Semester 1 Final

Question 1

a physical map emphasizes?

Answer 1

Natural features of a region such as mountains, rivers, oceans, islands, deserts, and plains

Question 2

A political map emphasizes?

Answer 2

Shows man-made borders for countries and states, along with the location of towns and cities

Question 3

The birthrate of a country is calculated by measuring the number of babies born per how many citizens?

Answer 3

1,000

Question 4

The amount of people living in a certain measurable area is known as what?

Answer 4

Population density

Question 5

The number of children who die before reaching the age of 1 within a population is known as what?

Answer 5

Infant mortality rate

Question 6

What is an example of a ‘push factor’?

Answer 6

to describe any kind of influencing factor that motivates a person to leave one’s country or region

(to escape prosecution, war, unfair laws, etc.)

Question 7

Which is an example of a ‘pull factor’?

Answer 7

to describe factors that attract people to a country or region

(freedom, new life, better opportunities)

Question 8

The growth of cities and the impact that it has on the society around them is known as what?

Answer 8

Urbanization

Question 9

Absolute location refers to and is defined by?

Answer 9

Measured by latitude and longitude

Exact place on Earth

Question 10

‘Movement’ is the transportation of which three things?

Answer 10

People, ideas, and goods

Question 11

What is the term for statistical data about populations in specific areas?

Answer 11

Demographics

Question 12

What are the 5 Themes of Geography ?

Answer 12

location
region
place
movement
human-environmental interaction

Question 13

topography definition

Answer 13

foundation of the landscape; mountains, valleys, rivers, or craters on the surface

Question 14

Human Environment Interaction is the Theme of Geography that deals with what?

Answer 14

The relationship between humans and the environment

Question 15

The idea that Monte Vista is near Mount Diablo or located on Stone Valley Road are examples of what Theme of Geography?

Answer 15

Location

Relative location is in relation to other places

Question 16

Who is the father of communism?

Answer 16

Karl Marx

Question 17

Per Capita GDP can be found by doing what?

Answer 17

measures a country’s economic output per person and is calculated by dividing the GDP of a country by its population

Question 18

What defines a Developed Country?

Answer 18

A sovereign state that has a highly developed economy and advanced technological infrastructure relative to lesser states

Question 19

Which type of farming is found more often in Developing Countries?

Answer 19

Subsistence farming - farming in which a family or community only produces the food, clothing and shelter that they need

Question 20

What is an example of renewable energy?

Answer 20

Energy sources that naturally replenish as fast as they are consumed

Ex. solar, wine, geothermal, nuclear, water

Question 21

What are examples of a Unitary government?

Answer 21

All power resides with one person or a small group

Ex. China, the UK

Question 22

Which government structures influence both the political and social life of a country?

Answer 22

Totalitarianism

Question 23

Which government structure does not have an elected representative body?

Answer 23

Monarchy

Question 24

Which economic system places all of the means of production in the hands of the government?

Answer 24

Communism

Question 25

Which economic systems place all of the means of production in the hands of private owners?

Answer 25

Capitalism

Question 26

Which of the following economic systems places all the means of production within the community services?

Answer 26

Socialism

Question 27

Which of the following is the name for the largest feast day in South America, particularly in Brazil?

Answer 27

The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro

Question 28

European Explorers had many motivations for exploration, these are summarized in the 3 G’s of Exploration. What are the 3 G’s?

Answer 28

God(to spread their religion), gold(wealth), glory(competition against other countries)

Question 29

The Treaty of Tordesillas accomplished?

Answer 29

Created the official division of the “New World” between the Spanish and Portuguese

Question 30

What is the dance created by Brazilian slaves that combined Martial Arts with dance?

Answer 30

Capoeira

Question 31

What was the term for run-away slave communities in Brazil?

Answer 31

Quilombos

Question 32

What was the name for the wave of revolutions that hit Northern Africa and the Middle East?

Answer 32

The Arab Spring

Question 33

In the 1400’s ........ began trading with West Africa and this marked the beginnings of the slave trade.

Answer 33

Portugal

Question 34

‘Apartheid’ refers to the separation of what in South Africa?

Answer 34

Compete legal separation of the races

Question 35

What is the term for fertile land becoming desert?

Answer 35

Desertification

Question 36

What is the term for a disease that has affected a widespread geographic area?

Answer 36

Epidemic

Question 37

What is the term for a disease that has spread across multiple continents?

Answer 37

Pandemic

Question 38

What are the primary physical features of the African Continent?

Answer 38

Vast plateaus, Nile River, rift valleys, volcanic mountains, deep lakes

Question 39

Crops grown directly for sale are known as what?

Answer 39

Cash crops

Question 40

What countries were involved in the Arab Spring? (5)

Answer 40

Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Libya, Yemen

Question 41

Which countries were the Arab Spring most successful?

Answer 41

Tunisia and Egypt

Question 42

What sport did Nelson Mandela hope would unify South Africa at the end of Apartheid?

Answer 42

Rugby

Question 43

Puerto Rico is a ...... in the United States.

Answer 43

territory

Question 44

Why does Trevor Noah call his book, “Born a Crime”?

Answer 44

Because it focuses on Noah’s childhood growing up in South Africa He was born to an illegal interracial couple during apartheid

Question 45

When the Dutch settled in Africa they came to be known as .......

