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World Geography Mid-Term STUDY GUIDE

MAP SKILLS:

1) Use an atlas to determine on which continent would you find the absolute locations listed in the table?

COORDINATES CONTINENT40 N, 105 W

30 N, 110 E

52 N, 15 E

20 S, 60 W

0, 20 E

25 S, 130 E

75 S, 30 E

2) Match the following terms with the appropriate description in the box below. Write i, ii, iii, or iv beside its matching term.

a. longitude linesb. latitude lines c. Equator

d. Prime Meridian

FIVE THEMES:

Write one of the themes after each example below. You may want to abbreviate:

AL = absolute location RL = relative location P = place R = regionM = movement HEI = human-environment interaction

3) Overpopulation in Mexico City is causing a huge pollution problem.4) Florida is relatively flat with swamps and lots of palm trees.5) Texas is south of Oklahoma.6) The Great Barrier Reef, the largest coral reef in the world, can be found in Australia.7) Goods are shipped in large tractor-trailer trucks across interstate highways.8) Caledonia has many waterfalls and hiking trails.

i. ii. iii. iv.

9) The country of Guam is found at 13 N, 145 E.

10) Many people from Haiti left their homes after the earthquake destroyed everything they owned.11) The building of new houses on areas that had always been forests frequently makes it difficult for

animals to find homes.12) Siberia is an area in Russia that is known for its cold climate and sparse population.13) The residents of New York City use the subway.14) If you visit New York City, you will see tall buildings everywhere, vendors on every corner, traffic noise,

and lots of people everywhere you turn.15) To get to Waynesboro, take I-81 South, get off at Exit 5, and travel east toward Gettysburg.16) Sydney, Australia is at 34 S, 151 E.17) If you want to invite your friends to your party, it’s probably easiest to call or text them.18) We all live in south-central Pennsylvania.

PUSH/PULL FACTORS:

Write either PUSH or PULL after each example below.

19) war20) employment opportunities21) stable government22) natural disasters

23) little to no access to education24) no access to health care25) opportunity to participate in government26) religious oppression

Fill in the blanks below.

27) The act of coming into a country of which one is not a native for permanent residence is called

_________________________.

28) A person who was born in a specific place is called a (n) ____________________.29) Consider the time period before American independence (pre-1776). Provide three reasons why

immigrants came to America.

_________________________ _________________________ ________________________30) Name TWO functions of Ellis Island since its opening in 1892 to now.

_________________________________ _________________________________

CULTURE:

Write either MATERIAL (M) or NON-MATERIAL(NM) after each example below.

31) education32) religion33) furniture34) pets35) behavior towards others36) computer

37) your house38) recreational activities/sports39) your heritage40) school41) language42) cell phone

CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTRIES:

Write either DEVELOPED (D) or UNDEVELOPED (UD) after each example below.

43) high literacy rate44) rule of law and a court system45) cats and dogs are barely surviving46) declining birth rates due to access to birth

control 47) high life expectancy48) bribes get things done

49) people are expensive, but machines are cheap50) commercial farming51) United States52) Afghanistan53) Sudan54) functional nuclear weapons program

VOCABULARY:

Complete each analogy below.

55) solar energy : sun :: hydroelectric energy : _______________________

56) hot : cold :: ________________________ : native

57) climate : constant :: __________________________ : changing

58) ______________________________ : NE, NW, SE, SW :: ________________________ : N, S, E, W

59) scale : distance :: compass rose : __________________________

60) latitude : ________________________ :: longitude : meridian

ANTARCTICA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, or PACIFIC OCEANIA?

Fill in the blanks below with the correct continent, country, or region.

61) _________________________ has ski resorts in its southern states of Victoria and New South Wales.

62) The Maori are the indigenous people of ________________________.

63) ______________________________ is covered mostly in ice.

64) Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia are all part of ____________________________.

65) _______________________________ was once a penal colony.

66) Dreamtime is a belief shared by many indigenous tribes of _____________________________.

67) _______________________________ is the smallest continent.

68) ________________________________ is larger than the USA.

69) No nation owns _____________________________.

