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Friday, August 25, 2023

Week 3: Aug. 28 - Sept. 1, 2k23

Geography Test on Day 2 of this week

1. Geo means …  and -graphy means 
2. What are some things geographers study?
3. Define geography
4. Define human geography & provide two examples of mankind’s impact on geography
5. What are two questions geographers wonder…?
8. What is urban sprawl & what do you think is one positive & one negative impact of urban sprawl? 
9. What were three things the city of Atlanta needed/did for the 1996 Olympic Games?  Are any of these things still around or exist today? 
10. What is gentrification? How is gentrification changing the ATL?
11.  What is economic activity? 
13. What is gross domestic product? 
14. What are the two nations with the largest GDP’s? 
16. What makes a nation wealthy? 
17. What is consumption? 
20. How has farming done more to change the world than any other human activity?
21. How much of the water on earth is “freshwater"? 
23. What does immigrate mean? 
25. After looking at the T-chart and the reading  provide a detailed list of push and pull factors for immigration explaining what these factors are.  
26. Concrete is the most produced good by humans in the world, but oil is likely one of the most consumed.  What are three ways in which humans consume (not eat, consume means use!) oil.
27. What continent has the least amount of oil production? 
30. List as many positive and negative effects of oil production in the world?  Provide examples of how oil has made people better off and how oil has not improved the lives of all.  (opinionated based on reading)