World Geography Quiz 15 (25 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following is considered a major reason for world trade?

2. An economy in which production, investment, prices, and incomes are determined centrally by a government is called a _____

3. The Andes Mountains of Peru were the cultural hearth for the

4. In Hinduism, a person's moral duty, based on class distinctions, which guides his or her life

5. One way farmers living in arid climate zones have adapted to the environment include

6. The percentage of the incident radiation reflected back to space is called

7. A family that includes aunts, uncles and cousins is _____

8. The main purpose of GIS is to

9. What human activities have had an impact on the Mediterranean Sea?

10. _____ is not a part of the contiguous United States

11. Which type of landforms are found in regions that may be prone to earthquakes caused by plate tectonic forces?

12. Which country lies in both Europe and Asia?

13. Why are gas giant planets sometimes reffered to as "mini solar systems" ?

14. The last major glacial period began about 2,000,000 years before present and is commonly known as

15. How have cultural contacts, such as the Internet, affected the world's cultures?

16. What country does NOT have a monarchy?

17. Countries east of the Prime Meridian are in the

18. A Perceptual Region _____

19. What increased mobility?

20. What is the tendency of population to be concentrated in cities?

21. One way in which wars, religious conflict, and natural disasters are similar is that these situations may result in

22. What factor most influenced the placement of settlements of early European colonies?

23. The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers converge in _____, almost touching near the city of Baghdad.

24. Which continent has highest number of countries?

25. Flat, treeless lands forming a ring around the Arctic Ocean are examples of