70) The didgeridoo is a wind instrument invented by the indigenous people of ______________________.

71) No one “lives” in _____________________________, except for researchers.

72) ________________________________ is made up of two islands, North Island and South Island.

73) The land of ______________________________ is preserved as a national park, dedicated to

peaceful, scientific study.

74) Uluru is a famous rock that is important to the indigenous people of ___________________________.

75) The islands of Fiji, Hawaii, and Easter Island are part of _____________________________________.

76) _________________________ is the only country in the world that is both a country and a continent.

77) ____________________________ ‘s name comes from the Greek for “opposite” and “the bear

constellation that marks the sky above the North Pole.”

78) Aborigines were the first people to live in _____________________________.

79) The Great Barrier Reef is a famous attraction along with coast of ____________________________.

80) Glaciers are found in _______________________________.

81) Canberra is the capital city of ___________________________________.

82) Dugong, green turtles, and 1500 species of fish can be in found in the Great Barrier Reef around

__________________________.

83) Whales, penguins, and seals live in __________________________________________.

84) The people of ____________________________ are informally called Kiwis, the same name as the

country’s unique bird.

85) Dingoes, wallabies, and wombats are found in ________________________________________.

AFRICA:

Fill in the blanks below.

86) Africa has a 4,000 mile long physical feature that is caused by movement within the earth’s crust that

makes cracks appear on the surface. As a result, many volcanoes, lakes, and hot springs can be found

here. This feature runs through Kenya, and is known as the __________________________________.

87) What is Africa’s, and the world’s largest, hot desert? _____________________________

88) What is Africa’s, and the world’s longest river? _________________________________

89) Which of Africa’s physical features can be described as the “roof of Africa,” highest point in Africa,

tallest freestanding mountain in the world, and ice-capped? ________________________

90) The clearing of the land, due to logging, farming, and wars is threatening Africa’s natural habitats and

rainforests. This is known as ______________________________.

91) The transformation of arable (usable, able to be farmed) land into desert, either naturally or through

human intervention (often overuse, such as farming an area excessively is known as

___________________________.

92) What natural resource, the focus of Salva’s story in A Long Walk to Water, is NOT plentiful in much of

Africa? ____________________________

93) Martin Luther King, Jr. : United States :: _________________________ : South Africa

94) CIRCLE THE BEST ANSWER: South Africa is a landlocked / maritime nation, which means that it

borders the sea and relies heavily on shipping.

95) The South African government’s policy of racial separation between 1948 and 1994 was called

____________________________.

96) A. Which two groups were involved in a brutal conflict in Rwanda during mid-1994?

________________________________ ______________________________

B. Briefly explain why these two groups were fighting.

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

97) Label the physical/human features below. Cross them off as you go!

Refer to the map below to answer questions 98-105. Identify the country being described in each example, and write it on the line provided:

102

99 101

104 105

98 103

100

Red Sea

Nile River

Sahara Desert

Great Rift Valley

Sahel

Suez Canal

Mediterranean Sea

Indian Ocean

98) Hutus, Tutsis, Paul Rusesabagina, saved over 1200 lives, and 800,000 dead in 100 days are all associated with _______________________________.

99) Janjaweed, Darfur, Khartoum, civil war, Salva, and “Lost Boys” are all associated with this country, which actually divided into two separate countries in 2011. ______________________

100) Beginning in the 1990s, some African countries began holding free elections. The people of _________________________________ elected Nelson Mandela as their first black president.

101) Piracy along the coasts of Africa has been a growing problem, especially in this eastern country, the birthplace of the terrorist group Al-Shabab. ________________________________

102) This North African country, whose capital city is Cairo, borders the Red Sea to its east and is the site of the Suez Canal. __________________________________

103) If I wanted to take a safari and visit a Maasai village, I would go to _______________________. I could also visit the capital city, Nairobi.

104) The newest country in Africa, _________________________________________finally gained its independence from the Muslim government in the north in 2011.

105) ___________________________________________ is one of the leading producers of diamonds in Africa. Its capital city is Freetown, but many of its citizens would argue that they are actually not free, considering that they have been forced to dig for diamonds.