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What are the five different geographic themes?
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Location, Place, Human/Environment Interaction, Movement, and Region
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What theme is location concerned with?
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"Where is it?"
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What theme is connected with Place?
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"What is it like there?"
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What theme is connected to Human/Environment Interaction?
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"What is the relationship between people and their environment?"
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What them is connected with movement?
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"How are people and places connected?"
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What theme is connected with Region?
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Geographers use regions to make the study of geography more managable. The "Bible-Belt" or "Bread-basket" are examples.
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How do geographers use political science?
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To see how people in different places are governed.
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How do geographers use economics?
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To help them understand how the location of resources affects the way people make, transport, and use goods. -also where services are provided.
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What does the term fold mean?
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A fold is a bend in layers of rock, sometimes caused by plate movement.
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Why did people consider Europe and Asia one continent?
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Because it is one huge landmass.
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What are fossil fuels?
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Fossil fuels are fuels including coal, oil, and gas that formed from the remains of plants and animals that lived millions of years ago.
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What problems do developing countries have?
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Most lack the money, resources, and skilled workers needed for economic growth.
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List some problems with growing population.
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As the number grows, so does the difficulty of producing enough food to feed them. It also increases the rate at which nonrenewable resources are being used up.
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What are the causes of air polution?
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The burning of fossil fuels.
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What are some cultural barriers?
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There are natural barriers, such as deserts, mountains, rain forests, and oceans and there are also barriers that people made. Such as the non-acceptence of others' beliefs and lifestyles.
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What is the most common type of agricultural work?
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Subsistence farming
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What caused the Great Lakes to form?
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Glaciers moving during the ice age.
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Where is the hottest place in the U.S.?
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Death Valley
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What is the first Spanish settlement in the U.S.?
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St. Augustine in Florida.
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Where has the main rivers of Latin America?
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South America
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What time of year does Carnival occur?
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Before Lent.
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Who founded most of the colonies of Latin America?
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The Spanish.
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Which bodies of water are around the Balkan Peninsula?
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The Mediterranean Sea and The Aegean Sea.(Balkan Peninsula is Greece)
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Where is the Apenine Peninsula?
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Italy
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Why was the European Union formed?
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To make a single market for their resources that would allow goods, services, workers, and money to move freely among countries.
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A common climate feature of the far North is...
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The Tundra
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What did the former Soviet Union countries' economy eventually move to?
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Free Enterprise Economy.
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What is the Dead Sea like?
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Salty...-nooo really
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What is the longest river in the world?
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The Nile
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What does Mesopotamia literally mean?
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Land between two rivers.
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Where is the "land of the Aryans"?
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Iran
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Why is there famine in Sub-saharan Africa?
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Civil War
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What is the impact of a cyclone in Bangledesh?
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They cause seawater to surge and submerge productive farmland and cause rivers to overflow. One killed at least 131,000 and costing $1.7 billion.
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What are Gandhi's beliefs?
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That Indians should rely on noviolent methods to persuade the British to leave India. He went on hunger strikes and encouraged the boycotting of British goods.
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What is the major religion of Pakistan?
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Islam
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What did Buddha teach?
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That people suffer because they are overly attached to material things and that to escape the chain of suffering they must think clearly, act wisely, and behave kindly.
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Who did the impact of industrialization in India come from?
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The British
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Most agricultural country in East Asia is...
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China
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Why does Japan rely on trade?
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They have few industrial resources.
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Communists in North Korea rely on what type of economy?
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Heavy industry
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What is the belief in a leader who can communicate with spirits?
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Shamanism
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Calligraphy is...
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The art of beautiful handwriting
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Chinese potters make...
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China
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Who populated Taiwan the most?
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The Chinese
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True or False:
The Chinese consider Taiwan as a part of China. |
True
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What was the impact of WWII on Japan?
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They became very poor and had to rebuild with the help of the U.S.
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What is the traditional religion of Japan?
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Shinto
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What religion is most prominant in Latin America?
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Christianity
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Where is the largest Jewish population located?
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America
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What is the climate of South East Asia?
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Tropical Climate
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What impact did the industrial revolution have and why did some countries not adapt to it?
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It lead to increase of machinery and countries couldn't industrialize becaue they didn't have enough money.
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What do Anthropologists do?
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They study culture.
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What causes soil pollution?
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Fertilization and pesticides
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What is the reason for low standards of living in most countries?
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Poverty
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What is the earliest economic activity?
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Bartering
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Why are most villages located where they are?
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This is where a trade route was established
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What does the term zero population mean?
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The death rate is equall to the birth rate
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What is cultural diffusion?
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the mixing of cultures
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What is a culture hearth?
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Where civilizations began. (ex. Mesapotamia)
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What physical geography do the Great Plains have?
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Plains
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