Name: Hour: Day: Unit 1: Exploring Geography World Geography Final Exam Review Guide 1. Identify and describe THREE types of technology that geographers use? 2. Define each of the following: Longitude: Latitude: Prime Meridian: Tropic of Cancer: e. Tropic of Capricorn: 3. Define each of the following: Birth Rate: Death Rate: Infant Mortality Rate: 4. Explain how Population Density determine 5. Define Culture. 6. Define and give TWO examples of Material Culture. 7. Define Non-Material and give TWO examples of Non-Material Culture. 1
8. Define each of the Five Themes of Geography and sub-themes. Movement: Place: i. Physical Characteristics: ii. Human Characteristics: Human-Environment Interaction: Region: e. Location: i. Perceptual Region: ii. Functional Region: iii. Formal Region: i. Absolute Location: ii. Relative Location: 9. Identify the FOUR Characteristics of every country (state). 10. Define and give an example of the following: Cultural Convergence: Cultural Diffusion Cultural Divergence 11. What type of government structure does the United States have? 2
12. Define and give an example of the following: Traditional Economy: Markey Economy: Command Economy / Socialism: Command Economy / Communism: e. Mixed Economy: Nicaragua officially the Republic of Nicaragua is a representative democratic republic and the largest nation in Central America, with the capital city Managu The name 'Nicaragua' seems to have meant 'surrounded by water' in an older, indigenous language that mixed with Spanish. Nicaragua is a country in Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras. Nicaragua is located at the intersection of 13 00 N and 85 00 W. One of the strongest influences on the culture of Nicaragua is the Spanish culture, which was infused into Nicaragua beginning in the 1500s when the Spanish Conquistadors came to the New World from Spain and conquered many lands, including what is now Nicaragu The Indian civilization was destroyed physically and culturally by the Spanish, and the Spanish culture became the dominant influence. In the recent years politics have been tumultuous in Nicaragu Violent opposition to governmental manipulation and corruption spread to all classes by 1978 and resulted in a short-lived civil war that brought the Marxist Sandinista guerrillas to power in 1979. Nicaraguan aid to leftist rebels in El Salvador caused the US to sponsor anti-sandinista contra guerrillas through much of the 1980s. Free elections in 1990, 1996, and 2001, saw the Sandinistas defeated, but voting in 2006 announced the return of former Sandinista President Daniel ORTEGA Saavedr Nicaragua's infrastructure and economy - hard hit by the earlier civil war and by Hurricane Mitch in 1998 - are slowly being rebuilt. Nicaragua has widespread underemployment, one of the highest degrees of income inequality in the world, and the third lowest per capita income in the Western Hemisphere. While the country has progressed toward macroeconomic stability in the past few years, annual GDP growth has been far too low to meet the country's needs, forcing the country to rely on international economic assistance to meet fiscal and debt financing obligations. The US-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) has been in effect since April 2006 and has expanded export opportunities for many agricultural and manufactured goods. Tourism in Nicaragua is currently the second largest industry in the nation, over the last 7 years tourism has grown about 70% nationwide with rates of 10%-16% annually. The majority of tourists that visit Nicaragua are from the U.S., Central or South America, and Europe. Ecotourism and surfing attract many tourists to Nicaragu According to TV Noticias (news program) on Canal 2, a Nicaragua television station, the main attractions in Nicaragua for tourists are the beaches, scenic routes, the architecture of cities such as León and Granada and most recently ecotourism and agritourism, particularly in Northern Nicaragua 13. Using the reading above give an example of: Functional Region Human Environment Interaction Formal Region Movement e. Absolute Location f. Relative Location g. Place 3
Unit 2: The United States & Canada 14. List four of the factors that lead to Urban Sprawl or Suburbanization? 15. What issues or concerns are associated with Urban Sprawl or Suburbanization? e. 16. What is a major factor that attracts people to the southern region of the United States? 17. Define Hinterlan 18. What is the difference between non-renewable and renewable resources. Give an example of a renewable resource in the United States and an example of a non-renewable resource in the United States. 19. How have advanced communications changed businesses and industries? Explain in detail the evolution of advances in communications. 20. What has affected patterns of settlement in Canada? Be Specific!!!! 21. Describe the relationship between the United States and Canad 22. Explain the Free Enterprise System. 4
23. Define the physical characteristics and the climate of each of the following Canadian Regions. The Atlantic Provinces St. Lawrence River & The Great Lakes Provinces British Columbia The Northern Provinces e. The Prairie Provinces 24. What is Gross National Product (GNP)? 25. What are concerns about importing prescription drugs into the United States? 26. Describe the differences between the health care systems in the United States and Canad Unit 3: Latin America 27. What were the push factors for people emigrating out of the Caribbean Islands? What benefit have the islanders received by staying instead of emigrating? 5
28. What are the three main economic activities in Mexico? 29. What the three main economic activities in the Caribbean Islands? 30. What is a maquiladora? Where are they located? 31. List three ways someone can gain illegal entrance into the United States. 32. Most Caribbean Island resorts are located on what part of the island? 33. List the PROS of tourism. 34. List the CONS of tourism 35. Describe how tourist areas and regular areas of a country in Latin America differ from each other. 6
36. Describe the following in DEVELOPED COUNTRIES. Workers & Jobs (skilled vs. unskilled) Economic Diversity Life Expectancy Health Care e. Literacy Rates f. Infant Mortality Rates g. Average Family Size h. Population Growth i. Natural Resources j. Sanitation k. Wealth 37. Describe the following in DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. Workers & Jobs (skilled vs. unskilled) Economic Diversity Life Expectancy Health Care e. Literacy Rates f. Infant Mortality Rates g. Average Family Size h. Population Growth i. Natural Resources j. Sanitation k. Wealth Unit 4: Africa 38. What is the primary reason that the Nile River no longer floods annually? 39. Where does the majority of the Egyptian population live? 40. How do Tunisia and Morocco differ from Libya and Algeria? 41. What issue did Egypt and the Arab Middle East agree upon after WWII? 7
42. How have physical barriers affected Libya and the Maghreb countries? 43. Define genocide. 44. Define imperialism. 45. What was the Scramble for Africa? 46. What were the negative consequences of imperialism, on the native populations of Africa? 47. Why did European Nations was to set up colonies (imperialize) in Africa? 48. Who was killing whom in Rwanda in the 1994 genocide? 49. What was the each of the following called in Rwanda during the genocide: The Hutu Army The Hutu Militia The Tutsi Army 50. When did the Rwandan Genocide occur and for how long did it last? 51. How many people were killed in Rwanda? 52. What was the purpose of the Arusha Accords? 8
53. Specifically, where is Darfur located? 54. Who is the Sudanese dictator who is ordering the mass killings in Darfur? 55. What is the United Nation s official stance on declared genocides? 56. Why are nations hesitant to declare events like Rwanda and Darfur genocide? 57. Who is killing whom in Darfur? 9