Unit 1: Physical Geography

1. Use the map to identify / label the following: The Appalachian Mountains The Mississippi River Basin The Canadian Shield Rocky Mountains

2. In geography, a how is a desert area described?

3. Location answers the questions, ‘where is it?’. What are the two ways we can identify

location?

4. When looking at the theme ‘place’ the physical characteristics examine?

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5. What do we look for when studying a region?

6. Which of the themes studies the movement and interaction of people?

7. Cutting down trees and clearing land to build a new school is an example of which theme?

8. Use the map to identify/label the following: The Pampas The Andes Mountains The Amazon River Basin Atacama Desert

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9. Which region of South America is the driest (non-polar) place on Earth?

10. The climate classification of South America’s Amazon Basin is

11. The __________________________ stretches the entire length of South America from the Southern tip of Chile to Colombia in the north. This range isolates the west coast of South America from the rest of the continent.

12. Use the map to identify / label the following: The Alps Mountains The Danube River Ural Mountains The Pyrenees Mountains

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13. The _____________ Mountains serve as a barrier between Europe and Asia.

14. The Pyrenees mountains have functioned as what?

15. Use the map to identify / label the following: The Sahel The Kalahari Desert The Nile River The Sahara Desert

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16. Which river has had the greatest historical impact on North Africa?

17. Most of the major cities in Sub-Saharan Africa are located near what type of geographic feature?

18. Which two rivers flow through Iraq that make up the area known as Mesopotamia or the Fertile Crescent?

19. Use the map to identify / label the following: The Caspian Sea The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Zagros Mountains The Persian Gulf

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20. Use the map to identify / label the following: Himalayan Mountains The Huang He (Yellow) River The Indus River Yangtze River

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21. The map shows a large concentration of people living near the border of India and Nepal. What physical feature is responsible for the stark line in population?

22. The __________________ Desert is located in the north of China and southern Mongolia, this is a high elevation desert with an area of around 500,000 square miles.

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23. Use the map to identify / label the following: Great Dividing Range Great Barrier Reef Great Victoria Desert

24. We are dependent on our resources being properly managed. What two things are the key to this success?

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