Ch. 10

Question 1

Seven Major Geographical Features

Answer 1

Plains, Mountains, Plateaus, Lakes, Rivers, Valleys, Oceans

Question 2

Plains

Answer 2

Great Plain, Atlantic Coastal Plain, Indo Gangetic Plain, European Plain, Pampas Plain, West Siberian Plain, North China Plain

Question 3

Mountains

Answer 3

The Himalayas, Alps, Andes, Rockies, Transarctic, Sierra Madres

Question 4

Plateaus

Answer 4

Tibetan Plateau, Colorado Plateau, Qinghai Tibet Plateau, Siberian Traps Plateau, Patagonian Plateau

Question 5

Oceans

Answer 5

Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic

Question 6

Valleys

Answer 6

Rhine and Rhone, Grand Canyon, Rio Grande

Question 7

Rivers

Answer 7

Amazon, Nile, Yukon, Mississippi, Yellow, Indus, Ganges

Question 8

Lakes and Seas

Answer 8

Great Lakes (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Superior, Erie), Great Lakes of Africa, Caspian Sea, Dead Sea, Aral Sea

Question 9

Basin

Answer 9

Depression or hollow in the earth’s surface, surrounded by higher land

Question 10

Gulf

Answer 10

Portions of an ocean or sea partly enclosed by land

Question 11

Delta

Answer 11

Flat plains of deposit between diverging branches of the mouth of a river

Question 12

Capes

Answer 12

Pieces of land jutting into the sea or large body of water

Question 13

Straits

Answer 13

Narrow waterways joining two larger bodies of water

Question 14

Isthmuses

Answer 14

Narrow strips of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land

Question 15

Bays

Answer 15

Bodies of water forming an indentation of the shoreline.

Question 16

Harbors

Answer 16

Parts of a body of water along the shore deep enough to anchor a ship

Question 17

Peninsula

Answer 17

Pieces of land that project into bodies of water and are connected to a larger landmass

Question 18

Archipelagos

Answer 18

Large groups or chains of islands

Question 19

De Facto Sovereign Nations

Answer 19

Nations that are not widely recognized by other nations (ex: Palestine)

Question 20

Ethnographic boundaries

Answer 20

reflect divisions form culture or political ideas (Ex: Czechslovakia)

Question 21

Different types of boundaries

Answer 21

Geographical or Artificial

Question 22

Weather is..

Answer 22

atmospheric conditions over time. Caused by solar energy which makes the air move

Question 23

Wind

Answer 23

Differences in atmospheric pressure, determined by Coriolis effect (rotation of the earth)

Question 24

Humidity

Answer 24

Measure of water content in the air

Question 25

Clouds and Rain

Answer 25

Water vapor molecules condensed around matter. Rains when pressure exceeds saturation point in the air

Question 26

North America Climate

Answer 26

Canada cold, wet with cold summers, or cold dry warm summers. The U.S. NE cold, wet, warm summer; SE Temperate, wet, hot summer; Pacific Coast Temperate, dry warm summer, NW, and SW Arid. The bottom tip of North America is tropical.

Question 27

South America Climate

Answer 27

North Tropical, Middle Atlantic Coast Temperate, Pacific Coast Arid, and Polar Tundra??

Question 28

Africa Climate

Answer 28

N. Arid, Middle Tropical, S. Arid/Temperate dry

Question 29

Europe Climate

Answer 29

West Temperate, E. Cold, wet, hot summer

Question 30

Asia

Answer 30

N. Cold, wet, hot/dry summer, S. Arid, tropical, temperate

Question 31

Australia

Answer 31

Middle Arid, edges temperate, top tropical

Question 32

Gradation

Answer 32

When landforms are broken down

Question 33

Internal or Endogenic process

Answer 33

A geological process under earths surface ex. Tectonic Plates

Question 34

Mountain Types

Answer 34

Fold Mountains, Fault Block Mountains, Volcanic Mountains, Dome Mountains

Question 35

External or Exogenic Process

Answer 35

A geological process above the earth surface (ex: Weathering, Glaciers, etc)

Question 36

Most common resources by location

Answer 36

Oil Middle East, Natural Gas Russia, Coal U.S., Aluminum Led and Nickel Australia, Cadaminium, Mercury, Lead, Tin and Zinc China, Copper Chile.