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C255 Intro to Geography Pre Assessment
Study Guide
What are the five themes of geography - ANS-Location, place, movement, regions, and
HEI (Human Environmental Interaction)

What is the Science of mapmaking - ANS-Cartography

What does Longitutde Measure - ANS-The angels east and west of the meridian

What is population density - ANS-Number of people per unit area

A country has 100 square miles of land and population of 1 million people. What is the
population density per square mile of the country? - ANS-10,000 (1mil/100)

What is the purpose of the prime meridian - ANS-Establishes the point of measure for
longitude

What does the international date line separate - ANS-Two consecutive calendar days:
West to East minus one day; East to West add one day

What is the Peninsula in Yellow Sea near Japan - ANS-Korea

What is the Body of water btwn Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan - ANS-Aral Sea

Part of the border btwn China and Russia is - ANS-Amur River

What are the islands in Barents Sea off the Arctic Ocean - ANS-Svalbard

What feature passes through Salekhard - ANS-Ob River

What is the absolute location of the City of Odessa - ANS-46 degrees N 30 degrees
East

What is the relative location of the city of Yalta - ANS-The southern shore of the
Crimean Peninsula on the Black Sea

, In the 1800's the British attempted to colonize West Africa. Tropical Diseases caused
heavy losses of men and horses as they attempted to travel up the Niger River. Their
attempts to colonize the area initially failed. What explains how geography affected the
British attempts to colonization in West Africa? - ANS-The tropical environment is home
to disease causing parasites and
The fresh water sources in the tropics house parasites that cause dysentry

The countries of this region have been plagued by civil wars over their rich natural
resources - ANS-Sub Saharan Africa

Divided along religious lines as the result of decolonization - ANS-South Asia

Slash and burn agriculture leading to the loss of rainforest is a major political issue in
this region - ANS-Latin America

This region has seen a decade long civil war over the Panguna copper mine -
ANS-Oceania

Balkanization along national lines has characterized this region - ANS-Eastern Europe

Hinduism and Buddhism both originated in this region - ANS-South Asia

The farming culture of this region was destroyed by collectivization beginning in the
1920's - ANS-Former Soviet Union

The Zulu culture can be found in this region - ANS-Sub Saharan Africa

This region is the original home of the Berber culture - ANS-North Africa

The cultural concept of Manifest Destiny influenced the development of this region -
ANS-North America

What is the definition of the term Ecosystem - ANS-Interaction of plant and animal life in
a particular environment

Which locations would be prone to earthquakes - ANS-Western South America, Japan,
and Southern Asia

Which characteristics make the US West Coast particularly prone to earthquakes -
ANS-Along an active fault and Along a shifting tectonic plate

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