Nine Weeks Test 1

Question 1

What lines run parallel to the equator?

Answer 1

Latitude

Question 2

What percentage of earth is made of water?

Answer 2

70%

Question 3

The lithosphere consists of earth’s what?

Answer 3

Land

Question 4

The hydrosphere consists of earth’s what?

Answer 4

Water

Question 5

How many inches per year do the plates in earth move?

Answer 5

4

Question 6

How many miles is the earth from the sun?

Answer 6

93,000,000

Question 7

What is the diameter of the earth?

Answer 7

8,000 miles

Question 8

Earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis are created by what forces?

Answer 8

Internal

Question 9

What is made up of thick rock such as silicon, oxygen, aluminum, and iron?

Answer 9

Mantle

Question 10

What is located in Greenwich England?

Answer 10

Prime meridian

Question 11

Which tropic is located at 23.5 degrees south?

Answer 11

Capricorn

Question 12

Which tropic is located 23.5 degrees north?

Answer 12

Cancer

Question 13

What are winds that blow in constant patterns?

Answer 13

Prevailing

Question 14

Which area on the equator is usually windless?

Answer 14

Doldrums

Question 15

Which direction do the ocean currents flow in the Southern Hemisphere?

Answer 15

Counter clockwise

Question 16

What are the five themes of geography?

Answer 16

Latino, place, movement, region, human environment interaction

Question 17

What is the highest point of earth’s surface?

Answer 17

Mount Everest

Question 18

What is the lowest point of earth’s surface?

Answer 18

Dead Sea

Question 19

What is the difference between physical and political map?

Answer 19

Physical-shows topography of earth’s features

Political-shows boundaries between countries and states

Question 20

What is the deepest part of the ocean?

Answer 20

Mariana Trench

Question 21

What are the seven continents?

Answer 21

Asia, NA, SA, Australia, ANT, Europe, and Africa

Question 22

What is midnight sun?

Answer 22

When the sun doesn’t set in the NP from March 20-September 23 causing continuous sunlight in the SP

Question 23

What is significant about an Equinox?

Answer 23

Day= night

Question 24

What does the word geographia mean? Why do we study geography?

Answer 24

Geographia is the Greek word that means geography. We study geography to learn about earth and its places and culture

Question 25

Define autocracy.

Answer 25

The oldest most common form of government. It's where a place is ruled by one person

Question 26

Define oligarchy.

Answer 26

When a place is ruled by a group of people. Kinda like the communist party(China)

Question 27

Give a few examples of totalitarian dictator.

Answer 27

When a person desires to control everything. Germany-Hitler(nazi Germany) France-Mussolini Russia-Stalin

Question 28

How does direct democracy work?

Answer 28

People decide by voting directly. (No longer exist)

Question 29

What is hottest and lowest place in the US? How hot did it here once setting record?

Answer 29

Death Valley;134 degrees

Question 30

How far do the Rocky Mountains extend and which states does it begin and end with?

Answer 30

3,000 miles from NM to Canada

Question 31

Which US state is first in natural gas reserves?

Answer 31

Texas

Question 32

What are NA's oldest mountains and the second longest?

Answer 32

Appalachian mountains(1,500)

Question 33

Why is NYC's Manhattan island important?

Answer 33

Leading economic center

Question 34

What percentage of the earth's surface do the US and Canada cover?

Answer 34

12%

Question 35

Which state is composed of volcanic mountaintops?

Answer 35

Hawaii

Question 36

What is a major source of hydroelectric power for the US of Canada?

Answer 36

Niagara Falls

Question 37

How were the Great Lakes formed?

Answer 37

Glaciers that flowed out from the lands

Question 38

How does Canada's weather affect the US?

Answer 38

It's winds blow in causing cold air in the US

Question 39

Where is the majority of oil and natural gas reserves located in Canada?

Answer 39

Alberta

Question 40

What is the world's largest island?

Answer 40

Greenland

Question 41

List some deserts in NA.

Answer 41

Death Valley, Mojave, Great Salt Lake Desert, Chihuahun

Question 42

Wha is the epidemic that happened in the US in the destroyed many crops and caused numerous agricultural problems?

Answer 42

Dust bowl

Question 43

Explain Canada's abundance of minerals

Answer 43

14% of gold, 12% of silver, and 18% of copper

Question 44

What is the significance of the continental divide?

Answer 44

Flows east to the MS river and also west to the pacific

Question 45

How long is the MS river?

Answer 45

2,350 miles

Question 46

Where does the MS river begin?

Answer 46

Minnesota and ends in the Gulf of Mexico

Question 47

How many states does the MS River drain and how much land is drained?

Answer 47

31 states, 1.2 million square miles

Question 48

List the names of mountains in Mexico, Central America, and South America.

Answer 48

Andes, Sierra madre(occidental,oriental) and central highlands

Question 49

What is the land area of Latin America? How much of the earth does it take up?

Answer 49

8 million square miles, 16%

Question 50

Where is Patagonia?

Answer 50

Argentina

Question 51

Where is the worlds finest emeralds found?

Answer 51

Mines in Colombia

Question 52

Which two Latin America countries are leading oil producers?

Answer 52

Mexico and Venezuela

Question 53

What is the largest lake in Central America?

Answer 53

Lake Nicaragua

Question 54

Which country is the leading exporter of copper?

Answer 54

Chile

Question 55

What affects the climate if Latin America the most?

Answer 55

Elevation

Question 56

What is unique about the Atacama desert?

Answer 56

Some parts have no rainfall recorded ever

Question 57

Give a description of the maya, Aztec, and the incas

Answer 57

Maya- skilled in math and calculated the orbit of earth(365 days) Aztec-built artificial floating islands,chinampos Inca-used a quipu, a rope with knotted cards of various lengths and colors

Question 58

Why did the Spaniards shift from Native American to Africans for hard labor?

Answer 58

When hundreds of thousands died from being forced to work in the hot tropical climate and from European diseases

Question 59

How did Spain govern the colonies?

Answer 59

Appointed viceroys from distant Spain to make sure Spanish law was enforced

Question 60

What was the first Latin American country to get rid of European rule? Who lead this revolt?

Answer 60

Haiti, Francois Toussaint L'Ouverture

Question 61

Which country was the only one to gain independence without a revolution?

Answer 61

Brazil

Question 62

What did the Protestant missionaries build in Latin America?

Answer 62

Hospitals, schools, and colleges

Question 63

Why us literacy rate improving?

Answer 63

Free education for all children for 12 years old

Question 64

What is life often centered on in Latin America?

Answer 64

Family

Question 65

What is the national sport in most Latin America countries?

Answer 65

Futbol(soccer)