Honors World Geography Final Exam

Honors World Geography Fall Final Exam Review Section 1: Locations Alps Baltic Sea Black Sea Venezuela Caucasus Mountains Danube River Ob River Spain Scandinavia Austria France Greece Northern European Plain Poland Germany Ukraine Hungary Italy Lithuania Cuba Russia United Kingdom Argentina Mexico Peru Chile Brazil Bolivia Haiti Guatemala Costa Rica Columbia

Section 2: Identifying Landforms and Water Bodies canyon coast mountain range plain volcano river

Section 3: Terms Climograph meridian longitude latitude parallel Ecumene urban rural physical map political map regional map climate density region thematic map vegetation land uses Hurricanes Tornadoes centripetal force centrifugal force blizzards meteorology Push factors pull factors vegetation zones urbanization El Nino immigration relative location spatial inequality life expectancy natural resources economic activity population density human geography physical geography supranational cooperation

Section 4: Questions 1. What is most likely to cause a hurricane? 2. What causes the Coriolis effect? 3. What aspect of a hurricane creates the most damage once the storm reaches land? 4. What happens when a hurricane moves over a large landmass? 5. What region best defines Canada's ecumene? 6. What languages that are spoken in Northern Region of Canada? 7. Why were lighthouses first built in the Atlantic Region of Canada? 8. What is the main reason why so few people live in Canada's Northern Region? 9. What will you find on a map that shows physical features? 10. What does an economic activity map of a country show? 11. What do geographers call an area with one or more features that set it apart from other areas? 12. What term describes a group that has lived in an area since before it was taken over by outsiders? 13. What is the basis of a traditional culture? 14. What group is most likely to use the slash-and burn method of clearing land? 15. What has happened to the traditional Mayan religious beliefs in Guatemala? 16. What does the relative location of a place of a place tell you? 17. What two continents are located entirely in the Western Hemisphere? 18. Why can’t maps represent the exact size or shape of Earth's features? 19. What do geographers use to indicate the absolute location of any place on Earth? 20. What causes the changing of seasons throughout the year? 21. What does a map's scale compare? 22. What physical features runs through the countries of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina? 23. What is the largest urban center in Latin America north of the equator? 24. What began the development of the European Union? 25. How has the EU promoted economic cooperation across Europe? 26. What was created to promote a European cultural identity? 27. What mountain range runs north and south through Russia and separates Europe from Asia? 28. What region of South America is the Amazon rainforest located in? 29. Why are rainforests called the "lungs of the Earth”? 30. What is the main cause of land use conflict in the Amazon rainforest? 31. What would groups who want sustainable development in the Amazon rainforest most likely support? 32. What groups is most responsible for deforestation of the rainforest? 33. What do environmental groups in the Amazon rainforest most want to protect? 34. What can settlers in the Amazon basin do to promote sustainable development of the rainforest? 35. What is the most common land use in Europe? 36. What do we call the study of human populations and how they change? 37. A country with an aging population is most likely to face rapidly rising cost for what? 38. What are responses to Europe’s declining birth rates? 39. What is a major reason for a growing water shortage in many countries?