Review For The Bimonthly Exam

Question 0

What are the three levels at which a geographer might study the world?

Answer 0

Regional level
Local level
Global level

Question 1

Is the study of the world it’s people and landscapes they create?

Answer 1

Geography

Question 2

What are two main branches of geography?

Answer 2

Physical and human

Question 3

It is a part of the world that has one or more common features that distinguish it from surrounding areas:

Answer 3

Region

Question 4

It is all the human and physical features that make a place unique:

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Landscape

Question 5

It is a field that studies people and the relationships among them:

Answer 5

Social scince

Question 6

It is a flat drawing that shows all or part of a Earth’s surface :

Answer 6

Map

Question 7

It is the studying of making maps:

Answer 7

Cartography

Question 8

The study of weather is called:

Answer 8

Meteorology

Question 9

Is the study of the world’s physical features-it’s landforms, bodies of water, climates, soils and plants:

Answer 9

Physical geography

Question 10

Is the study of the world’s people, communities and landscapes:

Answer 10

Human geography

Question 11

Is the set of beliefs, values, and practices that a group of people has in common:

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Culture

Question 12

Is an activity or behavior in which people often take part:

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Culture trait

Question 13

Is an area in which people have many shared culture traits:

Answer 13

Culture regions

Question 14

Is a group of people who share a common culture and ancestry:

Answer 14

Ethnic group

Question 15

Is the state of having a variety of cultures in the same part:

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Cultural diversity

Question 16

The spread of culture traits from one region to another:

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Cultural diffusion

Question 17

Is a string of large cities that have grown together:

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Megalopolis

Question 18

What is one country with a single central culture:

Answer 18

Japan

Question 19

What are three statistics in population studies?

Answer 19

Birthrate, death rate and the rate of natural increase

Question 20

Which is most likely a culture trait?

Answer 20

Religion

Question 21

How many states has the United States:

Answer 21

50 including Alaska and Hawaii

Question 22

What are some of the important physical features?

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Rocky Mountains
Niagara Falls
Great Plains
Great Lakes 
Appalachian mountains

Question 23

What is the most important river in the U.S.A.?

Answer 23

Mississippi River

Question 24

What are the two important tributaries of the Mississippi River ?

Answer 24

Ohio river

Missouri River

Question 25

Is territory inhabited and controlled by people from a foreign land:

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Colony

Question 26

Is a large farm that grows mainly one crop:

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Plantation

Question 27

People who speak two languages:

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Bilingual

Question 28

In what year the American force under general George Washington defeated the British army at the battle of Yorktown in Virginia?

Answer 28

1781

Question 29

Shares border with Canada, the economy is dependent of the banks, investments firms, and insurance companies:

Answer 29

The northeast

Question 30

Is a region that includes long coastlines along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico:

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South

Question 31

Is the largest region in the United States, many large cities are on the Pacific Coast:

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The west

Question 32

It’s corn-growing region stretches from Ohio to Nebraska:

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The Midwest

Question 33

Is a smaller stream or River that flows into a larger stream of River:

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Tributary

Question 34

Is an area of high ground that divides the flow of rivers towards opposite ends of a continent:

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Continental divide

Question 35

How is called the Atlantic coast lies a large fishing ground near Newfoundland and Labrador?

Answer 35

Grand Banks

Question 36

Softened wood fibers:

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Pulp

Question 37

Is cheap paper used mainly for newspaper:

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Newsprint

Question 38

Are administrative divisions of a country:

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Provinces

Question 39

Refers to the strong connection that people feel toward the region in which they live:

Answer 39

Regionalism

Question 40

Means on or near the sea

Answer 40

Maritime