Thursday, March 21, 2024

Remediation Assignment

The deadline for this assignment is May 13, 2024. Nothing will be accepted after that date. If you intend to do the entire assignment then submit all the assignments at once.  Of course, you may submit this work before May 13. 

It is important that you remember that each assignment relies on the others. In order for assignment #4 to be accepted you had to have completed Assignment #3. And in order for Assignment #3 to be accepted you had to have completed Assignment #2. And for Assignment #2 to be accepted, you had to have completed Assignment #1.


UPDATE: This remediation assignment is lengthy however it is, for the most part, the work we've covered for this class. We've answered most of these questions and commands during the course of world geography. The linked resources will insure that you can access the correct answers/ responses.  Additionally, this assignment can be easily completed before the due date. Among the ways to do this is in pieces each day: complete 4 to 5 vocabulary words, view 1 video and answer its questions, answer 2 power point questions, and answer 2 to 3 map assignment questions. Doing this will allow you to complete this in its entirety a few days before the deadline.  It is recommended that after you complete an entire assignment, make a copy and store it. If you are able to scan the assignment, then sending that scanned copy to your email would be a good place for storage. Be sure to label that email as something you will remember. These things you would do just in case you lose the original copies.


ASSIGNMENT #1: VOCABULARY

     Define each word in your own handwriting. Each definition must be numbered. This must be written neatly otherwise points will be taken off. Make certain that each definition relates to something in geography. For example, the term "cape" can either be an article of clothing or a type of landform. The latter description is the one to use.

This assignment is worth one non-test grade and the increase of a failing non-test grade up to 70.

1) active volcano

2) alluvial

3) alluvial plain

4) alluvium

5) alluvial soil

6) altitude

7) Antarctic

8) aquifer

9) archipelago

10) atlas

11) atoll

12) bay

13) beach

14) bight

15) bog

16) burgh

17) butte

18) canal

19) canyon

20) cape

21) cardinal directions

22) cartography

23) cave

24) cavern

25) cay

26) channel

27) city-state

28) cliff

29) coast

30) compass

31) coniferous

32) continent

33) continental shelf

34) cordillera

35) country

36) cove

37) crater

38) creek

39) dam

40) deciduous

41) delta

42) dike

43) dormant volcano

44) drainage basin

45) dune

46) earthquake

47) Eastern Hemisphere

48) elevation

49) enclave

50) Equator

51) estuary

52) extinct volcano

53) fallow

54) fjord

55) floodplain

56) foothills

57) forest

58) geography

59) glaciation

60) glacier

61) glen

62) gulch

63) gulf

64) gully

65) hedgerow

66) hemisphere

67) highland

68) hill

69) hinterland

70) hydrosphere

71) ice cap

72) iceberg

73) igneous rock

74) island

75) islet

76) isthmus

77) jungle

78) key

79) knoll

80) lagoon

81) lake

82) land bridge

83) landform

84) landmass

85) latitude

86) lava

87) leeward

88) legend

89) lithosphere

90) longitude

91) lowland

92) magma

93) mainland

94) mantle

95) map

96) map projection

97) marsh

98) Mediterranean climate

99) mesa

100) mountain

101) mountain range

102) nation

103) Northern Hemisphere

104) oasis

105) ocean floor

106) peninsula

107) physical geography

108) piedmont

109) plate tectonics

110) plateau

111) polar region

112) pond

113) prairie

114) prevailing wind

115) province

116) rain shadow

117) reef

118) rift valley

119) river

120) riverine

121) rural

122) scale

123) sea

124) sea level

125) taiga

126) terrain

127) territory

128) Tropic of Cancer

129) Tropic of Capricorn

130) tropics

131) tundra

132) orogeny

133) upland

134) urban

135) strait

136) valley

137) volcano

138) water table

139) watershed

140) Western Hemisphere

141) windward

142) Europe

143) Eurasia

144) Africa

145) Asia

146) North America

147) South America

148) Central America

149) Australia

150) Oceania

151) Scandinavia

152) Antarctic Circle

153) Arctic Circle

154) Indochina




ASSIGNMENT #2: VIDEOS

Use the videos to answer each of the questions in your own handwriting.  Do not use a search engine to find answers (or any other form of plagiarism) or the entire assignment will not count. Be certain to write neatly otherwise points will be taken off.

This assignment is worth one non-test grade, any non-test grade raised up to 100, and any test grade raised up to 80.


