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World Geography
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids which damages buildings forests & and crops & and kills wildlife
Socioeconomic Status
Less Developed Country
Monotheism
Acid Rain
2. The value of goods and services created within a country in a year
Climate
Evaporation
Gross Domestic Product
Meridian
3. Taking photos of the ground from an elevated position on a plane or satellite
Aerial Photographs
Push Factors
Population Distribution
Island
4. A bend in layers or rock & sometimes caused by plate movement
Cultural Convergence
Ethnic Cleansing
Nationality
Fold
5. Form of government in which powers are divided between the national government and the state or provincial government
Federal System
Republic
Field Interviews
Commercial Agriculture
6. Graphic representation of the surface features of a place or region on a map & indicating their relative positions and elevations
Demography
Topography
Symbiotic
Newly Industrialized Country
7. The number of births per year for every 1000 people
Demography
Domestic
Free Trade Zone
Birthrate
8. A similar climatic condition on the Earth such as communities or plants & animals & and soil organisms
Dictatorship
Biome
Region
Outsourcing
9. A sociological group that does not make up a politically dominate voting majority of the total population of a given society
Minority
Doldrums
Atheism
Ecotourism
10. The study of Earth's physical features
Bubonic Plague
Internet
Physical Geography
Pull Factors
11. Used of organisms (especillay of different species) living together ut not necessarily in a relation beneficial to each
Minority
Relative Location
Vegetation
Symbiotic
12. A layer of gases that surrounds the earth
Nationalism
Atmosphere
Homogenous
Nonrenewable Resources
13. The height of a location above sea level
Elevation
Indigenous
Ethnic group
Infrastructure
14. A government in which all key powers are given to the national or central government
Patterns of Settlement
Unitary System
Cultural Divergence
Nuclear
15. Taking photos of the ground from an elevated position on a plane or satellite
Tertiary Economic Activities
Aerial Photographs
Telecommunications
Monotheism
16. The frequent repetition of an act; to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group of people performing the act
Monarchy
Commercial Agriculture
Totalitarian System
Customs
17. Tourism based on concern for the environment
Terracing
Terrorism
Ecotourism
Drought
18. The degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community
Eutrophication
Standard of living
Acid Rain
Central American Free Trade Agreement
19. Large body of ice that moves across the surface of the earth
Population Density
Distribution
Island
Glacier
20. A region defined by popular feelings and images rater than by objective data
Embargo
Free Enterprise Economic System
Perceptual Region
Federal System
21. An economic system in which the means of production are privately owned and operated for it
Vertical Climate Zones
Immigration
Capitalism
Dictatorship
22. Fieldwork that involves conducting research in the community by distributing questionnaires & taking photographs & recording observations & interviewing citizens & and collecting samples. Primary sources of information
Field Interviews
Pull Factors
European Union (EU)
Outsourcing
23. Process by which a body of water becomes too rich in dissolved nutrients & leading to plant growth that depletes oxygen
Earthquakes
Archipelago
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Eutrophication
24. A periodic reversal of the pattern of ocean currents and water temperatures in the mid-Pacific region
Globalization
Ethnic Cleansing
El Nino
Manufacturing
25. Trade among multiple countries around the world
World Trade
Distribution
Death Rate
Market Economy
26. Business that provides a service instead of making goods
Monotheism
Telecommunications
Service Industries
Totalitarian System
27. The value of goods and services created within a country in a year
Gross Domestic Product
Nationality
Mantle
Tarifff
28. The areas where the climate changes by altitude
Vertical Climate Zones
Demography
Tornado
Hydrosphere
29. 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
Patriotism
Spatial Diffusion
Ethnic group
Gross Domestic Product
30. A group or chain of islands
GPS
Ethnic group
Monotheism
Archipelago
31. A monotheistic religion founded in Punjab in the 15gh century by Guru Nanak
Longitude
Sikhism
Ideology
European Union (EU)
32. A region defined by popular feelings and images rater than by objective data
Push Factors
Indigenous
Ethnic group
Perceptual Region
33. The variety of human societies or cultures in a specific region or in the world as a whole
Biome
Isthmus
Domestic
Diversity
34. The result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves
Market Economy
Earthquakes
E-commerce
Aerial Photographs
35. All phenomena that are not artificial; happen in nature
Continental Drift
Phenomenon
Deficit
Judaism
36. A large & powerful windstorm that forms over warm ocean waters
Hurricane
Cultural Convergence
Communism
Natural Disaster
37. A large and densely populated urban area
Topography
Free Enterprise Economic System
Urban Centers
GIS
38. The portion of the economy concerned with manufacturing useful products through processing & transforming & and assembling raw materials
Eutrophication
Totalitarian System
Aerial Photographs
Secondary Economic Activities
39. A 'super-city' that is made up of several large and small cities such as the area between Boston and Washington D.C.
Biosphere
Megalopolis
Region
Drought
40. The meridian designated as 0 longitude
Prime Meridian
European Union (EU)
Tornado
Human Development Index
41. The amount by which a sum of money falls short of the required amount
Deficit
Distribution
Indigenous
Capitalism
42. The total number of deaths in a year among infants under one year old for every 1000 live births in a society
Infant Mortality Rate
Nationalism
Tarifff
Eutrophication
43. Resources that have an unlimited supply and is not depleted when used by humans
Gross Domestic Product
Prime Meridian
Tarifff
Renewable Resources
44. Wearing away of the earth's surface by wind & flowing water & or glaciers
Federal System
Traditional Economy
Erosion
Multiculturalism
45. Selling and buying on the internet
Elevation
E-commerce
Life Expectancy
Oral Tradition
46. Trade agreement made in 1994 by Canada & the United States & and Mexico
Global Trade Patterns
Terrorism
Capitalism
North American Free Trade Agreement
47. A system of ideas and ideals & esp. one that forms the basis of economic or political policy; the ideas and manner of thinking of a group social class & or individual
Columbian Exchange
Ideology
United Nations (UN)
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
48. A ban on trade
Customs
Embargo
Terrorism
Global Trade Patterns
49. A ruling house or continuing family of rulers & especially in China
Infrastructure
Equator
Continent
Dynasty
50. The expelling from a country or killing of rival ethnic groups
International
Culture
Pandemic
Ethnic Cleansing