RRHS World Geography 20132014
Fall- Final Review
Unit 1: Patterns and Processes: Thinking Like a Geographer
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Define Internet, GPS and GIS.
How has the internet changed human behavior?
How is GIS being used in the world today?
Name the 5 political units. What are the characteristics that determine a political
unit vs. a natural boundary? What is NOT a political unit and why?
What causes tectonic plates to move?
What are the 4 types of tectonic boundaries and what landforms do they create?
Name the 4 spheres of the Earth?
What are the 4 types of erosion and what landforms do they create?
How does the tilt and rotation of the Earth create seasons? (See your notes from
LG3 and the chart below).
10. What are the 6 factors of climate and how does each one influence climate?
11. Define formal, functional and perceptual regions and give examples of each one.
EXPLAIN why the examples are formal, functional perceptual.
12. What is the difference between physical geographic regions and human
geographic regions? What are the characteristics of human geographic regions
and which one would belong to formal, functional or perceptual regions and
why?
13. What is Supranationalism? Give examples. What are the benefits and challenges?
14. How does geographic location influence a country’s ability to be successful?
RRHS World Geography 20132014
Unit 2: Human Geographic Systems: Change Over Time
1. What is the difference between a centralized and decentralized government (look at the
definitions of each)?
2. What are the different governmental systems? Are they centralized or decentralized?
3. How is power determined in each of the governmental systems?
4. What economic system was the first to emerge?
5. In a market, mixed and command system, who decides what is produced, how is it
produced and for whom it is produced for?
6. What governmental systems are typically paired with market, mixed and command
economic systems?
7. What are the other names for a market economic system?
8. What are the 5 elements of culture?
9. Provide examples of how the 5 elements of culture could cause cultural convergence and
divergence (think back to the LG 3 activity)?
10. How did social and physical geographic characteristics change from the Paleolithic to
the Neolithic Age?
11. The Indus, Nile, Mesopotamia and Yangtze were centers for early civilization, why?
12. The Columbian exchange involved what continents? What goods, etc. were exchanged?
And what were the long lasting effects?
13. What was one of the social effects of the Columbian exchange?
14. What is the difference between Colonialism and Imperialism?
15. What were the immediate effects of Colonialism in Latin America and the current effects
as of today?
16. What were the immediate effects of Imperialism in Africa and the current effects as of
today?
17. Who was at the top of the social hierarchy in Latin America? In Africa?
18. What inventions made the Industrial Revolution possible? And Why?
19. How did human spatial interaction change during the Industrial Revolution?
20. Which human geographic process occurred during the Industrial Revolution?
21. Which regions grew in power during the Industrial Revolution and which regions
continued to be Colonized/Imperialized?
22. How has social media impacted the diffusion of ideas, as well as its impact on politics,
economy, culture and society? Give examples of each.
23. How has social media challenged governments to control the diffusion of ideas and
control their territory?
RRHS World Geography 20132014
Unit 3 Human-Environmental Interaction: An Interdependent World
1. Which is NOT one of the following ways climate can impact the economic
progress of energy companies?
(LG1)
2. What presents a challenge when responding to natural disasters?
(LG2)
3. Which clean energy led to a disaster in Japan?
4. What is the process by which salt is removed from sea water?
(LG3)
5. When people and/or companies make a change to fit into an environment, they
are making a/an