Transcript Farmers using chemicals like fertilizers and pesticides to help plants

WITH ANSWERS
FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY
1. Farmers using chemicals like fertilizers and
pesticides to help plants grow and to kill pests is a
form of
pollution.
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2. ______________ ______________is a theme of
geography that focuses on cultural adaptations to
natural resources.
Human-environment interaction
3. The exact spot on Earth where a place can be found
is its ___________ __________.
absolute location
4. European colonists bringing new crops and new
ways of farming to the Americas, Africa, and
Australia is an example of ___________.
colonization
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5. The number of people per unit of an area of
land is ___________ ___________.
population density
6. Pull factor is a ____________________________.
factor that pulls, or attracts, people to new
countries
7. Simpson County, KY is south of Warren
County, KY is an example of
relative location.
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8. ____________ is the theme of geography that
describes how people, products, information,
and ideas get from one place to another.
Movement
Map Skills Test
9. A degree is the _________________________________.
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unit of measure used to determine an
absolute location on a globe or map
10.A misrepresentation of the true shape or a change in
the accuracy of a shape in a map is called
______________.
distortion
11.What is the imaginary line that circles the globe from
north to south at 0 degrees?
Prime Meridian
12. Which two basic questions do geographers always ask
when they study the earth?
Where are things located and why are they there?
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13. What do lines of latitude and longitude help geographers
identify?
absolute location
14. The _______ is the most accurate way to show the Earth’s
continents and bodies of water.
globe
15. What do geographers use to show regions on a map?
a key
16. Its attention to detail like roads and smaller
towns are advantages of a _________________
map.
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flat
17. How do geographers pinpoint the location of a
place from east to west?
longitude lines
Shaping Our Physical
Environment
18. An solstice is
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a point at which, days are longer in one
hemisphere and shortest in another.
19. A process in which water, ice or wind remove
small pieces of rock is known as ________.
erosion
20.What is the Plate Tectonic Theory?
A theory that states that Earth’s crust is
made up of huge blocks
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21.The condition of the air and sky at a certain
time is called ________.
weather
22. Climate is ____________________________.
the average weather of a place over several
years
23. A cyclone that forms over the Atlantic Ocean
and can do much damage is a ______________
hurricane
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24. What are the 3 MAIN landforms on Earth?
valleys, hills, and mountains
The 13 Colonies
25. The Colonial Period lasted from _____ to _____.
1607, 1776
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26. The people in the New England Colonies lived
in towns around the __________.
harbors
27. What made Charleston, South Carolina an
important city in the South?
It had a thriving port with lots of ships
28. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was an important
part of the ________ Colonies because of its
talent for successful business enterprise.
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Middle
29. Rum and slaves are two examples of
commodities. Define commodity.
Anything bought or sold
30.Rice and indigo were the primary items
________ out of the Southern Colonies.
exported
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31.What 3 crops did North and South Carolina
grow?
Rice, forests/trees, indigo
Triangular Trade
32. What did the first Africans come to the colonies
as?
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Indentured servants
33. Legalizing slavery caused the slave trade
business to
make a lot of money
34. Define middle passage.
The forced sea voyage from Africa to the
Americas that caused physical and mental
anguish for several
weeks or months.
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35. English ship captains made the most money
by____________________________________.
carrying as many slaves as possible on their
ships
36. The invention of the cotton gin caused
___________________________.
cotton to be a valuable crop
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37. Alcohol, guns, and textiles were brought to
Africa from Europe to trade for
enslaved Africans.
38. Define cargo.
the goods that were carried on ships along the
Triangular Trade
39. ____________________was part of the Triangular
Trade where people bought, transported, and
sold slaves from Africa to people in the new
world in exchange for goods and services.
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The Slave Trade
40. What is the distance measured in degrees east or
west of an imaginary line that runs from the
North Pole and passes through Greenwich,
England? It helped ships navigate their way
through the sea.
longitude