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World Geography

Subject : geography
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Political philosophy in which the government owns the means of production






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






3. A tax on imports or exports






4. Location in relation to other places






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






6. Business that provides a service instead of making goods






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






8. Native to a place






9. Trade among multiple countries around the world






10. Transition from an agricultural society to one based on industry






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






12. The movement of people into one country from another






13. The complex community of interdependent living things in a given environment






14. (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






15. An intergovernmental military alliance whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party






16. The height of a location above sea level






17. Of the same or similar kind or nature






18. A sociological group that does not make up a politically dominate voting majority of the total population of a given society






19. The basic urban necessities like streets and utilities






20. The areas where the climate changes by altitude






21. A government in which all key powers are given to the national or central government






22. Belief in one God






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






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






25. The demarcation line that separates countries from each other or states or provinces within each country






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






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






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






29. A ban on trade






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






31. Half of a sphere or globe & as in the earth's Northern and Southern Hemispheres






32. Pattern formed as the lines of latitude and longitude cross one another






33. The portion of the economy concerned with transportation & communications & and utilities






34. Outlying communities around a city






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






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






37. A group or chain of islands






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






39. Transition from an agricultural society to one based on industry






40. A monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in the Bible






41. Also called cultural geography; the study of human activities and their relationship to the cultural and physical environments






42. 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






43. The movement of people from rural areas into cities






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






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






46. Dry area found on the leeward side of a mountain range






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






48. A computer system that stores & organizes & analyzes & and displays geographic data






49. The portion of the economy concerned with manufacturing useful products through processing & transforming & and assembling raw materials






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