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World Geography
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. An organization whose goal is to unite Europe so that goods & services & and workers can move freely among member countries
Monsoon
Subcontinent
Hydrosphere
European Union (EU)
2. A region defined by popular feelings and images rater than by objective data
Biosphere
Isthmus
Russification
Perceptual Region
3. A central point and the surrounding territory linked to it
Functional Region
Sovereignty
Commercial Industry
Oral Tradition
4. The degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community
Pandemic
Hurricane
World Trade
Standard of living
5. Love for or devotion to one's country
Ecotourism
Renewable Resources
Patriotism
Physical Geography
6. A widespread exchange of animals & plants & culture & human populations & diseases & and ideas between the Eastern and Western Hemisphere
Cultural Divergence
Suburb
Vegetation
Columbian Exchange
7. Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope
Natural Disaster
Globalization
Republic
Ocean Currents
8. The arrangement of something across Earth's surface
Distribution
Welfare
Plate Tectonics
Population Density
9. Pattern formed as the lines of latitude and longitude cross one another
Population Distribution
Ideology
Grid System
Dynasty
10. A monotheistic religion founded in Punjab in the 15gh century by Guru Nanak
Ecosystem
Sikhism
Manufacturing
Greenhouse Effect
11. Nearness in space & time & or relationship
Grid System
Proximity
International
Erosion
12. The study of Earth's physical features
Aborigine
Flood
Drought
Physical Geography
13. Narrow stretch of land connecting 2 larger land areas
Doldrums
Isthmus
African Union (AU)
Tarifff
14. The force of bringing group members closer together
Formal Region
Cultural Convergence
Urban Centers
Cohesiveness
15. The demarcation line that separates countries from each other or states or provinces within each country
Drought
Subsistence Farming
Political Boundaries
Autocracy
16. Migration FROM a location
Death Rate
Monotheism
Emigration
Newly Industrialized Country
17. Identity with a group of people that share legal attachment and personal allegiance to a particular place as a result of being born there
Phenomenon
Federal System
Tsunami
Nationality
18. Also called cultural geography; the study of human activities and their relationship to the cultural and physical environments
Scarcity
Totalitarian System
Human Geography
Political Boundaries
19. A region defined by a common characteristic & such as production of a product
Ideology
Industrialization
Diversity
Formal Region
20. Surface land areas of the earth's crust & including continents and ocean basins
Ocean Currents
Vertical Climate Zones
Hemisphere
Lithosphere
21. A rule or directive made and maintained by an authority
Atheism
Regulations
Geopolitical
Longitude
22. A religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions & beliefs & and practices based on Siddhartha Gautama known as the Buddha
Desalinization
Less Developed Country
Civil War
Buddhism
23. An area of a country where some normal trade barriers such as tariffs and quotas are eliminated and bureaucratic requirements are lowered in hopes of attracting new business
Free Trade Zone
Periphaler
Ecosystem
World Trade Organization
24. 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
Traditional Economy
Continental Drift
Surplus
Tornado
25. The steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction
Ocean Currents
Ideology
Secondary Economic Activities
Totalitarian System
26. A government in which all key powers are given to the national or central government
Population Density
Nationalism
Unitary System
Grid System
27. The renewal or improvement of an already existing technology
Free Enterprise Economic System
Innovation
Eutrophication
Erosion
28. Condition of the atmosphere in one place during a short period of time
Tornado
Domestic
Weather
Connectivity
29. Facing toward the direction from which the wind is blowing
Push Factors
Windward
Westernization
GIS
30. The amount by which a sum of money falls short of the required amount
Fault
Standard of living
Flood
Deficit
31. Tourism based on concern for the environment
Capital
Political Boundaries
Ecotourism
Push Factors
32. An amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply over demand
Subcontinent
Capitalism
Democracy
Surplus
33. 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
Climate
Ethnic group
Continental Drift
Latitude
34. Tribal community or large group of people related to one another
Embargo
Equator
Pull Factors
Clan
35. Selling and buying on the internet
Innovation
Commercial Agriculture
E-commerce
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
36. Belief in the right of each people to be an independent nation
Hurricane
Renewable Resources
Nationalism
Surplus
37. Producing just enough food for a family or a village to survive
Subsistence Farming
Proximity
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Buddhism
38. A computer system that stores & organizes & analyzes & and displays geographic data
Refugee
Human Geography
GIS
E-commerce
39. Indicator of level of development for each country & constructed by United Nations & combining income & literacy & education & and life expectancy
Ecotourism
Dictatorship
Quaternary Economic Activities
Human Development Index
40. The average number of years an individual can be expected to live given current conditions
Phenomenon
Absolute Location
Life Expectancy
Sustainable Development
41. Dry area found on the leeward side of a mountain range
Domestic
Rain Shadow Effect
Hydrosphere
Refugee
42. The numbering system used to indicate the location of meridians drawn on a globe and measuring distance east and west of the Prime Meridian
Erosion
Population Density
Longitude
Windward
43. A group or chain of islands
Urban Centers
Archipelago
Political Boundaries
European Union (EU)
44. Under communism & a large & state-owned farm on which farmers received wages plus a share of products and profits; also called a kolkhoz
Geopolitical
Nationality
Refugee
Collective Farm
45. The deliberate and systematic destruction & in whole or in part & of an ethnic & racial & religious & or national group
Human Geography
Monarchy
Biome
Genocide
46. The fundamental economic problem of having seemingly unlimited human needs and wants in a world of limited resources
Fault
Eutrophication
Cultural Divergence
Scarcity
47. The renewal or improvement of an already existing technology
Innovation
Suburb
Connectivity
Field Interviews
48. Communications over a distance by cable & telegraph & telephone & or broadcasting
Telecommunications
Socioeconomic Status
Precipitation
GIS
49. Large body of ice that moves across the surface of the earth
Erosion
Bubonic Plague
Glacier
Renewable Resources
50. Something or a company that involves more than one country
Human Development Index
Totalitarian System
Urban Centers
International