World Geography Semester Exam Review

What are the 3 different types of plate movements?◦ Divergent (pulls apart)◦ Convergent ◦ Transform

Physical Geography

WeatheringMechanical Chemical

Erosion◦ Wind ◦ Water ◦ Glaciers◦ Which is the most common

Describe the following….

How do the following effect climate?LatitudeAir MassesContinentalityElevationMountain BarriersOcean CurrentsPressure CellsStorms

LACEMOPS

Movement Region Human-Environment Interaction Location Place

5 Themes of Geography

Why are people, goods, ideas moved from place to place?

o Human movement-Planes, Trains, Carso Information movement-phones, email,

mail

What are some reasons people migrate?

Movement

Push FactorsWhat are some examples of push factors?

WarGovernmentEconomyNatural Hazards

Pull FactorsWhat brings people into new places?

Job OpportunitiesBasic Freedoms

Reasons for Migration

Urbanization (moving from country to city for more opportunities.)

Transportation (access to water routes) Access to and availability of resources Economic Activities

Where do the majority of the people on the planet live? Why?

Settlement Patterns

Show population density map of the world – where do people live?

Examine population pyramids to describe the growth and the impact of that growth

What are trends in past world population growth?

Compare ways that humans depend on, adapt to, and modify the physical environment Culture – influences how people interact

with their environment, some cultures may have more technology

How humans depend on the environment is effected by the nature of the environment, the culture and values, and their level of technology

Adapting – terrace farming Modifying – polders in Netherlands, Three

Gorges Dam in China

Describe interaction between humans and the physical environment by analyzing the consequences of extreme weather and natural disasters

How do we adapt to the following?: El Nino – trigger heavy rainfall and flooding Floods Tsunamis volcanoes

Identify physical and human factors that constitute a region

Climate – Humid Sub-tropical (formal) Vegetation – Grassland (formal) Language – Arab (formal) Trade networks – NAFTA (functional) Political units – United States (formal) River systems – Amazon Basin (functional) Religion – Islam (formal) Middle East is classified as Arab language

region, Islam religion region, Desert vegetation region

Analyze cultural changes in regions caused by:

War – The Crusades changed ideas, products, and technologies/Iraq conflict helped to spread democratic ideas

Trade – Silk Road Innovations – Internet lead to global

diffusion of ideas Diffusion – Columbian Exchange changed

lifestyles, trade patterns, and migration patterns

Analyze how the creation, distribution, and management of key natural resources affects the location of products, money, & people

The availability of natural resources = jobs, money, and products; so therefore, impacts the types of economic activities in an area

Compare resource and land use maps with economic activity maps

Example: the availability of diamonds in South Africa led to the exploitation of this resource by Europeans who controlled the production and distribution routes

Evaluate the significance of major technological innovations in the areas below that have been used to modify the physical environment

Transportation – steam ships and trains (impact on industry)

Energy - Three Gorges Dam in China (provides hydroelectric power and water to previously desert areas)

Examine the environmental, economic, and social impacts of advances in technology on agriculture and natural resources

Advances in technology on agriculture & natural resources (some examples: desalination, clear cutting rainforests, mechanization of farm equipment, advanced irrigation systems)

1. Environmental – use of pesticides has polluted water

2. Economic – use of pesticides has increased productivity

3. Social – use of pesticides has increased productivity and food supply world-wide

Low:What are some reasons underdeveloped

countries may have a low standard of living?

High:What are some things that developed

countries might have that underdeveloped countries don’t?

Standards of Living

Primary Economic ActivitiesThe primary sector of the economy extracts

or harvests products from the earth/Raw materials and basic foodsEX: subsistence farming, fishing, hunting and

gathering, forestry, grazing Secondary Economic ActivitiesManufactures finished goodsEX:Metal working, automobile production,

construction, textiles, engineering

Economic Activities

Tertiary Economic ActivitiesThe service industryProvides services to general population and

businessesEX:sales, transportation, entertainment,

tourism Quaternary Economic ActivitiesConsists of intellectual activitiesEX: government, scientific research,

education, and information technology

Economic Activities

Command EconomyAn economy where supply and price are

regulated by the government Mixed EconomyA mix between a command economy and free-

enterprise. They have some government interference but not total.

Free-Market EconomyProvides individuals the opportunities to make

their own economic decisions, free of government constraint.

Economic Systems

Write down 4 types of governments and an economic system you might find with each.

Types of Governments