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World Geography

Subject : geography
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A central point and the surrounding territory linked to it






2. The growing similarity between national cultures & including the beliefs & values & aspirations & and the preferences of consumers






3. A rule or directive made and maintained by an authority






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






5. Factors that induce people to move to a new location






6. Something or a company that involves more than one country






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






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






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






10. Outlying communities around a city






11. A computer system that stores & organizes & analyzes & and displays geographic data






12. Tribal community or large group of people related to one another






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






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






15. The result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves






16. A natural resource which cannot be produced & grown & generated & or used on a scale which can sustain its consumption rate






17. Migration FROM a location






18. Large body of ice that moves across the surface of the earth






19. An arc drawn on a map between the North and South Poles






20. 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






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






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






23. Also called cultural geography; the study of human activities and their relationship to the cultural and physical environments






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






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






26. Level of income and education






27. Half of a sphere or globe & as in the earth's Northern and Southern Hemispheres






28. Surface land areas of the earth's crust & including continents and ocean basins






29. A tax on imports or exports






30. A religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions & beliefs & and practices based on Siddhartha Gautama known as the Buddha






31. Narrow stretch of land connecting 2 larger land areas






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






33. 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






34. The 3rd largest religion with 1 billion believers & found primarily in South Asia and includes the belief in Karma & Dharma & and Reincarnation






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






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






37. A system that determines the precise position of something on Earth through a series of satellites & tracking stations & and receivers






38. An area of land surrounded by water






39. Factors that induce people to leave residences






40. The way the settlement is arranged and its physical appearance of the settlement






41. One who flees his or her home for safety






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






43. An area's original inhabitants






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






45. All the plants or plant life of a place & taken as a whole






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






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






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






49. The belief that there is no God






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






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