Semester 1 Geography Practice

The position of a place in relation to another place.

• Migration

• Relative Location

• Human Environment Interaction

• Absolute Location

The position of anything on Earth's surface.

• Urbanization

• Location

• Internal Migration

• Region

Maps that show the weather patterns like temperature and rainfall in an area.

• Road Map

• Climate Map

• Map Grid

• Physical Map

A government ruled by a few powerful people

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Democracy

A vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice cap and the tree line.

• Taiga

• Tundra

• Lowlands

• Desert

How many continents are there in the world?

• Movement

• 12 continents

• 7 continents

• 14 continents

A government ruled by a king or queen

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

A map that shows mountains, hills, plains, rivers, lakes, oceans, etc.

• climate map

• map grid

• physical map

• road map

Definition: An increase in population over a period of time.

• population growth

• command economy

• urbanization

• population density

Definition: A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.

• plateau

• strait

• island

• gulf