SPRING EXAM REVIEW

5O QUESTIONS EngradeMultiple ChoiceTrue or FalseMatchingSequencing (putting things in order)

FIELDS OF STUDYPhysical Features and Geographic Skills

(Landforms, Map Reading)CulturePopulation GeographyPolitical GeographyEconomic Geography

5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHYMR HELP

Movement: migration of people, goods and ideas from one place to another

Region: Division of places based on physical or human characteristics.

Human-Environment Interaction: how humans adapt, modify, or _______to their environment

Location: WHERE a place is Place: What a place is like.

MAP SKILLS—CARDINAL DIRECTIONS

LAYERS OF THE EARTH

PLATE TECTONICS

DIVERGENT

Plates moving apart

PLATE TECTONICS

CONVERGENT

Plates moving together

PLATE TECTONICS

TRANSFORM

Plates sliding past each other

LANDFORMSARCHIPELAGO

Set of closely grouped islands (usually atop a coral reef)

LANDFORMBAY

Body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline (smaller than a gulf)

LANDFORMSGULF

Inlet of sea mostly surrounded by land

LANDFORM

ISLAND

Land surrounded entirely by water.

LANDFORMSISTHMUS

Narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas, usually with water on either side

LANDFORMSMOUTH OF A RIVER

Where a river enters the ocean.

LANDFORMSOASIS

Place where underground water has reached the surface (usually in a desert where there are no lakes/rivers)

LANDFORMS

PENINSULA

Land surrounded by water on 3 sides.

LANDFORMSPLATEAU

a large flat area of land that is higher than other areas of land that surround it.

LANDFORMSSTRAIT

Narrow passage of land between two large bodies of water

CULTUREA group of people that share similar customs or beliefs.

Affects everything a group does.What they believeHow they behaveHow they organize their society.

Distinguishes one group from another.

Every country has multiple cultures, especially the U.S.

POPULATION (SIZE)PUT IN ORDER

SMALLEST TO LARGESTCityContinentCountryCountyHemisphereState

1. City2. County3. State4. Country5. Continent6. Hemisphere

CONTINENTS

OCEANS