Test 6 (Final Exam) Flashcards
What is the wide mouth where the ocean tide meets a river current called?
estuary
What is the world’s highest navigable freshwater lake?
Lake Titicaca
What is the world’s highest waterfall?
Angel Falls
What is the longest mountain range on land?
Andes
What is the world’s largest desert?
Sahara
What is the world’s largest canyon?
Grand Canyon
What is the world’s largest inland seaway?
the St. Lawrence Seaway
What is the world’s largest island?
Greenland
What is the world’s largest freshwater lake in area?
Lake Superior
What is the world’s longest river?
Nile River
What is the world’s biggest natural structure formed by living things?
Great Barrier Reef
What country prohibits the killing of cattle?
India
What city do both Jews and Muslims consider a holy city?
Jerusalem
What is the only Asian country where a majority of people practice Roman Catholicism?
the Philippines
About 1/4 of what country is polder that was taken from the sea by using dikes, dams, and windmills to drain water from the land?
the Netherlands
Afrikaners are the Dutch inhabitants of what country?
South Africa
Which African country was settled by freed slaves?
Liberia
A gold rush in 1851 caused the population of what country to increase by 200%?
Australia
What mountain range is considered the “Backbone of North America?”
Rocky Mountains
What is Canada’s French province?
Quebec
What country became the Western Hemisphere’s first Communist dictatorship?
Cuba