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Honors - Unit 1 Test Review
Know the definition, parts, purpose, and use, and/or location of the following words:
absolute location
relative location
formal region
functional region
perceptual region
map
globe
Equator
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Cancer
grid system
physical geography
human geography
fault
ice age
oasis
stream
Pangea
magma
lava
erosion
physical/mechanical
weathering
chemical weathering
equinox
global winds
natural vegetation
wind patterns
Coriolis Effect
tropical climates
renewable resources
embargo
subsistence farming
population growth
death rate
birth rate
metropolitan area
social systems
information
revolution
unitary system
tariff
monarchy (know the
different types)
culture hearth
trade
commercial farming
culture
ethnic group
spatial relations
carrying capacity
Great Circle Route
Compass Rose
Scale Bar
Key
Natural Increase
Population Density
Solstice
Cracks
Mountains
Earthquakes
Ring of Fire
Asteroids
Meteoroids
Comets
Atmosphere
Biosphere
Hydrosphere
Lithosphere
water cycle
rotation
revolution
seasons
subduction
spreading
faulting
accretion
planets
Know:
1. the formula for writing absolute location
2. how to read longitude and latitude lines
3. migration’s affect on a culture or society
4. Identify the different types of map projections
5. What is the difference between developed, developing, and industrialized nations?
6. purpose, location and layers of the earth
7. What characteristics define a culture?
8. be able to identify major types of landforms and bodies of water
9. the definition, occurrences and reason behind plate movements
10. factors that can change culture
11. five themes of geography (definitions and examples)
12. What causes the change of seasons?
13. What happens when the death rate is higher than the birth rate?
14. the different types of erosion- be able to list one feature that was created by each of the different
types of erosion
15. why geographers study political science
16. the purpose of a human geographer
17. the percentage of land and water on the earth’s surface
18. the percent of the earth’s fresh and salt water
19. the highest point on earth’s surface
20. the lowest point on earth’s surface
21. what groundwater is and where it comes from
22. Where on the globe can the high latitudes be found?
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23. What climate regions have the widest temperature range?
24. What is temperature and how does it affect earth? What happens because of the earth’s tilt?
25. Give some examples of natural vegetation in the following areas:
- desert
- tropical rainforest
- tropics
26. Examples of places with a tropical climate?
27. Be able to match the correct match the climate types to their climate region.
28. Be able to location the following on a map:
- Antarctic Circle
- Artic Circle
- Equator
- International Dateline
- Prime Meridian
- Tropic of Cancer
- Tropic of Capricorn
29. Know and understand the following Culture terms:
 Acculturation
 Diffusion
 Enculturation
 Ethnocentrism
 Socialization
Be sure to know and understand the following readings/videos:
 The Lorax
 Freedom’s Sound
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