World Geography Quiz 16 (60 MCQs)

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1. The spiral flow in a stream caused by channel shape is called
2. Is a system in which tradition habits and customs control all economic activity; exists in only a few parts of the world today.
3. Which example best describes absolute location?
4. What is a desert?
5. Generally, countries with access to oil in the Middle East have a higher HDI rank and as a result have higher
6. El Paso climate is considered a
7. What side of a mountain range is in a rain shadow?
8. Monotheism is a belief in how many gods?
9. Christians, Jews, and Muslims are the three major ..... World Regions.
10. Which nation sold to the United States the largest tract of land west of the Mississippi?
11. Population density is the average number of people
12. The loss of local traditions, increased levels of pollution, and the risk of pandemics are negative aspects of:(7D)
13. Which climate type gets the MOST rain per year?
14. What European country colonized Brazil?
15. The continued extraction of natural resources-particularly coal, oil, and natural gas from the tar sands in Alberta-fuels a growing concern among many people about
16. Belief in a single God
17. A compass helps the reader of a map determine .....
18. Though modern geographers use information from economics, sociology, history, and many other academic disciplines, before modern computers, geographers relied heavily on skills in (WG.21A)
19. What forces created the Andes Mountains?
20. The sediment deposited at the base of the glacier is called
21. Which maps show the boundaries of states and countries?
22. The 0 degree latitude line that divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
23. Earthquakes are measured using which scale?
24. What is an advantage to building a city at a confluence site?
25. What is the time difference between longitude?
26. The iron and steel industries of which of the following countries are almost fully dependent on imported raw materials?
27. MR HELP, also known as movement, region, human environment interaction, location, and place, are collectively known as
28. Which climate subregion is suitable for growing rice?
29. Which structure is known primarily as a national seat of government?
30. The transverse, longitudinal and surface waves in an earthquake originate from
31. The following are renewable resources except .....
32. How people and their surroundings interact
33. Huge temperature variations occur in this subregion between summer and winter; summers are short and cool while winters are always very cold; temperatures at or below freezing last 5-8 months of the year
34. The snow line on the northern side of greater Himalayas range about
35. Which of the following countries is in North America?
36. Which describes zero population growth?
37. Large natural elevation on the Earth's surface; higher than a hill
38. Which of these negative effects is most likely to occur because of global warming?
39. Birch and cottonwood trees are
40. The tide of minimum rise is called
41. The main percentage of the volume of water in the hydrosphere is in
42. The hunting and gathering economy can support only
43. On which continent would you find the Baltic Sea, the Pyrenees Mountains and the Danube River?
44. What canal was built to enhance shipping routes in N. Africa and SW Asia?
45. In which type of government does the power belong to only one person?
46. Which of the following is most directly responsible for the variation in seasonal weather patterns?
47. The theory of continental drift states that the continents once formed a large land mass called .....
48. The major pedogenic process acting on soils at the macro scale are
49. The low latitude zone of globe extends between
50. To give, to formally transfer land
51. The Amazon Rainforest is primarily located in .....
52. In the Northern Hemisphere the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, occurs in which month?
53. What makes the Amazon Rainforest its own distinct region?
54. Which country is most likely to experience an earthquake?
55. The river situated along the border between the USA and Mexico is
56. The phosphate are a group of minerals of one or more metallic elements chemically associated with the phosphate compound .....
57. One way that wealthy nations in Asia address the lack of water is by
58. Which of these names geometric designs that are symbols of the universe and are used to aid in meditation?
59. The Panama Canal was built to make it possible for ships to
60. The city popularly known as 'Island of Cloves' is