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Jeopardy: Midterm Review Part II. Category 1 : 1. Question: What is the transfer of heat in the atmosphere by the upward motion of air?. Answer: convection. Back to the Board. Category 1 : 2. Question:
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Category 1 : 1 • Question: • What is the transfer of heat in the atmosphere by the upward motion of air? • Answer: • convection Back to the Board
Category 1 : 2 • Question: • What is a periodic climatic change that causes the waters off the west coast of South America to warm? • Answer: • El Nino Back to the Board
Category 1 : 3 • Question: • What is the name for the warming trend that occurs when gases in the atmosphere trap solar energy? • Answer: • greenhouse effect Back to the Board
Category 1 : 4 • Question: • What are the 2 most significant factors in defining different climates? • Answer: • temperature and precipitation Back to the Board
Category 1 : 5 • Question: • What is the total of knowledge, shared attitudes, and behaviors of the members of a specific group of people? • Answer: • culture Back to the Board
Category 2 : 1 • Question: • What term describes the spread of ideas and customs from one society to another? • Answer: • diffusion Back to the Board
Category 2 : 2 • Question: • What is it called when members of one society decide to adopt a custom that they observe in another society? • Answer: • acculturation Back to the Board
Category 2 : 3 • Question: • What is the name for a religion that involves the belief in many gods? • Answer: • Polytheistic Back to the Board
Category 2 : 4 • Question: • What is a version of a language that includes changes related to class, region, or other cultural changes called? • Answer: • a dialect Back to the Board
Category 2 : 5 • Question: • What is the type of government where a king, queen, or ruling family holds political power? • Answer: • Monarchy Back to the Board
Category 3 : 1 • Question: • What type of government allows citizens, or their elected representatives, to hold all political power? • Answer: • Democracy Back to the Board
Category 3 : 2 • Question: • What is the name for a group of people with a common culture living in a specific location? • Answer: • Nation Back to the Board
Category 3 : 3 • Question: • What type of government holds all or nearly all of the political power and means of production? • Answer: • Communist Back to the Board
Category 3 : 4 • Question: • What term describes an independent unit occupying a specific area and controlling its internal and external affairs? • Answer: • state Back to the Board
Category 3 : 5 • Question: • What term describes a city, along with its suburbs and exurbs? • Answer: • a metropolitan area Back to the Board
Category 4 : 1 • Question: • What term describes the dramatic rise in the number of cities and the resultant lifestyle changes? • Answer: • Urbanization Back to the Board
Category 4 : 2 • Question: • What mountains are being compared in the following: Mountain 1 is about 80 million years old and rise much higher than Mountain 2. • Answer: • Mountain 1: Rockies • Mountain 2: Appalachians Back to the Board
Category 4 : 3 • Question: • Name 2 of the 3 lanforms not shared by the US and Canada. • Answer: • GulfAtlantic coastal plain, Piedmont, and Interior Highlands Back to the Board
Category 4 : 4 • Question: • What route in the US and Canada is one of the world’s most important shipping routes? • Answer: • Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway Back to the Board
Category 4 : 5 • Question: • What is the key feature of a representative democracy? • Answer: • people elect officials to represent them Back to the Board
Category 5 : 1 • Question: • What is the name for corporations that are involved in business worldwide? • Answer: • multinationals Back to the Board
Category 5 : 2 • Question: • What field do most Americans work in. It includes jobs like info processing, finance, and medicine. • Answer: • Service Industry Back to the Board
Category 5 : 3 • Question: • What is the term for a region that includes several large cities, their suburbs, and nearby towns? • Answer: • Megalopolis Back to the Board
Category 5 : 4 • Question: • What is the name for an economy that no longer relies on manufacturing for its income? • Answer: • postindustrial economy Back to the Board
Category 5 : 5 • Question: • What kind of industry are most Canadians employed in? • Answer: • Service Back to the Board