Structure:
1. Multiple Choice Questions – answer 20 (40 points)
a. Self-explanatory!
2. Map – mark 10 locations or features (10 points)
a. You will mark locations on a map or indicate which is which. i.e. I will ask
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Structure:
1. Multiple Choice Questions – answer 20 (40 points)
a. Self-explanatory!
2. Map – mark 10 locations or features (10 points)
a. You will mark locations on a map or indicate which is which. i.e. I will ask you to label
City or River A indicated on the map, or ask you to draw a circle around a physiographic
feature such as a mountain range.
3. Questions, concepts, and definitions. 8 questions, answer 5 (50 points)
a. For this section you should aim to answer 1-2 paragraph per answer.
World Regions in a global context:
Review Quiz 1 and its materials.
North America
Cajun culture
• Acadians came from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia (Canada) to Louisiana in 1764
• Mixed with French Creoles
• A creole is a descendant from the French or Spanish settlers of the new world
o Like a colonist
U.S. Climate Zones and Moisture Gradient
• Every type of climate possible - alaska to Florida. Temperature varies drastically.
o Different types of air masses meeting
• Precipitation - east and west coast tend to be mild and moderately wet. Interior is dry due to
mountains blocking moisture.
• South East US - important source of moisture e.g Hurricanes
• Arctic North is a desert
o No precipitation
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o South and south east because of its relation to the Caribbean which is rather moist gets a lot
of rain
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• Do not need to know the Biomes at all
Environmental Modification
• A wealth of resources accompanied by a technological capacity to exploit them. Result:
o High quality of life can be had
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o High level of material consumption and environmental degradation
• Those two do not always go hand in hand but often
• Climate change
o Heave reliance on fossil fuels, producing huge amounts of green house gases. (GHGs)
• Carbon footprint
o The total set of GHG emissions caused directly and indirectly by an individual, organization
or place etc. as a way of understanding how GHGs are contributing to climate change and
where their impacts might be reduced
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Mineral Resources – The Alberta Oil Tar Sands. The Bakken Shale Formation
• Both countries possess vast mineral resources
o Canada is 2nd in proven oil reserves
• Lot of it in the arctics
• In canada - oil is located primarily in Alberta = the Texas of Canada
• In the US oil deposits are located in Texas, the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, Alaska and California
• The US is the second largest consumer of energy (after China) and relies on Canadian imports
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