Review Guide for Unit II Test
Directions: Use the notes on Climate, Physical Processes, Human Environment Interaction,
Weather, and Technology to complete this study guide.
1. List four elements that cause regional climate patterns.
Latitude, Wind Currents, Water, Elevation
2. Most places near the equator have warm climates.
3. Areas with higher elevation in a region are usually colder.
4. What is savanna vegetation?
Tropical grassland located in East Africa
5. What are the three characteristics of climate?
Temperature, Precipitation (rainfall), and Seasons
6. What climate zone receives the least amount of precipitation?
Arid (desert)
7. What area of the world do monsoons usually occur in?
South and Southeast Asia
8. What area of the world do typhoons usually occur in?
Tropical storms in the Pacific Ocean – East Asia, Southeast Asia
9. List the climates that usually occur in the middle latitudes.
Mediterranean, Humid Subtropical, Humid Continental, Marine West Coast
10. List the climates that usually occur in the high latitudes.
Icecap, Subarctic, Tundra
11. List the climates that usually occur in the low latitudes.
Tropical Wet, Tropical Wet and Dry
12. What latitude zone are rainforests found in?
Low latitudes (near equator)
13. What latitude zone is taiga found in?
High latitudes (subarctic climate zones)
14. What is tundra?
Cold grassland
15. What is the climate zone that has a rainy season in summer and a dry season in winter called?
Tropical wet and dry
16. What is a monsoon and how does it help people?
Seasonal wind pattern in South and Southeast Asia/provides water for irrigation
17. A __________ is a twisting funnel shaped cloud that forms over land.
Tornado
18. What is the definition of climate?
Condition of the atmosphere over a long period of time
19. What is the definition of weather?
Condition of the atmosphere over a short period of time
20. What is a polder?
Area of reclaimed land from the sea
21. List three causes of deforestation.
Cutting down forests for farming, expansion of cities, cutting down forest for timber to sell
22. Why is the Aral Sea shrinking?
Over irrigation of the rivers that flow into it in order to grow cotton
23. What is desertification?
Expansion of arid conditions into previously non-arid areas
24. Why do farmers practice terraced farming?
They need to grow food on hillsides
25. How do volcanoes benefit humans?
The ash from volcanoes is good for farming
26. List the forces that cause erosion.
Gravity, wind, water, ice (glaciers)
27. What happened at Chernobyl?
It was a nuclear reactor that had an explosion in 1996 in the former Soviet Union. It is now
located in Ukraine.
28. What type of pollution does Mexico City suffer from?
Air pollution
29. List three ecological processes that have shaped the earth's surface.
Flooding, erosion, weathering
30. List three ways humans influence their environment.
Agriculture, energy usage, transportation
31. List three ways humans are influenced by their environment.
Clothing, housing, types of recreation, transportation patterns
32. List three forms of pollution.
Water, air, radioactive pollution (Chernobyl)
33. The Aswan High Dam is on the __________ river.
Nile (Egypt)
34. List three examples of water diversion.
Dams, reservoirs, canals