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Geography 3 Flashcards

1
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Interval between two tides

A

12 hours and 26 min

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2
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______ is the name of when the Sun, Moon and Earth are in a straight line.

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Syzygy

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3
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Type of tide when Sun, moon and earth are in a straight line

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Spring tide

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Type of tide when Sun and moon are at right angles to the earth

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Neap tide

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5
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Straits in Asia

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Strait of Malacca & Bering Strait

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6
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Asia is separated from Europe by:

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Black sea, Caspian sea, Ural mountains, Caucasus mountains and strait of Dardanelles

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7
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World’s largest lake

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Caspian Sea

  • 5 times greater than Lake Superior
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8
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Largest salt desert

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Dast-e-Kavir

  • located in North Iran
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9
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Place in China for nuclear tests

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Lop Nor Lake

  • located in China
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10
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Other names for Hwang Ho river in China

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  • China’s sorrow

- Yellow river

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11
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Longest river of Asia

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Yangtze Kiang

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12
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______ is the only landlocked country in South-East Asian Peninsula

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Laos

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13
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Largest archipelago in the world

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Indonesia

  • group of islands
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14
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________ aka lifeline of Myanmar

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Irrawaddy river

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15
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Most saline water body in Asia

A

Lake Van of Turkey

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16
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Land of mountains and rivers

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Myanmar

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17
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Country of Canals

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Pakistan

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18
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Land of the rising sun

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Japan

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19
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Third largest saltiest water body

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Dead Sea

  • landlocked sea
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20
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Japanese cities famous for electrical instruments, precision instruments, textiles, automobile & ship building respectively

A 
Electrical instruments - Tokyo 
Precision instruments - Yokohama
Textiles - Osaka 
Automobiles - Nagoya 
Ship building - Nagasaki
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21
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Lowest point in Africa

A

Lake Assal

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22
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______ is a continent that is entirely a plateau.

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Africa

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23
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_______ continent belongs to all 4 hemispheres.

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Africa

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24
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Africa is also known as _______.

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Dark Continent

  • because parts of it were still unknown to outsiders until last century
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25
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Largest lake in Africa

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Lake Victoria

  • source of While Nile river
  • equator passes through it
  • located between Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania
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26
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_____ is a manmade lake in Africa.

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Nasser Lake

  • between Sudan and Egypt
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27
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_____ river cuts equator twice.

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Congo

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28
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_____ river cuts the Tropic of Capricorn twice.

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Limpopo river

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29
Q

Hottest place in the world

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Al-Aziziyah, Libya

  • 58°C
30
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_______ are Africa’s oldest races

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Kalahari Bushmen

  • in Kalahari desert
31
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Famous language of Africa

A

Swahili

32
Q

Highest point in North America

A

Meckinley

33
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Lowest point in North America

A

Death Valley

34
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_______ separates N. America from Siberia

A

Bering Strait

35
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Second largest country in the world

A

Canada

36
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Country with the largest coastline

A

Canada

37
Q

Boundary between Canada and USA

A

49° latitude

  • longest boundary
38
Q

Largest sweet water lake in the world

A

Lake Superior

39
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Largest producer of newsprint in the world

A

Canada

40
Q

Deserts in South America

A

Atacama and Patagonia

41
Q

Highest active volcano in South America

A

Cotopaxi

42
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Only landlocked countries in S. America

A

Bolivia and Paraguay

43
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Most fertile region of South America

A

Pampas

  • has the Alfa-Alfa grasses
44
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Places that comprise of Latin America

A

South America, Mexico, Central America and West Indies

45
Q

Highest waterfall in the world

A

Angel Falls, Venezuela

46
Q

Largest river by volume

A

Amazon River

  • second largest in the world, after Nile
47
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Longest mountain range of the world

A

Andes

48
Q

Highest commercially navigable lake

A

Lake Titicaca

49
Q

Driest place on Earth

A

Atacama desert

50
Q

Savannah grasslands in South America

A

Llanos & Campos

51
Q

______ has the worlds largest reserves of iron.

A

Brazil

  • in Serra dos carrajas hills
52
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_____ is largest coffee producer in the world.

A

Brazil

  • aka coffee bowl of the world
53
Q

Lowest point in Europe

A

Caspian Sea

54
Q

Highest point in Europe

A

Mt. Elbrus

55
Q

Strait in Europe

A

Strait of Gibraltar

56
Q

____ is the biggest and richest coal field in Europe.

A

Ruhr, Germany

57
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World’s largest island

A

Greenland

58
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Baltic states

A

Estonia, Lithuania & Latvia

59
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Scandinavian countries

A

Norway, Iceland, Sweden & Denmark

60
Q

_____ is the world’s most Northerly capital

A

Reykjavik

61
Q

____ is known as the key to the Baltic.

A

Copenhagen

  • capital of Denmark
62
Q

Land of forests and lakes

A

Finalnd

63
Q

UK is self-sufficient in ____.

A

Petrol

64
Q

Smallest country in the world

A

Vatican City

65
Q

Highest point in Australia

A

Mt Kusciusko

66
Q

Lowest point in Australia

A

Lake Eyre

67
Q

_____ is the only continent that is also a country.

A

Australia

68
Q

____ is aka Forgotten land

A

Australia

  • Discovered by Captain Cook
69
Q

First European to discover New Zealand

A

Abel Tasman

70
Q

Only active volcano in Antarctica

A

Mt. Erebus

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