World Geography Fall Semester Exam Review

1. Cultural Diffusion
2. Immigration
3. Life Expectancy
4. Infant Mortality
5. Weathering
6. Erosion
7. Climate
8. Weather
9. Globalization
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Desertificatio
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Agriculture
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Investment
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Economy
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Economic
Activities
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Vegetation
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Exposure

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Frequency
Prevalence
Incorporation
Agglomeratio
Megalopolis
Theocracy
Democracy
Dictatorship
Monarchy
Indigenous
Alliances
Reincarnation
Polder
Hydroelectric
Assimilation
Industrializati

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Diversificatio
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Arable
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Communism
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Socialism
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Decompositio
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Perception
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Spatial
Diffusion
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Adaptation
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Modification
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Secondary
Education
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Peninsulas
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Vaccination
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Latitude

1. While Europe today currently has a Christian majority when it comes to

religion, experts predict this could change in the next 50 years.
Explain what religion could become the predominant religion and why
this shift is occurring.
2. Explain the climate that is found in around the Mediterranean Sea.
3. The physical process of plate tectonics can caused what kind of
landforms?
4. How does the abundance of water surrounding Europe impact the
Economy?

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5. Label on the chart the direct and indirect rays. Explain how these rays

impact the Earth (be detailed in your explanation)

6. How can being near an ocean or on a mountain affect climate?

7. Give 3 examples of a modification of the environment.
8. Give 3 examples of an adaptation of the enviornment.
9. Explain the effects of a population pyramid that is:
- top heavy

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-missing males in the 20-40 bracket
- bottom heavy
10. Explain the difference between man made borders and physical
borders.
11. Draw an economic spectrum. Label Market, Mixed, and Command
Economies. Place on the Specturm: Cuba, USA, and Denmark.

12. Citizens in highly developed countries are usually in what level of

economic activities?
13. What are the differences between formal, functional, and
perceptual regions?
14. Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
Translate this quote. Where is this quote found in the USA?

15. What are the similarities that make Europe a region? What are the
differences in Europe?
16. What makes Latin America a region?

17. List the characteristics of Buddhism.

18. List the characteristics of Islam.

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19. Both Brazil and Haiti are culturally unique in Latin America
because of what cultural aspects?
20. Where do people live in Latin America?
21. What are push and pull factors? List 3 examples of each.
22. Using the chart below, what country is the most developed? How
can you tell?