Answer 45

Afrikaners or Boers

Question 46

The Columbian Exchange is the term given to what?

Answer 46

The transfer of plants, animals, diseases, men, etc. across the Atlantic.

Question 47

Multicultural societies emerged when Europeans, African and Indigenous peoples had babies and these relationships were often .........

Answer 47

nonconsensual

Question 48

Populated territories of the US each have a representative in congress but those representatives don’t get to ............

Answer 48

vote (not for the president, only the primary process)

Question 49

Mansa Musa is known for ...........

Answer 49

annexing Timbuktu and being a very rich ruler of Mali

Question 50

It wasn’t until the 19th century (1885) that Europe officially took control of Africa in what is called the ...............

Answer 50

“Scramble for Africa”.

Question 51

In regards to Imperialism one country was successful in resisting European Control:

Answer 51

Ethiopia

Question 52

Which of the following is the primary source and sacred book for Muslims?

Answer 52

Quran

Question 53

What are the five pillars of Islam?

Answer 53

Shahada - faith Salah - prayer Sawm - fasting Zakat - almsgiving Hajj - pilgrimage

Question 54

Who is the youngest Nobel Prize laureate?

Answer 54

Malala Yousafzai

Question 55

The Israel-Palestine conflict is primarily about ............

Answer 55

land including the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

Question 56

What is anti-semitism?

Answer 56

Hostility and prejudice against Jewish people

Question 57

What is a reason for Jewish claims to the land in the Israel-Palestine conflict?

Answer 57

It is their ancestral home and was a place for them to live in peace, without the fear that the Holocaust would happen again To escape Jewish persecution

Question 58

What is a claim that Palestinians make to the land in the Israel-Palestine conflict?

Answer 58

Palestinians have lived there for centuries, but all of a sudden Israel took over.

Question 59

What was one key issue with the U.N’s Partition Plan of 1947?

Answer 59

It gave Israel most the land (the Palestinians got very little)

Question 60

Hamas, the Palestinian militant group, until recently controlled the?

Answer 60

The Gaza Strip

Question 61

What is one claim Israel makes about not letting Palestinians and their descendants to return to their homes in Israel?

Answer 61

It threatens Israel's statehood and stability

Question 62

The middle east has ........... of the world’s oil reserves.

Answer 62

half

Question 63

Which religious group has the biggest following in the world?

Answer 63

Christianity

Question 64

Throughout most of history, Islamic areas have.............. Jews and Christians to maintain their beliefs and practices.

Answer 64

allowed

Question 65

Iraq lies in the Fertile Crescent between the ........ and ....... Rivers

Answer 65

Tigris and Euphrates

Question 66

Sunni Arabs dominate central Iraq in a region often referred to as the ........

Answer 66

Sunni Triangle which is made of Baghdad, Tikrit, and Ramadi

Question 67

The war that the US participated in when Iraq invaded Kuwait

Answer 67

The Persian Gulf War

Question 68

A monotheistic religion believes in .......

Answer 68

a single god

Question 69

Who took over Iran after the CIA helped overthrow Prime Minister Mossadegh?

Answer 69

Ayatollah Khomeini

Question 70

What is the “Contra” in the Iran Contra Scandal?

Answer 70

A militant rebel force that was fighting the Sandinista government in Nicaragua

Question 71

What is globalization?

Answer 71

Globalization is the increased flow of trade, people, investment, technology, culture, and ideas among countries.

Question 72

What has led to increased globalization?

Answer 72

trade barriers have been reduced and methods of transportation and communication have improved

Question 73

What is the future of globalization?

Answer 73

They can establish job-training programs and provide a safety net for those who have lost their jobs due to foreign competition.

Question 74

What are the positive effects of globalization? (5)

Answer 74

1. Since it puts technology in the hands of the people, it allows for the spreading of innovation, cultural ideas, and economic opportunity 2. Fusion in food and music 3. The internet provides reach for musicians who might otherwise never be known and connects like-minded people 4. Global music domination 5. Culture + global economy = endless opportunities

Question 75

What is a negative effect of globalization?

Answer 75

People lose their jobs due to foreign competition some believe that globalization is responsible for the environmental changes open borders could lead to more terrorism spread of diseases illegal drug sales

Question 76

What is climate change?

Answer 76

A change in global or regional climate patterns, attributed largely to increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels (human activities)

Question 77

What is the term carbon footprint?

Answer 77

The amount of carbon dioxide and other carbon compounds emitted due to the consumption of fossil fuels by a particular person

Question 78

What is an ecological footprint?

Answer 78

The impact of a person or community on the environment, expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resources

Question 79

People who question climate change are called ......... and people who outright deny it doesn’t exist are called ..........

Answer 79

skeptics denialists

Question 80

Which term is used to name a drawing of the earth’s surface that reduces distortions that are caused by converting three dimensions into two dimensions?

Answer 80

A map projection

Question 81

Which set of imaginary lines runs parallel to the equator?

Answer 81

Lines of latitude

Question 82

Which set of imaginary lines goes around the earth over the poles?

Answer 82

Longitudes or meridians

Question 83

What geographic tool is a three-dimensional representation of the earth?

Answer 83

A globe