Bimonthly Exam October

Question 1

A places physical and human features

Answer 1

Landscape

Question 2

A field that studies people and relationships among them

Answer 2

Social Science

Question 3

A part of the word that has one or more common features that distinguish it from surrounding places

Answer 3

Region

Question 4

What are the 3 levels geographers look at the word

Answer 4

Local,Regional and Global level.

Question 5

A spherical,or ball-shaped,model of the entire Planet

Answer 5

Globe

Question 6

Is a flat drawing that show that show all or a part of Earth’s surface

Answer 6

Maps

Question 7

The study of the world physical features-its landforms,bodies of water,climates,soils and plants

Answer 7

Physical Geography

Question 8

Is the study of the world’s people,communties and landscapes

Answer 8

Human Geography

Question 9

The science of making maps

Answer 9

Cartography

Question 10

The study of weather and what causes it

Answer 10

Meteorology

Question 11

The study of water on Earth

Answer 11

Hydrology

Question 12

Set of beliefs,values and practices that a group of people has in common.

Answer 12

Culture

Question 13

What influences the development of culture?

Answer 13

Elements of culture

Question 14

An area in which people have many shared culture traits

Answer 14

Culture Region

Question 15

Its a group of people who share a common ancestry

Answer 15

Ethnic Group

Question 16

The state of having a variety of cultures in the same area

Answer 16

Cultural Diversity

Question 17

The spread of culture traits from one region to another

Answer 17

Cultural diffusion

Question 18

How is named the eastern coast of the US?

Answer 18

Atlantic Coastal Plain

Question 19

What are the main mountain range in the east

Answer 19

Appalachian Mountains

Question 20

What is the highest elevation on the US?

Answer 20

Mount McKinley

Question 21

What is the name of the largest group of fresh water lakes in the world?

Answer 21

Great Lakes

Question 22

What is the America’s largest and most important river?

Answer 22

The Mississippi River

Question 23

What is a tributary?

Answer 23

A smaller stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river.

Question 24

The 2 rivers that make up the large tributaries of the Mississippi River

Answer 24

Missouri and Ohio rivers

Question 25

What are interior plains?

Answer 25

A vast region completely flat

Question 26

An area of high ground that devides the flow of rivers towards opposite ends of a continent.

Answer 26

Continental Divide.

Question 27

What are the four main regions in the US?

Answer 27

North,West,Midwest and Northeast

Question 28

What is a megapolis?

Answer 28

A string of large cities that have grown together.

Question 29

In which state are gold and silver a major resources?

Answer 29

Nevada

Question 30

What is a major resource along the Atlantic coast?

Answer 30

Fish

Question 31

The treat or use of violence against civilians to intimidate or cause fear for political or social reasons.

Answer 31

Terrorism

Question 32

A territory inhabited and controlled by people from a foreign land

Answer 32

Colony

Question 33

A large farm that grows mainly one crop

Answer 33

A plantation

Question 34

In which year the colonists adopted the Declaration of Independence

Answer 34

1776

Question 35

In 1781 the American forces defeated the British army at the Battle of Yorktown in Virginia under who?

Answer 35

General George Washington

Question 36

Who is George Washington?

Answer 36

The first president of the United States

Question 37

The first settlers that traveled west were called

Answer 37

Pioneers

Question 38

People who speak two languages are called:

Answer 38

Bilingual

Question 39

Canada has a region of rocky uplands,lakes and swaps called

Answer 39

Canadian Shield

Question 40

What is pulp?

Answer 40

Softened wood fibers

Question 41

Cheap paper used to do newspapers

Answer 41

Newsprint

Question 42

What is a province

Answer 42

Administrative divisions of a country

Question 43

Why was New France important

Answer 43

Because it provided goods to France

Question 44

Who were the first Canadians?

Answer 44

Indians and Inuits

Question 45

What's Canada type of government?

Answer 45

Constitutional Monarchy

Question 46

The strong connection that people feel toward the region in which they live

Answer 46

Regionalism

Question 47

In which province is Ottawa located?

Answer 47

Ontario

Question 48

What is a prime minister?

Answer 48

The head of a country's government

Question 49

The study of the world its people and landscapes they create

Answer 49

Geography