World Geography Quiz 19 (20 MCQs)

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

Correct Answer: D) Command Economy.

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

Correct Answer: C) Inca.

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

Correct Answer: C) Dharma.

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

Correct Answer: C) Planting drought-resistant crops.

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

Correct Answer: A) Planet's albedo.

6. A family that includes aunts, uncles and cousins is .....

Correct Answer: A) An extended family.

7. The main purpose of GIS is to

Correct Answer: D) Link images and data from satellites.

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

Correct Answer: B) Overfishing and overdevelopment.

9. ..... is not a part of the contiguous United States

Correct Answer: D) Alaska.

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

Correct Answer: C) Massif.

11. Which country lies in both Europe and Asia?

Correct Answer: B) Russia.

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

Correct Answer: B) They have moons.

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

Correct Answer: A) Pleistocene or ice age.

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

Correct Answer: B) By promoting cultural change.

15. What country does NOT have a monarchy?

Correct Answer: C) East Timor.

16. Countries east of the Prime Meridian are in the

Correct Answer: D) Eastern Hemisphere.

17. A Perceptual Region .....

Correct Answer: D) Is based on shared feelings, opinions or attitudes.

18. What increased mobility?

Correct Answer: C) Automobiles.

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

Correct Answer: B) Urbanization.

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

Correct Answer: A) The mass migration of people.