Semester Review

World Geography Semester Review

List the 7 Continents on Earth in order of size (area) from Largest (#1) to Smallest (#7).

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	List the 4 Oceans on Earth in order of size (area) from Largest (#8) to Smallest (#11).

 

 

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12. Identify the longest river on Earth.
13. Identify the largest river on Earth (regarding volume of water flowing).
14. Identify the tallest mountain on Earth.
15. Identify the mountain on Earth with the greatest relief.
16. Identify the most massive mountain on Earth with regards to base circumference.
17. Identify the largest hot desert on Earth.
18. Identify the polar continent that can be considered the largest desert on Earth.

 

 

19. Name the gulf separating Florida and Texas.
20. Name the gulf separating Baja California from the rest of Mexico
21. Name the gulf that occupies much of the area south of Alaska.
22. Name the gulf separating the Arabian Peninsula from Iran (Persia).
23. Name the gulf that occupies an area of the Atlantic Ocean south of West Africa, and west of

Central Africa.

24. Name the large bay in Northeastern Canada.
25. Name the large bay separating India from Southeast Asia.
26. Name the sea that occupies an area of the Atlantic Ocean east of Central America and north of

South America.

27. Name the sea separating Egypt (in North Africa) from the Arabian Peninsula.
28. Name the sea separating Great Britain from the Scandinavian Peninsula.
29. Name the sea that divides Europe from Africa.
30. Name the sea immediately east of the Scandanavian Peninsula.
31. Name the sea west and north of Japan.
32. Name the sea separating the Korean peninsula from much of China.
33. Name the sea south of much of China.

 

34. Name the prominent peninsula that is a part of Alaska and approaches Asia.
35. Name the peninsula that extends southward from California.
36. Name the peninsula (and U.S. state) that separates the Gulf of Mexico from the larger Atlantic Ocean.

 

36. Name the peninsula (and part of Mexico) that separates the Gulf of Mexico from the larger Caribbean Sea.
37. Name the peninsula that is separate from the rest of continental Europe by the Pyrenees Mountains.
38. Name the peninsula that separates the Red Sea from the Persian Gulf.
39. Name the peninsula that extends eastward from Africa into the Indian Ocean.
40. Name the peninsula that extends southward from the Himalaya Mountains into the Indian Ocean.
41. Name the Earth’s longest peninsula.

 

42. Name the islands that exist off the Alaskan peninsula.
43. Name the group of islands that are the largest four islands in the Caribbean Sea.
44. Name the arc islands that are southeast of much of South America.
45. Name the large island that separates the Arctic Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.
46. Name the island that is east of Greenland, and northwest of Ireland and Great Britain.
47. Name the island that is the largest in the British Isles.
48. Name the large island that is east of much of Africa.

49.Name the large island that separates the Indian Ocean from the Pacific and is also the mainland of a continent.

50. Name the island directly south of Australia separated from the mainland by the Bass Strait.

 

51. Identify the Enlightenment idea that governments should only exist with the consent of the governed.

 

 

52. According to our map of government types in our journal (page 22), which continent has a higher percentage of surface area under the control of “Full Democracy”, North America or South America?
53. According to our map of government types in our journal (page 22), which continent has a higher percentage of surface area under the control of “Full Democracy”, Europe or Africa?
54. According to our map of government types in our journal (page 22), which continent has a higher percentage of surface area under the control of “Full Democracy”, Australia or Antarctica?
55. Social Contract “agreements”  (contracts) provide balance between _________ and safety concerns.
56. Governments can be evaluated by the limits imposed upon their power. How would we classify a government with no limits?
57. How do we classify a situation with no Government?
58. As we evaluate governments by the limits imposed upon their power, would those that are more authoritarian be considered to have more limits upon them or fewer limits upon them?
59. As we evaluate governments by the limits imposed upon their power, would those that are more Libertarian be considered to have more limits upon them or fewer limits upon them?
60. As we evaluate governments by the division of powers on different levels, which type of government has only one level?
61. As we evaluate governments by the division of powers on different levels, which type of government has multiple levels?
62. Governments can be evaluated on their power ideologies. If a government is set up for the benefit of one specific group of individuals within a larger society, what is it’s power ideology?
63. Governments can be evaluated on their power ideologies. If a government is set up for the benefit of the people within a society, what is it’s power ideology?
64. Identify the form of government that has all of the power in a single person.
65. Identify the form of government that has the power in a group.
66. Identify the form of government that places the power in the citizens.
67. Give the approximate year for the “creation” of the World’s first democracy in Ancient Greece.
68. Give the year for the creation of the World’s first modern democracy in the United States.
69. (through 73.) List and briefly describe the forms of government from Plato’s Republic in order of most just to least just (according to Plato).
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74. Debts from which war led to the increased taxation of the colonies which was a prime reason for the American Revolution?
75. (through 79.) List the “Committee of Five” who were assigned the task of writing the Declaration of Independence.
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80. On which date did the colonies declare themselves sovereign.
81. (through 83.) List the three “unalienable rights” highlighted by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence.
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84. According to the Declaration of Independence, where do the just powers of government come from?
85. After independence, what document served as the framework for our government before the constitution?
86. (through 88.) List the three branches of the national government established by the U.S. Constitution.
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89. Which amendment grants citizens the Freedoms of Religion and Speech?
90. Which amendment grants citizens the right to bear arms?
91. Which amendment states that other powers not listed in the constitution are reserved to the states, or the people?
92. What is the name for the first ten amendments to the constitution?
93. Identify the document that ended slavery in areas of the U.S. under rebellion.
94. Where was the Women’s Rights Convention that adopted the Declaration of Sentiments held?
95. Identify the amendment that gave women the constitutional right to vote.
96. Write the preamble to the U.S. Constitution.
97. Identify the science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of commodities.
98. What is another way to describe commodities?
99. Which branch of economics deals with the performance, structure, behavior, and decision making of an economy as a whole?
100. Which branch of economics studies the behavior of individuals and firms in making decisions regarding the allocation of scarce resources?
101. In addition to the United States, which nation (in 2014) had a nominal GDP of 5000 Billion U.S. dollar or more?
102. (through 104.) List the three types of macroeconomic systems with regards to who makes the decisions about economic activities.
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105. Economic resources are commonly called another term. What is it?
106. Which factor of production is described by the natural resources utilized for production?
107. Which factor of production is described by the human capital available to produce?
108. Which factor of production is described as the monetary resources and infrastructure available to facilitate production?
109. Which factor of production is described as “putting the others together” and sometimes considered a type of Labor?
110. One tool governments use to influence the economy is described as adjusting the supply of money in an economy. Identify the term so described.
111. One tool governments use to influence the economy is described as adjusting government taxation and spending in an economy. Identify the term so described.
112. Historically, governments utilized colonies as an economic tool to provide raw materials and markets for goods. Which term describes this colonial economic relationship?
113. Identify the term defined as a symbol that represents the value of various quantities of various resources, or “stored wealth”.
114. Which type of money derives its value from the commodity which it is made?
115. Which type of money derives its value from it being a claim on an amount of a commodity?
116. Which type of money derives its value from the decree that it has value?
117. Which term describes a situation of abundance of resources?
118. Which term describes a lack of sufficient resources?
119. Briefly describe the relationship between price and quantity as described by the Law of Supply.
120. Briefly describe the relationship between price and quantity as described by the Law of Demand.
121. Keynes’s Law focuses on the importance of demand to increase economic productivity. Which historical event influenced Keynes’s focus on the necessity of government intervention to create demand?
122. What does Say’s Law suggest as the key to economic growth?