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World Geography

Subject : geography
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When one country needs a resource or luxury item & and another country ahs it & the countries may establish a trading network






2. In 19th Century Russia & a government program that required everyone in the empire to speak Russian and to become a Christian






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






4. Use: the act of using






5. A similar climatic condition on the Earth such as communities or plants & animals & and soil organisms






6. The removal of salt from seawater to make it usable for drinking and farming






7. A factor of production that is not wanted for itself & but for its ability to help in producing other goods






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






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






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






11. Facing toward the direction from which the wind is blowing






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






13. Belief in the right of each people to be an independent nation






14. Surface land areas of the earth's crust & including continents and ocean basins






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






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






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






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






19. A large and densely populated urban area






20. When one country needs a resource or luxury item & and another country ahs it & the countries may establish a trading network






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






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






23. Goods produced for sale






24. The height of a location above sea level






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






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






27. Thick middle layer of the earth's interior structure & consisting of dense & hot rock






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






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






30. The expelling from a country or killing of rival ethnic groups






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






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






33. A region defined by popular feelings and images rater than by objective data






34. A factor of production that is not wanted for itself & but for its ability to help in producing other goods






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






36. The renewal or improvement of an already existing technology






37. Surface land areas of the earth's crust & including continents and ocean basins






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






39. The pattern of population in a country & a continent & or the world






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






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






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






43. The exact position of a place on the earth's surface






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






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






46. Facing away from the direction from which the wind is blowing






47. Factors that induce people to leave residences






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






49. Native to a place






50. The term scientists use to describe the activities of continental drift and magma flow which create many of Earth