NINE WEEKS Study Guide

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2nd NINE WEEKS REVIEW

Prime Meridian Imaginary line that cuts theworld into eastern and western hemispheres.

Imaginary lines that measure the distance a placeis east or west of the Prime Meridian are called:LINES OF LONGITUDE

What is this type of map projection called?

ROBINSONWhat is this projection most used for?

Data representation, most common in textbooks

What type of features that humans have created are typically shown on a map?

Look at this mapof the US.

Political Boundaries

What type of map?I’m a

PHYSICALMAP!

I’m a POLITICAL

MAP!

Shows features humanshave created.

Shows physical features.

NORTH POLE

SOUTH POLE

EQUATOR

Brrrrrr

Brrrrrrr

Hot, Hot, Hot!

high latitudes

mostly coldtemperatures

90

90

0

What factor most strongly influences a region’s

climate?

Latitude!

What causes the cultural characteristics of aregion to change over time?

• humans change and move • human innovation• cultural diffusion

DEFORESTATION

Ways humans influencetheir environment!

ACID RAIN

WATERPOLLUTION

Cultural RegionsRELIGION

MAJOR PRODUCTS

ETHNIC GROUPS

LATIN AMERIC

AMIDDLE EAST

Physical Regions

CLIMATE

VEGETATION

LANDFORMS

QUEBEC, CANADA

• FRENCH SPEAKING

• FIGHTING FOR INDEPENDENCE

• MAJORITY OF FRENCH-SPEAKING CANADIANS LIVE HERE

1

2

3

4

1. CARIBBEAN REGION

3. SIBERIAN REGION2. NILE DELTA

4. GREAT PLAINS

1.2.

3.

4.

What kind of homes were common during Medieval times?

CASTLES

PACIFIC ISLAND GETAWAY

FALE WITH A THATCHED ROOF

                                             

Canada India

United States Yugoslavia

MOST UNIFIED

Christ RedeemerSt. Patrick’s CathedralRio de Janeiro, Brazil New York, NY

Christianity links people in North & South America

The coniferous forest found in the Subarctic Climate Region.

TAIGA

A region where temperatures are always

cool or cold and only certain specialized

plants can growWhich climate region?

TUNDRA

Caste System

Hindus of India

A social structure which dividespeople on the basis on inheritedsocial status.

KAABA MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA

ISLAM (MUSLIMS)

How would you describe the

climate of the Caribbean? TROPICAL!

Communism linked the formerSoviet Union and the EasternEuropean nations between

WWII and 1980

What is the name

of the coastal desert

found in Latin

America? ATACAMA!

Llanos

Pampas

Name the two

Grasslands found in Latin

America:LLANOS

&

PAMPAS!

OCEAN CURRENTS

1. They cause all coastal regions to have cool temperatures. 2. They cause all coastal regions to have warm temperatures

3. They have very little effect on the climate of a region.

4. They cause all coastal regions to have heavy rainfall.

5. They redistribute heat from one area of the ocean to another.

TRUE /FALSE

ONE LAST THING!

What type of government is shared by both the United States & Canada?

DEMOCRATIC!