1st Semester Review Packet

Name: __________________________________________________ Period: __________________

Checkpoints + rubric
CHECKPOINT Topic(s) Pages Expectations Points DUE DATE:
o All regions are accurately labeled and
Map 2-3 have a corresponding key to match. 10

#1 o All pages within the topic are accurately

completed.
o Not a single question/chart has been 30
left blank.
o Questions are thoroughly answered
o All pages within the topic are accurately
completed.
o Not a single question/chart has been 15
left blank.
#2 o Questions are thoroughly answered
o All pages within the topic are accurately
completed.
o Not a single question/chart has been 15
left blank.
o Questions are thoroughly answered
o All pages within the topic are accurately
completed.
o Not a single question/chart has been 15
left blank.
o Questions are thoroughly answered
#3
o All pages within the topic are accurately
completed.
o Not a single question/chart has been 15
left blank.
o Questions are thoroughly answered

o This packet is a major grade. In order for you to stay on track, you will be
completing checkpoints along the way.
o Each checkpoint is a punctuality grade. If you miss one checkpoint, you will
be assigned a Thursday Night Live in order to catch up.
o There will be activity periods in which you may come and complete the
packet in order to help you along the way.
o Make sure to look at anything that is in black, as that will have directions
for you.
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 MAP
Directions: Label the following regions/countries on the
blank map on page 3. Your goal is to see if you can label
all the regions/countries without looking.

o North America o Latin America o Europe o Russian Federation o South Asia

o North African o Sub-Saharan Africa o East o Southeast Asia o Oceania
and Southwest Asia
Asia

o Scandinavian o Balkan Peninsula o Sahara Desert o The Andes o Canada

Peninsula

o United States o Mexico o Italy o Argentina o Brazil

o France o Netherlands o Belgium o Germany o UK

o Norway o Spain o Russia o Egypt o Saudi Arabia

o Iran o Israel o Turkey o Ethiopia o South Sudan

o Nigeria o Kenya o South Africa o India o Pakistan

o China o Japan o Vietnam o Indonesia o Australia

o Iraq o Sudan o Sri Lanka o Madagascar o Afghanistan

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 Label the regions and countries from page 2 below.

World Regions
North America

Latin America

Europe

North Africa and Southwest Asia

(NASWA)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Russian Federation

South Asia

East Asia

Southeast Asia

Oceania

Outline the Regions and fill in the key

above with the corresponding color 3
 Nature and Perspectives Topic #1
Term Definition

Regionalization The process of dividing the globe up into regions based on similar characteristics

1) Based on the definition above, why do geographers divide the world into regions?

2) Identify the region on the map to the right. _________________________

3) Explain why Mexico is a part of the region you identified above.

4) Name another region and the similar characteristic that makes that region. ______________________________

Term Definitions

Overlapping Regions can be sub-regionalized based on different similarities and differences than
Region the larger region was based on.

Transitional A transitional zone is the area where regions come together. There will not be a
Boundary definite line of separation of phenomena

5) Why is the map to the right an example of a transitional

boundary?

6) Name a geographic example of an overlapping region.

_______________________________________________________

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 DIRECTIONS: Based on the areas highlighted in the last column, determine
the level of development as well as the statistic given. (Statistics should say
“high”, “low”, or “middle”)

Level of Explain what the statistics would look

Development like at this level of development

Total Fertility
Rate

GNI PPP Per

capita

Infant
Mortality

Total Fertility
Rate

GNI PPP Per

capita

Infant
Mortality

Total Fertility
Rate

GNI PPP Per

capita

Infant
Mortality

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 Nature and Perspectives Topic #2
DIRECTIONS: In the last column, give two examples and explain why each example is
applicable according to the definition given.

Term How geographers use concept to study Give two examples AND explain why it is
geography applicable.

Formal(Uniform)
Regions Based on uniform characteristics, set
boundaries, and based on facts.

