SS Midterm Flashcards

(38 cards)

1
Q

Which of the 5 themes of geography focuses on where something or someone is?

A

Location

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2
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Which type of location focuses on exact positioning

A

Absolute

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3
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Which type of location focuses on relative positioning

A

Relative

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4
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Which of the 5 themes focuses on how people and goods get around the world

A

Movement

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5
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Which of the 5 themes focuses on how people have adapted and changed their environment

A

Human and environment interactions

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6
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Which of the 5 themes focuses on the physical and human characteristics of a place

A

Place

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7
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What part of place describes physical characteristics

A

Regions

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8
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What part of place describes human characteristics

A

Population

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9
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Which of the following does not belong in describing region

A

Rivers

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10
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Building highways or canals is which of the 5 themes

A

Human and environment interactions

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11
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Which of the following is not one of the 4 economic factors of production

A

Place

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12
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What is the definition of GDP

A

Total value of goods and services produced in a country in one year

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13
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A country’s gdp can show how rich or poor a country is

A

True

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14
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Raising a country’s gdp would improve their standard of living

A

True

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15
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Which of the following would be considered gifts of nature

A

Natural resources

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16
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Which of the following does not belong

17
Q

All resources are limited

18
Q

Which of the following describes literary rate

A

The percent of population that can read and write over the age of 15

19
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The country’s literary rate can heavily effect human capital

20
Q

Which of the following are not capital goods

21
Q

Money is not a capital good but rather a form of currency or exchange

22
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Which of the following represent the two categories of government

A

Limited and unlimited

23
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Which of the following does not belong regarding limited government

A

Government has complete control of everything including the citizens

24
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Which of the following does not belong regarding an unlimited government

A

Lil kimmie

Kim jong un*

25
An absolute monarchy=unlimited government
True
26
Constitutional monarchy= limited government
True
27
Which of the following describes a traditional economy
People will make what they always made and do the same things their parents did (one of them) B & C
28
What is the definition of bartering
Trading without money
29
Which of the following are examples of countries with traditional economies
Villages in Africa
30
Which of the following describes a command economy
All economic decisions are made by the government
31
Which of the following countries is not a command economy
The UK
32
Which of the following words best describes command economy countries
Communist
33
Which of the following describes a market economy
Economic decisions are made and based on the changes in prices that occur as buyers and sellers interact in the market place
34
What is another phrase to describe market economy
Free enterprise
35
Which of the following countries is not a market economy
Russia
36
Which type of government would force addy to be a substitute teacher because her mom is
Traditional
37
Who are the first natives of Canada
The First Nations
38
How many tribes made up the First Nations
12