Midterm Study Flash Cards.

Front 1

Question:

Given in percent how much of the earths surface is ocean?

Back 1

Answer:

More than 70 percent of the Earth’s

surface is ocean.

Front 2

Question:

Who developed the hypothesis of the continental drift?

Back 2

Answer:

Alfred Wegener developed the hypothesisof continental drift.

Front 3

Question:

What are the three components of culture ?

Back 3

Answer:

The three components of culture are artifacts, social institutions,and mentafacts.

Front 4

Question: True or False

Inthe Köppen-Geiger scheme, the world'sdrier climates are grouped under the letter B.

Back 4

Answer:

True

Front 5

Question:

Were are the three largest population agglomerations located in the world today lie?

Back 5

Answer:

Thethree largest population agglomerationsin the world today all lie on a singlelandmass: Eurasia

Front 6

Question:

How much is the earths population in size? And how much is it expected to be in 2050?

Back 6

Answer:

Theworld’s population is now over 7 billion in total size, and is expected to be about 11 billion by the year 2050.

Front 7

Question:

Which way does the earth rotate?

Back 7

Answer:

The earth rotates to the east.

Front 8

Question:

The islands of the Caribbean Sea belong to

what realm?

Back 8

Answer:

The islands of the Caribbean Sea belong to the Middle America realm.

Front 9

Question: Fill in the Blank

Wheregeographic realms meet,

_______________, notsharp boundaries,

marktheir contacts.

Back 9

Answer:

Wheregeographic realms meet,

transition zones, notsharp boundaries,

marktheir contacts.

Front 10

Question:

What forces tie a nation together ?

Back 10

Answer:

Centripetal forces tie anation together.

Front 11

Question: True or False

Amap with the fractional scale

1:250,000,000has a smaller scalethan

onewith a scale of 1:1,000,000.

Back 11

Answer:

True

Front 12

Question: Fill in the Blank

Thearea surround an urban center is its__________.

Back 12

Answer:

Thearea surround an urban center is its hinterland.

Front 13

Question:

Atthe height of the Pleistocene

Glaciations,glacial ice extended as far

southas the ___________.

Back 13

Answer:

Atthe height of the Pleistocene

Glaciations,glacial ice extended as far

southas the Ohio River.

Front 14

Question:

Culture refers to patterns of what?

Back 14

Answer:

Culture refers to patterns of learned behavior.

Front 15

Question:

Nearly all of the world's richest countries lie were?

Back 15

Answer:

Nearly all of the world’s richest countrieslie in the mid-latitudes.

Front 16

Question:

What happens when people move and take their culture to a new location?

Back 16

Answer:

Relocation diffusion happens when peoplemove and take their culture to a new location

Front 17

Question: Fill in the blank

The united kingdom consists of _____________,

______________, ___________, ____________.

Back 17

Answer:

TheUnited Kingdom consists of Northern Ireland, England, Wales, and Scotland.

Front 18

Question:

The European Union contains what type of states then it did when founded in 1957?

Back 18

Answer:

TheEuropean Union in 2014 contains moremember states than it did when founded in 1957.

Front 19

Question: True or False

The Ruhr is located in the Paris Basin.

Back 19

Answer:

False

The Ruhr is not located in the Paris Basin.The Ruhr is in Germany near the Rhine.

Front 20

Question:

Were are the three Nordric countries concentrations of populations located?

Back 20

Answer:

The three largest Nordic countries all have their major concentrations of populationin the southern part of their land area.

Front 21

Question: True or False

Expansion diffusion is NOT one of the principalsof spatial interaction.

Back 21

Answer:

True

Front 22

Question: Fill in the Blank

____________ is the processwhereby

regionswithin a state demand and gain

politicalstrength and growing autonomy at the expense of the central government.

Back 22

Answer:

Devolution

Front 23

Question:

What is the most populated mostpopulous country in the Europe Realm

Back 23

Answer: Germany

Front 24

Question:

The wide plain that runs from western France toPoland is the ___________________

Back 24

Answer:

North European Lowland.

Front 25

Question: True or False.

The “Balkanization” of a region implies its political breakup.

Back 25

Answer:

True

The “Balkanization” of a region implies its political breakup.

Front 26

Question:

What characteristic feature is absent in the Mediterranean Europe's region especially on the Spanish Meseta?

