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SOL Review – World Geo
Unit One: Map Skills (WG 1,12)
Sample Questions:
1. Northern and Western
2. High Latitudes
Unit 1 – Map Skills Review
1. N
2. O
3. I
4. G
5. H
6. E
7. D
8. F
9. C
10. J
11. K
12. L 13. M
14. B 15. A
16. Q
17. P
II. Identification:
#1 Robinson’s Projection – Egg shape (Robin’s Egg) DATA
#2 Mercator’s Projection – square shape SAILORS
#3 Polar Projection – circle shape AIRLINE PILOTS
III. Directions and Mental Maps:
1. Northeast
2. East
3. South
4. Northeast
5. South
IV. Identify Types of Maps:
1. Political Map – Government boundaries and man-made features
2. Physical Map – Shows the landforms and elevations (physical features)
3. Resource Map – Shows distributions and origins of natural resources
4. Population Density Map – Dot Map; shows population distribution
5. Climate and Vegetation Map – Isoline Map; shows similar places/regions of climate and vegetation
Unit Two: Physical Geography Sample Question:
1. B
2. Rainforest
I.Physical Geography – WG 2
1. F
2. G
3. N
4. L
5. B
6. C
7. M
8. E
9. D
10. H
11. I
12. J
13. O
14. K
15. A
II. Map
- Hurricanes: Affect the Atlantic Ocean
- Typhoons: Affect the Pacific Ocean - Monsoons: Affect the Indian Ocean
- Tornadoes: Tornado Alley (Mid-Western United States)
- Volcanoes: Pacific Rim/ Pacific Ocean “ Ring of Fire”
- Earthquakes: Any country/place situated along a fault line
- Blizzards: Northern Hemisphere/Artic Circle
III. Unit 2 Physical Geo SOL Review
1. Weather, temperature and precipitation
2. Elevation, Latitude (Closer to equator the hotter the climate/Further away colder), wind
3. Rainforest (hot/wet), Desert (dry/extreme hot and cold), Grasslands (warm/semi-arid)
4. Tundra(treeless), Taiga (Evergreen Trees), Savanna (grassland), Steppe (dry grassland), Middle Latitude Forests (mild/trees), Rainforest (leafy trees)
5. Tornadoes (USA/over land), Monsoons (S Asia), Typhoon (Pacific), Hurricane (Atlantic)
6. Adaptation of clothing, housing and crops/farming
7. Deposition, Erosion, Earthquakes, Flood, volcanoes 8. Polders, Dams, Irrigation, Water Diversion
9. Green Revolution, Energy Use, Transportation (airplanes, buses, cars)
10. Dress, activities, food, jobs, transportation
Unit Three: Cultural Geography
Sample SOL Questions:
1. Serbs, Bosnians, Croats and Albanians
2. C
Cultural Geography – Standard WG 3
1. I
2. B
3. G
4. K
5. A
6. C
7. J
8. D
9. H
10. F
11. E Identify Major Religions: (what continent)
- Protestant Christianity: USA and Europe
- Roman Catholic Christianity: South America, Middle America and Europe
- Confucianism: China
- Hinduism: South Asia (India)
- Buddhism: China, East Asia and Southeast Asia
Identify Major Languages: (what continent)
- Portuguese: Brazil (South America)
- Arabic: North Africa and Southwest Asia
- Spanish: Latin America (North, South and Middle America)
- French: Canada (North America)
Fill In the Blank:
1. Jerusalem (Israel)
2. Protestants
3. Shia
4. Muslims
5. Turks
6. Japan
7. Tutsis
8. Yugoslavia/Bosnians
9. Switzerland
10. English Reasons for Political Division/Cooperation
1. Cooperation – Cultural Similarities
2. Conflict – Boundary Disputes
