Answer KeySOCIAL STUDIES

EXAM REVIEW

1. Middle ages2. Antipodes3. Equator4. Poles5. Compass rose6. Axis7. Rotation8. Revolution9. Orbit10.Leap year

11.Equinox12.Solstice13.Latitudes/parallels14.Longitudes/

meridians15. Prime Meridian

16.Sundial17.Time zones18. International date line19. Global Positioning

System

20.Map

CHAPTER 1 – TERMINOLOGY

21.Continent22.Island23.Peninsula24.Landforms 25.Mountain26.Valley27.Plain28.Plateau29.Elevation30.River

31.Tributary32.Lake33.Gulf34.Strait35.Pangaea36.Fossil37.Tectonic plate38.Rift39.Erosion40.Deposition

CHAPTER 1 – TERMINOLOGY

41.Silt42.Delta43.Glacier44.Geography45.Geographer46.Absolute location47.Scale48.Geographic

Information system

CHAPTER 1 – TERMINOLOGY

49.Physical Geography

50.Hemisphere51.Landforms52.Hills53.Ocean currents54.Volcano55.Weather56.Mid latitude57.Prevailing winds58.Humid59.Transpiration

60.Arid61.Permafrost62.Air masses63.Precipitation64.Climate65.Low latitude66.Hydrologic (water)67.Condensation68.Water vapour69.leeward

CHAPTER 2 – TERMINOLOGY

70.Orbit71.Altitude72.Evaporation73.High latitude74.Tropics75.Windward76.Atmosphere77.Lithosphere78.Hydrosphere79.biosphere

80.Natural environment81.Ecology82.Ecosystem83.Earthquake 84.Drainage basin85.Environment86. Global low pressure zones87. Global high pressure

zones

88.Mountain barriers89.Temperate forests

CHAPTER 2 – TERMINOLOGY

90. Mediterranean Forests

91.Temperate grasslands

92.Tropical forests93. Taiga or Boreal forests

94.Tundra95.Polar96.Savannah97.Monsoon region98.Desert99.Ecocentric

100.Biodiversity101.Anthropocentric102.Sustainable

development

103.Conservation104.Restoration ecology105.Flood plain106.Greenhouse effect107.Radiation108.Avg. global

temperature

109.Global warming

CHAPTER 2 – TERMINOLOGY

110.Desertification111.Air pollution112.Carbon dioxide113.Monoculture114.Methane115.Chlorofluorocarbo

ns

116.Ozone layer117.Acid rain118.Growing season

CHAPTER 2 – TERMINOLOGY

119.Human geography120.Social studies121.Natural resources122.Globalization123.Global village124.Western influence125.Economist126.Demography127.Developing/less

developed128.Developed/more

developed

129.Standard of living130.Domestication131.GDP per capita132.Population explosion

133.Sparse population134.Emigration135.Technology136.Population pyramid137.Zero population

growth

138.Replacement rate

CHAPTER 3 – TERMINOLOGY

139.Total fertility rate140.Internal migration141.Crude death rate142.Rate of natural increase

143.Demographer144.Demographic Transition145.Gross domestic product

146.Census taker147.Immigration148.Cost of living

149.Dense population150.Human

development index

151.Crude birth rate152.Migration153.Life expectancy154.GDP per capita155.Exponential

population growth

CHAPTER 3 – TERMINOLOGY

156.Negative population growth

157.Crude death rate

158.Population density

159.Colonialism160.Human rights

CHAPTER 3 – TERMINOLOGY

1. A.2. C.3. A.4. D.5. A.

ABSOLUTE LOCATION – LATITUDE/LONGITUDE MAP

Step 1 – evaporationStep 2 – Transpiration Step 3 – condensationStep 4 – precipitationStep 5 – Surface Runoff

WATER CYCLE

Step 1 – Winds WarmingStep 2 – Winds CoolingStep 3 – CondensationStep 4 – Precipitation

ORTHOGRAPHIC (MOUNTAIN) RAINFALL