Midterm

Question 0

Human Environment Interaction-

Answer 0

Looks at how people affect the environment and HW the environment affects the people

Question 1

Place-

Answer 1

The physical and human features of a given place

Question 2

Regions-

Answer 2

How you divide a map other then political boarders

Question 3

What Cardinal directions does latitude measure?

Answer 3

North/south

Question 4

Which way do the lines of latitude go?

Answer 4

Left to right

Question 5

0 degrees latitude is the

Answer 5

Equator

Question 6

What Cardinal directions does longitude measure?

Answer 6

East/west

Question 7

Which way do the lines go in longitude?

Answer 7

Up and down

Question 8

0 degrees longitude is..

Answer 8

The prime Meridian

Question 9

Longitude and latitude measures what kind of location?

Answer 9

Absolute

Question 10

What is the difference between absolute and relative location?

Answer 10

Absolute location is the exact place on earth using longitude and latitude. Relative location is the location of a place relative to another place, this is typically addressed by distance in miles or meter and direction

Question 11

What is the difference between a strait and an isthmus?

Answer 11

A strait is a small body of water connecting 2 larger bodies of water. an isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger pieces of land; surround by water in two sides.

Question 12

What is the largest desert in Africa?

Answer 12

Sahara desert

Question 13

What is the longest river in Africa? How long is it?

Answer 13

Nile River

Over 4,000 miles long

Question 14

What is the tallest mountain in Africa? Where is it located?

Answer 14

Mount Kilimanjaro

East Africa/Tanzania

Question 15

What factors affect climate in Africa?

Answer 15

Relative location to bodies of water
Elevation
Distance from the Equator

Question 16

What seasons do savannahs have?

Answer 16

Wet and dry

Question 17

How does a country with dry climate grow crops?

Answer 17

Irrigation

Question 18

What is the difference between substance farming and farming for cash crops?

Answer 18

Substance farming: growing just enough crops for you and your family.
Cash crops: when you grow a plentiful amount of crops for sale

Question 19

What type of economy does Africa have?

Answer 19

Specialized Economy

Question 20

When a population colonizes land, what do they do the governments?

Answer 20

~ take over the government in existence

~ create a new government for that area

Question 21

What did Europeans do when they colonized Africa?

Answer 21

~ Changed the institution of slavery
~ Took land a control in with various methods
~ Built industries around natural resources in Africa
(Go over the specifics in notes)

Question 22

What is nationalism? How does it play a role in the movement for African Independence?

Answer 22

When you are showing nationalism you are showing pride for your country. People created political parties to take a role in government and to help support their country; the political parties supported right for Africans all over Africa

Question 23

Why is music and dance such an important part of African culture? Describe the sounds heard in African music.

Answer 23

The arts are important to Africa because it is used in many important events: rituals/ceremonies, story telling, entertainment, work, and language. The common instruments are clapping of hands, drums, and call and response.

Question 24

What are the three languages most commonly spoken throughout Africa?

Answer 24

French Portuguese English

Question 25

What languages urge most commonly spoken in North Africa? South Africa?

Answer 25

N- Arabic | S- Swahili

Question 26

What are the 3 major religions in Africa?

Answer 26

Indigenous African Religions Islam Christianity

Question 27

Mohammed plays a significant role in which religion? What role does he have in this religion?

Answer 27

Islam: he received a message from an angel, from God. He is known as the greatest prophet

Question 28

What are the five pillars of Islam?

Answer 28

1. Allah and Mohammed 2. Importance of Prayer 3. Pilgrimage/Hajj 4. Fasting 5. Zakat

Question 29

Who are the leaders of the indigenous religion?

Answer 29

Priests, rain makers, healers

Question 30

What are the three major regions of Latin America?

Answer 30

Mexico/ Central America Caribbean South America

Question 31

How large is Mexico's Central Plateau?

Answer 31

1/2 the area of Mexico

Question 32

How were the islands of the Caribbean formed?

Answer 32

Skeletons of tiny sea animals (coral) and tops of underwater mountains

Question 33

Where are the Andes Mountains located? How long are they? How tall are many of these mountains?

Answer 33

South America 4,500 miles Taller then 20,000 ft

Question 34

What are the grasslands of South America called?

Answer 34

Las Pampas

Question 35

What is the name of the most popular rainforest in the world? What river runs through this rainforest?

Answer 35

Amazon Rainforest | Amazon river

Question 36

A low place between mountains

Answer 36

Valley

Question 37

Treeless area with very low temperatures, little precipitation, a few animals/plants present

Answer 37

Tundra

Question 38

Small, horseshoe-shaped body of water on the coastline

Answer 38

Cove

Question 39

Body of land completely surrounded by water

Answer 39

Island

Question 40

Deep valley with steel made from rock and or soil

Answer 40

Canyon

Question 41

Body of water surround by land on both sides

Answer 41

Lake

Question 42

Flat topped Rick formation with steep sides

Answer 42

Butte

Question 43

Flat land with little change in elevation

Answer 43

Plains

Question 44

Part of the ocean or sea that is almost completely surrounded by land

Answer 44

Gulf

Question 45

A vent for earth; when active it may shot lava, rock, and gas from the earths core

Answer 45

Volcano

Question 46

Fresh water flooded wetland with muddy grounds, trees, and shrubs

Answer 46

Swamp

Question 47

Steep land formation made of rock and soil

Answer 47

Cliff

Question 48

A piece of land that sticks out into a body of water

Answer 48

Cape

Question 49

Flowing body f water that empties into the sea or ocean

Answer 49

River

Question 50

Slow moving ice formation on land

Answer 50

Glacier

Question 51

Narrow strip of sea, like a river, surrounded by cliffs

Answer 51

Fjord

Question 52

What landform is Centra America on?

Answer 52

Isthmus

Question 53

Lake Titicaca

Answer 53

Highest lake in the world were ships can travel | Sits between two countries: Peru/ Bolivia

Question 54

Why would Mexico be considered a "treasure chest of minerals"?

Answer 54

They deposit MANY types of minerals

Question 55

What are some natural resources in Mexico

Answer 55

Fish Trees Rich soil

Question 56

What is hydroelectricity

Answer 56

Power that is used from flowing water

Question 57

What are the purposes of a folk tale?

Answer 57

Teaches life lessons Retells history Explains the Unexplained **Includes nature

Question 58

What were the forms of government in Pre Colonial Africa?

Answer 58

Kingdoms and Empires City States Stateless Political Society

Question 59

What does it mean to irrigate?

Answer 59

Water crops by hand or through piles that run through the field, or through sprinklers

Question 60

What country uses irrigation?

Answer 60

Somalia because it is very dry

Question 61

What types of crops do subsistence farmers grow?

Answer 61

Barley, wheat, corn and rice

Question 62

What are the four major rivers in Africa

Answer 62

Nile, Congo, Niger, Zambezi

Question 63

Which region on Africa has the highest population?

Answer 63

West

Question 64

What water fall is known as "Smoke that Thunders" Why?

Answer 64

Victoria falls because the pressure that it hits creates a mist and the sound sounds like thunder

Question 65

Movement-

Answer 65

The way people, cargo, messages, etc. travel

Question 66

Location-

Answer 66

The location of any given place on earth; two ways to measure it are absolute and relative location

Question 67

Large, flat area of land higher than the surrounding land

Answer 67

Plateau

Question 68

Body of land surrounded by water on three sides

Answer 68

Peninsula

Question 69

Steep cliff by a body of water

Answer 69

Escarpment

Question 70

A large group of islands clustered together in a sea or ocean

Answer 70

Archipelago