Back 26

Answer:
A characteristic feature of Mediterranean Europe is the region’s absence of natural forests, especially on the Spanish Meseta.

Front 27

Question: True or False

Tirana, Albania is one of the FourMotors of Europe

Back 27

Answer:

False

Tirana, Albania is NOT one of the FourMotors of Europe

Front 28

Question: True or False

Thelowest income part of Italy is the

Mezzogiorno.

Back 28

Answer:

True

Thelowest income part of Italy is the

Mezzogiorno

Front 29

Question:

Which country has the largest economy in

Europe?

Back 29

Answer:

Thelargest economy in Europe is Germany.

Front 30

Question:

Which countries are part of the European Union?

a) Poland

b) Czech Republic

c) Hungary

d) All of the above

Back 30

Answer:

d) All of the above

Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary are

members of the European Union.

Front 31

Question:

Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?

Back 31

Answer:

In England

Front 32

Question: Fill in the Blank

The country in the Europe Realm with the largestarea is __________

Back 32

Answer:

Ukraine

Front 33

Question:

TheIberian Peninsula is where

__________can be found

Back 33

Answer:

Portugal

Front 34

Question: Fill in the blank

Theterm ______________ is used to

describean inland climate that is remote

fromthe moderating influences of large

water bodies

Back 34

Answer:

The term continentality is used to

describean inland climate that is remote

from the moderating influences of large

water bodies

Front 35

Question:

What does climate refer to?

Back 35

Answer:

Climate refers to the range of

conditions experienced over a long

time.

Front 36

Question:

The southern border of Russia is about latitude ________

Back 36

Answer:

50 degrees north.

Front 37

Question: True or False

ThePovolzhye isthe name of the industrialregion along the Volga.

Back 37

Answer

True.

ThePovolzhye isthe name of the industrialregion along the Volga.

Front 38

Question: Fill in the Blank

The_________is the largest unbroken lowland in the world.

Back 38

Answer:

TheWest Siberian Plain is the largest unbroken lowland in the world.

Front 39

Question: True or False

Murmansk,St. Petersburg, Vladivostok, and Kaliningrad are important Russian seaports,but Moscow is not a seaport.

Back 39

Answer:

True

Murmansk,St. Petersburg, Vladivostok, and Kaliningrad are important Russian seaports,but Moscow is not a seaport.

Front 40

Question: True or False

TheUral Mountains may be described as rich inmineral resources.

Back 40

Answer:

True

TheUral Mountains may be described as rich inmineral resources.

Front 41

Question:

Russia’s economy is highly dependent on its exportsof what two energy sources?

Back 41

Answer:

oil and natural gas.

Front 42

Question:

Fill in the Blank

Lake Baikal in Russia is notable for being so _______

Back 42

Answer:

deep

Front 43

Question: In the past ten years what has

happened to Russia's population?

Back 43

Answer: In the past ten years Russia’s population has declined.

Front 44

Question

During world war 2 Soviet dictator Josef Stalin exiled an entire population to where?

Back 44

Answer

During World War II, Soviet dictator

Josef Stalin ordered the entire

population of Chechnya exiled to the

desert of Kazakhstan.

Front 45

Question: True or False

Lenin’s tomb, the Kremlin, and St.Basil’s Cathedral are in central Moscow,but the Winter Palace is in St. Petersburg.

Back 45

Answer

True

Lenin’sTomb, the Kremlin, and St.Basil’s Cathedral are in central Moscow,but the Winter Palace is in

St. Petersburg.

Front 46

Question:

The term “coniferous trees” is closely associated with what?

Back 46

Answer:

The term “coniferous trees” is closely associated with taiga.

Front 47

Question:

In 2006 Azerbaijan began exporting oil to worldmarkets via a pipeline through which state?

Back 47

Answer:

Georgia.

Front 48

Question:

Which Czar of Russia in the 16th century transformedRussia into a majormilitary power and imperial state?

Back 48

Answer: Czar Ivan IV (the Terrible)

Front 49

Question: Fill in the Blank

Thehuge size of Russia leads to decreasedinteractions among its far flung population, which geographers citeas an example of ________________.

Back 49

Answer: distance decay

Front 50

Question: True or False

Russia’spopulation density is greatest in the southwestpart of the country.

Back 50

Answer: True

Russia’spopulation density is greatest in the southwestpart of the country.