Functional
Based on a system of interconnections
(Nodal) Regions

Regions are based on what people feel

Perceptual
about an area. Perceptual regions
(Vernacular)
have fuzzy boundaries since they are
Regions interpretative

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 N&P Topic #3

Directions: Based on the definitions in the chart, place the vocabulary

terms in the correct category.

Census Data Interviews Surveys Photography

Geographic Global Positioning Online Mapping

Geospatial Remote Sensing
Information Systems System (GPS) and Visualization
Data
(GIS)

Term Definition Using the terms above, put them in the

correct category based off the definitions.

 Deals with numbers.

 Data which can be measured.
Quantitative  Length, height, area, volume, weight, speed, time,
Data temperature, humidity, sound levels, cost,
members, ages, etc.

 Deals with descriptions.

 Data can be observed but not measured.
Qualitative  Colors, textures, smells, tastes, appearance,
Data beauty, etc.

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Nature and Perspectives Topic #4
Directions: Label the type of map depicted below.

Type of Map Type of Map

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 Directions: Label the map projection according to the image and
descriptions below.

Map Projection Map Strength Weakness

Minimizes errors in Does not maintain

distortion completely accurate
area, shape, distance,
or direction

Minimizes errors in Does not maintain

distortion completely accurate
area, shape, distance,
or direction

Distorts shape to
Retains accurate relative
makes sizes correct –
sizes of the world’s
sometimes called
landmasses
“too political”

Correct distances
You cannot see the entire
between places when
world – One hemisphere
taken from the center of is always hidden.
the projection

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 Directions: Match the map on the right to the appropriate
explanation on the left.

A. This scale would be best to

understand the global __________
distribution of language
population density.

B. A geographer needs to
know where to build a new __________
school.

C. A politician wants to
understand the population __________
growth in her country.

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 Population and Migration Topic #1
Directions: Match the term to the description below.

Bodies of water Climate Cultural

Economic Historical Landforms Political

Factor How the factor affects population distribution

This factor affects population distribution as people tend to live in areas with moderate
weather, as it makes for easier settlement.

This factor affects population distribution as people want to live in areas that have flat,
arable land.

This factor affects population distribution as historically cities were built around major
bodies of water and most people today within 300 miles of a large body of water

This factor affects population as people will flee areas due to persecution and move in to
areas with similar characteristics.

This factor affects population as people want to live near major roads, rail lines, or rivers.

This factor affects population as governments can encourage settlement within their
country. For example, the government of Brazil moved their capital to Brasilia,
encouraging people to settle more inland.

This factor affects population as these areas are typically the most population as they were
the first areas of settlement and continue to be the more important areas within a country.

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 Directions: Match the term to the descriptions below. Each term
will be used once, more than once, or not at all.

Agricultural density Arable Arithmetic density Physiological density

Term Description

The total number people divided by the total land area within a country/region.

Land that is suitable for farming.

The total number of people divided by the total amount of arable land within a
country/region.

The number of farmers per arable land area within a country /region.

This only includes arable land – land which people are most likely to live on and use.

The higher the density, the less developed the country/region as that means there is more
farmers, thus proving the country/region is practicing subsistence agriculture.

This creates a better understanding of the pressures put on the country by the population
density

The lower the density the more developed the country as that means there are less farmers
per arable land thus proving the country/region is practicing commercial agriculture.

It includes areas of a country where people may not settle due to poor climate or land that is
inhabitable, which in turn would make the calculation obsolete.

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 Directions: Label the population pyramid with the correct image.
Negative Growth Rapid Growth Slow Growth

1. 2. 3.

DIRECTIONS: Using the numbers from the table above, match the
pyramid/number with the correct explanation below.

Newly Industrialized Country

Less Developed Country

More Developed Country

Poor medical care due to high birth rates and high death rates.

High life expectancy

More women in the workforce.

Will face a labor shortage in the future.

Greater access to contraceptives.

High elder dependency ratio.

