Geography Final

Question 1

Latitude

Answer 1

• drawn from east to west
• measures north to south
• also called parallels

Question 2

Longitude

Answer 2

• drawn from north to south
• measures east to west
• also called meridians

Question 3

Rotation

Answer 3

the earth spinning on it’s axis = 1 day

Question 4

revolution

Answer 4

the earth orbiting around the sun = 1 year (365 1/4 days)

Question 5

Solstice

Answer 5

when the sun is directly over the tropic of cancer or capricorn
(occurs during the summer and winter)

Question 6

Equinox

Answer 6

when the sun is directly over the equator and the nights and days are equal (occurs during fall and spring)

Question 7

when does the summer and winter solstice happen

Answer 7

Summer- June 21st (t.o. cancer)

winter- December 21st (t.o. capricorn

Question 8

when does the spring and fall equinox happen

Answer 8

spring- March 21st

fall- September 21st

Question 9

where is the tropic of cancer located

Answer 9

23.5 degrees N

Question 10

where is the tropic of capricorn located

Answer 10

23.5 degrees S

Question 11

divergent

Answer 11

(spreading) plates moving apart

Question 12

Convergence

Answer 12

(subduction) plates move toward each other with one plate sliding underneath the other

Question 13

translation

Answer 13

plates moving against eachother

Question 14

rain shadow

Answer 14

dry side of a mountain

Question 15

hydrologic cycle

Answer 15

condensation - evaporation - precipitation- surface water

Question 16

renewable energy

Answer 16

energy from a source that is not depleted when used, such as wind or solar power

Question 17

nonrenewable energy

Answer 17

resources in that their use is not sustainable because their formation takes billions of years

Question 18

innovation

Answer 18

new idea that A CULTURE accepts

Question 19

diffusion

Answer 19

a process occurring when an IDEA or INNOVATION SPREADS from one person or group to another and is adopted

Question 20

acculturation

Answer 20

a process where an INDIVIDUAL or GROUP adopts some of the traits of another culture

Question 21

culture trait

Answer 21

learned activities and behaviors that people often take part in

Question 22

primary activities

Answer 22

use natural resources directly (dig it)

Question 23

secondary activities

Answer 23

using raw materials to make something (make it)

Question 24

tertiary activities

Answer 24

service activities (sell it)

Question 25

quaternary activities

Answer 25

process and distribute information

Question 26

fundamentalism

Answer 26

movement where people believe in strictly following certain established principles or teaching

Question 27

traditionalism

Answer 27

following long time practices and opposing many modern technologies and ideas

Question 28

globalization

Answer 28

the process in which connection around the world increase and cultures become more alike

Question 29

fall line

Answer 29

attractive location for early European settlers

Question 30

megalopolis

Answer 30

a large, heavily populated city or urban area

Question 31

hinterland

Answer 31

a region that lies far away from major population centers

Question 32

latitude maximum degrees

Answer 32

90

Question 33

longitude maximum degrees

Answer 33

180

Question 34

earth's tilt

Answer 34

23.5 degrees

Question 35

elevation

Answer 35

height above sea level

Question 36

topography

Answer 36

Rainshadow causes wet & dry side of mountain

Question 37

ocean currents

Answer 37

Ocean currents also affect climate because water heats and cools more slowly than land.

Question 38

what is soil fertility determined by

Answer 38

it's amount of humus

Question 39

culture

Answer 39

features of a people's way of life

Question 40

subsistence agriculture

Answer 40

the kind of agriculture practiced most wildly around the world

Question 41

commercial agriculture

Answer 41

farmers grow products to sell to cunsumers