Front 51

Question: Multiple Choice

fill in the Blank

___________ is the Canadian province that contains themajority of French speaking citizens.

a) Quebec

b) Los angelous

Back 51

Answer:

a) Quebec

Front 52

Question:

Thelargest city in French-speaking

Canada is ___________

Back 52

Answer:

Montreal.

Front 53

Question True or False

The population of Canada is about is about thesame as California.

Back 53

Answer True

The population of Canada is about is about thesame as California.

Front 54

Question

What are the two major language groups in

Canada?

Back 54

Answer:

English and French.

Front 55

Question: True or False

Nevada, but not Wisconsin, Texas or Pennsylvania,contains territory located in the Intermontane Basin and Plateau physiographicprovince.

Back 55

Answer: True

Nevada, but not Wisconsin, Texas or Pennsylvania,contains territory located in the Intermontane Basin and Plateau physiographicprovince.

Front 56

Question:

Themajor mountain chain in the eastern UnitedStates is the _________________

Back 56

Answer: Appalachians.

Front 57

Question: True or False

About4% of USterritory still remains

inthe hands of Native American

nations.

Back 57

Answer: True

About4% of USterritory still remains

inthe hands of Native American

nations.

Front 58

Question: Fill in the Blank

Thefirst European settlement in what is

nowthe United States was at

_____________.

Back 58

Answer: St. Augustine, Florida.

Front 59

Question: Fill in the Blank

The Great Lakes’ main outlet to the sea

is the ______________

Back 59

Answer: St. Lawrence River

Front 60

Question:

From 1790 until 2010, the center of US

populationhas moved from __________ to ___________

Back 60

Answer: Maryland to Missouri.

Front 61

Question

HumidAmerica is generally considered

to be ____________

Back 61

Answer: east of 100° W longitude.

Front 62

Question

Thedryness in the western half of the

US is largely due tothe ___________

Back 62

Answer

rain shadow effect.

Front 63

Question: True or False

Therecently created political unit of

Nunavut is populated and governed by

indigenous“First Nations” people.

Back 63

Answer True

Therecently created political unit of

Nunavut is populated and governed by

indigenous“First Nations” people.

Front 64

Question:

The Baptist religious denomination is predominant atlocation X, below.

Back 64

Answer:

Tennessee

Front 65

Question:

In 1980, the geographic form of the

Americancity was most strongly

shaped by the _____________

Back 65

Answer: automobile

Front 66

Question: Fill in the Blank

Theprimary migration “pull factor” for the US is ____________

Back 66

Answer: economic opportunity.

Front 67

Question: True or False

Ethnic concentrations in the US include Asians and the Pacific Coast, NativeAmericans and the West, Blacks and Mississippi, but NOT Hispanics and South Dakota.

Back 67

Answer: True

Ethnic concentrations in the US include Asians and the Pacific Coast, NativeAmericans and the West, Blacks and Mississippi, but NOT Hispanics and South Dakota.

Front 68

Question: Fill in the Blanks

Haiti was once a colony of ___________

Back 68

Answer: France

Front 69

Question: Fill in the Blanks

Anarrow strip of land connecting two larger land bodies is known as an ______________

Back 69

Answer: isthmus.

Front 70

Question : Fill in the Blanks

Thecore area of the Aztec state waslocated in the________

Back 70

Answer : Valley of Mexico

Front 71

Question:

___________ are ___________that import capital and skills and usually produce only one cropfor

export.

Back 71

Answer : Plantation are sufficient operations that import capital and skills and usually produce only one crop for export.

Front 72

Question: True or False

Hernan Cortez initiated the decline of the Aztec civilization, notthe Mayan civilization.

Back 72

Answer: True

Hernan Cortez initiated the decline of the Aztec civilization, notthe Mayan civilization.

Front 73

Question: Fill in the Blank.

Theterm applied to persons of mixed white and Amerindian ancestry is ____________

Back 73

Answer: Mestizo

Front 74

Question: Fill in the Blank

The “Switzerland of Central America,” theregion’s only truly democratic republic, is______________

Back 74

Answer: Costa Rica

Front 75

Question: Fill in the Blanks

Panamawas part of ____________ beforeits 1903 US-supported revolution achievedindependence.

Back 75

Answer: Colombia

Front 76

Question:

Communal land ownership in Mexico is byorganizations called ________.

Back 76

Answer: Communal land ownership in Mexico is byorganizations called ejidos.

