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World Geography

Subject : geography
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An economic system based on free enterprise & in which businesses are privately owned & and production and prices are determined by supply and demand






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






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






4. A layer of gases that surrounds the earth






5. Of or relating to the nucleus of an atom






6. An area of land surrounded by water






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






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






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






10. The statistical characteristics of a population






11. The number of deaths per year for every 1000 people






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






13. A socioeconomic classification applied to several countries around the world whose economies have not yet reached First World status but have outpaced their developing counterparts






14. 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






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






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






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






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






19. The movement of people into one country from another






20. Disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population






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






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






23. The height of a location above sea level






24. Use: the act of using






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






26. A system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet Protocol Suite to serve billions of users worldwide






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






28. The portion of the economy concerned with transportation & communications & and utilities






29. A country that is at a relatively early stage in the process of economic development






30. Trade among multiple countries around the world






31. A similar climatic condition on the Earth such as communities or plants & animals & and soil organisms






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






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






34. A union consisting of 53 African States whose objectives are to: Accelerate the political and socio-economic integration of the continent - Promote and defend African common positions on issues of interest to the continent and its peoples - Achieve p






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






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






37. Facing away from the direction from which the wind is blowing






38. Belief in one God






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






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






41. Technological and economical growth that does not deplete the human and natural resources of a given area






42. Selling and buying on the internet






43. The capacity of certain gases in the atmosphere to trap heat & thereby warming the earth






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






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






46. A place united by a specific characteristics






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






48. The number of deaths per year for every 1000 people






49. System of government in which a small group holds power






50. The term scientists use to describe the activities of continental drift and magma flow which create many of Earth