World Cult Mid-term

Question 1

GIS and why important

Answer 1

Geographic information systems
- Digital maps
- can show multiple kinds of data (streets)

Question 2

GPS and why important

Answer 2

Global Positioning Systems
- give latitude and longitude

Question 3

why use latitude and longitude

Answer 3

Gives exact location

Question 4

hemisphere

Answer 4

half of sphere (Northern, Southern, eastern, western)

Question 5

relief

Answer 5

height of the surface of an area

Question 6

topography

Answer 6

the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area:
a detailed description or representation on a map of the natural and artificial features of an area.

Question 7

Cartographer tool of projections

Answer 7

the different techniques used by cartographers for presenting a round globe on a flat surface

Question 8

tectonic plates

Answer 8

massive parts of earth crust and upper mantle

Question 9

subduction zone

Answer 9

subduction zone noun. A region of the Earth where one tectonic plate is diving beneath another into the interior of the Earth`

Question 10

subduction zones happen when plates ________

Answer 10

collide

Question 11

if a continental and an oceanic plate collide what will win

Answer 11

continental

Question 12

what forms a volcano

Answer 12

two plates colide and push up

Question 13

what causes a hurricane

Answer 13

Hurricanes form over the ocean, often beginning as a tropical wave—a low pressure area that moves through the moisture-rich tropics,

Question 14

four major types of non-renewable energy

Answer 14

coal, oil, natural gas, and nucleur energy (uranium)

Question 15

Chernobyl

Answer 15

Know that the worst nuclear (atomic) disaster in human history occurred in 1986 at Chernobyl, in the former Soviet Union, in northeastern Ukraine.

Question 16

major renewable energy sources

Answer 16

Hydro-electric power, solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, wave or tide

Question 17

ecosystem

Answer 17

a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

Question 18

Know the six major world religions

Answer 18

Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Sikhism

Question 19

Islam

Answer 19

Muhammad and Qur’an

Question 20

Buddhism

Answer 20

the cycle of suffering and rebirth, but if one achieves a state of enlightenment (nirvana), it is possible to escape this cycle forever.

Question 21

Hinduism

Answer 21

samsara (the continuous cycle of life, death, and reincarnation) and karma (the universal law of cause and effect)

Question 22

Judaism

Answer 22

there’s only one God who has established a covenant—or special agreement—with them

Question 23

Sikhism

Answer 23

spiritual devotion and reverence of God at all times while practicing the ideals of honesty, compassion, humility and generosity in everyday life.

Question 24

All renewable resources

Answer 24

Hydro-electric power, solar, wind farms, biomass, geothermal, wave or tidal energy

Question 25

democracy

Answer 25

a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

Question 26

monarchy

Answer 26

political system based upon the undivided sovereignty or rule of a single person (king or queen)

Question 27

constitutional monarchy

Answer 27

system of government in which a monarch (see monarchy) shares power with a constitutionally organized government

Question 28

dictatorship

Answer 28

which one person or a small group possesses absolute power without effective constitutional limitations.

Question 29

oligarchy

Answer 29

a form of government characterized by the rule of a few persons or families.

Question 30

Native Americans relied heavily on the ________ in the great plains for centuries

Answer 30

bison