NAME: _____________________________________________
1.
Circle and label each of the following
subregions: North Africa, the Arabian
Peninsula, Middle East, and the Non-Arab
North.
2.
On the same map, locate and label the
Anatolian Peninsula, the Caspian Sea, Suez
Canal, Arabian Sea, and Persia Gulf.
3.
Why is the Strait of Hormuz important?
4.
What kind of plate boundary runs through the
Red Sea?
5.
On the map at right, locate and label the Atlas
Mountains.
6.
What type of landform is most closely
associated with convergent and transform plate
boundaries?
7.
Label each of the landforms on the landform
map at right.
8.
The biggest oil reserves in the world are
located in and around what body of water?
9.
Why are mountains so critically important in
the North Africa / Southwest Asia region?
10. On the map at right, label each of the
climate zones.
11. What climate area attracts the highest
population densities?
12. In the deserts, where are the highest
population densities found?
EXAM 3
13. On the table below, write in the population for the world and for each of the regions. Then, write in the world
averages for each of the following statistics and then indicate how each region compares to the world average. As
an example, I have shown Infant Mortality Rate.(20 points)
World
Population
Arithmetic
Density
Percent Arable
Land
Per capita GDP
Percent Urban
Crude Birth Rate
Crude Death
Rate
Infant Mortality
Rate
Male Life
Expectancy
Female Life
Expectancy
Stage of the
Demographic
Transition
52/1000
live births
North
Africa &
Southwest
Asia
Lower
SubSaharan
Africa
Latin
America
Higher
Lower
33. What is the richest country of North Africa/Southwest Asia? Why is it so rich? (2 points)
35. What is the poorest country of North Africa/Southwest Asia? Why is it so poor? (2 points)
37. What are the two major migration flows in the region?
38. What is the dominant language of North Africa?
39. What is the dominant division of Islam?
40. Which empire controlled most of the region in the century prior to World War I?
41. What was the Balfour Declaration?
42. What are the three major ethnic groups of Iraq?
43. The Palestinian Territories include the West Bank, which Israel has occupied since the 1960s. Why is the West Bank
so important to Israel?
44. What two characteristics have to hold true for a mineral to be strategic?
45. Why is water a strategic mineral in North Africa/Southwest Asia?
46. Over 80% of the continent of Africa lies in the low / middle / high latitude belt.
47. Which subregion is the largest pastoral zone in Africa?
48. On the map at right, circle and label the Inland Niger Delta
and Lake Victoria.
49. Compared to other continents, Africa is the [most / least]
tectonically stable continent.
50. What kind of minerals would be associated with a craton?
51. What is the dominant landform of the Rift Valley?
52. Where are the major oil deposits of SSA located?
53. What is the dominant landform of Mali?
54. What is the dominant landform of Senegal?
55. What is the dominant landform of Burkina Faso?
56. What is the dominant climate of Sierra Leone?
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57. What is the dominant climate of Botswana?
58. How do Africa’s landforms affect its arability?
59. How do Africa’s landforms affect its accessibility?
60. How do Africa’s climates affect its arability?
61. What is the most populous country of Sub-Saharan Africa?
62. Generally, which areas (not subregions) of Sub-Saharan Africa are the most sparsely populated?
63. Why has the tse-tse fly been called Africa’s greatest conservationist?
64. List two factors that have contributed to the high incidence of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa.
65. How has foreign aid contributed to African poverty?
66. What is the dominant religion of Sub-Saharan Africa?
67. List two ways that foreign governments have contributed to subnationalism in Sub-Saharan Africa.
68. On the map at right, locate and label circle and label
the Caribbean Sea and the Rio de la Plata.
69. On the map at right, locate and label Hispaniola.
70. What type of plate boundary lies along the west side
of the Lesser Antilles?
71. What is the dominant landform of the
Bahamas?
72. What country of Latin America is the largest
exporter of non-fuel minerals?
73. What country of Latin America is the largest
petroleum exporter?
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74. Locate and label the Atacama Desert on the climate
map at left.
75. Why is the Atacama Desert so dry?
76. What is the dominant climate of Uruguay?
77. What is the dominant climate of the southern tip of
South America?
78. Compared to Africa, the mountains in Latin America
are much [higher / lower].
79. What is the most densely populated altitudinal zone
of Latin America? Tierra [caliente, fria, helada,
templada]
80. What is the most populous country of Latin
America?
81. Which subregion of Latin America has the highest
population density?
82. Why is Haiti so poor? (2 points)
83. In what part of Latin America are people of European descent dominant?
84. What is the dominant religion of Latin America?
85. What is the dominant language of Brazil?
86. When and where was sugar cultivation introduced in the Americas?
87. Approximately how many Africans were enslaved and brought to the New World?
88. What was trade triangle that developed around the sugar trade?
89. Why did one European country after another make slavery illegal in the middle of the 19th century?
90. Where is the primary sector of the cocaine economy?
91. Where is the secondary sector of the cocaine economy?
92. Why is the tertiary sector of the cocaine economy concentrated in Colombia?
93. What is the primary route for most of the cocaine that enters the United States?
94. What Caribbean country is particularly important to the cocaine trade? Why? Why have banks become such an
important part of that country’s economy?