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World Geography

Subject : geography
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The portion of the economy concerned with manufacturing useful products through processing & transforming & and assembling raw materials






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






3. The statistical characteristics of a population






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






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






6. Powered by a steam engine






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






13. The steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction






14. Belief in the right of each people to be an independent nation






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






16. The renewal or improvement of an already existing technology






17. The meridian designated as 0 longitude






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






19. Wearing away of the earth's surface by wind & flowing water & or glaciers






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






21. Process by which a body of water becomes too rich in dissolved nutrients & leading to plant growth that depletes oxygen






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






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. An international organization of countries set up in 1945 in succession to the League of Nations & to promote international peace






25. The basic urban necessities like streets and utilities






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






27. An organization whose goal is to unite Europe so that goods & services & and workers can move freely among member countries






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






29. A political system where the state & usually under the control of a single political person






30. Of or relating to the nucleus of an atom






31. The arrangement of something across Earth's surface






32. Producing just enough food for a family or a village to survive






33. Condition of the atmosphere in one place during a short period of time






34. The degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community






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






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






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






38. A country that has progressed relatively far along a continuum of development






39. A large & powerful windstorm that forms over warm ocean waters






40. The freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for proift with minimal government regulation






41. One of the oldest monotheistic religions; it is a religion & philosophy and way of life for the Jewish people. Belief in God as the written and oral Torah






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






43. The study of Earth's physical features






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






45. A layer of gases that surrounds the earth






46. 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






47. Obtain (goods or services) from an outside supplier & esp. in place of an internal source






48. The result of the restriction of a culture from the outside cultural influences






49. Tourism based on concern for the environment






50. The force of bringing group members closer together