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World Geography
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An extended period of months or years when a region notes a deficiency in its water supply
Ecotourism
Theocracy
Unitary System
Drought
2. The demarcation line that separates countries from each other or states or provinces within each country
Globalization
Patterns of Settlement
Political Boundaries
Cultural Hearth
3. The movement of people into one country from another
Cultural Hearth
Immigration
Standard of living
Genocide
4. The variety of human societies or cultures in a specific region or in the world as a whole
Population Density
Diversity
Minority
Terracing
5. An autocratic form of government in which the government is ruled by an individual
Customs
Doldrums
Dictatorship
Cultural Hearth
6. Large landmass that is part of a continent but still distinct from it & such as India
Infrastructure
Subcontinent
Physical Geography
Deficit
7. A war between organized groups within the same nation-state & or republic
GPS
Civil War
Democracy
Nonrenewable Resources
8. The health & happiness & and fortunes of a person or group
Gross Domestic Product
Free Trade Zone
Topography
Welfare
9. A disease circulating mainly among small rodents and their fleas. Without treatment & the plague kills about 2/3 infected humans within 4 days
Bubonic Plague
Pandemic
Terracing
Republic
10. An area of land surrounded by water
Birthrate
Island
Demography
Capital
11. Indicator of level of development for each country & constructed by United Nations & combining income & literacy & education & and life expectancy
Demographic Indicators
Socialism
Diversity
Human Development Index
12. The production of crops for sale & crops intended for widespread distribution to wholesaler or retail outlets
Commercial Agriculture
Topography
Water Cycle
Political Boundaries
13. The value of goods and services created within a country in a year
Relative Location
Industrialization
Gross Domestic Product
Central American Free Trade Agreement
14. A system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god
Vertical Climate Zones
Globalization
Theocracy
African Union (AU)
15. Large landmass that is part of a continent but still distinct from it & such as India
Infant Mortality Rate
Latitude
Tarifff
Subcontinent
16. Form of government without a monarch in which people elect their officials
Connectivity
Republic
Islam
Internet
17. The portion of the economy concerned with the direct extraction of materials from Earth's surface & generally through agriculture & mining & fishing & or forestry
Primary Economic Activities
Cultural Hearth
Theocracy
Latitude
18. 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
Renewable Resources
Natural Disaster
Region
Public Policies
19. The study of Earth's physical features
Physical Geography
Prime Meridian
Nuclear
Renewable Resources
20. Indicator of level of development for each country & constructed by United Nations & combining income & literacy & education & and life expectancy
Human Development Index
Republic
Tsunami
Hurricane
21. Narrow stretch of land connecting 2 larger land areas
Secondary Economic Activities
Tertiary Economic Activities
Isthmus
Windward
22. The watery areas of the earth & including ocean & lakes & rivers & and other bodies of water
Surplus
Hydrosphere
Birthrate
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
23. Level of income and education
Socioeconomic Status
Biome
Ocean Currents
Population Distribution
24. Trade among multiple countries around the world
Quaternary Economic Activities
Secondary Economic Activities
Global Warming
World Trade
25. Process of converting into vapor
Evaporation
Periphaler
Welfare
Russification
26. Pertaining to one's own or a particular country as apart from other countries
Central American Free Trade Agreement
Domestic
Capitalism
Sikhism
27. Large body of ice that moves across the surface of the earth
Subsistence Farming
Totalitarian System
Ideology
Glacier
28. The sector of the economy that consists intellectual activities such as government & culture & libraries & scientific research & education
Quaternary Economic Activities
Natural Disaster
Hinduism
Hydrosphere
29. The number of deaths per year for every 1000 people
Homogenous
Death Rate
Bubonic Plague
Surplus
30. A place united by a specific characteristics
Primary Economic Activities
Region
Autocracy
Infant Mortality Rate
31. All the plants or plant life of a place & taken as a whole
Patriotism
Vegetation
Topography
Immigration
32. Of the same or similar kind or nature
Homogenous
Socialism
More Developed Country
Aborigine
33. Under communism & a large & state-owned farm on which farmers received wages plus a share of products and profits; also called a kolkhoz
Proximity
Demography
Cultural Hearth
Collective Farm
34. The average number of people in a square mile or square kilometer
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Tornado
Federal System
Population Density
35. Of or relating to the nucleus of an atom
European Union (EU)
Nuclear
Natural Disaster
Ocean Currents
36. Government in which a single individual possesses the power and authority to rule
Subsistence Farming
Autocracy
Drought
Functional Region
37. The numbering system used to indicate the location of meridians drawn on a globe and measuring distance east and west of the Prime Meridian
Ethnic Cleansing
Longitude
Cultural Convergence
Perceptual Region
38. 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
Ethnic group
African Union (AU)
Indigenous
Totalitarian System
39. The result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves
Cultural Convergence
Democracy
Earthquakes
Oligarchy
40. An area's original inhabitants
Erosion
Embargo
Vertical Climate Zones
Aborigine
41. The pattern of population in a country & a continent & or the world
Culture
Population Distribution
Population Density
Oligarchy
42. The steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction
Central American Free Trade Agreement
Ocean Currents
Aerial Photographs
Continent
43. An imaginary line on the earth's surface equidistant from the North and South Pole which divides the earth into hemispheres
Monarchy
Sustainable Development
Communism
Equator
44. The variety of human societies or cultures in a specific region or in the world as a whole
Ecosystem
Diversity
Subcontinent
Command Economy
45. Belief in multiple Gods
Polytheism
Ideology
Hydrosphere
Minority
46. Native to a place
Indigenous
Patterns of Settlement
Nuclear
Atmosphere
47. The value of goods and services created within a country in a year
Diversity
Ecosystem
Gross Domestic Product
Regulations
48. Used in farming to cultivate sloped land - decreases erosion and surface run-off
Prime Meridian
Sovereignty
Terracing
Nuclear
49. A group or chain of islands
Archipelago
Tsunami
Free Enterprise Economic System
Greenhouse Effect
50. The 3rd largest religion with 1 billion believers & found primarily in South Asia and includes the belief in Karma & Dharma & and Reincarnation
Latitude
Hinduism
Tertiary Economic Activities
Bubonic Plague