Daily Warm Ups

1. World Cultures
Warm-Ups 2015-16

2. Day 1
What is meant by interdependence?
How do we depend on other
countries/states/places?

3. Day 2
What are the three natural resources
that are most important to people and
why?

4. Day 3
What are some decisions people might be
able to make more effectively with good
understanding of geography?

5. Day 4
What is an example of human-
environment interaction?

6. Day 5
What is the difference between an
ocean and a sea?

7. Day 6
What do legends on a map do? Why
is this important?

8. Day 7
What are the 5 oceans?
What are the 7 continents?
What are continents broken into?

9. Day 8
What factors might lead people to migrate
from one place to another?

10. Day 9
What challenges would a country face due to
the following:
A small, or decreasing population
A larger, or increasing population

11. Day 10
What resources (natural or otherwise) might
attract people and industry to a particular
region?

12. Day 11
What is the difference between a push
and pull factor? Give one example of
each.

13. Day 12
Explain the difference between a dictatorship
and a democracy.

14. Day 12
What are people who flee a country called? What
challenges would each of the following have:
The people fleeing
The country they are entering

15. Day 13
How have computers changed people’s
lives? What are other examples of cultural
changes?

16. Day 14
 Name anything you know about another culture
besides your own. Then, make up a question of
something you want to learn about another
culture.

17. Day 15
What products do you use from another
country? How does foreign trade affect
culture?

18. Day 16
What is the main difference between a
democracy and a dictatorship?

19. Day 17
 Cultures are constantly changing. Give an example
of a cultural change in your community.
Technology
Language
Food
Conflicts among groups

20. Day 17
How do people use waterways?

21. Day 18
Give is an example of the following in
Europe:
A waterway
A peninsula

22. Day 19
What are Europe’s natural resources and
how have these affected their economy?

23. Day 18
How does fertilizer from farm runoff affect
fish in the Danube River?

24. Day 21
What factors affect Europe’s climate?

25. Day 22
Why are low-lying areas in Europe particularly
concerned about global warming?

26. Day 21
Why are hydroelectric and wind power
considered “clean” energy?

27. Day 24
 List anything you already know about Ancient
Greece and Ancient Rome.

28. Day 25
 What comes to mind when you think of the term
“Middle Ages” in Europe?

29. Day 26
What were some accomplishments during
the Renaissance? What do you already know
about the Renaissance?

30. Day 27
Review:
List one benefit from the Industrial Revolution
List one problem from the Industrial Revolution in
Europe
- Page 302 for reference

31. Day 3
 What is the European Union and what is its goal?

32. Day 4
 In what ways can a country have an impact on the
rest of the world?

33. Day 5
 What is a constitutional monarchy and give an
example of a country that has this.

34. Day 6
 Predict or recall a current issue facing the UK or
Ireland.
 Pg. 326

35. Day 7
What are the main industries of
Northern Europe?
P.327

36. Day 8
Why do the Benelux countries have to
rely on imports?

37. Day 9
Predict what industries Southern Europe
(Italy, Greece) may rely on for their economic
growth.

38. Day 10
 How is Greece different than other countries in
Europe? (geographically, religion, economically)
 Pg. 342 text

39. Day 11
 What may be a big challenge for Europe as its
immigrant population continues to increase?
 - pg. 345 text

40. Day 10
 Predict what you think a challenge may be for people
living in Eastern Europe (politically or economically)
Pg. 349

41. Day 11
 Why did Czechoslovakia break up into two
countries? What are the names of each country?
Pg. 353

42. Day 12
What are your New Year’s resolutions?

43. Day 13
 When you think of Russia, what comes to mind?
What makes Russia a “region”?