1) What continent is the United States located on?
2) What benefits does the Mississippi River Basin provide to the United States?
3) What benefits do the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans provide to the United States?


4) What continent is the United Kingdom part of?
5) How do the United Kingdom's rugged coastline and it being surrounded by water benefit that country?
6) What makes it difficult for London to completely control the whole of the United Kingdom?


7) What on which continents is Russia located?
8) What weakness or problem doe the North European Plain present to Russia?


9) On which continent is Canada located?
10) When did Canada become and independent country?
11) Why does the majority of Canada's population live in its southern region?


12) Which continent is Japan part of?
13) Name Japan's four main islands.
14) What is Japan's primary geographic challenge?


15) On what continent is Belarus located?
16) What is the main historic route for invasion into Russia?
17) Define "buffer state".
18) Who is the current president of Belarus and when did he become president?


19) On which continent is China located?
20) Why is it important for China to control its "buffer zones"?


21) Define "shipping lane", and "maritime".
22) Why did Australia form alliances with the maritime powers of the United Kingdom and the United States?


23) On which continent is Venezuela located?
24) When did Venezuela become an independent country?
25) What natural resource is of greatest importance to Venezuela's economy?


26) On which continent is Turkey located?
27) Define "infrastructure".
28) Name the landform that most of Turkey sits on.
29) How has Turkey's rugged geography and mountainous terrain benefitted Turkey?
30) What disadvantage does Turkey's rugged geography and mountainous terrain create for that country?


31) On which continent is Spain located?
32) Name the natural boundary that separates Spain from France.
33) How has Spain's mountainous terrain been a hinderance to it?


34) On which continent is Ukraine located?
35) Describe the location of Ukraine's economically productive regions.


36) On which continent is Iran located?
37) What natural resource is important to Iran's economy?


38) On which continent is Saudi Arabia located?
39) What type of landform does Saudi Arabia sit on and what is its name?
40) What is the main export (and source of wealth) for Saudi Arabia?
41) Why does Saudi Arabia rely on a major foreign power?


42) On which continent is Italy located?
43) Define "Levant" and identify the countries that are currently in that location.
44) Why did Italian reunification occur late?


45) On which continent is India located?
46) What has made it possible for India to be free of foreign interference for much of its history?
47) What is the Ganges River Basin?


48) On which continent is Germany located?
49) When did Germany become unified?
50) When did Germany become divided into East and West Germany?
51) When did East and West Germany become unified as Germany?


52) On which continent is Oman located?
53) On what type of landform is Oman located? What is the name of that landform?
54) What separates Oman's capital from the rest of the country?
55) What natural resource does Oman's economy depend on?
56) Name the landform that places the Strait of Hormuz in Oman's territorial waters.
57) What naval power does Oman depend on today to protect its sovereignty?


58) On which continent is Thailand located?
59) What is the name of Thailand's major food producing region?


60) On which continent is Vietnam located?
61) What are the two main rivers of Vietnam's population cores?
62) Name the two main cities of Vietnam's population cores.


63) On which continent is Colombia located?
64) Name the countries that border Colombia.
65) What was the name of the country/ territory that was divided to form Colombia?


66) Which continent is Indonesia part of?
67) Name the two oceans that border the Indonesian island chain/ archipelago.
68) Name Indonesia's main island.
69) Name Indonesia's agricultural heartland.
70) What physical feature is the core of Indonesia. This physical feature allows access to the major Indonesia's major islands.


71) On which continent is Nepal located?
72) Name the rivers that irrigate Nepal's agricultural region.
73) Name the region of China that borders Nepal.
74) What are Nepal's major tourist attractions?


75) On which continent is Azerbaijan located?
76) Name the three large powers (countries) that border Azerbaijan.
77) What country is the historic rival of Azerbaijan?
78) From where does Azerbaijan get its energy resources?


79) On which continent is Mexico located?
80) Name the countries/ foreign powers that used the port city of Veracruz as a means of conquering Mexico.
81) What are to two main mountain ranges of Mexico?





ASSIGNMENT #3: POWER POINTS
Use the power points to answer the questions in your own handwriting. Write neatly otherwise points will be taken off. Any form of plagiarism used to complete this assignment disqualifies the entire assignment.

This Assignment is worth two test grades raised up to 85.





Use the first twelve slides to answer the following questions:

1) Which of the following coordinate sets is likely to have the coldest climate of the five?
62N, 114W;  38N, 13E;   35S, 56W;   4S, 15E;   44N, 79W

2) Which of the above coordinate sets is likely to have the coldest climate of the five?

