What is Geography all about? What is the main focus of geography?
Which of these -- related to globe -- do you need to review?
Tides
Days of week
Grid lines (lat, long, tropics, etc)
Seasons and tilt
Why are maps distorted? What are the dimensions by which they
are usually distorted?
Which of these map topics is not clear?
What are the local factors, like elevation, which affect weather?
Specifically, what is the effect of
Can your group explain the coriolis effect?
What weather "bands" are found in the Northern Hemisphere?
Where do the world's deserts occur, and why?
Why are the tropical areas so rainy?
Why is weather in northern U.S. unpredictable?
List and explain the three types of precipitation.
What do they all have in
common?
What does a climagraph chart, and for what period?
What do volcanos, earthquakes, and "tidal waves" have in common?
Where will you find them?
Why are the plates drifting?
On what are they drifting?
How fast are they drifting
What are the main kinds of
plate boundaries (faults)?
What landforms result from plate tectonics?
What landforms result from glaciers?
How many landforms can you name that are caused or affected by the principle
about fast-moving fluids?
The three "inputs to production" are money, land, and labor. Describe
farming techniques
which use mostly money, mostly land, and then mostly labor, noting
where on the globe
these are practiced.
What are the most important grains and meats? Note where on the
planet these grains
and meats are produced.
The most fertile fishing grounds tend to be on the continental shelf.
How are the fish
resources distributed amongst countries? How are disputes resolved?
What particular
problems result when a resource is "fluid," (as fish move freely across
jurisdictions).
How did the Green Revolution increase food production? What problems also resulted?
What conclusions can be drawn from Von Thunen's "Isolated State" model?
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Review questions for test 2
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CHAPTER 5: POPULATION GEOGRAPHY
What is the definition of these demographic terms?
What parts of the world (if any) are each of these particularly HIGH,
and especially LOW?
What two variables make up a population pyramid?
What can we infer (guess) from a population pyramid?
Describe the Malthusian theory of population growth.
Describe the Demographic Transition.
What policies would come from the neo-Malthusian beliefs?
What policies would come from the Demographic Transition model?
What is the relationship between these terms:
Simple Density
Physiological (or agricultural)
density
Carrying Capacity
Overpopulation
Migration to the United States has changed through time. Describe
the most important changes.
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CHAPTER 6: CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY
What is the difference between Popular Culture and Folk Culture?
Give some examples.
What is the difference between race, ethnicity, and culture?
How do racial differences occur?
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CHAPTER 7: LANGUAGE AND RELIGION
How is this similar to how linguistic differences occur?
How are these similar, and different:?
What are some advantages and disadvantages of an "official language."
Orthography is the study of written language. Which world regions are
associated with which scripts?
Describe a map of major world religions. In particular, where are these found?
ere are some regions.
What is the dominant religion?
Define these religious terms
What are some of the more contrasting views of religion on
CHAPTER 10: URBAN GEOGRAPHY
What percentage of the world's population is now "urban."
Why do people live in cities?
modern reasons
historical reasons
What are "agglomeration economies?"
Why are cities where they are? Remember that they
are often as much a product of the past as they are of
present conditions.
be sure to mention:
importance of agriculture
break of bulk point
distance from other cities
access to trade
Do you know the significance of each of these? What mix
would you expect to find in cities of various sizes and
various levels of development?
Describe the main models of urban structure in the U.S.
Why do poor and immigrant groups settle
in the major U.S. cities.
Compare U.S. urban models to those from other parts of the world.
What is the difference between the city "proper"
and metropolitan area?
What are some reasons why people move from the
city proper to suburban towns?