Thursday – September 19, 2013 Mr. Lombardi 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) * Aim: How can we review for tomorrow’s Geography Unit Test?

Who wants extra credit on tomorrow’s geography exam? Go to the JBHS website ( Click on the link for this class Click the “Add To My Class List” button You will be ed a verification code. 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 – 2.Regents Prep –