World Geography
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Russia
Spain
Nigeria
India
Iraq
Norway
China
Brazil
Kenya
Vietnam
Egypt
Great Britain
Germany
Mexico
Sudan
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Japan
Know the five themes of geography.
Location-Where is it
Place-what is it like
Movement- how are people and places connected
Human/Environment Interaction-How do
humans interact with their environment
Region-what does this place have in common
with others
Definition of climate.
Weather over a long period of time
How does the earth’s tilt & shape affect a region?
It affects temperatures and the amount of light a place
receives.
Factors affecting climate.
Latitude, /elevation/wind/ocean currents
Renewable resources:
Resources that can be remade such as plants and
animals
Non-renewable resources:
Resources that will deplete eventually such as fossil
fuels
Inexhaustible resources
Resources such as solar and wind power
Longest river in the world.
Nile
Land between the two rivers is:
Mesopotamia between two rivers, Tigris and
Euphrates
Natural resources that brings in the most
money.
Oil
Root of Israeli-Palestinian conflict:
Abraham’s family tree
Five Pillars of Islam:
Prayer
Charity
Pilgrimage
Faith
Fasting
What was Saddam Hussein convicted for?
Crimes against Humanity
Lowest point on earth:
Dead Sea
Zionism
Movement to create a Jewish Homeland in Israel.
After what event did Zionism increase?
Holocaust
Sacred sites of Judaism
Western Wall/Wailing Wall
What has slowed progress in the Middle East?
Wars and Terrorism
Lack of what resource has lead to a lot of conflict?
Water
Nomadic people of the Sahara:
Bedouins
Who controlled the Palestinian area after WWII?
United Nations
What does OPEC stand for?
Org. of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Know the order the religions were created.
Judaism, Christianity, Islam
Berlin Conference:
European countries get together to divide up Africa
Landform that covers most of Africa:
plateau
Statistics of AIDS.
71% of World’s Aids in Africa 24.5 million cases
First black president of South Africa.
Nelson Mandela
Great migration.
Wildebeests going between Tanzania and Kenya-Serengeti
Plain
Highest mountain of Africa.
Kilimanjaro in Kenya and Tanzania
Reasons Europe was initially interested in Africa.
Resources (GGG)
Slave journey from Africa to the Americas:
Middle Passage
Pandemic
Disease affecting a large population over a widespread
geographical area
Religion of the kingdoms of West Africa.
Islam
Hutus were trying to kill the?
Tutsis
Who is the fighting between in Darfur?
Janjaweed and Black Africans
Part of Africa hurricanes form:
West Coast
Caste System - know each caste and who is in it.
Brahmins-Priests
Kshatriayas-Warriors
Vaisyas-Merchants
Sudras-Laborers
Dalits-Untouchables
What is the Ganges polluted with?
Sewage, industrial pollution, partially cremated bodies
Rank of India’s population:
2nd
3/5 of population live where in India?
Indogangetic plain
How was Bangladesh created?
During the partitioning of India
What are the reasons sons are preferred over
daughters?
Labor, security in old age, carry on family line
Partition of India – who moved to what country?
Muslims moved to West Pakistan and East Pakistan which
later became Bangladesh
How were the Himalayas formed?
Plate tectonics
India is the world’s __________ democracy.
Largest
Monsoon:
Seasonal wind- Summer-wet and winter is dry
How did Gandhi feel about the partition of India?
Against it and fasted to try to prevent it. Wanted all to live
together as brothers.
Demilitarized Zone:
Also called the 38th parallel, buffer zone between North
and South Korea
Effects of the one child policy:
imbalance of genders, No one to marry the men,
obesity, increase of kidnapping and rape, increase of
human trafficking, no one to take care of the elderly
males
Samurai:
Warriors in the Shoguns army
Shogun: Military ruler in Japan
Landowners under feudalism
Khmer Rouge:
Communist gov. of Cambodia who killed 38% of its
population
Government of China:
communist
Government of North Korea:
communist
Government of Japan:
parliament with constitutional monarchy
Most populated region of China and why?
