World Geography Spring Final Exam Review 1617

KEY UNIVERSAL CONCEPTS:

  1. *Commercial vs. Subsistence Activities
  2. *Communism vs. Free-Enterprise (be able to draw on the economic spectrum)
  3. Development Indicators (Life Expectancy,Literacy Rate, Education levels,GDP Per Capita, + IMR, BR, DR, etc.)
  4. Stages of Population Growth (rapid, slow, negative)
  5. *Cultural Diffusion(Convergence vs. Divergence)
  6. Assists vs. Barriers
  7. Nationalism (stateless nations, underrepresented groups, terrorism)
  8. *Modern vs. Traditional Societies
  9. Import vs. Export (which is better?)
  10. *Political systems (democracy, republic, monarchy, theocracy, dictatorship, totalitarianism)

LATIN AMERICA

  1. Define vertical climate zones and explain their impact on the people of Latin America:

  1. HEI

Description/Causes / Effects
Slash and Burn
Terraced Farming
Crop Rotation
Deforestation
  1. Which two European countries (the main ones) colonized Latin America: ______& ______

  1. Columbian Exchange-

Positive Effects: / Negative Effects:
1. / 1.
2. / 2.
3. / 3.
  1. What stage of population growth are the majority of Latin American countries in? What types of services will people need at this stage of growth?
  1. What is a favela? Why do people choose to live here?
  1. Describe the location and significance of the Panama Canal.
  1. Key Map Locations: Rio Grande, Caribbean Sea, Amazon river/rainforest, Andes, Venezuela, Brazil, Mexico, Cuba, Panama Canal [Label on your map.]

EUROPE

  1. How has Europe being the “Peninsula of Peninsulas” affected movement in the region?

What economic impact does this have on Europe > Helpful / hurtful

  1. How does North Atlantic Drift[current] impact the climate of Europe?
  1. What type of government was established in Ancient Athens and Rome that later diffused to the United States?
  1. Describethree impacts of the Industrial Revolution on Europe.

5.Compare and contrast the political and economic systems of Eastern and Western Europe in the 1900s.
Western Europe / Eastern Europe
Political System- / Political System-
Economic System- / Economic System-

6. How has the different history of these regions impacted their levels of development today?

7. a. What is the purpose of theEuropean Union? b. Describe the advantages/disadvantages of membership.

8. Define Balkanization.Explain the causes and effects of the conflict.

  1. Key Map Locations: Alps, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Drift, St. of Gibraltar, France, Germany, U.K., Russia [Label on your map.]

RUSSIA

  1. Why did the Czars (Tsars) of Russia want to expand Russian territory? (What were they looking for?)

  1. Describe the effects of communism in the former Soviet Union.

Economic: / Social (Culture) / Political / eNvironmental

3.What region of Europe did the Soviet Union have an influence on? Circle One: East / West What caused this connection?

4. Describe the political/economic system of Russia today:

5.HEI issues / Description (What happened?) / Effects [ESPN]
Chernobyl
Aral Sea
Volga River

6. Key Map Locations:Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Urals, Chernobyl, Aral Sea, Siberia, Moscow [Label on your map.]

SOUTHWEST ASIA (MIDDLE EAST)/ NORTH AFRICA

  1. Describe the general climate found in this region.
  2. Describe the population distribution of this region (list out assists/barriers to settlement).

3. Describe three ways people have adapted to the harsh climates of this region:

a.b.c. Desalinization –

3. Israel vs. Palestine:

Problem- /  / Effects-

4.Why are the KURDSconsidered a stateless nation? ______Where do they live?

5.What is OPEC? ______Why is it important in the world economy?

6.Definechokepoint: ______

7. Identify TWO chokepoints in this region and explain their significance.

Chokepoint / Location / Significance
a.
b.

8.Describe the political and economic impacts ofAnatolian Dam Projecton Turkey, Syria, and Iraq

9. Identify the three monotheistic religions of this region and their locations.

1. ______Important Location(s):______

2. ______Important Location(s):______

3. ______Important Location(s):______

  1. The primary language and ethnicity of the Middle East is ______.
  1. Define THEOCRACY ______List one example of aTheocracy in this region. ______
  2. Key Map Locations: Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, Suez Canal, Red Sea, Israel/Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Syria[Label on your map.]

AFRICA

How do each of the following features affect population distribution?

  1. Sahara - ______
  2. Escarpment- ______
  3. Great Rift Valley- ______
  4. Aswan High Dam- ______

6.What was the Berlin Conference? What kind of lasting impacts did it have on Africa?

7.Identify and explain 3 reasons why Europeans wanted to colonize Africa:

  1. ______- Explanation:______
  2. ______- Explanation:______
  3. ______- Explanation:______

5.Desertification in the Sahel
Causes- / Effects-

8. What was Apartheid? ______What was it’s significance (ESP) in South Africa?

9.Compare and contrast Sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa:

North Africa / Sub-Saharan Africa
Language
Religion
Climate

10.Define and give a Sub-Saharan Africa example of each of the following terms

Term/DEFINITION / Example
Famine-
Genocide-
Pandemic-
Epidemic-
  1. Key map locations: Egypt, Nile River, Red Sea, Suez Canal, South Africa [Label on your map.]

SOUTH ASIA

  1. HEI

Description/Causes / Effects / Adaptations
Monsoons:
Cyclones:
Convergent Boundary
  1. Identify the castes of India in the diagram:
  1. Which group is not included? Why?

  1. Overpopulation in India

Causes
1.
2.
3. / Effects
1.
2.
3.
  1. What is outsourcing? Why is South Asia (India) an ideal location for outsourcing?
  1. Describe the relationship between India and Pakistan. What caused this tension?
  1. Key Map Locations: Ganges River, Indus River, Himalayas, Indian Ocean, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh [Label on your map.]

EAST ASIA

  1. HEI

Description/Causes / Effects / Adaptations
Ring of Fire
Earthquakes
Tsunamis
  1. Three Gorges Dam

Advantages / Disadvantages

10.Population issues

One Birth Policy / Population Policy / Angel Plan
Country
Population Problem
(Why is the policy needed?)
Effects

11.What are the potential problems of high urban density?

List three ways people of East Asia have adapted to these problems.

1. ______2. ______3. ______

2.Listthe types of economic systems for each of the following:

China: ______(moving towards ______)

Japan: ______

North Korea:______

South Korea:______

3.What is propaganda? ______How is it used in China and North Korea?

4.What is the primary religion of China? ______How has it impacted culture in the region?

5.What is the Silk Road?

6.Key Map Locations: Yangtze/Chang River, Yellow/Huang River, Korean Peninsula, Gobi Desert, Japan, China, South and North Korea [Label on your map.]

SOUTHEAST ASIA/OCEANIA

1.Define and/or describe the impact of colonialism on Southeast Asia.

2.Describe the Vietnam War and its significance. Be sure to include information on the sides and the outcome.

3.Cambodian genocide/Khmer Rouge

  1. Describe and give the significance of the Great Barrier Reef

5.Key Map Locations: Mekong River, Great Barrier Reef, Outback, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia [Label on your map.]