Front 77

Question:

A ____________ is a foreign owned factory in northern Mexico that assembles

duty-free goods

Back 77

Answer: A maquiladora is a foreign owned factory in northern Mexico that assembles duty-free goods

Front 78

Question : True or False

Cuba,on the largest Caribbean island, became independent in the 20th Century, officiallyencourages tourism, and has a cigar industry that is important.

Back 78

Answer : True

Cuba,on the largest Caribbean island, became independent in the 20th Century, officiallyencourages tourism, and has a cigar industry that is important.

Front 79

Question : Fill in the Blanks

Theprincipal language of Cuba is _____________

Back 79

Answer: Spanish

Front 80

Question : Fill in the Blanks

The___________elevation zone is typicallyused for

dairying and growing barleyand potatoes, according to altitudinalzonation.

Back 80

Answer: tierra fria

Front 81

Question :

The Maya language is still spoken today in the_______

and _________

Back 81

Answer :Yucatán and Guatemala.

Front 82

Question : Fill in the Blank

The nationality of citizens of Curaçao is ____________

Back 82

Answer : Dutch

Front 83

Question: Fill in the Blank

Adevastating ___________ struckPortau-Prince, Haiti on January 10, 2010.

Back 83

Answer : earthquake

Front 84

Question : True or False

Bolivia,Ecuador, and Colombia are partiallyinside the Amazon Basin, but Paraguay is entirely outside it.

Back 84

Answer : True

Front 85

Question: Fill in the Blank

Theclimate of Central Chile is ____________

Back 85

Answer : Mediterranean.

Front 86

Question : Fill in the Blank

SouthAmerica’s largest city in

population is ______________.

Back 86

Answer : São Paulo.

Front 87

Question : True or False

South America’s population remains concentratedon its periphery, although many interior locations are growing rapidly

Back 87

Answer : True

South America’s population remains concentratedon its periphery, although many interior locations are growing rapidly

Front 88

Question: Fill in the Blanks

The world’s largest wetland is the____________.

Back 88

Answer: Pantanal de Mato Grosso.

Front 89

Question: True or False

In the European-Commercial Region

85 percent of the population is pure

European.

Back 89

Answer: True

In the European-Commercial Region

85 percent of the population is pure

European.

Front 90

Question True or False

Patagonia lies in both Argentina and Chile.

Back 90

Answer True

Patagonia lies in both Argentina and Chile.

Front 91

Question:Fill in the Blank

Major reasons for bringing Africans as slaves to Brazil include its plantation ________, _________,and the ______________. The Africans had no experience in sugarcane production.

Back 91

Answer

Major reasons for bringing Africans as slaves to Brazil include its plantation economy, small Amerindian population,and the low cost of slave labor. The

Africans had no experience in sugar

cane production.

Front 92

Question

TheTreaty of Tordesillas of 1494

stipulatedthat a boundary was to be

drawnseparating newly “discovered”

territories of which two countries?

Back 92

Answer: Spain and Portugal

Front 93

Question True or False

ThePeru Currentis a cool offshore

oceancurrent conducive to commercial

fishingthat flows parallel to the

Peruviancoastline.

Back 93

Answer: True

ThePeru Currentis a cool offshore

oceancurrent conducive to commercial

fishingthat flows parallel to the

Peruviancoastline.

Front 94

Question: Multiple Choice

In the Latin American city model, the

eliteresidential sector contains the

a) Commercial Spine

b) industrial spine

c) both a and b

Back 94

Answer: c) all of the above

In the Latin American city model, the

elite residential sector contains the commercial/industrial spine

Front 95

Question: True or False

Fazendas are coffee plantations.

Back 95

Answer: True

Fazendas are coffee plantations.

Front 96

Question: The poorest area of Brazil is the __________

Back 96

Answer: Sertão.

Front 97

Question: Fill in the Blank

Themajor Brazilian city located on the Amazon River is ______________.

Back 97

Answer : Manaus

Front 98

Question

Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo is famous for its________

Back 98

Answer:

oil deposits

Front 99

Question: True or False

AngelFalls is located in the same

country as the Orinoco River

Back 99

Answer: True

AngelFalls is located in the same

country as the Orinoco River

Front 100

Question True or False

Theworld’s driest desert, the Atacama, is located in northern Chile.

Back 100

Answer: True

Theworld’s driest desert, the Atacama, is located in northern Chile.