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High School: Geography Flashcards

1
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Which piece of land, 25 miles long and 6 miles wide, is bounded by Israel, Egypt, and the Mediterranean Sea?

A

Gaza Strip

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What world’s largest inland body of salt water located just east of the Caucasus Mountains, was recently the subject of a five-nation debate over its status as a sea or lake

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Caspian Sea

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For a 19 month period from 1969-1971, this island in San Francisco Bay was occupied by 89 Native Americans belonging to a group call Indians of All Tribes. Name this island that was once home to a famous prison

A

Alcatraz
(pronounced Al-ca-traz)

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This lake in southern Siberia holds two record: world deepest at 5,387 feet and world’s oldest at 25 to 30 million years. Name this lake that is larger than the country of Belgium

A

Lake Baikal
(pronounced by-CALL)

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What is the name of the island that is shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti?

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Hispaniola

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What is the collective name for the islands scattered throughout most of the Pacific Region which included Australasia, Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia?

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Oceania

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Located in the Pacific Ocean near the equator, this republic consists of around 7,640 islands including Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao

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Phillipines

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This desert is located on a strip of land on the Pacific coast, west of the Andes Mountains

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Atacama Desert

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This desert is located primarily in southeastern California and southwestern Nevada

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Mojave Desert
(pronounced mo-HAHV-ee)

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What is the capital of Serbia?

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Belgrade

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What is the capital of Portugal?

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Lisbon

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What is the capital of Spain?

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Madrid

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What is the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina?

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Sarajevo
(sair-EE-A-voh)

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What is the capital of Andorra?

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Andorra la Velia

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What is the capital of Croatia?

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Zagreb
(zuh-GREB)

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What is the name for the system of paved and unpaved roads in Brazil that is designed to facilitate settlement of the vast underpopulated Amazon River Basin by connecting Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo to the capital of Brasilia?

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Trans-Amazonian Highway

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What is the name for strong extremely dry downslope winds that originate from cool, high-pressure air masses in the Great Basin and affect Southern California and northern Baja California

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Santa Ana winds

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18
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What state was the first to abolish adult slavery?

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Vermont

19
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What state was the first to give women the vote?

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Wyoming

20
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What state was the first to secede from the Union in December 1860?

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South Carolina

21
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What state was the first to ratify the Consitution?

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Delaware

22
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What real hotel located in Estes Park, Colorado was built by an American manufacturer of steam cars is famously haunted and is the inspiration for the Overlook Hotel in Stephen King’s horror novel, The Shining?

A

The Stanley Hotel

23
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What is the common name for the more than 900 mile annual trail sled dog race from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska?

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Iditarod
(I-dit-UH-rod)

24
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Which tectonic plate named for a region in southern Peru is an oceanic plate in the eastern Pacific Basin off the western coast of South America?

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Nazca Plate

25
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Which Iowa-class battleship in the US Navy was the site of the Japanese surrender in WW2 and is currently a floating was memorial at Naval Base Pearl Harbor, HI?

A

USS Missouri

26
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Which desert of the interior plateau of Southern Africa occupies almost all of Botswana, the eastern third of Namibia, and the northernmost part of Northern Cape province in South Africa?

A

Kalahari Desert
(CAW-luh-HAR-ee)

27
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Zambia and Zimbabwe were once part of one country during colonization. What is this former country - named for a colonist who also had a famous scholarship named for him?

A

Rhodesia

28
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This imperial measure is 43,560 square feet. It is the area that one man with an ox could till in one day. Name this agriculture are of measure that many farms and properties are calculated by

A

acre

29
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In 1938, this country approved Anschluss (on-sh-loose) or union. Name this country that willingly united with Germany with its capital at Vienna

A

Austria

30
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This US state is home to the Sand Hills which are located in its panhandle. The Missouri River also flows through this state. Name this state whose capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha

A

Nebraska

31
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What is the official language(s) of the country of Belize?

Note: if you provide more than one language in your answer, all must be correct

A

English

32
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What is the official language(s) of the country of Sudan?

Note: if you provide more than one language in your answer, all must be correct

A

Arabic OR English

33
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What is the official language(s) of the country of Mali?

Note: if you provide more than one language in your answer, all must be correct

A

French

34
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What is the official language(s) of the country of India?

Note: if you provide more than one language in your answer, all must be correct

A

Hindi OR English

35
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What is the official language(s) of the country of San Marino?

Note: if you provide more than one language in your answer, all must be correct

A

Italian

36
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What is the official language(s) of the country of Brazil?

Note: if you provide more than one language in your answer, all must be correct

A

Portuguese

37
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What is the official language(s) of the country of Venezuela?

Note: if you provide more than one language in your answer, all must be correct

A

Spanish

38
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What is the official language(s) of the country of Yemen?

Note: if you provide more than one language in your answer, all must be correct

A

Arabic

39
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What is the official language(s) of the country of Sri Lanka?

Note: if you provide more than one language in your answer, all must be correct

A

Sinhala OR Tamil

40
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What is the official language(s) of the country of the Philippines?

Note: if you provide more than one language in your answer, all must be correct

A

Filipino OR English

41
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What is the official language(s) of the country of Pakistan?

Note: if you provide more than one language in your answer, all must be correct

A

Urdu OR English

42
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This city got its modern name in March 1930. It was known as Byzantium until about 657 BCE and was then renamed Constantinople in the 4th century CE. Name this city which is NOT the capital of Turkey

A

Istanbul

43
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What is the capital of Turkey?

A

Ankara

44
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In the small settlement of Pripyay (prip-E-aht) workers attempted an experiment in 1986 that changed how this type of energy production is perceived. A fire broke out during the experiment at the plant, which led to an explosion and an atmospheric release of radioactive material. Name this city in Ukraine which is the site of the largest nuclear accident in history

A

Chernobyl

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