geography Flashcards

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What is geomorphology?

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Form and structure of the surface of the earth

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What is climatology?

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Makes use of meteorology and deals with climatic conditions

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What is biogeography?

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It makes use of biology and is associated with the distribution of plant and animal life

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4
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What is soil’s geography?

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It deals with the distribution of soil

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5
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what is pedology?

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It is the study of soil including types

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6
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Which is the fastest planet?

A

Mercury

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7
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What is the most dense planet?

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Venus

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8
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What is the least dense planet?

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Saturn

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9
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Which planet is most tilted on its axis?

A

Uranus

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10
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Which planets moon Nereid has the most eccentric orbit?

A

Neptune

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11
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Which is the largest island?

A

Greenland

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12
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Which is the highest volcanic mountain?

A

Ojos Del Salado

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13
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Which Canal connects London and Baltic ports?

A

kiel canal

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14
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Which Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea and the red sea?

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Suez canal

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15
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Which Canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific ocean?

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Panama Canal

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16
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Which is the highest waterfall? In the world

A

Angel Falls, Venezuela

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17
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How many nations are recognised by the Olympics?

A

206

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18
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What is the new name of the place of Constantinople?

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Istanbul

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19
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What is the new name of Madagascar?

20
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What is the old name of Japan?

21
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What is the new name of Egypt?

A

United Arab Republic

22
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What is the old name of Ghanna?

A

Gold Coast

23
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What is known as the battlefield of Europe?

24
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What is known as the city of the Golden Gate?

A

San Francisco

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What is known as the city of popes?
Rome
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What is known as the city of seven Hills?
Rome
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What is known as the cockpit of Europe?
Belgium
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What is known as the dairy of northern Europe? What is known as the Emerald city? What is known as the Empire city? What is known as the eternal city?
Denmark, Ireland, New York, Rome
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What is known as the forbidden city? What is known as the gift of Nile? What is known as the holy land? What is known as the island of pearls? What is known as the land of cakes? What is known as the land of flying fish? What is known as the land of golden fleece?
Lhasa Lhasa,, Egypt, Palestine, Bahrain, Scotland, Barbados, Australia
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What is known as the land of the Golden pagoda? What is known as the land of kangaroos? What is known as the land of the midnight sun? What is known as the land of milk and honey? What is known as the land of the rising Sun? What is known as the land of the thousand lakes?
Myanmar, Australia, Norway, Cannan, Japan, Finland
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What is known as the land of white elephants, what is known as the lady of snow, what is known as the playground of Europe? What is known as the Queen of the Arabian Sea? What is known as the roof of the world? What is known as the sorrow of China?
Thailand, Canada, Switzerland, Kochi, Pamir Tibet, river Hwang Ho
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What is known as the sick man of Europe,? What is known as the. Sugar bowl of the world? What is known as the store house of the world? What is known as the city of Arabian nights?
Turkey, Cuba, Mexico, Baghdad
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Who is the major producer of rice?
China
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Who is the major producer of corn?
USA
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Who is the largest producer of coffee?
Brazil
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Who is the largest producer of cotton?
China
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Is the largest producer of wheat?
European Union
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Who is the largest producer of tea?
China
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The Durand line is b/w which two countries?
line demarcating India and Afghanistan
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What is the name of the boundary dividing Germany and Poland?
Hindenburg line
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What is the name of the boundary demarcating Russia and Finland?
Mannerheim line
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What is the name of the line demarcating India and Pakistan?
Radcliffe line
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What is the line demarcating India and Pakistan as declared by Pakistan?
24th parallel
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Which line divides North Korea and South Korea?
38th parallel
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The what is the boundary between US and Canada?
49th parallel
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VELD temperate grasslands are located where?
South America
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The worldwide rise or fall in the sea level is referred to as – – – –
Eustacy