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| What are the main two lines of latitude and longitude? |
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| Equator and Prime Meridian |
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| Briefly describe the theory of Pangaea and what proof Alfred Wegener uses to support his theory. |
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| Pangaea is the theory that the continents were all one super-continent that drifted apart over time. Wegener uses fossils to help support his theory. |
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| What are the two most important factors of chemical weathering, and what are three causes of acid rain? |
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| The most important factors are water and carbon dioxide, and the three causes of acid rain are industrial pollution, acid-producing agents from the ocean, and volcanic activity. |
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| Define population density. |
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| The average number of people in a square mile or kilometer. |
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| Describe the rain shadow effect. |
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| Moisture in the air is dropped on the side of the mountain that faces the ocean, and the other side is dry and hot. |
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| Diffusion – changes are due to outside influences |
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| Acculturation – changes develop from adapted traits |
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| businesses are owned by the state – all decisions about what to make, what to charge, etc are made by the state (gov’t) |
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| Define and list examples of renewable sources of energy |
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| Renewable source - natural resources that the environment continues to supply or replaces as its used. Examples: Soil, plants, the sun |
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| How is per capita GNP determined? |
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| It is found by dividing the total value of goods and services produced in a year by the country’s population. |
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| Define subsistence farming. |
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| Farming that provides only enough for the needs of a family or a village. |
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| The US uses more fossil fuels than it can produce. Is this true of the rest of the industrialized world? |
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| What is most of the land used for in the US? Canada? |
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| US-Commercial farming, Canada-Hunting and Gathering |
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| In what region of economic activities do most Canadians live? |
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| Where commercial farming takes place. |
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| If Chicago is the nation’s leading agricultural market, what is its hinterland? |
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| What term describes the dominant human characteristic of the Northeast? |
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| Why did cities emerge along the fall line in the southern U.S.? |
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| So that they could use water power from streams to power their mills |
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| What happened in 1831 that changed agriculture? |
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| Cyrus McCormick invented the mechanical reaper |
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| Why has the majority of the U.S. Labor Force moved from agriculture to other occupations since the beginning of the 20th century? |
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| Because of improvements in transportation and communication |
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| What is the preferred name of the native people of Canada? |
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| What geologic force shaped Mexico’s landscape? Describe the landform pattern. |
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| Plate tectonics shaped the high mountains and plateaus |
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| What are peninsulares, criollos, mestizos and Indians? |
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| Spanish social classes in early Mexico |
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| When the Mexican government after the revolution bought out haciendas and awarded peasants with ejidos, what government program was this? |
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| How does the climate on the Caribbean coast of Central America differ from that on the Pacific Coast? |
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| The Caribbean coast has a tropical wet climate, and the Pacific Coast has a tropical wet and dry climate |
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| What are concerns about maquiladoras? |
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| They negatively impact people’s health, they provide tedious work for low pay, they create environmental problems. |
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| Which Central America country is made up of a majority of people of European descent? |
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| What would you see if you flew over the Greater Antilles Islands? |
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| What are similarities of the three Guianas in S. America? |
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| Tropical wet climate, rain forests and narrow coastal plain |
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| What accounts for Venezuela’s economic wealth? |
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| What has been the trend in population movement in Brazil since the 1970s? |
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| People moved to cities in search of jobs |
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| What is the largest and least explored region of Brazil? |
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| Why is most of Brazil’s rural population subsistence farmers when the agricultural industry in Brazil is extremely profitable? |
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| Because only a handful of wealthy families own the large plantations and most of the rural population own only small plots of land. |
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| Why did Brazil choose a new capital, Brasilia in the 1950s? |
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| It wanted to encourage people to move away from its more crowded cities, and populate the interior. |
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| What happened in 1982 in Argentina? Be specific with who was involved and what the result was. |
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| They lost a war with Great Britain over the Falkland Islands and agreed to allow open elections. |
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| What physical feature is unique to Bolivia among the Andean countries? |
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| What is the ongoing conflict in Nicaragua? |
