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1 World Geography Mr. Prindiville Final Examination Study Guide Format: Grade value: Content: 100 multiple-choice, matching, and map identification questions. There will be no short answer questions on the exam. 16% of the final semester grade for World Geography. (4% of the final semester grade is the final World s Fair project. The examination is cumulative. It covers all material since the first day of school. See below for a detailed breakdown guide of all we have done this semester. Ø Optional Bonus Opportunity: Students who create a detailed, typed study guide covering the material from the important topics listed below can earn a total of five possible bonus points on the final examination (potentially raising a B to an A, or potentially a C to a B on the exam). The guide must be submitted to Mr. Prindiville in paper or via by Monday, December 15 at the beginning of class. This is an individual assignment; no credit will be given for identical or similar guides submitted with multiple names or from multiple students. Do the work yourself. When I prepare a little bit each day, studying s a breeze and I make awesome grades! No need to race or cram! Page 1 of 5
2 MY PLAN TO STUDY FOR THE FINAL EXAMINATION Week of December 1 Week of December 8 Week of December 15 ** Optional study guide due on Monday at beginning of class. Wednesday: Sixth period exam. Thursday: Third, fourth, and fifth period exams IMPORTANT RESOURCES TO USE WHILE STUDYING Ø Textbook Outlines Ø Notecards Ø Foldables and Class Notes Ø Old quizzes and tests Ø Your friends Ø Textbook website resources IMPORTANT TOPICS & CONCEPTS FOR REVIEW: Ø This list is hardly all-inclusive. It is meant as a guide, not as a complete list of all topics on the exam. Use the topics below to guide your review, not limit it. UNIT ONE: PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY Latitude & Longitude o Great Circle Routes Map terms o Absolute vs. relative location The Structure of the Earth (Foldable) o Crust Page 2 of 5
3 o Mantle o Core o Biosphere, Lithosphere, Hydrosphere o Continental Shelf & Slope Plate Tectonics Factors Effecting Climate (Foldable) o The Latitudes o Wind Patterns o Ocean Currents o El Niño Different Climates and the role of Elevation Earth-Sun Relationships (Foldable) o Tilt, Rotation, Revolution o Overhead Sun o Equinox o Tropics of Cancer & Capricorn The Greenhouse Effect The Climate Change Theory The Effects of Sea-level Rise on the Coast (activity and PowerPoint) UNIT TWO: HUMAN GEOGRAPHY Define: population distribution, population density, migration, birthrate, death rate Four characteristics of a country Global Cultures o Definition o Four Elements World Culture Hearths Industrial & Information Revolutions Levels of Government Types of Government o Be able to both identify definitions and apply understandings of different types of governments to certain situations Economic Systems o Definition of an economy o The three basic decisions economies must make o Traditional Economy o Market Economy o Mixed Economy o Command Economy Communism Socialism Birth of Civilization video notes World Trade Natural, renewable, and nonrenewable resources Industrializing & developing countries vs. developed countries Page 3 of 5
4 EU & NAFTA Free trade UNIT THREE: LATIN AMERICA Major physical geographic features of Latin America (both identify and general understanding of each as discussed in class and in course reading) o Define: hydroelectric power Mexico o Define: megacity and primate city Define: syncretism, malnutrition, murals & mosaics, extended family, jai alai o Mexican Drug War Central America & the Caribbean o History & Government Define: dialects, patois, matriarchy South America Define: brain drain The Economy of Latin America o Define: export, latifundia, minifundia, campesinos, cash crops, GDP, free trade zones, maquiladoras o Agricultural Economy o Industrial Economy o Transportation and Communications o International Trade NAFTA & CAFTA o Foreign Debt The People & Environment of Latin America o Deforestation o Sustainable development o Slash-and-burn farming o Shantytowns (also called favelas) UNIT FOUR: NORTH AFRICA, CENTRAL & SOUTHWEST ASIA Major physical geographic features of the region (both identify and general understanding of each as discussed in class and in course reading) o Define: kums, alluvial soil, oasis, Pastoralism North Africa Page 4 of 5
5 o Define: nomads, Bedouin, infrastructure, domestication, hieroglyphics, Geometric boundaries, nationalism, The Eastern Mediterranean Religion as History Christianity, Judaism, and Islam o Arab-Israeli Conflict The Northeast o Define: cuneiform, Fertile Crescent, Mesopotamia, culture hearths (above J ), natural boundary, embargo, OPEC, Islamic Revolution, The Arabian Peninsula COUNTRY MAP IDENTIFICATION QUESTIONS (ALL PREVIOUSLY QUIZZED) Continents and Major Oceans Latin America North Africa, Central & Southwest Asia Europe Page 5 of 5
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