c255 intro to geography pre assessment study guide
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C255 Intro to Geography Pre Assessment
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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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