Transcript 2nd Nine Weeks Test Review 2015-2016

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2 NINE WEEKS
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NINE WEEKS
REVIEW
Prime Meridian
Imaginary line that cuts the
world into eastern and
western hemispheres.
Imaginary lines that measure the distance a place
is east or west of the Prime Meridian are called:
LINES OF LONGITUDE
What is
of map projection
called?
What
is this
thistype
projection
most used
for?
ROBINSON
Data representation, most common in
textbooks
What type of
features that
humans have
created are
typically shown
on a map?
Look at this map
of the US.
Political Boundaries
What type of map?
I’m a
POLITICAL
MAP!
Shows features humans
have created.
I’m a
PHYSICAL
MAP!
Shows physical features.
NORTH POLE
Brrrrrr
EQUATOR
SOUTH POLE
Brrrrrrr
Hot,
Hot,
Hot!
90
high latitudes
0
90
mostly cold
temperatures
What factor most strongly
influences a region’s
climate?
Latitude!
What causes the cultural characteristics of a
region to change over time?
• humans change and move
• human innovation
• cultural diffusion
DEFORESTATION
Ways humans influence
their environment!
ACID RAIN
WATER
POLLUTION
Cultural Regions
LATIN
AMERICA
RELIGION
MIDDLE
MAJOR
EAST
PRODUCTS
ETHNIC
GROUPS
Physical Regions
CLIMATE
VEGETATION
LANDFORMS
QUEBEC, CANADA
•
•
•
FRENCH SPEAKING
FIGHTING FOR
INDEPENDENCE
MAJORITY OF
FRENCH-SPEAKING
CANADIANS LIVE HERE
3.
4.4
2.
1.
2
1
1. CARIBBEAN REGION
2. NILE DELTA
3. SIBERIAN REGION
4. GREAT PLAINS
3
What kind of homes were common
during Medieval times?
CASTLES
PACIFIC ISLAND GETAWAY
FALE WITH A THATCHED ROOF
MOST UNIFIED
Canada
United States
India
Yugoslavia
Christ the Redeemer
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
New York, NY
Christianity links people in North & South America
The coniferous forest found
in the Subarctic Climate Region.
A region where temperatures are always
cool or cold and only certain specialized
plants can grow
Which climate
region?
TUNDRA
Caste System
A social structure which divides
people on the basis on inherited
social status.
Hindus of India
KAABA
MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA
ISLAM (MUSLIMS)
How would you
describe the
climate of the
Caribbean?
Communism linked the former
Soviet Union and the Eastern
European nations between
WWII and 1980
ATACAMA!
Name the two
Grasslands
found in Latin
America:
Llanos
Pampas
OCEAN CURRENTS
TRUE /FALSE
1. They cause all coastal regions to have cool temperatures.
2. They cause all coastal regions to have warm temperatures
3. They have very little effect on the climate of a region.
4. They cause all coastal regions to have heavy rainfall.
5. They redistribute heat from one area of the ocean to another.
What type of government is shared by both the
United States & Canada?
DEMOCRATIC!