World Geography Quiz 11 (25 MCQs)

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1. How many continents are there in the world, according to what most people learn in the United States?

2. If you hired someone to make a map of your town, you would hire a _____

3. _____ is a process by which a desert expands past its normal boaundaries.

4. What is caused by the tilt of the Earth on its axis as it revolves around the sun?

5. The highest degree of concentration of mineral deposits are found in

6. The islands with coral covered surfaces in Bay of Bengal are

7. How do mountain barriers affect precipitation (rain)?

8. Christianity is a _____ religion based on the life and teachings of _____

9. What is the primary motivation for people to immigrate to the United States from Central and South America?

10. Lines drawn on the globe to measure distance east and west of the prime meridian

11. The defeat of the Aztec's by Cortes is known as

12. When it comes to the time zones and you go from East to West you do what?

13. Mediterranean climate is

14. The mean distance of the earth from the sun is approximately

15. The largest country of the world by geographical area is

16. The physical, human, and cultural features of a place

17. The snow line of the Rocky Mountains of the USA is about

18. Which region has the highest precipitation?

19. The most obvious effect of pressure on rocks is

20. A dependent political unit occupying a defined, permanently populated area and having little control over its internal and foreign affairs

21. The movement of people within a country or region

22. The metamorphism which involves the chemical replacement of elements in rock minerals when gases and liquids permute into bedrock is called

23. Movement in the same country or state

24. The Changes in Shape, Size, and Position of features that occur when representing the Earth on a flat map take place because of _____

25. The island of Sri Lanka formerly known as