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World Geography

Subject : geography
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Communications over a distance by cable & telegraph & telephone & or broadcasting






2. A rule or directive made and maintained by an authority






3. Disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population






4. Level of income and education






5. A widespread exchange of animals & plants & culture & human populations & diseases & and ideas between the Eastern and Western Hemisphere






6. Taking photos of the ground from an elevated position on a plane or satellite






7. Nearness in space & time & or relationship






8. The deliberate and systematic destruction & in whole or in part & of an ethnic & racial & religious & or national group






9. An overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land






10. A periodic reversal of the pattern of ocean currents and water temperatures in the mid-Pacific region






11. The value of goods and services created within a country in a year






12. A layer of gases that surrounds the earth






13. Fieldwork that involves conducting research in the community by distributing questionnaires & taking photographs & recording observations & interviewing citizens & and collecting samples. Primary sources of information






14. The result of the restriction of a culture from the outside cultural influences






15. A system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god






16. Disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population






17. An international organization of countries set up in 1945 in succession to the League of Nations & to promote international peace






18. Resources that have an unlimited supply and is not depleted when used by humans






19. A group or chain of islands






20. Migration FROM a location






21. One of seven large landmasses on the Earth






22. All phenomena that are not artificial; happen in nature






23. Support (an organization or activity) financially






24. A tax on imports or exports






25. Condition of the atmosphere in one place during a short period of time






26. 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






27. Public policy can be generally defined as the course of action (or inaction) taken by the state with regard to a particular issue; laws






28. The state or quality of being connected or connective; the benefits of global connectivity






29. Use: the act of using






30. Stories passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth






31. Selling and buying on the internet






32. The total number of deaths in a year among infants under one year old for every 1000 live births in a society






33. The numbering system used to indicate the location of meridians drawn on a globe and measuring distance east and west of the Prime Meridian






34. A center where cultures developed from which ideas and traditions spread outward






35. Trade agreement made in 1994 by Canada & the United States & and Mexico






36. The distribution of ideas & products & culture & technology & innovation & languages and so on across space to other people






37. Wearing away of the earth's surface by wind & flowing water & or glaciers






38. The basic urban necessities like streets and utilities






39. Of the same or similar kind or nature






40. A bend in layers or rock & sometimes caused by plate movement






41. (OPEC) a collective of countries founded in 1960 that choose to collaborate in order to manage the exportation of their crude oil to the rest of the world






42. Government in which a single individual possesses the power and authority to rule






43. A system in which tradition and custom control all economic activity; existss in only a few parts of the world






44. Japanese term used for a huge sea wave caused by an undersea earthquake






45. A political system where the state & usually under the control of a single political person






46. A 'super-city' that is made up of several large and small cities such as the area between Boston and Washington D.C.






47. An economic system based on free enterprise & in which businesses are privately owned & and production and prices are determined by supply and demand






48. An amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply over demand






49. The portion of the economy concerned with the direct extraction of materials from Earth's surface & generally through agriculture & mining & fishing & or forestry






50. A bar graph representing the distribution of population by age and sex