World Geography 1st Semester Review

What types of regions are created by the man-made borders shown on the above map?

• Political regions

• Cultural regions

• Climate regions

• Vegetation regions

Which of the following geographic factors unifies Latin America as a region?

• A shared culture

• A common currency

• A single trade corridor

• A large political boundary

Southwest Asia and North Africa are often studied as a cultural region by geographers because the area is —

• home to vast oil deposits

• located on two continents

• a crossroads of world trade

• linked by religious traditions

What physical geographic factor defines Oceania as a region?

• The outback

• The Indian Ocean

• The Pacific Ocean

• The subtropical climate

Why is the Piney Woods considered a formal region?

• It is perceived as the most beautiful area of Texas.

• It is a hub of transportation in and out of the area.

• It is a spatial area with a singular common function.

• It is a spatial area with common vegetation, landforms, and climate.

Which type of region is described in the excerpt?

• Formal

• Climate

• Political

• Functional

Based on the diagram, how does the Earth-Sun relationship affect the climate of different regions of the world?

• It creates a pattern where different areas of the globe receive differing amounts of sunlight.

• It creates a pattern in which the warm ocean currents bring monsoon rains to some regions.

• It creates a pattern in which the summers and winters are longer than fall and spring seasons.

• It creates a pattern where the eastern and western hemispheres have seasonal differences.

Which of the following is most directly responsible for the variation in seasonal weather patterns?

• Phases of the Moon

• Tilt of the Earth’s axis

• Distance from the Sun

• Rotation of the Earth on its axis

Which of the following best describes the physical process of erosion?

• The wearing down of rocks by wind and water.

• The breaking of the Earth’s crust that causes a fault.

• The movement of weathered materials by wind, ice or water.

• The mixing of weathered rock with decayed plant and animal material.

The landforms listed in the box are created by the physical process of —

• plate tectonics

• wind erosion

• weathering

• soil-building