North China Plain / fertile land
Most people in China work as?
farmers
Official religions of Japan:
Shinto and Buddhism
Rank of China in population is:
first in the world
Percentage of malnourished kids in North Korea:
40%
Who has the fastest growing economy?
China
Japan’s education system:
structured. Competitive, determines your future job
Japan was formed by?
volcanoes
Chernozem
Rich black topsoil found on the Northern European
Plain
Percentage living on Northern European Plains
75%
Does Russia have a lot of natural resources?
Yes, but they are hard to get to
Why is Europe’s industry successful?
Coal and iron led them to be the birthplace of modern
industry
What does Europe use rivers for?
Travel and trade
Chernobyl:
Nuclear reactor accident in USSR that was kept secret,
Ukraine, no one can ever live there again
Ural Mountains:
Separates Europe from Asia
Aral Sea:
Shrunk by 80% due to irrigation of rice and cotton
irrigation
Countries on Jutland Peninsula:
Denmark and Germany
Who controlled Eastern Europe through the
1980s:
USSR
Countries on Scandinavian Peninsula:
Norway and Sweden
Number of time zones of Russia:
11
Economy Russia moved toward in 80s and 90s:
Market
Volga River facts:
Longest river in Europe- Mother Volga
Is the oldest and Deepest lake in the world?
Lake Baikal, holds __% of the world’s freshwater,
1200+ endemic species.
20
Percentage of world’s freshwater in the Amazon:
20%-most water volume in the world
Economic challenges faced by Mexico.
Closing the gap between the rich and the poor and
creating a modern industrial society
Language spoken in Brazil.
Portuguese
Trade that influenced the history of Latin America
– led to plantations and forced labor.
Sugar (part of the Columbian Exchange)
Built to cut off the trip around Latin America for
ships:
Panama Canal
Major religion of Latin America.
Roman Catholic
Facts of the Amazon. 2nd longest river in the world.
Floods once a year, most water in the world, changed
directions,largest rainforest, located in Brazil
Conqueror of the Aztecs for Spain.
Cortez
Rank of Brazil’s size as a nation.
5th
Capital of Brazil and its history.
1950s built in the interior to get people to move inland.
Brasilia, built on the cerrado
Llanos:
found in Venezuela fertile plains used for grazing
Infrastructure:
items needed to keep an economy going
Mestizo:
People of mixed Native and European heritage
Informal economy:
Economy that takes place outside the official channels –
illegal drugs
Biodiversity:
The variety of organisms within an ecosystem
Describe the Outback:
Desert region of the western plateau of Australia
Describe ownership of Antarctica:
none
What are Britain’s influences on Australia?
language and religion and currency
Where do most people live in Australia?
East Coast
What is the natural wonder off the NE coast of
Australia?
Great Barrier Reef
Who are the Maori? Aborigines?
Maori - Natives of New Zealand
Aborigines - Natives of Australia
What was the first use of Australia by the British?
Penal Colony
What is a continental divide?
A continental divide is the highest point on a continent
that determines which way the rivers flow.
What serves as the CD for North America?
The CD for North America is the Rockies
Beringia:
The land bridge that used to connect Siberia to Alaska
used by the Natives to populate our continent.
Cold War:
Nonviolent conflict between the US and USSR
How were the Aleutian Islands formed?
Volcanoes
What are the highest mountains in North
America?
Rockies- they are also the youngest
Free enterprise:
An economic system based on capitalism where people may own
businesses with little interference from the government.
NAFTA:
North American Free Trade Agreement- (US, Canada, and Mexico)
Define terrorism:
The use or threatened use of violence for social or political means.
Urban sprawl:
The poorly planned development that spreads a city and its
surrounding suburbs over a larger geographic area.