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World Geography

Subject : geography
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The growing similarity between national cultures & including the beliefs & values & aspirations & and the preferences of consumers






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






3. 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






4. Weather patterns typical for an area over a long period of time






5. The second largest religion and the belief of Allah & which is articulated in the Qur'an was brought by the Prophet Muhammad






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






7. (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






8. Self-rule






9. The movement of people into one country from another






10. When one country needs a resource or luxury item & and another country ahs it & the countries may establish a trading network






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






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






13. The value of goods and services created within a country in a year






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






15. The part of the Earth where life exists






16. A system of ideas and ideals & esp. one that forms the basis of economic or political policy; the ideas and manner of thinking of a group social class & or individual






17. The pattern of population in a country & a continent & or the world






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






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






20. The force of bringing group members closer together






21. An extended period of months or years when a region notes a deficiency in its water supply






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






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






24. The variety of human societies or cultures in a specific region or in the world as a whole






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






26. An economic system based on free enterprise & in which businesses are privately owned & and production and prices are determined by supply and demand






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






28. Identity with a group of people that share legal attachment and personal allegiance to a particular place as a result of being born there






29. Stories passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth






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






31. Society based on equality in which workers would control industrial production






32. The health & happiness & and fortunes of a person or group






33. Goods produced for sale






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






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






36. A central point and the surrounding territory linked to it






37. A business that employs workers in their homes






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






39. An intergovernmental military alliance whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party






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






41. A frequent windless area near the Equator






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






43. The movement of people from rural areas into cities






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






45. The part of the Earth where life exists






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






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






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






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






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