Honors World Regional Studies Semester 1 Final

Tropical wet

Always hot, days start sunny, cloud up with rain. 1 season

Tropical wet and dry

rainy season in summer and dry season in winter. found next to tropical wet regions. 2 seasons

Semiarid

Not desert, but not much rain. hot summers, mild winters. interior of continents and around deserts. very productive agriculturally. west texas, mexico. year-round growing.

desert

can be hot or cold. hot deserts have low humidity, cold at night. cold deserts are from rain shadows

mediterranean

dry, warm summers and cool, rainy winters. not hot enough for convectional precipitation, but has frontal precipitation. less rain than hear, more than desert and semiarid. dense populations and rich agriculture.

marine west coast

cloudy, foggy, damp. warm ocean winds keep temperature constant. consistent rainfall. seattle

humid subtropical

east coast. long periods of summer heat and humidity. mild winters. hurricanes. louisiana.

humid continental

us. variety. 4 seasons

subartic

evergreen forests. huge temperature variations.

tundra

flat, treeless lands. permafrost

ice cap

snow, ice, and permanently freezing temperatures. so cold it rarely snows

highlands

mountains

What are the five themes of geography?

movement, region, location, human-environment interaction, and place

What are the three things that movement refers to?

Movement of people, goods and ideas.

culture hearth

the origin of a bunch of stuff

Economic systems

Communism, socialism, capitalism

Government authority

Authoritarian, oligarchy, and libertarian/republic

Types of Authoritarian

monarchy, dictatorship, and totalitarianism

Plutocracy

rule by the rich

Aristocracy

rule by the best

junta

rule by military

types of republic governments

democracy and representative democracy

Government structures

Confederation, federal, unitary

Convectional precipitation

tropical climates. rains in afternoon. morning sun heats humid air.

Frontal precipitation

it was hot and then cold

Orographic precipitation

mountains block rain. more rain on windward, less on leeward.

Inexhaustible resources

infinite.

What Canadian province has wanted to secede?

Quebec

How did the availability of affordable cars and the development of interstates change the layout of American cities?

More suburbs

Nation-states

country populated by similar people.

Fertility rates

births per woman

Population implosion

The consequences of birth and death rates going down.

What are the causes of population implosion.

Urbanization because of higher cost of living, less space, getting jobs, and access to healthcare.

Most densely populated region in Europe

North European Plain

How did the English language develop?

Latin based French mixed with Anglo-Saxon because of William the Conqueror.

Primary activities

directly accessing natural resources

Secondary activities

processing natural resources into something

Tertiary activities

interacting with consumers of finished goods and services

Quaternary activities

providing info to tertiary

Ireland (island)

Republic of Ireland + Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

top bit of Ireland. part of U.K.

Great Britain

U.K. minus Northern Ireland

England

constitute of U.K.

Republic of Ireland

country. Ireland the island minus Northern Ireland.

United Kingdom

Great Britain plus Northern Ireland.

Predominantly Catholic areas of Western Europe

Southern part of Western Europe plus Ireland

fjords

steep, narrow, coastal valleys with water from melted glaciers

Randstand

the ring made of Rotterdam, Amsterdam, and the Hague

Dikes

What is used to expand space in Netherlands into the sea.

How big was Britain’s empire at its height?

25% of the whole world during Queen Victoria’s era.

Why is Northern Ireland separate from the Republic of Ireland?

The Republic of Ireland is almost entirely Catholic, but Northern Ireland is protestant.

Why are the Benelux countries known as the low countries?

they are below sea level

What kinds of governments and economies are common in Nordic Europe?

Socialist economies and democratic governments.

3 ways Nordic Europeans interact with their environment to boost their economies

Sell lumber, agriculture, oil and gas, and geothermal energy.

What major trait do Islam, Christianity and Judaism have in common?

They are all semitic religions. Abrahamic god.

Atheism

God doesn’t existA

gnosticism

idk. doesn’t deny that God exists.

Protestant Reformation

Martin Luther’s 95 thesises. caused a bunch of wars.

Out of the main five, which has the most followers?

Christianity

Out of the main five, which has the least followers?

Judaism

In Buddhism, Life is…

Suffering

4 Noble Truths

Truth of Suffering, Truth of the Cause of Suffering, Truth of the End of Suffering, and Truth of the Path.

Which Noble Truth in Buddhism outlines the way to nirvana?

The Truth of the Path

How are karma, samsara, and moksha interrelated?

Moksha is being freed from the cycle of samsara through purifying your karma.

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