3. Conflict – Cultural Differences
4. Cooperation – Natural Disasters
5. Cooperation – Economic Advantages
6. Cooperation – Addressing Regional Issues
Unit Four: Economic Geography
Sample SOL Questions:
1. Info/Tech, Retail Trade, transportation
2. B
Economic Geography – WG 7
1. L
2. A
3. C
4. F
5. E
6. B
7. H
8. D
9. G
10. K 11. J
12. I
Primary, Secondary, Tertiary Activity:
1. T
2. T
3. T
4. P
5. S
6. T
7. S
8. T
9. P
10. S
11. S
12. S
13. S
14. P
15. T
16. T
17. P
18. T
19. P 20. S
Chart #1: Development:
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. B
Chart #2: Development:
1. A
2. C
3. A
4. A
Unit Five: Population Geography
Sample SOL Items
1. D
2. D
Population – Standard WG 5
1. G
2. D
3. I
4. A
5. F 6. E
7. J
8. B
9. C
10. H
Push/Pull Factors:
1. Push – Political Persecution/ Pull – Political Freedom
2. Push – Environmental Degradation/ Pull - Jobs
3. Push - Conflict
4. Push – Natural Disasters
5. Pull – Family Ties
6. Push - Conflict
7. Push – Environmental Degradation
8. Push – Religious Persecution
9. Pull - Land
10. Pull - Jobs
11. Pull - Land
12. Push – Religious Persecution
Vocabulary:
1. C
2. D
3. A 4. B
5. F
6. G
7. E
Site:
1. I
2. B
3. H
4. G
5. D
6. F
7. E
8. J
9. C
10. A
Situation:
1. J
2. A
3. B
4. D
5. E
6. G 7. F
8. H
9. C
10. I
Unit Six: Intro to Regions/The United States and Canada
Sample Questions
1. C
2. C
Sample Questions
1. White House
2. Lincoln Memorial
3. Washington Monument
Unit Seven: United States and Canada – WG4
United States Physical Geography
1. A
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. E
6. I
7. G
8. H 9. K
10. J
11. F
12. M
13. N
14. L
United States Economic and Cultural Geo:
1. J
2. A
3. H
4. D
5. E
6. G
7. I
8. B
9. C
10. F
11. K
Identify The Pictures Below: __The US Capitol Building (DC)_____
___ The Golden Gate Bridge (CA)___
_ Independence Hall_(PA)
_ __ St Louis Arch (MO)___
Fill In the Blank:
1. Technology 2. Rich
3. Democratic
4. NAFTA
5. NATO
6. Mobile
7. Infrastructures
8. NY Stock Exchange
9. Energy
10. Colonized
Unit 8: Latin America and The Caribbean
Sample SOL Questions:
1. B
2. A
Latin America Physical Geography – SOL WG4
1. I
2. B
3. G
4. F
5. C
6. E
7. D
8. M 9. A
10. J
11. L 12. H
13. K
Map:
- Andes Mountains (A)
- Atacama Desert (in front of The Andes Mountains - W)
- Pampas (Grasslands in South America – Argentina)
- Llanos (J)
- Amazon River (H)
- Rio Grande (River border of Mexico and USA)
- Amazon Rainforest (basin) – C
Latin America Economic and Cultural Geo – WG 4
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. E
5. M
6. H
7. K
8. I 9. D
10. L
11. J
12. F
13. G
14. O
Fill In the Blank:
1. Spanish
2. Copper
3. Iron Ore
4. Oil
5. Cash
6. Cattle
7. NAFTA
8. Disparity
9. Deforestation
10. Haciendas
11. OPEC
12. tourism
Identify the Pictures ___ Mayan/Aztec Temple (Mexico/Guatemala)
___ Machu Picchu (Inca Remains – Peru)
_ Step Pyramids (Aztec and Mayan) ___ __ Cathedral (Most people in Latin America are Catholic) _
Unit 9: North Africa and Southwest Asia
Sample SOL Questions:
1. A
Southwest Asia and North Africa Physical Geo – WG 4
1. G
2. C
3. D
4. A
5. B
6. E
7. I
8. M
9. K
10. L
11. F 12. H
13. J
14. N
Southwest Asia and North Africa Economic and Cultural Geo – WG 4