Japan

Will need a large amount of resources to help take care of the growing population.

South Sudan

Large percentage of people work in the primary sector.

Germany

Stage 2 of the Demographic Transition Model

Has a young, innovative workforce.

Will need a large amount of resources to help take care of the elderly.

High youth dependency ratio.

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 Population and Migration Topic #2
Term Definition

Crude Birth Rate Number of births per 1000 people

Crude Death Rate Number of deaths per 1000 people

Total Fertility Rate The number of children on average a women will have in her lifetime

Life Expectancy How long at average a person is expected to live in a country

DIRECTIONS: Using the definitions above, answer questions 1-6.

1) What do high birth rates and high fertility rates show in terms of a country’s health care system?

2) If a country has falling birth rates, what would the government want to do in terms of migration? Will they want
to force people in to the country? Force people out? What about xenophobic governments (think Japan)?

3) If a country has high death rates, what does that mean in terms of the country’s health care system?

4) Explain the relationship between a high fertility rate and access to contraceptives.

5) Explain the relationship between a low fertility rate and education for women.

6) Explain the relationship between life expectancy and level of development within a country.

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 Demographic Transition Model

Example
Countries

Birth rate and

reasons for
change

Death Rate and

reasons for
change

Natural Increase
Rate

DIRECTIONS: Match the number/definition to the correct stage AND category in the Demographic
Transition Model above. Some numbers will be used more than once.

1. Decreasing improvements in medical care (medical revolution) 17. More Developed countries
2. 18. high causing a rapid increase in overall
Nature increase is low causing low overall population growth
population
3. Many children needed for farming 19. Good health
4. Brazil 20. Family Planning
5. Leads to lower death rates and Infant mortality 21. Mexico

6. Improved medical care and diet mean more children reach adult 22. lower than in stage 2 and population
hood and fewer children needed in agriculture continues to grow
7. Better water supply 23. Russia
8. India 24. Reliable food supply
9. Many children die at young age 25. Japan
10. Good health care 26. Germany
11. Later marriages 27. Low and high stationary population
12. Lack of family planning 28. Italy
13. Famine 29. Poor medical knowledge
14. United States 30. Improving status of women
15. No modern day examples 31. Egypt

16. Kenya 31. Falling

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 DIRECTIONS: Label the graph that illustrates Malthus’ Theory.

1) What did Malthus say would happen in relation to food and population growth?

2) According to Malthus, what were the factors that would limit population growth during his time?

Complete the chart below

Give THREE reasons why geographers CAN still apply Give THREE reasons why geographers CANNOT still apply
Malthusian theory today. Malthusian theory today.

DIRECTIONS: Match the number/definition to the explanations below.

1. Anti-natalist Programs designed to lower birth rates

2. Pro-natalist Programs designed to increase birth rates

One-Child Policy/Two-Child Policy Italy

Free education India

Providing education to girls Germany

Provide child care China

Child tax bonuses Spain

Paid family leave Kenya

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 Population and Migration Topic #3

Factor How migration patterns are affected

 Forced migrations
Cultural Factors  Refugees
 Fear of persecution because of religion, ethnicity, etc.

Demographic Factors  High Population growth will be a push

 Low population growth can be a pull

 Most people decide to move based on economic needs such as availability of jobs
Economic Factors
or availability of better paying jobs.

Environmental  Over use of land – desertification

Factors  Global climate changes
 Catastrophic environmental and weather

Political Factors  Oppressive governments

 Fear of retribution by authoritarian governments

DIRECTIONS: Based on the definitions above, write the correct factor below
in the blank space provided based on the geographic example provided.

Factor Geographic Example

Cubans who have fled Communist Cuba

Rohingya (Muslim minority group) fleeing from violence in

Myanmar (Buddhist majority country)

Typically people move from countries in lower levels of

development to countries with higher levels of development

Desertification in the Sahel region of Africa is causing people in

many African countries to move to find better land or to just move
to cities.

