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40 Cards in this Set
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Which of the following would be a physical feature of the region? "Speak Spanish" -- mountains-- deserts-- "cold winter" -- Christianity
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Mountains - Deserts -"cold winter"
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None
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How do geographers decide what makes up a region?
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Region has physical features & human characteristics in common
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None
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Which of the following items would be an example of relative location? (40° North, 20° West) (10° South, 15° East) "next to the cafeteria" (0°, 0°)
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Next to the cafeteria
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None
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What is a good definition for the 1st theme of geography -- location?
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Place in space
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None
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What caused the continents (if you believe Alfred Wegener’s theory) to drift apart?
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The movement of the tectonic plates
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None
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What are "tectonic plates?"
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Giant slabs of Earth
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None
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Why is North Africa and Southwest Asia (also known as the Middle East) part of the same cultural region?
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They share a common geographic feature/climate the desert & they share religion
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None
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What one word that begins with the letter "S" can we describe a "cultural region?"
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Similar
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None
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What makes a place a region?
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Features in common
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None
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What are 3 "barriers to movement?"
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Mountain ranges, canyons, rivers
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None
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""Which of the following listed are ""pull factors""?Freedom -- safety -- poverty -- war -- lack of jobs
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Freedom - Safety
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None
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Which of the following listed are "push factors"?Freedom -- safety -- poverty -- war -- lack of jobs
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Poverty -- War-- lack of jobs
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None
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What does the word "migrate" mean?
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Move from one area to settle another area
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None
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Why – according to the textbook – do people have difficulty getting along with each other?
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Lack of understanding
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None
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What are artifacts?
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Things left behind such as tools, weapon etc
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None
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Which lines on a map are the ones that go “up & down?
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Longitude
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None
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Which lines on a map go across the page?
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Latitude
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None
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Which part of Social Studies is the study of the past
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History
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None
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Which part of Social Studies rap music be?
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Culture
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None
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What are the 5 subjects of Social Studies
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"History -Government Geography
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None
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Which map projection has been use the most in the past?
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Mercator
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None
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Why is the map more practical than a globe?
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It can be folded and carried around more easily
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None
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Why is the globe more accurate than a map?
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It is 3 dimensional
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None
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What is most accurate representation of the earth
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Globe
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None
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A mapmaker
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What is a cartographer?
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None
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Robinson projection
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Which map projection provides the more accurate picture of the world?
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None
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What geographic physical feature “runs” along the west coast of South America?
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Mountains
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None
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In which of the following areas of South America is the Amazon Basin located (North, South, East, West)?
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North
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None
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What color on all maps represent water?
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Blue
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None
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A hemisphere is half the earth. What 2 hemispheres does the equator split the earth into?
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North and South
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None
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A hemisphere is half the earth.What 2 hemispheres does the Prime Meridian split the earth into?
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East and West
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None
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What is another name for lines of latitude?
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Parallels
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None
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Meridians
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What is another name for lines of longitude?
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None
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What are the two imaginary lines that mark the region of the earth that stays warm all year round?
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Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn
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None
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If you travel from 10 degrees N to 10 degrees S - what direction did you travel?
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South
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None
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If you travel from 25 degrees S to 10 degrees S - what direction did you travel?
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South
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None
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If you travel from 35 West to 40 degrees West - what direction did you travel?
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West
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None
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If you travel from 35 degrees West to the Prime Meridian - what direction did you travel?
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East
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None
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If you travel from 23 degrees East to 50 degrees East - what direction did you travel?
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West
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None
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If you travel from 23 degrees Norrh to 20 degrees North - what direction did you travel?
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South
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None
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