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World Geography

Subject : geography
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Tourism based on concern for the environment






2. 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






3. A tax on imports or exports






4. Any system of government in which leaders rule with consent of the citizens






5. Graphic representation of the surface features of a place or region on a map & indicating their relative positions and elevations






6. Location in relation to other places






7. The appreciation & acceptance or promotion of multiple cultures & applied to the demographic make-up of a specific place & usually at the organizational level






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






9. The ownership and management of companies & factories & etc...for the activity of providing goods and services for financial gain






10. The statistical characteristics of a population






11. The way the settlement is arranged and its physical appearance of the settlement






12. Location in relation to other places






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






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






15. Factors that induce people to move to a new location






16. A disease circulating mainly among small rodents and their fleas. Without treatment & the plague kills about 2/3 infected humans within 4 days






17. An imaginary line on the earth's surface equidistant from the North and South Pole which divides the earth into hemispheres






18. A ruling house or continuing family of rulers & especially in China






19. The use of machines & tools & and labor to produce goods for use or sale






20. Obtain (goods or services) from an outside supplier & esp. in place of an internal source






21. Identity with a group of people that share legal attachment and personal allegiance to a particular place as a result of being born there






22. 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






23. A system of ideas and ideals & esp. one that forms the basis of economic or political policy; the ideas and manner of thinking of a group social class & or individual






24. A country that has progressed relatively far along a continuum of development






25. Use: the act of using






26. A line that forms the boundary of an ara: a perimeter - the other most part or region within a precise boundary






27. A system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet Protocol Suite to serve billions of users worldwide






28. Way of life of a group of people who share beliefs and similar customs






29. The use of machines & tools & and labor to produce goods for use or sale






30. The belief that there is no God






31. Of or relating to the nucleus of an atom






32. Economic system in which economic decisions about production and distribution are made by some central authority






33. The way the settlement is arranged and its physical appearance of the settlement






34. The freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for proift with minimal government regulation






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






36. The frequent repetition of an act; to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group of people performing the act






37. Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope






38. The areas where the climate changes by altitude






39. Producing just enough food for a family or a village to survive






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






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






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






43. Indicator of level of development for each country & constructed by United Nations & combining income & literacy & education & and life expectancy






44. Used of organisms (especillay of different species) living together ut not necessarily in a relation beneficial to each






45. An area of a country where some normal trade barriers such as tariffs and quotas are eliminated and bureaucratic requirements are lowered in hopes of attracting new business






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






47. A form of government in which all political power is passed down to an individual






48. Indicator of level of development for each country & constructed by United Nations & combining income & literacy & education & and life expectancy






49. Technological and economical growth that does not deplete the human and natural resources of a given area






50. All the plants or plant life of a place & taken as a whole