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Review Questions: World Geography SOL (2008 standards)
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Standard #2-1.
What determines a regions climate?
a. _______________________________________________________________________
2. What are three latitude zones for climate?
a. __(Name and label)_____________________________________________
Semiarid
Marine West Coast
Humid continental
Subarctic
Desert
Taiga
desert
highland
tropical wet/dry
Rain forest
Steppe
Tundra
Mediterranean
tropical wet
icecap
Savanna
Middle latitude forests
3. Place the terms in the correct category of the chart.
Low Latitudes
Middle Latitudes
High Latitudes
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4. Name the weather phenomena associated with each of the following pictures.
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5. Explain three ways that climate and weather patterns may alter a person’s lifestyle.
a. ________________________________________________________________________
6. Name the six ecological processes which assist in shaping the earth.
a. D______________________, e_______________________,
e___________________,f_________, and v__________e___________
7. Not only does the earth affect our daily lives, but as humans we also have a impacts on the
earth. Place a “H” for the example of human impact on our environment and place an “E” for
the examples of how the environment affects humans.
Example
Acid Rain Pollution in Mexico City
Terracing fields for rice in S.E. Asia
Need for a rain coat in London
Shrinking of the Aral Sea due to irrigation planning
Chernobyl explosion in the USSR
Building your house on stilts in Siberia’s permafrost
Desertification in the Sahel
Choosing snowboarding as a pass time activity
Loss of animal habitats in the Amazon Rain Forest
Limited transportation due to waterfalls in Africa’s rivers
Pollution in the forests of Germany
Rice paddies flooded with water creating a harvest for Asian farmers
Letter Designation
8. Humans have advanced with new technologies in order to adapt to the environmental location
they live within. Name one example for each of the categories.
Agriculture
Transportation
Energy Usage
Automobiles
Construction of homes
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