3) Although Mt. Kilimanjaro is located only three degrees south of the Equator, its peak is covered in snow. How is this possible?

4) While Long Island gets snow less often than most places in New York State, many snowfalls there are more than just a dusting. For eight days a year on average, the fresh snow on Long Island amounts to at least an inch. Snowstorms of over five inches a day normally occur just a once or twice a year.  Use the following map of New York State to identify which of the climate affecting factors is at work. List that factor when you have identified it.


5) The Kuroshio Current has an important warming effect upon the south and southeast coastal regions of Japan as far north as Tokyo. Which of the climate affecting factors apply to this phenomena?

6) Identify which climate affecting factor applies to the following passage: "Westerly winds from the Atlantic Ocean carry moisture into the region, but the mountains act as a weather barrier between the coastal grasslands and wetlands and the Sahara Desert. The Atlas Range causes a rain shadow effect, preventing the areas beyond the mountains from receiving much rainfall."

7) Name the three types of tectonic plate boundaries and how each one moves.
8) Using the tectonic plate map contained in the power point, identify the tectonic plates that formed the Andes Mountains and describe the type of boundary those plates share.
9) Using the tectonic plate map contained in the power point, identify the tectonic plates that are creating the rift/ split in Iceland and the type of boundary those plates share.
10) Using the tectonic plate map contained in the power point, identify the tectonic plates that formed the Himalayas and describe the type of boundaries those plates share.
11) What type of tectonic plate boundary is the cause of most earthquakes in California?

12) In which direction to lines of latitude go?
13) In which direction do lines of longitude go?
14) What is the name given to the line that is zero degrees latitude?
15) What is the name given to the line that is zero degrees longitude?
16) What divides Earth into northern and southern hemispheres?
17) What divides Earth into eastern and western hemispheres?
18) List the cardinal directions.
19) List the intermediate directions.


ASSIGNMENT #4: MAPS

Use the maps to answer the questions (which will be soon posted).  Complete in your own handwriting.  Write neatly otherwise points will be taken.

This assignment is worth one test grade and any test grade raised up to 85.


Koppen World Map

1) Why are continental climates present in latitudes higher than those of temperate climates?
2) Name four states and three provinces where a continental climate is found.
3) What is the dominant (major) climate found on the Scandinavian Peninsula?
4) Write the full climate description for the Sahara Desert.
5) Name three countries where there is a climate description that is a tropical climate type and a rainforest precipitation level.


6) Name the landform on which Yemen is found.
7) Name three countries that border the Arabian Sea.
8) Name the country that surrounds the Java Sea.
9) Name the body of water that separates North Africa from Southern Europe.
10) Find Central America and name all the countries contained therein.


11) What is the name of the provincial capital of Saskatchewan?
12) What is the state capital of Kansas?
13) What is the national capital of Mexico?
14) What is the capital of Greenland?

South America Political Map

15) List the capital of Brazil.
16) Find the Strait of Magellan. In what country is it located and what bodies of water are connected by it?
17) Click on Ecuador.  Name three states in Ecuador.
18) Name a country in South America that borders the Caribbean Sea.


19) Name all the Central American countries and their capitals.  List them in the following manner: Capital City, Country.
20) Name the bodies of water that border Central America.


21) Click on each of the Baltic States (Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia).  Use each of the resulting map enlargements and list the bodies of water that border these three countries.
22) Look up the Vatican city (on the internet).  Give a brief description of it.
23) List all the countries that border the Black Sea.


24) Name the capital of Madagascar.
25) Click on Uganda and Tanzania.  List all the lakes that you see on those enlarged maps.


26) Aside from the Pacific Ocean, list all the bodies of water that border Asia's eastern coast.
27) Name the four main islands of Indonesia.
28) You will need to click on Italy, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, and Iran to answer the following question: A that leaves Italy en route to Kuwait City takes the Suez Canal get there. List all the bodies of water that boat will encounter in the order they are encountered.




Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Independent Workday Assignment: 3/ 8/ 24

Koppen Climate Map Link


 Meaning of Koppen Classification Letters

 

The first letter is the climate type

A - Tropical: Hot temperatures all year. This type of climate has every month of the year with an average temperature of (64.4 °F) or higher, with significant precipitation.

 B - Dry: This type of climate has little precipitation.