Migration of Africans (high Birth rates) to Europe (Low Birth rates)

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DIRECTIONS: Match the term with the correct definition and geographic example below.
Asylum Seekers Chain Migration Internally Placed Persons

Internal Migration Refugees Rural to Urban Migration

Step Migration Transnational Migration Voluntary Migration

Term Definition Geographic Example(s)

An individual or group that leaves his/her to avoid persecution Primary destination countries that border the
or out of concern for their own personal safety source area or within the country of the source

Border areas within their country, areas away

Refugees who only move within their country
from push factor, and urban areas

A person who is seeking shelter from physical harm and Germany, US, France, Sweden, Turkey, UK, Italy,
persecution. Australia, Switzerland, Hungary

China: 100 million have emigrated from rural

People who choose to migrate areas in the interior of the country for large
urban areas along the coast.

A process of movement and settlement across international

Immigrants who send money back to relatives
borders in which individuals maintain or build multiple networks
(remittances) and stay connected to the politics
of connection to their country of origin while at the same time
and culture in the country of origin
settling in a new country

Brazil - To increase attractiveness in the

underpopulated areas of the country, the
government moved the capital in 1960 to a
Movement within a country
newly built city. The historically high populated
areas on the coast have experienced out-
migration to the interior.

Migration that takes place when new migrants follow migrants Can create ethnic enclaves such as China Town
who have already moved to the new location. or Little Italy found in the United States

Migration that takes place in a series of shorter, less extreme Example: Migrants move looking for better
migrations from a person's place of origin to final destination— economic conditions. They will continue to
such as moving from a farm, to a village, to a town, and finally move until the find these opportunities also
to a city known as intervening opportunities

As countries like China and India, Urbanize

Greatest of internal migration occurring today. Urbanization
millions of people will move from rural areas to
and improvements in development go hand-in-hand.
cities in search for jobs.

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DIRECTIONS: Using the image above, write which time period (you should be
using letters A, B, C, or D) that matches the chart below.

Time Period Where? Why?

Ireland and Germany – Pushed by economic

Ireland and Germany conditions, Political conditions in Germany, and
Environmental (Potato Famine) in Ireland

Eastern and Southern Europe – Push because of

improvements during the Industrial Revolution,
populations in these regions exploding.
Eastern and Southern Europe
Economic opportunities in the U.S. in U.S.
factories. Persecution of Jewish population a
social push factor

Asia and Latin America – Rapid population growth

limited economic prospects and advancement at
Asia and Latin America home. Change of laws during the same time
period make it easier for Asians and Latin
Americans to come to the U.S.

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 Cultural Patterns and Processes Topic #1
Cultural Complex Culture System Cultural Trait Taboo

DIRECTIONS: Match the term above to the correct definition and

examples below. Terms will be used more than once.
Term Definition/Examples

Large cultural group

A group of culture traits all interrelated and dominated by one essential trait.

A single, distinguishing feature of regular occurrence within a culture.

A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom.

The use of chopsticks

Pork – Judaism and Islam

Irish, American, India, Mexico, etc.

Football games, Christmas, Diwali (Festival of Lights), St. Patrick’s Day – Ann
overarching aspect of culture

Cultural Landscape Landscapes that have been affected, influenced, or shaped by humans.

DIRECTIONS: Using the definition above, explain how the cultural landscape
can be affected by the characteristic given.
How is the cultural landscape affected?
Agriculture and Industry Religious Patterns Linguistic Patterns Architecture

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 Type of Diffusion Definition
Contagious Diffusion Almost all individuals and regions outward are affected.

Ideas and artifacts spread first from prominent areas or places to smaller or
Hierarchical Diffusion less important people

Stimulus Diffusion Basic idea spread, but not the specific trait

Individuals or populations migrate from source area and take the innovation
Relocation Diffusion or idea to new areas

DIRECTIONS: Using the definitions above, write the correct type diffusion in
the space provided below. Terms can be used more than once.

