Basic geography MN

Question 1

Minority

Answer 1

Group making up less than half the population

Question 2

Missionary

Answer 2

A person sent to another country by a church to spread its religious beliefs

Question 3

Mixed economy

Answer 3

An economy that combines elements of traditional, market, and command economy systems

Question 4

Monarchy

Answer 4

Form of government in which the state is ruled by a monarch

Question 5

Monotheism

Answer 5

The belief in a single God

Question 6

Monsoon

Answer 6

Seasonal wind

Question 7

Mosque

Answer 7

Islamic house of worship

Question 8

Movement

Answer 8

How people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another

Question 9

Multinational organization

Answer 9

An organization that crosses borders, such as, a large corporation with stores in multiple countries

Question 10

Mummy

Answer 10

A body that has been conserved so that it will not decompose

Question 11

Music

Answer 11

An artform that uses sound, usually produced by instruments or voices

Question 12

Muslim brotherhood

Answer 12

And Islamist party that opposes the Egyptian government

Question 13

Nationalism

Answer 13

Strong devotion to one’s nation

Question 14

Nation-state

Answer 14

State that is independent of other states

Question 15

Natural resource

Answer 15

Useful material found in the environment

Question 16

Nirvana

Answer 16

In Hinduism, a state of understanding that releases the soul from the cycle of rebirth

Question 17

Nomad

Answer 17

Person who moves from place to place without a permanent home

Question 18

Nomadic herder

Answer 18

A person who raises livestock for a living and has no settled home but moves from place to place

Question 19

Non-alignment

Answer 19

Not becoming an ally of either the United States or the Soviet Union during Cold War

Question 20

Nongovernmental organization ( NGO)

Answer 20

Group that operates with private funding

Question 21

Nonrenewable energy

Answer 21

Energy that cannot be replaced

Question 22

Norm

Answer 22

Behavior that is considered normal in a particular society

Question 23

Northwest passage

Answer 23

Hypothetical North American passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans

Question 24

Nuclear family

Answer 24

Family that consists of parents and their children

Question 25

Nuclear war

Answer 25

A war that involves nuclear weapons

Question 26

Nuclear weapon

Answer 26

Powerful explosive device that can cause widespread destruction