WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY
EXAM #1 QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
ecosystems - Answer--different communities based on interactions between living
organisms and their physical surroundings
-the outcome of interactions between climate, geomorphology, and living organisms
biodiversity - Answer-variety and differences in the types and numbers of species in
different regions of the world
ecosystem services - Answer-food, building materials, and medecines, also
enjoyment, recreation, cultural values, and enhancement of water resources
rewilding - Answer-reintroducing key species into ecosystems
invasive species - Answer-can overtake pastures, disrupt water systems, kill or drive
other species to extinction, wreak expensive and unanticipated havoc on important
local plant or animal resources
sustainability - Answer-allows us to meet current and future human needs while
simultaneously preserving our world's environmental resources
convergent, divergent, and transform - Answer-What are the 3 types of plate
tectonics?
plate tectonics - Answer-___________ ____________________ is partly responsible
for the distribution of fossil fuels and other minerals
mountains - Answer-these are formed by plate tectonics, then eroded by wind, water
(or ice), and human activities
rivers - Answer-these are critical for food production, silting, transportation,
hydroelectricity, habitat, and (reaction?)
global warming - Answer-greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide and methane) trap heat
within the atmosphere resulting in higher average temperature in most world regions,
decrease in ice and snow cover, and changes in rainfall patterns and climate
extremes - heat waves, droughts, severe storms
income, gender, age, ethnicity - Answer-What are the 4 characteristics of
people/places that affect their capacity to anticipate, cope with, resist, and recover
from the impact of a natural hazard?
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Answer-1992 ratified by
almost all countries with the goal of reducing the risks of dangerous anthropogenic
, climate change through reducing emissions (mitigation), coping with effects
(adaptation), and financial assistance to developing countries
geomorphology - Answer-study of physical processes that create Earth's physical
features
Ring of Fire - Answer-tectonically active zone around the Pacific where earthquakes
and volcanoes threaten the lives of western Americas, Asia, Japan, Indonesia,
Pacific Islands, and New Zealand
biomes - Answer--ecoregions
-large regions of similar climate and physical conditions
colonialism - Answer--a political and economic system in which regions and societies
are legally, economically, and politically dominated by an external society
-facilitated the spread of capitalism and the industrial revolution
2 - Answer-How many waves of European colonialism are there?
First Wave - Answer--a wave of colonialism
-late 1400s to the early 1800s
-marked by European investment in port cities and trading networks
-led mostly by Spanish and Portuguese in South and Central America
-characterized by plantation economies ex: sugar plantations in Caribbean
-plantation economies led to millions of Africans being slaves
-dramatic implications for contemporary world
Second Wave - Answer--a wave of colonialism
-early 1800s to the mid-1900s
-incorporated majority of the African continent, large parts of Asia, Australasia, and
the South Pacific into Europe's direct sphere of influence
-imperialism
-characterized by heavy exploitation of agricultural and mineral resources as well as
direct and total control over local affairs in colonized regions
-Industrial Revolution
-exploitation of resources in Asia and Africa under colonialism led to economic
stagnation in many colonies
-the costs of maintaining colonialism power and influence weakened dominant
colonial powers leading to rapid decolonization following World War II
imperialism - Answer--extension of power of a state through control of economic life
of other territories, reorganized the world around a number of colonial powers and
their colonies
Industrial Revolution - Answer-rapid development of mechanized manufacturing that
gathered momentum in the early 1800s as well as the evolution of capitalism
capitalism - Answer--a system of social and economic organization characterized by
the profit motive and individual and corporate ownership of productive goods and
resources
EXAM #1 QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
ecosystems - Answer--different communities based on interactions between living
organisms and their physical surroundings
-the outcome of interactions between climate, geomorphology, and living organisms
biodiversity - Answer-variety and differences in the types and numbers of species in
different regions of the world
ecosystem services - Answer-food, building materials, and medecines, also
enjoyment, recreation, cultural values, and enhancement of water resources
rewilding - Answer-reintroducing key species into ecosystems
invasive species - Answer-can overtake pastures, disrupt water systems, kill or drive
other species to extinction, wreak expensive and unanticipated havoc on important
local plant or animal resources
sustainability - Answer-allows us to meet current and future human needs while
simultaneously preserving our world's environmental resources
convergent, divergent, and transform - Answer-What are the 3 types of plate
tectonics?
plate tectonics - Answer-___________ ____________________ is partly responsible
for the distribution of fossil fuels and other minerals
mountains - Answer-these are formed by plate tectonics, then eroded by wind, water
(or ice), and human activities
rivers - Answer-these are critical for food production, silting, transportation,
hydroelectricity, habitat, and (reaction?)
global warming - Answer-greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide and methane) trap heat
within the atmosphere resulting in higher average temperature in most world regions,
decrease in ice and snow cover, and changes in rainfall patterns and climate
extremes - heat waves, droughts, severe storms
income, gender, age, ethnicity - Answer-What are the 4 characteristics of
people/places that affect their capacity to anticipate, cope with, resist, and recover
from the impact of a natural hazard?
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Answer-1992 ratified by
almost all countries with the goal of reducing the risks of dangerous anthropogenic
, climate change through reducing emissions (mitigation), coping with effects
(adaptation), and financial assistance to developing countries
geomorphology - Answer-study of physical processes that create Earth's physical
features
Ring of Fire - Answer-tectonically active zone around the Pacific where earthquakes
and volcanoes threaten the lives of western Americas, Asia, Japan, Indonesia,
Pacific Islands, and New Zealand
biomes - Answer--ecoregions
-large regions of similar climate and physical conditions
colonialism - Answer--a political and economic system in which regions and societies
are legally, economically, and politically dominated by an external society
-facilitated the spread of capitalism and the industrial revolution
2 - Answer-How many waves of European colonialism are there?
First Wave - Answer--a wave of colonialism
-late 1400s to the early 1800s
-marked by European investment in port cities and trading networks
-led mostly by Spanish and Portuguese in South and Central America
-characterized by plantation economies ex: sugar plantations in Caribbean
-plantation economies led to millions of Africans being slaves
-dramatic implications for contemporary world
Second Wave - Answer--a wave of colonialism
-early 1800s to the mid-1900s
-incorporated majority of the African continent, large parts of Asia, Australasia, and
the South Pacific into Europe's direct sphere of influence
-imperialism
-characterized by heavy exploitation of agricultural and mineral resources as well as
direct and total control over local affairs in colonized regions
-Industrial Revolution
-exploitation of resources in Asia and Africa under colonialism led to economic
stagnation in many colonies
-the costs of maintaining colonialism power and influence weakened dominant
colonial powers leading to rapid decolonization following World War II
imperialism - Answer--extension of power of a state through control of economic life
of other territories, reorganized the world around a number of colonial powers and
their colonies
Industrial Revolution - Answer-rapid development of mechanized manufacturing that
gathered momentum in the early 1800s as well as the evolution of capitalism
capitalism - Answer--a system of social and economic organization characterized by
the profit motive and individual and corporate ownership of productive goods and
resources
