Geography is the study of
The distribution and interaction of Earth's physical and human features
In a _____, the government determines and regulates the production of goods and services
Command economy
How many tectonic plates meet at the Ring of Fire?
Eight
This is the theory that an original supercontinent broke apart into plates that caused individual continents to form
Continental drift
What deadly form of weather usually arrives with little or no warning?
Tornado
Every nation is a
Territory inhabited by a specific and unified group of people
The spread of ideas and customs from one society to another is called
Diffusion
Which set of imaginary lines goes around the earth over the poles?
Longitide lines
A population will be most likely to grow if
Its birthrate is greater than its mortality rate
A region's systems for transporting its good to market, communicating with other regions, and fueling its factories are examples of the region's
Infrastructure
Magma can flow out of cracks in the earth's surface as
Lava
Humus is an organic material that contributes to
The fertility of soil
What term is used to identify the land on the side of a mountain or hill that receives little preciptation due to the lack of moist air?
Rain shadow
A version of a language, such as a Southern drawl, is a
Dialect
What is a prairie grassland in the tropical region called?
Savanna
The people of the U.S. and Canada share a limited number of similar characteristics: the same continent and similar cultural style. What kind of region is this considered?
A formal region
A meteorologist who wanted to track an oncoming hurricane could consult data recorded by
GOES
The average amount of money earned by each person in a nation or state is measured as ____ income.
Per capita
The transfer of heat in the atmosphere by the upward movement of air is
Convection
Which term names the type of weathering that changes the size of a rock, but not its composition?
Mechanical weathering
In the mid-1960s, Great Britain's new rock band, the Beatles, came to the United States. Suddenly, young men all over the nation were wearing their hair longer, in styles that matched the Beatles. This is an example of
Acculturation
What term is used to identify weather conditions at a particular location over a long period of time?
Climate
This term refers to the layer of gases that surround the earth.
Atmosphere
What is another name for needleleaf trees?
Coniferous
What is another name for trees that have broad leaves?
Deciduous
In a ____, citizens vote for representatives to serve them in the central government.
Democracy
What document is a particular type of map that shows natural and man-made features of the earth?
Topographic map
Along with a city, suburbs and exurbs make up
A metropolitan area
What term identifies a flat, treeless area, such as that forming a ring around the Arctic Ocean?
Tundra
Which term is used to describe the location of a geographic feature in relation to other nearby features?
Relative location
In the tertiary level of economic activity, we would
take our new product to a store to see if anyone would buy it
The ____ of an area might be expressed as 26.8 people per square mile.
Population density
What type of map shows the variety of landforms and bodies of water in a specific area?
Physical map
Weathering breaks large rocks into fine particles that are generally referred to as
Sediment
The total of knowledge, shared attitudes, and behaviors of the members of a specific group of people is their
Culture
If your research project required a three-dimensional view of the earth, you would need to consult a
Globe
A religion that involves the belief in many gods is a
Polytheistic religion
A biome is
A specific area containing interdependent plants and animals
A _______ is a way of drawing the earth's surface that reduces distortion caused by converting three dimensions into two dimensions.
Map projection
Urban geography refers to the study of
How people use space in cities
What is a regional ecosystem called?
Biome
The earth's surface from the edge of a continent to the deep part of the ocean is known as the
Continental Shelf
A rocky ridge or hill, often left behind by a receding glacier, is called a
Moraines
The term for the rise in the number of cities (which often results in lifestyle changes) is
Urbanization
What type of extreme weather results from air moving across warm ocean currents?
Hurricane
The central core of a city where its commercial activity takes place is called the
CBD
What factors are used to define world climate zones?
Temperature and precipitation.
An mixed economic system has features of
Market and command
What term is used to name each half of the earth, divided either north and south or east and west?
Hemisphere
What term identifies a dry, desert region containing drought-resistant vegetation?
Chaparral