World Geography Quiz 17 (60 MCQs)

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1. The Amazon Rainforest is located in which physical region?
2. Urban areas located where two or more rivers merge (Pittsburgh) are said to have developed on a/an .....
3. The summer and winter seasons in a year are caused by
4. Advances in motorized farm equipment and irrigation have resulted in (19C)
5. What are the two main factors that determine the climate of an area?
6. What describes projected population growth diagram that shows the male and female of a city suburb?
7. Where is Russia's population density the highest?
8. Education, Economy, Communications, Utilities, Transportation and Healthcare are a part of?
9. What does the rain shadow effect cause?
10. Which of the following is an example of modifying geography to create a better lifestyle
11. Mountain Ranges, deserts, and bodies of water are all examples of what?
12. In which directions the Earth rotates around its axis?
13. The number of a topographic map is 47A/16/NW. Its scale must be
14. Which ancient group of people began to migrate all over Europe and Asia?
15. Earthquakes under the water can cause .....
16. Layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs.
17. Within the transporting medium, transport can occur by
18. Longitude is called the .....
19. The countries in the region border the Red Sea are .....
20. Winds are caused primarily by
21. The Summer solstice is the ..... day of the year.
22. The largest gulf in the world is
23. What allows Western Europe to be warmer than it should be?
24. What climates are found mainly in the Northern Hemisphere?
25. In Hinduism, being reborn repeatedly in different forms, until one has overcome earthly desires
26. The study of the location and distribution of physical features and living things on Earth's surface, and how they relate to each other.
27. The tropical easterlies wind lie at
28. Which type of trees lose their leaves after changing colors in the fall?
29. Which geographic factor was most responsible for increasing migration to the United States and Canada during the seventeenth century?
30. This shows political units such as countries, states, capitals and major cities
31. Which factor might attract a transnational corporation to a country?
32. The Winter Solstice is the ..... day of the year.
33. What Physical Feature serparates North Africa and the rest of Africa?
34. "STANOVOI" Mountain is in
35. Which of the following nations is located in Sub-Sahara Africa?
36. Which of the following rivers in in South America?
37. The R-horizon of soil horizon consists of
38. The uppermost epoch of the Neogene period is
39. Which of the following is NOT used to determine a country's standard of living?
40. How would you know what the subject of the map is?
41. Two major reasons that Saudi Arabia is important to many people around the world are
42. Emissions in the United States can result in ..... in Canada, threatening timber and water resources.
43. What is the climate of Southwest India?
44. Which physical features are correctly paired with the continent in which they are located?
45. The longest epoch of the tertiary period is
46. A large landform that stretches above surrounding land usually in a peak.
47. The moon orbits the earth at a mean distance approximately
48. Which strait separates the Atlantic Ocean from the Mediterranean Sea?
49. The main tributaries of Indus river system are
50. Which country has the most territory and population in all of Latin America?
51. The layer of the earth, immediately below the crust, is called
52. Which South Asian country has a constitutional monarchy?
53. How many degrees is the equator?
54. Pollution, air, wind, and oxygen are ALL a part of the
55. Why are many major cities located near or on rivers?
56. What is the process of moving from one place to another?
57. How do wind currents affect climate?
58. The temperature increases rapidly after
59. Geography is the study of
60. How does accretion cause continents to grow outward?