 C - Temperate: Temperate climates are those without extremes of temperature and precipitation (rain and snow). There are four distinct seasons. This type of climate has the coldest month averaging between 0 °C (32 °F) and 18 °C (64.4 °F) and at least one month averaging above 10 °C (50 °F).

 D - Continental: Similar to temperate climates (four distinct seasons); located in latitudes higher than temperate climates. Summers are shorter and milder than those of temperate climates. Winters are longer and colder than those of temperate climates.

 E – Polar: warmest temperature of any month being below 10 °C (50 °F). Polar climates are further divided into two types, tundra climates and icecap climates.


Second letter refers to amount of precipitation

W - desert:  very dry, little precipitation

 S - steppe: semi-arid, light rainfall

 f - rainforest: high precipitation

 s – savanna, dry summer

 w – savanna, dry winter

 m - monsoon

 Third letter refers to temperature

h - hot

 k - cold

 a - hot summers

 b- warm summers

 c - cold summers

 d – very cold winter


Answer the following questions in your own handwriting and submit on Monday:

1) Using the Koppen climate map and the political map, identify five European countries located in Europe that have a continental climate type (D-Type of climate).

2) Using the physical map and the climate map, explain why an polar climate type (E-type) is present in Northern Italy and Bulgaria even though both contries are far from the polar regions of Earth.

3) What is the climate type present in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The climate type is the first letter in the Koppen letter sets.


Thursday, March 7, 2024

Koppen Climate Map for Europe Link


Political Map of  Europe Link


Physical Map of Europe Link 


You may need to use this Koppen climate reference guide along with the map links to answer the questions below:


Meaning of Koppen Classification Letters

 

The first letter is the climate type

A - Tropical: Hot temperatures all year. This type of climate has every month of the year with an average temperature of (64.4 °F) or higher, with significant precipitation.

 B - Dry: This type of climate has little precipitation.

 C - Temperate: Temperate climates are those without extremes of temperature and precipitation (rain and snow). There are four distinct seasons. This type of climate has the coldest month averaging between 0 °C (32 °F) and 18 °C (64.4 °F) and at least one month averaging above 10 °C (50 °F).

 D - Continental: Similar to temperate climates (four distinct seasons); located in latitudes higher than temperate climates. Summers are shorter and milder than those of temperate climates. Winters are longer and colder than those of temperate climates.

 E – Polar: warmest temperature of any month being below 10 °C (50 °F). Polar climates are further divided into two types, tundra climates and icecap climates.

 

Second letter refers to amount of precipitation

W - desert:  very dry, little precipitation

 S - steppe: semi-arid, light rainfall

 f - rainforest: high precipitation

 s – savanna, dry summer

 w – savanna, dry winter

 m - monsoon

 Third letter refers to temperature

h - hot

 k - cold

 a - hot summers

 b- warm summers

 c - cold summers

 d – very cold winter


Answer the following questions in your own handwriting and submit on Monday:

1) Using the Koppen climate map and the political map, identify five European countries located in Europe that have a continental climate type (D-Type of climate).

2) Using the physical map and the climate map, explain why an polar climate type (E-type) is present in Northern Italy and Bulgaria even though both contries are far from the polar regions of Earth.

3) What is the climate type present in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The climate type is the first letter in the Koppen letter sets.


Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Europe Exam Study Guide

 Political Map of Europe 

1) Which countries of Europe possess landmass in the Western Hemisphere?

2) Which countries in Europe possess landmass in the Eastern Hemisphere?

3) Which countries in Europe border the Mediterranean Sea?

4) Which countries in Europe border the Arctic Ocean?

5) Which countries in Europe possess landmass above the Arctic Circle?

6) Which countries in Europe border Russia?

7) Which countries in Europe border Germany?


Physical Map of Europe


Tips for answering the coordinate (latitude, longitude) questions without a map:

1) In the western hemisphere, the higher the number of degrees in longitude you have moved, the further west you are from the Prime Meridian.

2) In the eastern hemisphere, the higher the number of degrees in longitude you have moved, the further east you are from the Prime Meridian.

3) In the northern hemisphere, the higher the number of degrees in latitude have moved, the further north you are from the Equator.

4) In the southern hemisphere, the higher the number of degrees in latitude you have moved, the further south you have moved from the Equator.

These tips, along with a basic knowledge of where countries, landforms, and climate types are located will help you to answer coordinate questions without the help of a map. 

