1. Review for Final Assessments!

2. Map Test Practice

3. What’s the Big Idea? BASIC GEOGRAPHY CONCEPTS
What is Geography?

4. What is Geography?

5. What is Geography? The study of the Earth in all its variety.
The study of where people, places and things are located, the way different things relate to each other at specific places, and the ways that places connect with each other.

6. When geographers study “movement,” they are studying how ____________, ________________, and _________________ move and how that affects culture.

7. When geographers study “movement,” they are studying how ____People_____, ____Goods______, and ______Ideas______ move and how that affects culture.

8. How are natural resources distributed around the world?

9. How are natural resources distributed around the world?
Unevenly, some countries have many (US & Russia), some have very few (Japan)

10. What are the various types of government? Which allows the most freedom? The least?

11. What are the various types of government? Which allows the most freedom? The least?
Democracy (most freedom)
Dictatorship (least freedom)
Constitutional or Absolute Monarchy
Theocracy (religious-based)

12. How are people distributed around the world? Why?

13. How are people distributed around the world? Why?
Unevenly, people tend to live in regions with arable soil, access to fresh water, and a favorable climate

14. What factors determines the climate of a region?

15. What factors determines the climate of a region?
Latitude
Wind
Ocean currents
Landforms (rain shadow!)
People (greenhouse effect & deforestation)

16. What are the 8 traits of culture?

17. What are the 8 traits of culture?
Social Groups
Language
Religion
Daily Life
History
Arts
Government
Economy

18. THEMES FROM EACH CULTURE
What’s the Big Idea?
THEMES FROM EACH CULTURE

19. Why is the US so wealthy?

20. Why is the US so wealthy? Plentiful resources
Access to oceans and navigable rivers for trade
Highly educated
Democracy & personal freedom
Peaceful
Favorable climate

21. The countries of Latin America share a common culture – Why?

22. The countries of Latin America share a common culture – Why?
All were colonized in the same time period by (mostly) Spain & Portugal
similar language, religion, government, etc.

23. Why has Western Europe had such a large impact on the rest of the world’s culture & history?

24. Why has Western Europe had such a large impact on the rest of the world’s culture & history?
Powerful, wealthy, technologically-advanced countries in Europe colonized and traded with people on every other continent
took a lot of resources and often controlled or interfered with their governments.

25. Why is Eastern Europe struggling economically?

26. Why is Eastern Europe struggling economically?
They are a crossroads between Europe and Asia with few natural barriers to prevent repeated invasions by outsiders.
In the 1900s, the Soviet Union controlled most of these countries and forced communism on them, ruining many of their economies.

27. Russia is huge and has lots of natural resources
Russia is huge and has lots of natural resources. Why aren’t they wealthier?

28. Russia is huge and has lots of natural resources
Russia is huge and has lots of natural resources. Why aren’t they wealthier?
Huge land area with a sparse population and difficult landscape for recovering those resources (Siberia)
Difficulty recovering from communist dictatorship

29. Why do Americans buy so many manufactured goods from Asia?

30. Why do Americans buy so many manufactured goods from Asia?
Huge populations with a low cost of living allow for them to be “cheap labor” so they can produce handmade manufactured products cheaply and export them to the US.

31. What are the major influences on North Africa & Southwest Asia’s culture and economy?

32. What are the major influences on North Africa & Southwest Asia’s culture and economy?
Islam
Oil
Difficult climate (hot deserts)
Government instability

33. Why does Africa have so much poverty?

34. Why does Africa have so much poverty?
Climate is challenging – very dry desert and rainforests
Weak, corrupt governments
Lack of industry & lack of infrastructure to support it
Colonization set back their development
AIDS epidemic

35. What threats face islands in Oceania (the South Pacific)?
Outmigration of young people (for jobs)
Weak economies, dependent on imports & foreign countries
Climate change – rising ocean levels
Deforestation
Pollution
Typhoons, earthquakes, tsunamis, flooding
Declining fish populations

36. Map Test Practice