Mid-Term Jeopardy

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Mid-Term Jeopardy
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Basic Geography

• Answers the question What is it like?
• place

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Basic Geography

• Answers the question How do people, goods, and
  ideas move from one location to another?
• movement

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Basic Geography

• Answers the question where is it?
• location

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Basic Geography

• The exact place on earth where a geographic
  feature is found
• Absolute Location

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Basic Geography

• Describes a place in relation to other places
  around it
• Relative location

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Basic Geography

• The imaginary line that encircles the globe,
  dividing the earth into the northern and southern
  hemispheres
• equator

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Basic Geography

• Imaginary line at zero meridian which divides the
  earth into eastern and western halves
• Prime Meridian

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Basic Geography

• Set of imaginary lines that run parallel to the
  equator and are used to measure distance to the
  north or south of the equator
• latitude

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Basic Geography

• Set of imaginary lines that are drawn from the
  north pole to the south pole and measure distance
  in the eastern or western hemispheres
• longitude

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Basic Geography

• Each half of the globe
• hemisphere

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Basic Geography

• A three dimensional representation of the earth
• globe

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Basic Geography

• A way of mapping the earths surface reducing
  distortions caused by converting a three
  dimensional object into a two dimensional object
• Map projection

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Basic Geography

• A general reference map a map showing the
  natural and manmade features on the earth
• Topographic map

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Basic Geography

• The molten rock material formed when solid rock
  in the earths mantle or crust melts
• magma

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Basic Geography

• A fracture in the earths crust
• fault

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Basic Geography

• The chain of volcanoes that lines the Pacific Rim
• Ring of Fire

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Basic Geography

• A giant ocean wave, caused by an underwater
  earthquake or volcanic eruption
• tsunami

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Basic Geography

• A storm that forms over warm ocean water
• Hurricane

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Basic Geography

• The hypothesis that all continents were once
  joined into a supercontinent that split apart
  millions of years ago
• Continental drift/plate tectonics

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Basic Geography

• The earths surface from the edge of a continent
  to the deep part of the ocean
• Continental shelf

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Basic Geography

• The land on the leeward side of hills or
  mountains that receives little rain from the
  descending dry air
• Rain shadow

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Basic Geography

• The transfer of heat in the atmosphere by the
  upward motion of air
• convection

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Basic Geography

• Small pieces of rock produced by the weathering
  process
• sediment

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Basic Geography

• Organic material in the soil
• humus

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Basic Geography

• A ridge or hill of rock carried and finally
  deposited by a glacier
• moraine

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Basic Geography

• An area drained by a major river and its
  tributaries
• Drainage basin

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Basic Geography

• Powerful funnel-shaped column of spiraling air
  formed over land
• tornado

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Basic Geography

• The typical weather conditions at a particular
  location as observed over time
• Climate

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Basic Geography

• The climate conditions at a particular moment
• weather

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Basic Geography

• A large circular system of flowing water that
  moderates a regions climate
• Ocean current

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Basic Geography

• Flat, treeless lands forming a ring around the
  Arctic Ocean a climate region
• tundra

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Basic Geography

• A named characteristic of broadleaf trees such
  as, oak, birch, cottonwood
• deciduous

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Basic Geography

• Another word for needleleaf trees
• coniferous

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Basic Geography

• A term for the flat, grassy, mostly treeless
  plains in the tropical grassland region
• savanna

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Basic Geography

• Taking existing elements of society and creating
  something new to meet a need
• Innovation

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Basic Geography

• The spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of
  behavior to different societies
• diffusion

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Basic Geography

• The cultural change that occurs when individuals
  in a society accept or adopt and innovation
• acculturation

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Basic Geography

• The average number of people who live in a
  measurable area, reached by dividing the number
  of inhabitants in an area by the amount of land
  they occupy
• Population density

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Basic Geography

• The number of organisms a piece of land can
  support without negative effects
• Carrying capacity

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Basic Geography

• A type of economic system in which production of
  goods and services is determined by a central
  government, which usually owns the means of
  production
• Command economy

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Basic Geography

• A type of economic system in which production of
  goods and services is determined by the demand
  from consumers
• Market economy

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Basic Geography

• The total value of all goods and services
  produced by a country in a period of time
• Gross National Product

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Basic Geography

• The value of only goods and services produced
  within a country in a period of time
• Gross Domestic Product

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Basic Geography

• Basic support systems needed to keep an economy
  going such as, sewers, transportation,
  electricity, housing, etc.
• infrastructure

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Basic Geography

• Permanently frozen ground
• permafrost

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Basic Geography

• Winds that blow from west to east in the northern
  hemisphere
• Prevailing westerlies

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Basic Geography

• A series of satellites that orbit the earth to
  pick up geographic data
• landsat

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Basic Geography

• Caused by a violent shift in the earths plates
  measured by a seismograph
• earthquakes