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| land for farming is unevenly distributed |
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| Why is Dover not the capital of English trade? |
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| Dover’s cliffs plunge straight down to the water, London is located on an estuary and ships can sail to the port |
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| What is significant about Scotland and Wales with regards to England? |
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| they have kept cultural identities separate from England |
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| Which country conquered Wales in 1284 and is a strong influence? |
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| Name the parts of the United Kingdom |
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| Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland, England |
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| Name the parts of the United Kingdom that are on the island of Great Britain. |
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| All but Northern Ireland are on the island of G.B. |
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Decide which of the following statements about France is true:
France was divided after WWII. France has a strong national identity. France is located in Eastern Europe. TRUE STATEMENT IS |
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| France has a strong national identity. |
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| What problem existed in the Irish economy, unlike its neighbor Great Britain, that caused its population to drop by millions? |
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| Describe the relative location of Spain and Portugal |
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| located west of Italy on the Iberian Peninsula bordered by the Atlantic Ocean |
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| If you live in a place where the sun never sets for weeks at a time, where do you live and what time of year is it? |
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| in the northernmost territories of the Nordic nations. It is midsummer |
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| What feature links the Netherlands with the rest of Europe and the world |
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| it contains Europe’s largest inland waterway – port city of Rotterdam |
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| What does the name Confederation Helvetica reflect about Switzerland? |
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| its gov’t is a confederation, it has diverse cultural groups who have political autonomy, it is organized into cantons (like states) that have control over local affairs |
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| Where do 1/3 of Greece’s inhabitants live? |
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| Why does Milan, Italy have a hot and dry climate? |
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| the tall peaks of the Alps block winds carrying moisture from the North Atlantic |
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| What is a problem with building in Venice? |
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| the grounds sinks and there is also a problem with pollution |
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| What country has these characteristics – German speaking, mountainous, known for great composers, emphasis on iron mining? |
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| Why is the majority of Poland’s people ethnically Polish? |
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| Nazis killed most of the Jews in the Holocaust; Soviet Control caused most Germans to flee |
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| When and how did Solidarity gain worldwide recognition? Who led the group? |
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| recognition gained in a strike in the Baltic port of Gdansk that was an effort to force the gov’t to make economic and democratic reforms – led by Lech Walesa who was elected in 1990 as the Polish President |
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| What is the term for selling government industries to private citizens?What effect did this economic reform have on the Czech Republic in the mid- to late 1990s? |
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| privatization – reduced unemployment in the C.R. |
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| What is the main ethnic group of Hungary? of Poland? |
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| Hungary – Magyars, Poland- Polish |
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| What happens on collective farms in Slovakia when a profit is made? |
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| The Soviet Union was the largest producer of steel and iron and focused on heavy industry, what was a side effect of this focus on the people of the Soviet Union? |
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| everyday items, like clothing and shoes, were scarce |
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| What natural resources are found in Siberia? |
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| Which part of Yugoslavia did not experience widespread fighting? |
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| What does the term balkanized mean? |
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| to break into small, mutually hostile political units |
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| What was the purpose of perestroika? |
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| economic reform to gradual introduce privatization |
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| Why do some buildings in Siberia stand six feet off the ground on posts |
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| to allow frigid air to circulate and diffuse heat under the buildings–permafrost would melt |
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| Why did the Soviet Union want control of the Baltic States of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia? |
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| strategic location on the Baltic Sea |
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| What is Ukraine’s capital? |
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| Why could Kiev be called the Mother of Russia during the time of the Soviet Union? |
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| It is where the first Russian state began |
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| How did Western investment help Romania’s struggling economy? |
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| an American soft drink company expanded operation there and jobs were added through the multiplier effect |
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| When and how did Slovakia become an independent nation? |
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| 1993 when it split Czechoslavakia peacefully with Czech Republic |
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| Describe this people of Bosnia-Herzegovina. |
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| made up of conflicting ethnic groups |
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| What is the largest country in Northern Eurasia? |
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