The spread of rap music.

The spread of Buddhist buildings and colors.

The early spread of Islam in NASWA.

The spread of Portuguese in Brazil.

The spread of drive-through windows.

The spread of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa

Acculturation Assimilation Multiculturalism

DIRECTIONS: Write the correct term in the space provided below.

Term Definition
When a minority culture accepts many of the traits of the majority culture, but still regains
many cultural traits

The policy of maintaining a diversity of ethnic cultures within a community.

When a minority accepts all the traits of the dominant culture.

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 Term Definition
The action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people
Colonization
of an area.

Imperialism A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.

Trade Exchange of goods

1) Based on the definition of colonization, how does it affect the distribution of cultural traits?

2) Based on the definition of imperialism, how does is affect the distribution of cultural traits?

3) Based on the definition of trade, how does it affect the distribution of cultural traits?

Folk Culture Traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative
isolation from other groups.
Popular Culture Found in a large, heterogeneous society that shares certain habits despite
differences in other personal characteristics.

1) Based on the definition of folk culture above, give two examples of a folk culture and explain your reasoning.

2) Based on the definition of popular culture above, give two examples of a popular culture and explain your
reasoning.

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 Cultural Patterns and Processes Topic #2
Isogloss Official Language Standard Language

DIRECTIONS: Write the correct term in the space provided below.

Term Definition
Language(s) that are identified by the government as the language of use in the
country

Language(s) most commonly spoken in a country

A boundary that separates languages or dialects

Pop versus soda

French and English in Canada

English in the United States

1) Which language has the most native speakers? _____________________________________

2) Which language has the most global speakers? _____________________________________

Creole Dialect Language Family Lingua Franca Pidgin

DIRECTIONS: Match the term to the correct definition below. You must come up with ONE example for each.
Term Definition Example

A collection of languages related to each other through a

common ancestor long before recorded history.

a regional variety of a language, with differences in vocabulary,

grammar, and pronunciation; also a form of a language spoken
by members of a particular social class or profession

A language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language

with the indigenous language of the people being dominated.

A form of speech that adopts a simplified grammar and limited

vocabulary of a lingua franca, used for communications among
speakers of two different languages.

A lingua used to facilitate communication between two people

who speak different languages

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 Cultural Patterns and Processes Topic #3
Cultural Landscape Landscapes that have been affected, influenced, or shaped by humans.

1) How does religion affect the cultural landscape?

DIRECTIONS: Based on the definition, determine the term and examples in the space
provided below.

Examples (You should have FOUR

Term Definition
total)

A religion with a relatively concentrated spatial distribution

whose principles are likely to be based on the physical
characteristics of the particular location in which its adherents
are concentrated.

1) What two religions are

found in the shaded
areas?

DIRECTIONS: Write the

correct religion that
matches the
characteristic in the
space provided below.

Hinduism Judaism

Fundamental doctrine is karma Cremate their dead

A soul can move upward or downward

Old testament
according to the individual’s belief

First religion to be
Ten commandments
monotheistic

Believes in reincarnation

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 DIRECTIONS: Based on the definition, determine the term and examples in
the space provided below.

Term Definition Examples – (You should have FOUR)

A religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just

those living in a particular location.

What religion can be Eastern Orthodox

found in region 1?
Iran

What religion can be

found in region 2?
2 3
. .

What religion can be

1.
found in region 3?

DIRECTIONS: Write the correct religion that matches the characteristic in the space
provided below. Any country listed you MUST label it on the map above!

Buddhism Christianity Islam Sikhism

Religion Characteristic Religion Characteristic

All living beings endure suffering United States

Five Pillars Four Nobel Truths

Resurrection of Jesus Monotheistic
Nirvana is attained through an
Reincarnation
eight-fold path
Indonesia Ten Commandments
Sri Lanka Ramadan
Bhutan Saudi Arabia
Pilgrimage Iran
Brazil Vietnam

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