World Geography Final Exam Review: Textbook page numbers and websites are provided for reference.
Most questions will require inference and/or analysis, so you may not find an exact answer there.
1. How has global diffusion of advanced computer and communications technology affected peoples’ access to
the following? (increased or decreased) (pg 72):
Higher Education
Pop Culture
maintaining traditional customs
2. How can a more diverse culture be created when new immigrant groups move into existing local cultures?
(pg 72)
3. What has happened to the cultural landscapes of commercial areas worldwide, thanks to the diffusion of
popular American chain restaurants? (pg. 72)
4. List several problems that occur when tropical rainforests, such as the Amazon, rapidly disappear? (pg. 246)
5. What are the effects of the Industrial Revolution in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century? (pg 136137)
6. What are the EPA and the Clean Air Act? How do they protect the air quality? (www.airnow.gov)
7. What indicators are used to determine a country’s level of development? How would a developed country’s
indicators look? (pg 78-79)
8. How did the formation of the European Union cause a population shift? (pg 326-327)
9. Why is African influence present in Brazilian culture?
10. What happened in Eastern Europe in 1989, and what changes took place as a result? (pg 312)
11. What four factors affect climate? (pg 54)
12. What were the direct effects of the Columbian Exchange? (pg 136)
13. How did the construction of the interstate system in the 1950s change the urban landscape? (pg 138)
14. How do people maintain their culture? Give an example. (pg 71)
15. How does Earth’s tilt affect seasons? (pg 49)
16. What is cultural diffusion? Give an example. (pg 72)
17. How was England changed by the Industrial Revolution? (pg 304)
18. Where in the world are climates the warmest year-round? (pg 55)
19. What is the climate of Northern Europe in the winter? (pg 279 & 280)
20. Why is the US political system so stable? (pg 139)
21. How does the Panama Canal help the economy of Panama? (226)
22. Why type of climate would cause Northern Brazil to get so much rainfall? (pg 60)
23. Which event had the greatest impact on the culture of South America? (pg 230)
24. Why did favelas expand in the 1970s in Latin America? (pg 239)
25. How did Europeans settle the US? What general direction did population expand from there? (pg 135-136)
26. How did the Bubonic Plague (Black Death) spread? (pg 294-295)
27. Why did population in California change so drastically from 1848-1849? (California 1848-49 )
28. Why did the Jews escape Europe during the 1940s?
29. Why were the Spanish able to conquer the Aztecs so easily? (pg 217)
30. What types of agriculture practices did the Inca use that made them an agrarian society? (pg 211)
31. What do the Aztec and Mayan calendars and the use of “zero” indicate about pre-Colombian people?
32. How did the American Revolution affect Latin America? (pg 218)
33. Describe religion of Latin America. (pg 194)
34. What are the origins of democracy? (pg 289)
35. What are the causes for destruction of the Amazon rain forest? (pg 245)
36. What are the advantages of terraced farming techniques? (pg 211)
37. What areas does the Latin America region cover? (pg 186)
38. Between urbanization and the Industrial Revolution, which is the cause, and which is the effect? (pg 137)
39. What physical features in Latin America have inhibited communication and transportation systems? (pgs
201, 202, 207)
40. What are some effects of colonial rule in Latin America? (pg 225)
41. What is subsistence agriculture? Where can it still be found in Latin America today? (pg 714)
42. What two cultural influences combined to reflect Central American culture today? (pg 224)
43. What does NAFTA stand for? Which countries are involved? (pg 160, 220)
44. What happened to European cities as a result of the Industrial Revolution? (pg 293)
45. What effects did industrialization have on farming in the United States? (pgs 140, 147)
46. What is hydroelectricity? How might climate changes affect production? (pg 205)
47. What is a polder? Explain the process in creating polders. (pg 282)
48. List the 5 peninsulas in Europe and the countries that make up each. (pg 273-274)
49. How are architectural styles, which begin in one cultural region and show up in other cultural regions,
spread throughout the world? (pg 72)
50. Which subregion of the US is associated with the following? (pg 145-149)
a. wheat and automobiles –
b. gateway to America –
c. crops and the “sunbelt” –
d. easier to settle because of air conditioning and irrigation –
51. In which province of Canada do most people speak French? What other language is also spoken? (pg 161)
52. What is the European Union, and what is its major function? (pg 326-327)
53. Which subregion of the United States has the highest population density? (pgs 107, 145)
54. What are the examples of Human-Environment Interaction discussed in Chapter 9 Section 3? (pg 210-212)
55. What are the geographic coordinates of the North Pole? Of the South Pole?