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World Geography – Second Semester

Credit by Examination Review Sheet

The exam will consist of a variety of multiple-choice questions. The exam will be comprehensive. You may prepare for the exam by using World Geography Today (Texas Edition) Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003.

The examination will test your understanding of general world geography concepts, skills, and regional studies. You should have general knowledge of:

General Information:

• Five Themes of Geography

• regional studies of Europe, Russia, Southwest Asia, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific Region

• physical features of Europe, Russia, Southwest Asia, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific Region

• effects of geography on Europe, Russia, Southwest Asia, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific Region

• issues surrounding population growth

• major world religions

• early river valley civilizations

• impact of European colonialism

• characteristics of developing and developed countries

Terms:

• Industrial Revolution

• Cold War

• Holocaust

• Berlin Wall

• boreal forest

• Chernobyl

• Soviet Union

• Communist Doctrine

• desertification

• apartheid

• animism

• United Nations

• Eightfold Path

• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

• plate tectonic

• atoll

• monsoon

Skills:

• Interpret social studies information from charts, maps, and graphs

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