World geography exam 1 study guide
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This document provides a study guide for Exam 1 on World Geography. It lists the chapters that will be covered on the exam - Chapters 1, 2, and 3 from the textbook. It also mentions that the exam will include map skills questions and material discussed in class. The guide then provides a list of vocabulary terms and questions for each chapter to review in preparation for the exam on January 28, 2015.
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- 2. 16. How do thematic maps help geographers understand the five elements? 17. How absolute location different from relative location? 18. What are some examples of information that would be included in a place description? 19. How is place different from region? 20. Why do geographers study movement? 21. What is the purpose of a map? 22. Why is GIS a valuable tool for examining the geography of a place? 23. How is the use of small-scale maps different from the use of large-scale maps? 24. In what ways may relief be shown on a map? 25. What are three types of thematic maps? Chapter 2: Physical Geography 1. What does the Theory of Plate Tectonics explain? 2. --Explain the process of continental drift. 3. --How does magma differ from lava? 4. --How are the Earths plates set in motion? (where does the energy come from?) 5. --How did Alfred Wegener further the Theory of Plate Tectonics? 6. --What was Pangaea, Laurasia, & Gondwanaland? 7. --What is a Convergent Plate Boundary & what type of landform/s does it create? Example? 8. --What is a Subduction Plate Boundary & what type of landform/s does it create? Example?
- 3. 9. --What is a Transform Plate Boundary & what type of landform/s does it create? Example? 10. --What is a Divergent Plate Boundary & what type of landform/s does it create? Example? 11. --What and where is the Ring of Fire? 12. --What is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge? 13. --What is the deepest part of the ocean? What type of plate boundary is it? 14. --What are rift valleys and where can one be found? 15. --What is the continental shelf? 16. --What is weathering and erosion? 17. --What is the main product of weathering? 18. --Sheet glaciers (continental glaciers) & mountain glaciers (alpine glaciers)---what is the difference? 19. --What is the hydrologic cycle and what are its different parts? 20. --What drives the hydrologic cycle? 21. --What is evapotranspiration? 22. --What is the distribution of water around the world? (How much is salty vs. fresh?) 23. --What is desalinization? 24. --What are headwaters? 25. --What is a tributary? 26. --What is a watershed or drainage basin? 27. --What is an estuary? 28. --What is a delta? 29. --What is groundwater? 30. --What is the water table?
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- 6. -Traditional/Subsistence Economycharacteristics? -Free Market Economycharacteristics? -privatized industry -free enterprise -capitalism -In what type of political system will you most likely find this type of economic system? -Command Economycharacteristics? -nationalized industry -What is the difference between Socialism & Communism? -In what type of political system will you most likely find this type of economic system? What does it mean when a country becomes industrialized? --What is a countrys standard of living an indication/measure of? --What does the literacy rate of a country truly indicate? --What are some characteristics of developed countries? What about developing countries?