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World Geography
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An autocratic form of government in which the government is ruled by an individual
Refugee
Dictatorship
More Developed Country
Commodity
2. Transition from an agricultural society to one based on industry
Terrorism
Steam Power
Industrialization
Federal System
3. Large body of ice that moves across the surface of the earth
Glacier
Absolute Location
Connectivity
Cohesiveness
4. Indicator of level of development for each country & constructed by United Nations & combining income & literacy & education & and life expectancy
Internet
Human Development Index
Functional Region
Vegetation
5. 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
Field Interviews
Natural Disaster
Deficit
Drought
6. A religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions & beliefs & and practices based on Siddhartha Gautama known as the Buddha
Buddhism
Archipelago
Literacy Rate
Totalitarian System
7. Use: the act of using
Distribution
Field Interviews
Standard of living
Utilization
8. A ruling house or continuing family of rulers & especially in China
Dynasty
Totalitarian System
Steam Power
African Union (AU)
9. Goods produced for sale
Phenomenon
Lithosphere
Commodity
Clan
10. The 3rd largest religion with 1 billion believers & found primarily in South Asia and includes the belief in Karma & Dharma & and Reincarnation
Tertiary Economic Activities
Industrialization
Fold
Hinduism
11. Regular movement of water from ocean to air to ground and back to the ocean
Symbiotic
Judaism
Clan
Water Cycle
12. The result of the restriction of a culture from the outside cultural influences
Nonrenewable Resources
Indigenous
Cultural Divergence
Mantle
13. A similar climatic condition on the Earth such as communities or plants & animals & and soil organisms
Leeward
Biome
Nuclear
Sikhism
14. The second largest religion and the belief of Allah & which is articulated in the Qur'an was brought by the Prophet Muhammad
Terrorism
Sovereignty
Birthrate
Islam
15. Public policy can be generally defined as the course of action (or inaction) taken by the state with regard to a particular issue; laws
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Russification
Infant Mortality Rate
Public Policies
16. The force of bringing group members closer together
Cohesiveness
Ideology
Monarchy
Atmosphere
17. Form of government without a monarch in which people elect their officials
European Union (EU)
Fold
Republic
Eutrophication
18. An organization whose goal is to unite Europe so that goods & services & and workers can move freely among member countries
Polytheism
European Union (EU)
Oligarchy
Terrorism
19. The belief that there is no God
Terrorism
Atheism
Cohesiveness
Homogenous
20. A free trade agreement between the United States & Costa Rica & El Salvador & Guatemala & Honduras & Nicaragua & and later the Dominican Republic in 2004
Global Trade Patterns
Industrialization
Central American Free Trade Agreement
Ocean Currents
21. System of government in which a small group holds power
Biosphere
Atheism
Birthrate
Oligarchy
22. A line that forms the boundary of an ara: a perimeter - the other most part or region within a precise boundary
Formal Region
Periphaler
Columbian Exchange
Nationalism
23. A formal expression of preference for a candidate for office or for a proposed resolution of an issue
Civil War
Voting Patterns
Connectivity
Capitalism
24. Moisture that falls to the earth as rain & hail & sleet & or snow
World Trade Organization
Nationalism
Precipitation
Tertiary Economic Activities
25. A bend in layers or rock & sometimes caused by plate movement
Internet
Atheism
Vegetation
Fold
26. Society based on equality in which workers would control industrial production
Socioeconomic Status
Socioeconomic Status
Communism
Nationality
27. The areas where the climate changes by altitude
Vertical Climate Zones
Urban Centers
Standard of living
Domestic
28. A natural resource which cannot be produced & grown & generated & or used on a scale which can sustain its consumption rate
Push Factors
Hinduism
Nonrenewable Resources
Spatial Diffusion
29. A system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet Protocol Suite to serve billions of users worldwide
Internet
Prime Meridian
Central American Free Trade Agreement
Acid Rain
30. Pattern formed as the lines of latitude and longitude cross one another
Biome
Grid System
Mantle
Commercial Industry
31. The use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims
Terrorism
Commercial Industry
Doldrums
Domestic
32. The numbering system used to indicate the location of parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the equator
Greenhouse Effect
Latitude
Climate
Water Cycle
33. The result of the restriction of a culture from the outside cultural influences
Biome
Cultural Divergence
Isthmus
Drought
34. Fieldwork that involves conducting research in the community by distributing questionnaires & taking photographs & recording observations & interviewing citizens & and collecting samples. Primary sources of information
Field Interviews
Columbian Exchange
Infant Mortality Rate
Capitalism
35. A factor of production that is not wanted for itself & but for its ability to help in producing other goods
Capital
Federal System
Polytheism
Socioeconomic Status
36. Outlying communities around a city
Suburb
Sovereignty
Domestic
Proximity
37. A rule or directive made and maintained by an authority
Regulations
Drought
Rain Shadow Effect
Subcontinent
38. A business that employs workers in their homes
Cottage Industry
Oral Tradition
Industrialization
Nuclear
39. Obtain (goods or services) from an outside supplier & esp. in place of an internal source
Tarifff
Ideology
Continental Drift
Outsourcing
40. The demarcation line that separates countries from each other or states or provinces within each country
Sovereignty
Political Boundaries
Urbanization
Equator
41. The sector of the economy that consists intellectual activities such as government & culture & libraries & scientific research & education
Windward
Christianity
Quaternary Economic Activities
Patterns of Settlement
42. An economic system based on free enterprise & in which businesses are privately owned & and production and prices are determined by supply and demand
Patriotism
Public Policies
Market Economy
Buddhism
43. All phenomena that are not artificial; happen in nature
Commodity
Phenomenon
Polytheism
Glacier
44. The movement of people from rural areas into cities
Urbanization
Subcontinent
Communism
Water Cycle
45. A socioeconomic classification applied to several countries around the world whose economies have not yet reached First World status but have outpaced their developing counterparts
Vegetation
Prime Meridian
Newly Industrialized Country
Eutrophication
46. Taking photos of the ground from an elevated position on a plane or satellite
Aerial Photographs
Autocracy
Quaternary Economic Activities
Continent
47. Disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population
Russification
Subsidized
Pandemic
Emigration
48. A central point and the surrounding territory linked to it
Cultural Convergence
Functional Region
Domestic
Polytheism
49. Japanese term used for a huge sea wave caused by an undersea earthquake
Tsunami
Innovation
Literacy Rate
Subcontinent
50. Factors that induce people to leave residences
Ocean Currents
Ecosystem
Push Factors
Field Interviews