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Spring Semester World Geography Final Exam Review Packet

Part One: Maps
Label the following countries and
physical features on the map of
Europe:

Alps
Baltic Sea
Black Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Pyrenees Mountains
France
Germany
Greece
Italy
Poland
Romania
Russia
Spain
Sweden
Turkey

Label the following countries and

physical features on the map of Latin
America:

Andes Mountains
Atacama Desert
Cape Horn
Pampas
Sierra Madre Mountains
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Guatemala
Panama
Peru
Venezuela

Part Two: Vocabulary Define the following vocabulary terms:

Ch. 13-16 Europe
Alliance:
Autonomous:
Constitutional
monarchy:
Neutral:
Socialism:
Ch. 17-18 Russia
Abdicate:
Bolsheviks:
Czar:
Gulag:
Serfs:
Ch. 10-12 Latin America
Buffer state:
Conquistadors:
Dictator:
Isthmus:
Mestizos:
Ch. 7-9 United States and Canada
Barrier islands:
Megalopolis:
Natural
hazards:
Navigable:
Piedmont:

Part Three: Unit Questions (use your notes/book to help answer the questions)
Unit :6 East and Southeast Asia (Chapters 28, 29, and 30)
1. What percentage of rainforest is in Indonesia?
3. What is the significance of 38N?
2. What SE Asian countries are archipelagos?

4. What countries, other than North and South

Korea, were involved in the Korean War?

Unit 7: Europe and Russia (Chapters 13-18)

1. What bodies of water are located on the shores of
Northern Europe?

1. What countries make up Great Britain?

2. What are the major islands of Europe?

2. What are landlocked countries? What are some

examples in Europe?

3. What religion do a majority of people in France

and Germany follow?

3. Which three countries make up the Benelux

countries?

History of Europe
This spread
throughout the middle
ages and caused many
people to die. Some
say rats/fleas spread
the disease.

Great Britain is where this

revolution began.

Many immigrants
from Africa come to
Spain using what
body of water?

What group of sailors came from

Scandinavia and acquired territory
throughout northern Europe?

What group of people

made up Europes
earliest civilization?
What organization was
created after WWII to
facilitate trade and political
cooperation between some
European countries?

What common currency did the European

Union introduce in 1999?

1929What
microstate is
located within
Rome, Italy?

What party
rose to power
in Germany
following
WWI?

Russia
Who took control of the Soviet Union after Vladimir
Lenin died?

The fairly uninhabited region of Russia east of the

Ural Mountains is known as

Russia is the home to this worlds largest forest.

What countries were involved in the Cold War?

Unit 8: Latin America (Chapters 13-18)

1. What are Maquiladoras?

2. What is Mexicos most valuable resource?

3. The Greater Antilles include Hispaniola,

Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and what other large
Caribbean island?

4. What is Central America and the Caribbeans

greatest natural resource (hint: it helps the
countries make money year-round)?

5. What two countries make up the island of

Hispaniola?

6. What is the dominant climate of Central America

and the Caribbean Islands?

7. Two major grassland regions of South America

are the ___________________________
in Argentina and the Patagonia.
9. Who was the famous Spaniard that conquered
the Aztec Empire?

8. Nearly half of South Americans make their living

by working in _______________________.

11. Why did the indigenous population of Central

America decline with the arrival of Europeans?

12. What has been the main cause of unemployment

and underemployment in the Caribbean?

10. What Central American country introduced the

concept of ecotourism to the region?

13. All countries in the Caribbean have a market economy, with the exception of _______________,
which has a command economy.

Unit 9: United States and Canada (Chapters 7-9)

What are the four major river systems in the U.S.?

From which continent did the very first settlers of North

America come?
What European countries built settlements in North
America?
Where were most early colonial settlements in North
America located?
What document was written in 1776 sparking the
American Revolution?
What type of government system did the United States set
up following independence?
What were of the major historical events of the 1900s in
the U.S.?
Where did the French establish their first permanent
settlement in Canada?
What region of the U.S. has a large number of Spanish
American and Mexican American immigrants?
What region of the U.S.is considered the political and
financial center of the country?
What region contains most of the arable land of the U.S.
and is the countrys major farming region?
Which of the following countries is Canadas most
important trade partner today?
What is Canadas national capital?
What is the United States national capital?