Map Skills
 Define Latitude
 Define Longitude
 Hemispheres (how
many)
 Know how to find
absolute location
 Elements of a map
 Define Conic Maps
 Define Cylindrical
Maps
 Define Planar maps
 Define Formal
Region
 Define Relative
Location
 Define functional
region
Physical Geography
 Define Ring of Fire
 Characteristics of
Desert and Tundra
 Know climate Factors
(LACEMOPS)
 Where are high, mid
and low latitudes
 Be able to label the
water cycle
 Cause of the seasons
 Renewable resources
 Characteristics of rivers
 Define Seafloor
spreading
 Divergent, convergent
and faulting plate
boundaries
 Define Biosphere
 Examples of
weathering
 Be able to label a
diagram of the EarthSun Relationship
 Characteristics of
Tropical Rainforest
climate
 Label a diagram of the
orographic effect
Settlement
 Define Human Geography
 Define Primary,
Secondary, Tertiary, and
Quaternary Economic
Activities
 What affects where
people live?
 Push and Pull Factors
 Define Immigrants and
emigrants
 What causes urbanization
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Population
 Why have death rates declined?
 Why do countries trade
 Know how to read population
pyramids
 Two most populated countries?
 arable land
 challenges of rapid population
growth
 What has happened to world
population since 1900? Why?
Demographics
Culture
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Characteristics of Less
Developed
 Characteristics of More
Developed
 Characteristics of Newly
Industrialized
 Know what economic
activities go with each type
of country
Be able to identify the following
physical features
 Pacific Ocean
 Atlantic Ocean
 Arctic Ocean
 Indian Ocean
 Southern Ocean
 Gulf of Mexico
 Mediterranean Sea
 Nile River
 Amazon River
 Yangtze River
 Rocky Mountains
 Andes Mountains
 Alps
 Himalayas
 Ural Mountains
 Sahara Desert
 Gobi Desert
 Northern European Plain
 Outback
 Lake Baikal
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Define Ethnic group
What are customs
How do people perceive
different cultures?
cultural convergence
cultural diffusion
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Sahel
Aral Sea
Ganges River
Congo River
Brazilian Highlands
Political and Economic
Systems
 Characteristics of
communism
 characteristics of free
enterprise
 characteristics of
traditional economies
 characteristics of
socialism
Be able to identify the
following countries
 United States
 Japan
 China
 Iraq
 Afghanistan
 Canada
 Mexico
 Brazil
 Libya
 France
 United Kingdom
 North Korea
 Venezuela
 Uganda
 Greece