Transcript Geo09 - GeographyReview

Thursday – September 19, 2013
Mr. Lombardi
Aim: How can we review for
tomorrow’s Geography Unit Test?
Do Now: Read through the review
sheet. For all questions that you
definitely know the answers to, circle the
question number. For all questions that
seem difficult, put a star next to the
question number.
* Write down the number you are given (1-6) *
Who wants extra credit on
tomorrow’s geography exam?
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Go to the JBHS website (www.johnbowne.org)
Click on the link for this class
Click the “Add To My Class List” button
You will be emailed a verification code. Email
me with the code so that I can verify you!
• Once you are verified, you will receive extra
credit on tomorrow’s test
Group Work
• You were previously given a number from 1-6.
• Each person will sit with his/her assigned group.
• All group members will answer 5 different
questions on their own.
• After 10 minutes, you will share your answers
with your group.
1. What does a topographic
map show?
2. What is another name for
Mesopotamia?
3. What would the building of
the dams to control flooding,
produce hydroelectric power,
and improve trade
demonstrate?
4. How would you describe the
Climate Zones of Africa?
5. Why are Africa’s rivers of
little help in transporting
large quantities of goods and
people?
1. PHYSICAL FEATURES
2. FERTILE CRESCENT
3. SOCIETIES MODIFY
THEIR ENVIRONMENT
4. AFRICA’S DIVERSE
CLIMATE ZONES
5. HAVE MANY FALLS
AND RAPID
6. What was the most severe
threat to the environment
in Brazil, Costa Rica, and
the Democratic Republic of
the Congo (Zaire)?
7. How is the distribution of
arable land distributed?
8. How has the Sahel desert
cause the loss of
farmland?
9. What can the world do
about deforestation, acid
rain, and the greenhouse
effect?
10. List the features that
appear on a physical map?
6. DEFORESTATION
7. UNEQUALLY
8. INCREASING
DESERTIFICATION
9. NATIONS CAN
COOPERATE TO REDUCE
POLLUTION AND
ENVIRONMENTAL
DESTRUCTION
10. MOUNTAIN RANGES
11. List the features that
appear on a political
map?
12. What would a description
of an area’s physical
geography include?
13. How are Italy, Korea, and
India similar?
14. Both Japan and Indonesia
are made up of a chain
islands called…
15. What has the
deforestation of the
Amazon rain forest in
Latin America led to…
11. CAPITAL CITIES
12. LANDFORMS OF
CONTINENTS AND
CURRENTS OF OCEANS
13. PENINSULAS
14. ARCHIPELAGO
15. ENVIRONMENTAL
DANGERS
16. Which aspect of a nation’s
culture is most directly
influenced by the physical
geography?
17. How have deserts,
mountains, and tropical rain
forests have affected the
history of many regions by?
18. 85% of Japan’s topography
is mountainous. How has
this geographic feature
affected Japan?
19. What does the term “Latin
America” refer to?
20. On a map Asia is to Japan as
Europe is to…
16. POPULATION
DISTRIBUTION
17. ISOLATING PEOPLES AND
CULTURES
18. FARMERS HAVE USED
TERRACING TO EXPAND
AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTION
19. AREAS OF THE WESTERN
HEMISPHERE SOUTH OF
THE UNITED STATES
20. ENGLAND
21. How have the Andes
Mountains and the Amazon
rain forests affect the
development of Latin
America?
22. How would you describe the
geography of Africa?
23. Give examples of how people
have adapted to their
surroundings…
24. Why did the cultures of
North Africa and the cultures
of the rest of Africa develop
differently?
25. What is the name of the area
between the Tigris and
Euphrates river?
21. INCREASING CULTURAL
DIVERSITY
22. THE VARIETY OF THE
GEOGRAPHIC BARRIERS
HAS SERVED TO
PROMOTE CULTURAL
DIVERSITY
23. THE BUILDING OF DAMS
24. THE SAHARA DESERT
SERVES AS A BARRIER
25. MESOPOTAMIA
26. How are the Nile River and the
savanna lands in Africa similar?
27. Why were foreign invasions of
ancient India successful in spite
of the mountains in the north
of India?
28. Name a global issue that affects
tropical regions throughout the
world?
29. What problem that when
combined with drought forces
the migration of people out of
regions bordering the Sahara?
30. What are some
weather/climate problems that
affect India?
31. Why has China remained
isolated for many centuries?
26. PROVIDED NECESSARY
RESOURCES FOR
SETTLEMENT
27. INVADERS WERE ABLE
TO REACH INDIA
THROUGH PASSES IN THE
WESTERN SECTION OF
THE MOUNTAINS
28. DEFORESTATION
29. DESERTIFICATION
30. MONSOONS
31. NORTHERN AND
WESTERN MOUNTAINS
Summary
• How can we review for our Geography Unit Test
on Friday?
• Bring two #2 pencils sharpened with erasers.
• Bring your completed review sheet, which will be
collected.
– A complete review sheet will count as FIVE extra
credit points on your geography exam.
Important links
1. John Bowne website – www.johnbowne.org
2. Regents Prep – www.regentsprep.org