siblings. While a extended family contains the entire family which is cousins, grandparents, aunts and uncles

Question 26

Explain the difference between a patriarchal family & matriarchal family

Answer 26

Patriarchal family has the eldest male making all the decisions while it is the eldest female for a matriarchal family

Question 27

What is the cornerstone of culture

Answer 27

Language

Question 28

Something that is essential or fundamental to a particular culture

Answer 28

The environment and Tech.

Question 29

What is the difference between latitude and longitude lines?

Answer 29

Latitude goes from west to east and is measured north to south of the prime meridian. Longitude is the opposite, goes north to south and is measured east to west of the equator.

Question 30

What do isotherms & isohyets connect?

Answer 30

Isohyets are several places with the same amount of rainfall throughout a specific time period and isotherms are lines we draw on maps to connect several places that have the same temperature throughout a time period.

Question 31

Hominids

Answer 31

Human beings and earlier human-like characteristics

Question 32

Australopithecus

Answer 32

Earliest ancestor was categorized as this, with both ape and human-like qualities

Question 33

Lucy

Answer 33

The most nearly complete skeleton

Question 34

Birthplace of Humanity

Answer 34

Africa (Ethiopia)

Question 35

Stratigraphy

Answer 35

A way of telling how old an object is for how far down it is. Not as accurate

Question 36

Carbon Dating

Answer 36

An accurate measurement to tell how old an artifact is. More accurate

Question 37

Artifacts

Answer 37

Man-made objects

Question 38

Who is the "Father of Geography"?

Answer 38

Eratosthenes

Question 39

What does the equator represent?

Answer 39

The zero degree latitude. It divides the earth into North and South hemispheres

Question 40

When and what was Pangea?

Answer 40

250 mya. It was all of the continents today, combined into one large continent. May also be considered a super continent.

Question 41

Break down the word Geography. Origin and Meaning?

Answer 41

It is a Greek word meaning Earth-Writing