1. L
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. G
6. I
7. H
8. J
9. E
10. N 11. M
12. A
13. F
14. K Identify The Pictures
____ Kaaba – Mecca, Saudi Arabia_
__ Suq/Bazaar (Middle Eastern Shopping)__ Dome of the Rock (Israel – Jerusalem
Hagia Sophia (Istanbul, Turkey)
Pyramids (Egypt)
Fill in the Blank:
1. Agriculture
2. oil 3. Standard
4. Nomadic
5. Under
6. Trade
7. Strait of Hormuz
8. Palestinians
Unit 10: Sub Saharan Africa:
Sample SOL Questions:
1. D
2. B
Sub Saharan Africa Physical, Economic and Cultural Geo – WG 4
1. J
2. K
3. B
4. F
5. E
6. H
7. A
8. L
9. I
10. G
11. M 12.C
13. D
True/False:
1. T
2. F
3. T
4. T
5. F
Sub Saharan Africa Physical, Economic and Cultural Geo – WG 4
1. Infrastructures
2. Desertification
3. Oral Tradition
4. Ethnic
5. Equator
6. Raw Materials
7. African Union
8. Empires
9. Timbuktu
10. Confluence
Unit 11: Asia (South, Southeast and East Asia)
Sample Questions:
1. A 2. B
Asia Physical Geography – WG 4
1. C
2. F
3. G
4. H
5. D
6. J
7. E
8. B
9. A
10. K
11. L
12. I
13. M
Asia Economic and Cultural Geography – WG 4
1. C
2. B
3. N 4. A
5. H
6. D
7. I
8. M
9. J
10. K
11. L
12. F
13. G
14. E
Unit 12: Europe
SOL Sample Question:
1. B
2. D
3. A
Multiple Choice:
1. K
2. J 3. L
4. M
5. H
6. I
7. E
8. D
9. B
10. C
11. F
12. A
13. G
Fill In the Blank:
1. Banking
2. Black
3. Mineral
4. Crop/Chernozem
5. Mixed
6. Infrastructures
7. Democracy
8. Polders
9. Literacy Europe Economic Geography – WG 4
1. B
2. D
3. E
4. G
5. F
6. M
7. H
8. I
9. A
10. K
11. C
12. L
13. J
Identify the Following
___ Louvre (Paris, France) _ __Notre Dame (Paris, France)
__Colesseum (Rome, Italy)_ _Big Ben (London, England)_
_St Peter’s Basilica (The Vatican) Rome, Italy_
____Windmills, The Netherlands Holland)_
___Arc De Triomphe (Paris, France)___ __Westminster Abbey (London, England)__
__Castle (All across Europe)__
__Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italy)____ _The Eifel Tower (Paris, France)___
__Parthenon (Athens, Greece)____
Unit 12: Russia and Central Asia
SOL Sample Questions
1. B
Russia and Central Asia Physical, Economic and Cultural Geo – WG 4
1. B
2. H
3. C
4. A
5. I
6. F 7. E
8. D
9. G
10. J
Fill in the Blank:
1. Command/free
2. Fertile
3. Transportation
4. Cotton
5. Pipelines
Identify The Pictures:
Matryoshka Dolls (Russian Nesting Dolls)
Kremlin Samovar Tea Pot
St Basil’s Cathedral
Unit 14: Australia, Pacific Islands and Antarctica – WG4
Sample SOL Questions:
1. D
2. B
Identify Pictures: 1. ____ Thatched Hut (Pacific Islands)
2. ___ Sydney Opera House (Australia) ____
3. ____Sheep Station (Australia)_ 4. ___ Research Station (Antarctica) ___
Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica Questions:
1. A
2. B
3. D
SOL Sample Items an Current Events:
1.
Sub Saharan Africa
South, Southeast and East Asia
Latin America
Russia and Central Asia
North Africa and Southwest Asia
World Region Countries Latin America Mexico, Guatemala, Peru Russia and Central Asia Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan North Africa and SW Asia Iran, Egypt, Turkey Sub Saharan Africa Kenya, Nigeria, Ethiopia South, SE and East Asia China, Vietnam, Thailand
2.B
3. B
4. D
5. A
6. C