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World Geography

Subject : geography
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A free trade agreement between the United States & Costa Rica & El Salvador & Guatemala & Honduras & Nicaragua & and later the Dominican Republic in 2004






2. The total number of deaths in a year among infants under one year old for every 1000 live births in a society






3. The watery areas of the earth & including ocean & lakes & rivers & and other bodies of water






4. Migration FROM a location






5. The part of the Earth where life exists






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






7. Government in which a single individual possesses the power and authority to rule






8. The part of the Earth where life exists






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






10. Of or relating to the nucleus of an atom






11. A region defined by a common characteristic & such as production of a product






12. A place united by a specific characteristics






13. A monotheistic religion founded in Punjab in the 15gh century by Guru Nanak






14. Business that provides a service instead of making goods






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






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






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






18. Trade among multiple countries around the world






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






20. The study of Earth's physical features






21. The basic urban necessities like streets and utilities






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






23. (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






24. The use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims






25. Process of converting into vapor






26. The portion of the economy concerned with the direct extraction of materials from Earth's surface & generally through agriculture & mining & fishing & or forestry






27. A tax on imports or exports






28. Love for or devotion to one's country






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






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






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






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






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






34. The production of crops for sale & crops intended for widespread distribution to wholesaler or retail outlets






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






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






37. The effect of a natural hazard like a flood & tornado & hurricane & volcanic eruption earthquake & landslide & or tsunami which leads to financial & environmental & or human losses






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






39. The movement of people from rural areas into cities






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






41. Powered by a steam engine






42. Economic system in which economic decisions about production and distribution are made by some central authority






43. The movement of people into one country from another






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






45. A line that forms the boundary of an ara: a perimeter - the other most part or region within a precise boundary






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






47. Form of government in which powers are divided between the national government and the state or provincial government






48. Process of converting into vapor






49. Goods produced for sale






50. Used of organisms (especillay of different species) living together ut not necessarily in a relation beneficial to each