1001 Test 1 Study Guide: Preparing for Geography and History Exam - Prof. Wendy Wi Patzewi, Study notes of Geography

Download 1001 Test 1 Study Guide: Preparing for Geography and History Exam - Prof. Wendy Wi Patzewi and more Study notes Geography in PDF only on Docsity! 1001 Test 1 Study Guide - Read news stories posted on Semester Book - What are diverging, subducting, and converging tectonic plate boundaries - Distribution of Earth’s fresh water - The Green Revolution - Familiarize yourself with the GINI index and the world map in your text that shows it - What latitude and longitude measure and the locations of the Tropics and Artic and Antarctic circles - European Union (which countries are members, what membership entails, etc.) - Europe’s natural hazards - The seas that surround Europe - The comparisons the textbook makes between Europe and N. America - Which European powers controlled which colonies - History of the Berlin Wall - Which languages belong to which language subfamilies - Industrial Revolution - Location of Europe’s mountain ranges and their names - Get a feel for where Europe’s population densities are highest/lowest - Broad pattern of Europe’s religious denominations by country - What a climograph is and how it works - The Cold War - Be familiar with the relative size of countries (have a feel for which are small, medium and large) - Be familiar with all terms at the ends of chapter 1, 2, and 8 - Read inset on p. 350 on the Basques