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World Geography

Subject : geography
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Weather patterns typical for an area over a long period of time






2. A ban on trade






3. Communications over a distance by cable & telegraph & telephone & or broadcasting






4. The arrangement of something across Earth's surface






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






6. An autocratic form of government in which the government is ruled by an individual






7. The renewal or improvement of an already existing technology






8. Tourism based on concern for the environment






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






10. Disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population






11. Love for or devotion to one's country






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






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






14. A localized & violently destructive windstorm occurring over land & and characterized by a long & funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris






15. Assimilation of Western culture; the social process of becoming familiar with or converting to the customs and practices of Western culture






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






17. Of the same or similar kind or nature






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






19. Under communism & a large & state-owned farm on which farmers received wages plus a share of products and profits; also called a kolkhoz






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






21. The fundamental economic problem of having seemingly unlimited human needs and wants in a world of limited resources






22. A group of people whose members identify with each other & through a common heritage & often consisting of a common language & culture & shared religion & or an ideology






23. The relation between politics and territory and compromises the art and practice of analyzing & proscribing & forecasting & and using political power over a given territory






24. The number of births per year for every 1000 people






25. Factors that induce people to leave residences






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






27. The force of bringing group members closer together






28. A country that is at a relatively early stage in the process of economic development






29. The number of deaths per year for every 1000 people






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






31. Political philosophy in which the government owns the means of production






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






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






34. Large landmass that is part of a continent but still distinct from it & such as India






35. Use: the act of using






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






37. Native to a place






38. One of seven large landmasses on the Earth






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. A place united by a specific characteristics






47. The variety of human societies or cultures in a specific region or in the world as a whole






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






49. Belief in one God






50. Belief in one God