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World Geography

Subject : geography
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community






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






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






4. Migration FROM a location






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






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






7. The force of bringing group members closer together






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






9. Used in farming to cultivate sloped land - decreases erosion and surface run-off






10. A layer of gases that surrounds the earth






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






12. Way of life of a group of people who share beliefs and similar customs






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






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






15. A formal expression of preference for a candidate for office or for a proposed resolution of an issue






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






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






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






19. Gradual warming of the earth and its atmosphere that may be caused in part by pollution and an increase in the greenhouse effect






20. (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






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






22. Outlying communities around a city






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






24. Fieldwork that involves conducting research in the community by distributing questionnaires & taking photographs & recording observations & interviewing citizens & and collecting samples. Primary sources of information






25. An area of land surrounded by water






26. Of or relating to the nucleus of an atom






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






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






29. A ruling house or continuing family of rulers & especially in China






30. A central point and the surrounding territory linked to it






31. The numbering system used to indicate the location of parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the equator






32. The percentage of people in a given place who can read and write






33. Narrow stretch of land connecting 2 larger land areas






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






35. A business that employs workers in their homes






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






37. A bar graph representing the distribution of population by age and sex






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






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






40. Trade among multiple countries around the world






41. Society based on equality in which workers would control industrial production






42. Moisture that falls to the earth as rain & hail & sleet & or snow






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






44. A war between organized groups within the same nation-state & or republic






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






46. A free trade agreement between the United States & Costa Rica & El Salvador & Guatemala & Honduras & Nicaragua & and later the Dominican Republic in 2004






47. Form of government without a monarch in which people elect their officials






48. A periodic reversal of the pattern of ocean currents and water temperatures in the mid-Pacific region






49. A frequent windless area near the Equator






50. The health & happiness & and fortunes of a person or group