World Regional Geography Test 1 Study Guide

Regional Geography
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Sample questions

1. What is the difference between site and situation? -

2. What would be a European country has an extremely low population density? High? -High: Monaco. Vatican City, Malta, San Marino, Netherlands -Low: Iceland, Norway, Finland

3. What is zero degrees longitude called? -Prime Meridian

4. What does SMP mean? Where would you find it? - Statutory Maternity Leave; England

5. What are the Nordic Countries?
-Denmark
-Sweden
-Finland
-Norway
-Iceland

6. What are some crops grown in places like Spain and Italy?
-Olives, Olive oil, Avocado, sunflowers, citrus fruits

7. Which country has a political group called Vlaams Belang?
- Belgium: Flemish seccessionists

8. What are the four parts of the United Kingdom?
England
Scotland
Ireland
Wales

9. What type of climate does the Netherlands have?
-marine west coast

10. What is distance decay?
-Distance decay is a geographical term which describes the effect of distance on cultural or spatial interactions. The distance decay effect states that the interaction between two locales declines as the distance between them increases

11. What language family is the main one found in Europe?
-Germanic

12. What would be an example of a formal region?
-countries, states, cities (the City of Oklahoma)

13. What are the types of expansion diffusion?
-Contagious
-Hierarchical
-Stimulus
-Relocation

14. What would be a European country ruled by a prince? A Grand Duke?
-Grand Duke: Luxembourg
-Prince: Liechtenstein, Monaco

15. What is remote sensing?
-aerial photography
-RADAR
-LIDAR

16. What are the three main types of density? How are they different?
-Arithmetic, Agricultural, Physiological

17. What would be an example of a small scale map?
-map of US

18. What is 23.5 North latitude called?
-Tropic of Cancer

19. What are some common types of map