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Basic Geography

• Point at which magma erupts onto the surface of
  the earth
• volcano

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Basic Geography

• A large, long-lasting mass of ice that moves with
  gravity
• glacier

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Basic Geography

• The point on the earths surface where an
  earthquake begins
• epicenter

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Basic Geography

• Marks the point furthest north that the sun can
  be directly overhead at noon
• Tropic of cancer

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Basic Geography

• Marks the point furthest south that the sun can
  be directly overhead at noon
• Tropic of Capricorn

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Basic Geography

• The total of knowledge, shared attitudes, and
  behaviors of the members of a specific group of
  people
• culture

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Basic Geography

• A group that shares a geographic region, a common
  language, and a sense of identity and culture
• society

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Basic Geography

• A group that only believes in one god
• monotheistic

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Basic Geography

• A religion that believes in many gods
• polytheistic

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Basic Geography

• A traditional religion, often believing in the
  divine forces of nature
• animistic

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Basic Geography

• An independent unit that occupies a specific
  territory and has full control of its internal
  and external affairs
• state

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Basic Geography

• A group of people with a common culture living in
  a territory and having a strong sense of unity
• nation

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Basic Geography

• Citizens, or their elected representatives, hold
  the political power
• democracy

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Basic Geography

• A king, queen, or ruling family holds political
  power
• monarchy

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Canada and the United States

• The result of Columbus creating interest in the
  Americas and the exchange of foods, animals,
  plants and diseases
• Columbian Exchange

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Canada and the United States

• Government in which the people rule through
  elected representatives
• Representative democracy

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Canada and the United States

• System in which the government exerts little
  control over businesses, resources, and
  technology and is operated for profit by private
  individuals
• Free enterprise

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Canada and the United States

• When corporations are involved in business
  worldwide
• multinationals

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Canada and the United States

• You are part of this industry if you work in
  fields such as information processing, finance,
  medicine, and education.
• Service industries

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Canada and the United States

• A government which divides power among national,
  state, and local governments
• Federal republic

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Canada and the United States

• When the development of cities occurs without
  planning
• Urban sprawl

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Canada and the United States

• The milder climate, fertile soils, and the
  railway system in Canada
• Urban and industrial growth in Canada

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Canada and the United States

• The majority partys leader in parliament
• Prime Minister

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Latin America

• Factories in Mexico which are along the U.S.
  border and produce manufactured goods for export
• maquiladoras

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Latin America

• This country was colonized by the Portuguese
• Brazil

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Latin America

• Slash and burn
• Technique used to remove the rain forest

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Latin America

• A mix of native and Spanish influences
• Culture of Mexico

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Latin America

• Culture is influenced by different European and
  African cultures
• Central America and Caribbean

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Latin America

• They disrupt tourism, which is a major source of
  income in the Caribbean
• hurricanes

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Latin America

• A periodic climatic change that cause the waters
  of the west coast of South America to warm
• El Niño

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Latin America

• Buildup of carbon in the atmosphere increase in
  temperatures climate changes
• Global warming

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Latin America

• The warming trend that occurs when gases in the
  atmosphere trap solar energy
• Greenhouse effect

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Europe

• A current of warm water from the tropics which
  flows by the west coast of Europe
• North Atlantic Drive

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Europe

• Cold north winds that effect the Mediterranean
  coast of France
• mistral

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Europe

• Winds from African that effect the Mediterranean
  coast of Europe
• sirocco

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Europe

• The polders of the Netherlands
• Human-environment interaction

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Europe

• The canals (Grand Canal) of Venice
• Human-environment interaction

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Europe

• The Romans building aqueducts
• Human-environment interaction

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Europe

• This is what a nation is when it is dominated by
  another country
• Satellite nation

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Europe

• The dislike of Jews
• Anti-Semitism

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Europe

• This is when the government holds all or nearly
  all of the political power and means of
  production.
• communism

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Europe

• German and East Germany reunited
• Two countries that formed one country

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Europe

• To recapture Palestine from the Muslims
• Goal of the Crusades

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Europe

• Italy began the trend of learning and art after
  the Dark Ages (Middle Ages)
• Renaissance

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Europe

• A structure designed to transport water long
  distances
• aqueduct

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Europe

• Plains which produce crops in abundance for
  Europe
• Northern European Plains

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Europe

• This landform contributed most to the development
  of different ethnic groups in Europe
• mountains

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Europe

• The economies of a subregion of Europe were
  controlled by this group after World War II
• Soviet Union/communists

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Europe

• Athens developed this form of government
• democracy

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Europe

• The linguistic and religious differences in
  Europe can be traced to these two causes.
• Control by the Roman Empire
• Reformation

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Europe

• Religious differences in the Balkans
• Anger over past conficts in the Balkans
• Nationalistic/ethnic feelings in the Balkans
• Led to the current conflicts

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Europe

• The process of a region breaking up into small,
  mutually hostile units
• Balkanization

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Europe

• This one item especially causes Polands water to
  be unsafe to drink
• Lack of sewage treatment plants