GEOG 1001 : Exam1 Study Guide
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The region where air flows together and rises vertically as a result of intense solar heating at the equator. The area encircling the earth near the equator where the northeast and southeast trade winds come together. : the main characteristics of the seven climate zones identified in the textbook: tropical, arid and. Semiarid, mediterranean, humid subtropical, marine west coast/marine coastal, continental, polar and highlands: the major indicators of climate change (figure 1. 11 in textbook, the three largest overall emitters of greenhouse gases. The two countries that led the first wave of colonial activity. Signature example" of colonialism, and the regions in which they were located. The factors that fueled the industrial revolution: how communism and the cold war produced new regional configurations, the directions in which. Western and eastern europe turned: the key factor the textbook identifies as explaining the rise of europe over the last 500 years, the four types of economic activity (primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary).