EXAMPLE:

Assuming all the following coordinate sets to be located in Europe, which is closest to the Mediterranean Sea?

a) 38N, 13E     b) 53N, 13E     c) 53N, 6W   d) 60N, 18E

The answer is "a". Of all the coordinate sets listed, 38N is the furthest south and since the Mediterranean Sea is south of Europe (in between the coasts of Southern Europe and North Africa), it is closest to the Mediterranean Sea.

If the above question asked with coordinate set was closest to the Arctic Ocean, a body of water bordering the coasts of Europe's northernmost countries then the answer would be "d" since 60N is furthest north.


Basic Facts About Europe Which Will Help You:

1) All countries and landforms in Europe are located in the Northern Hemisphere.  There will be no coordinate sets (latitude, longitude) in which the latitude is listed as "S" (south). If there is such a coordinate set than it is not located in Europe.

2) 

Saturday, February 24, 2024

Monday, February 5, 2024

North America Koppen Map

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_America_K%C3%B6ppen_Map.png

Friday, January 26, 2024

Factors Affecting Climate: 2nd Assignment and Video


 

Use the video to answer the following questions.

1) What is the difference between weather and climate?

2) What is latitude?

3) Why are places near the Equator warmer in temperature than places far from the Equator?

4) Why are places at high altitudes  of a cooler temperature than those of a low altitude?

5) What is topography?

6) Using a dictionary, define "rain shadow".

7) Why do the Philippines have a moderate climate?

8) What are the five factors that affect climate?

Five Factors Affecting Climate Assignment

 

1) How do wind and ocean currents affect temperature?

     - Wind currents distribute the sun’s heat throughout the Earth.

 

2) What is the cause of the Coriolis Effect?

     - The cause of the Coriolis Effect, a bending of winds in different directions in northern and southern hemispheres, is the rotation of Earth.

 

3) In addition to affecting temperature, what other feature of climate is affected by ocean currents?

     - Ocean currents can affect precipitation.  These currents can chill the air and prevent the moisture in warm air from falling to Earth.

 

4) List the three main climate zones on Earth and their MAIN characteristic in the following way: name of climate zone: main characteristic

      - low/ tropical: hot all year long; high/ polar: cold all year long; middle/ temperate: varying climates – four distinct seasons

 

5) How is it possible for a mountainous region in the tropical climate zone to have temperatures similar to a high or polar zone?

     - A mountainous region in the tropics can have a polar type of climate due to its high elevation. Elevation rises, temperature decreases.

 

6) Use your electronic device or laptop to define the term "rain shadow".

      - A rain shadow is a patch of land that has been forced to become a desert because mountain ranges blocked all plant-growing, rainy weather. On one side of the mountain, wet weather systems drop rain and snow.

 

7) Of the four factors (categories) that affect climate, which category does a "rain shadow" fall into?

     - Because a rain shadow is caused  by a mountain range, it is in the category of a landform’s affect on climate.

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Grid Maps, Longitude and Latitude





1) What is a grid?

     grid - a network of lines that cross each other to form a series of squares or rectangles.

2) What are the names given to the lines that form the imaginary grid used to identify exact and approximate locations on earth?

3) What is another term used for lines of latitude?

4) In which direction do lines of latitude go?

5) What are the number of degrees for the Equator?

     5a) What subdivisions of Earth are created by the Equator?

6) What are the number of degrees for the Tropic of Cancer?

     6a) Why is the Tropic of Cancer (23.5N) labeled with the letter N?

7) What are the number of degrees for the Tropic of Capricorn?

     7a) Why is the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5S) labeled with the letter S?

8) What is the name of the climate region that lies in between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn?

9) What are the number of degrees for the Arctic Circle?

     9a) Why is the Arctic Circle (66.5N) labeled with the letter N?

10) What are the number of degrees for the Antarctic Circle?

     10a) Why is the Antarctic Circle (66.5S) labeled with the letter S?

11) Describe the type of climate that lies in between the Tropics and the Antarctic/ Arctic circles.

12) What is the term given to the type of climate that lies north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle?

     - A polar climate consisting of cool summers and very cold winters, which results in treeless tundra, glaciers, or a permanent or semi-permanent layer of ice.

13) What is another name for lines of longitude?

14) How is the spacing between lines of longitude different from lines of latitude?

     14a) Where do lines of longitude meet?

15) What subdivisions of Earth are created by the Prime Meridian (0⁰ Longitude)?