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World Geography
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Tribal community or large group of people related to one another
Death Rate
Absolute Location
Clan
Socialism
2. An autocratic form of government in which the government is ruled by an individual
Continental Drift
North American Free Trade Agreement
GIS
Dictatorship
3. Process by which a body of water becomes too rich in dissolved nutrients & leading to plant growth that depletes oxygen
El Nino
Continental Drift
Eutrophication
Steam Power
4. The exact position of a place on the earth's surface
Greenhouse Effect
Absolute Location
Free Enterprise Economic System
Connectivity
5. Process by which a body of water becomes too rich in dissolved nutrients & leading to plant growth that depletes oxygen
Tertiary Economic Activities
Ecotourism
Eutrophication
Free Enterprise Economic System
6. One of seven large landmasses on the Earth
Traditional Economy
Federal System
Cultural Divergence
Continent
7. The state or quality of being connected or connective; the benefits of global connectivity
Totalitarian System
Subcontinent
Cultural Divergence
Connectivity
8. Self-rule
Political Boundaries
Sovereignty
Fold
Region
9. A union consisting of 53 African States whose objectives are to: Accelerate the political and socio-economic integration of the continent - Promote and defend African common positions on issues of interest to the continent and its peoples - Achieve p
Ecotourism
Internet
Meridian
African Union (AU)
10. Form of government without a monarch in which people elect their officials
European Union (EU)
Republic
Precipitation
Civil War
11. Society based on equality in which workers would control industrial production
Communism
Tornado
Commercial Industry
Phenomenon
12. A similar climatic condition on the Earth such as communities or plants & animals & and soil organisms
Bubonic Plague
Biome
Elevation
Doldrums
13. The deliberate and systematic destruction & in whole or in part & of an ethnic & racial & religious & or national group
United Nations (UN)
Fault
Genocide
Glacier
14. The theory that the continents were once joined and then slowly drifted apart
Continental Drift
Steam Power
Grid System
Island
15. A large & powerful windstorm that forms over warm ocean waters
GIS
Culture
Hurricane
Urbanization
16. The belief that there is no God
African Union (AU)
Less Developed Country
Atheism
Subsistence Farming
17. The movement of people into one country from another
Fault
Perceptual Region
Island
Immigration
18. The numbering system used to indicate the location of parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the equator
Longitude
Latitude
Lithosphere
Vertical Climate Zones
19. The portion of the economy concerned with manufacturing useful products through processing & transforming & and assembling raw materials
Tsunami
Physical Geography
Secondary Economic Activities
Commercial Industry
20. A similar climatic condition on the Earth such as communities or plants & animals & and soil organisms
Human Development Index
Deficit
Biome
Bubonic Plague
21. The expelling from a country or killing of rival ethnic groups
Glacier
Geopolitical
GIS
Ethnic Cleansing
22. Tourism based on concern for the environment
Voting Patterns
Ecotourism
Geopolitical
Primary Economic Activities
23. Used in farming to cultivate sloped land - decreases erosion and surface run-off
Clan
Terracing
Topography
Outsourcing
24. Large body of ice that moves across the surface of the earth
Plate Tectonics
Scarcity
Glacier
Death Rate
25. A large & powerful windstorm that forms over warm ocean waters
World Trade
Distribution
International
Hurricane
26. Under communism & a large & state-owned farm on which farmers received wages plus a share of products and profits; also called a kolkhoz
Connectivity
Greenhouse Effect
Collective Farm
Birthrate
27. Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope
Region
Telecommunications
Globalization
Atheism
28. Assimilation of Western culture; the social process of becoming familiar with or converting to the customs and practices of Western culture
Theocracy
Westernization
Lithosphere
Islam
29. A frequent windless area near the Equator
Topography
Doldrums
Multiculturalism
Christianity
30. A widespread exchange of animals & plants & culture & human populations & diseases & and ideas between the Eastern and Western Hemisphere
Columbian Exchange
Scarcity
Indigenous
Eutrophication
31. Business that provides a service instead of making goods
Geopolitical
Service Industries
Civil War
Nonrenewable Resources
32. A region defined by a common characteristic & such as production of a product
Formal Region
Eutrophication
Absolute Location
Acid Rain
33. Used in farming to cultivate sloped land - decreases erosion and surface run-off
Terracing
Commercial Agriculture
Judaism
Monarchy
34. A business that employs workers in their homes
Collective Farm
Cottage Industry
Earthquakes
Tornado
35. A layer of gases that surrounds the earth
United Nations (UN)
Atmosphere
Polytheism
Embargo
36. Form of government without a monarch in which people elect their officials
Ecosystem
Utilization
Republic
Steam Power
37. One of the oldest monotheistic religions; it is a religion & philosophy and way of life for the Jewish people. Belief in God as the written and oral Torah
Judaism
Ideology
Quaternary Economic Activities
Connectivity
38. Thick middle layer of the earth's interior structure & consisting of dense & hot rock
Culture
Judaism
Capital
Mantle
39. A 'super-city' that is made up of several large and small cities such as the area between Boston and Washington D.C.
Socialism
Megalopolis
Doldrums
Political Boundaries
40. The areas where the climate changes by altitude
European Union (EU)
Sikhism
Vertical Climate Zones
Socioeconomic Status
41. Weather patterns typical for an area over a long period of time
Climate
Embargo
Topography
Elevation
42. The belief that there is no God
Political Boundaries
Hurricane
Atheism
Doldrums
43. A formal expression of preference for a candidate for office or for a proposed resolution of an issue
Voting Patterns
Vertical Climate Zones
Internet
Surplus
44. The effect of a natural hazard like a flood & tornado & hurricane & volcanic eruption earthquake & landslide & or tsunami which leads to financial & environmental & or human losses
Outsourcing
Political Boundaries
Natural Disaster
United Nations (UN)
45. A business that employs workers in their homes
Population Distribution
Cottage Industry
Genocide
Urban Centers
46. Process of converting into vapor
Evaporation
Terracing
Socialism
Newly Industrialized Country
47. The areas where the climate changes by altitude
Patriotism
Suburb
Evaporation
Vertical Climate Zones
48. A union consisting of 53 African States whose objectives are to: Accelerate the political and socio-economic integration of the continent - Promote and defend African common positions on issues of interest to the continent and its peoples - Achieve p
Push Factors
Dictatorship
Sustainable Development
African Union (AU)
49. All the plants or plant life of a place & taken as a whole
Dictatorship
Columbian Exchange
Vegetation
Ideology
50. All phenomena that are not artificial; happen in nature
Phenomenon
Rain Shadow Effect
Rain Shadow Effect
Central American Free Trade Agreement