Friday, January 16, 2009

7A World Geography: FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE

SAMPLE EXAM ANSWERS:

12 b
13 a
14 a
15 d
16 d
17 b
18 a
19 d
20 b
21 a
22 a
23 d
24 a
25 c

Geography Tools:

What are absolute and relative locations?
What is distortion?
What is map projection?
What are legend and map grid?
How to use latitude and longitude?
Get to know: equator and Prime Meridian
What are the four cardinal points?
What are hemispheres?
What do we use map scales for?
Why we have seasons?
What are rotation and revolution?
Why are some map projections better than others (pages 22 and 23)
What is the difference between region and continents?
Get to know the location of the 7 continents

Thematic Maps:

When do I use: Physical Features, Political Map, Climate, Vegetation, Population Density & Economic Activity.

Latin America:

Mexico:

Vocabulary: spatial inequality, rural decline, and urbanization.

Ideas: What causes spatial inequality?

Geography: Where is Mexico and what are some of its physical features?

Caribbean:

Vocabulary: El Nino, Extreme Weather, Storm Surge, Meteorology, Natural Disaster, Tropical Cyclones.

Ideas: How are hurricanes formed and how do the Caribbean people handle this situation?

Amazon Rain Forest:

Vocabulary: Biodiversity, Carbon-Oxygen Cycle, Deforestation, Sustainable Development, Indigenous People and Tropical Rain Forest.

Ideas: Who are fighting in the land conflict? Why is the Amazon Forest referred by many as the "lungs of the Earth"? How can sustainable development be practiced?

Geography: Brazil, Amazon River & Basin.

Andes Mountain:

Vocabulary: Snow & Tree Line, Attitudinal Zonation, Vertical Trade.

Ideas: How do people adapt to life in high areas like Tierra Helada?

Geography: Andes Mountains, Atacama Desert, Pampas.

Europe & Russia:

European Union:

Vocabulary: Centrifugal & Centripetal Forces, Common market & currency (money), and supranational Cooperation.

Ideas: What are some of the centripetal and centrifugal forces in Europe?

Geography: Major countries.

Trans boundary Pollution in Europe:

Vocabulary: Acid Rain, Nuclear Radiation, River System & Trans boundary Pollution.

Ideas: What happened at Chernobyl (Ukraine)? What causes and what are the effects on acid rain? How did the Tisza-Danube Cyanide Spill affect Europe? How are Europeans fighting pollution?

Geography: Black Triangle Area & the Danube River.

Russia:

Vocabulary: USSR, Ethnic Group and Nation

Ideas: What are the natural resources of Russia? What are some of the major Russian problems? What is terrorism?

Geography: Russia

Africa:

Egypt:

Vocabulary: Hydroelectric Power, Irrigation, Water Cycle, Delta & River Basin.

Ideas: How much do nations depend on rivers?

Geography: Nile River & Mediterranean Sea.

Sahara:

Vocabulary: Desertification, Drought, Oasis, Arid, Marginal Land and Nomads.

Ideas: How do people adapt to their environment?

Geography: Sahara & Sahel.

Women & Micro-Enterprises in Africa:

Vocabulary: Gender, Informal Economy, Micro-Enterprise, Micro-Entrepreneur, and Sexism.

Ideas: How do micro loans change and improve the lives of women in Africa?

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

MR Dille soyMorelia pero johany no puede entrar a curley...
por que la tarjeta no funsiona
y ella no sabe que hacer.

Mr. Pitts-Dilley said...

Que tarjeta?

Usted estan trabajando donde?

Mr. PPD

Si hay mas problemas, diga a ella para venir a la escuela a las 730 en martes lista para usar mi computadora

Mr. PPD

Anonymous said...

Part A:


1)Is electrictity that came from a river.

2)Is when it rain and then dry and make cloud and rain again.

3)The Nile River help African people by producen food,water,


Part B:

4)Is apart of a desert were it cut be water under or make by humans.

5)Maybe is because they life there for years and yeaars.

6)like moving every year month.

7)is because when they cut trees down it get biger.


Part C:


8)Is when you have litle bussines.
10)no nobody is smart only depends you
11)Is by providing more money to their poor familiies.



By joemar Garcia

Mr. Pitts-Dilley said...

Joemar,

This is the wrong place. I will move your answer to the correct place and give you feedback (ayuda).

Mr. PPD

Anonymous said...

PART A.

1.electrical energy produced by flowing water.

2.the erth water is always in movement and the watercicle ,also known as the continuous movement of water on.

3.to do energy and fishing.
4.afertile tractina desert[where the warer table approaches the surface.

5.in the sahara people by their rituals cthing, shelter, and activity during the midday some peole generaly stay sherttered and have asiesta.

6.porque tiene arboles y tierras aunque no tan buena tiene agua y se puede tener animales y cosechas.

7. porque puede matar personas y el sol es bien caliente y porque las personas se pueden perder en el.
gadiel j. montanez

Anonymous said...

PART A.

1.electrical energy produced by flowing water.

2.the erth water is always in movement and the watercicle ,also known as the continuous movement of water on.

3.to do energy and fishing.
4.afertile tractina desert[where the warer table approaches the surface.

5.in the sahara people by their rituals cthing, shelter, and activity during the midday some peole generaly stay sherttered and have asiesta.

6.porque tiene arboles y tierras aunque no tan buena tiene agua y se puede tener animales y cosechas.

7. porque puede matar personas y el sol es bien caliente y porque las personas se pueden perder en el.

8.personas que tienen trabajos poquenos pero no tienen empleado.

9. la creencia de todos los hombres que son superiores a todas las mujeres.

10. no por que hay esepciones con algunas que son mas inteligentes o mas fuertes que algunos hombres.

11.de mechas maneras ar estar en dabate algunas con algunos hombres.

Yordany Rodriguez

Anonymous said...

part :a


1.es energia mucha


2.es cuando llueve ase calor y e

sevapora

3. la pesca cultura y agua
part:b
4.es cuando ay agua abajo de la tierra

5.porque muchos viven serca del rio nilo

6.porque viven mejor que en el decierto

7.porque los deciertos se ase mas grandes
part:c
8.es un negosio pequeno que solo trabaja una presona
JOSE CARLOS MATA