World Geography Flashcards
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What three areas make up Latin America?
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Middle America
South America
Caribbean
2
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Define tariff
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Tax on imports and exports
3
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List and define the three types of boundaries
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Natural boundary: River or Mountain
Geometric boundary: Latitude and Longitude
Cultural boundary: religion or language
4
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Define cordilleras
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Parallel mountain range
5
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What is the largest river in the world? (In volume)
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Amazon
6
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What is the largest lake in Central America?
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Lake Nicaragua
7
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What is the world’s highest navigable lake
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Lake Titicaca
8
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What was the official religion of the Spanish colonist in South America?
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Catholicism
9
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Define monotheism and polytheism
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Believe in one God and belief in many gods
10
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Define missionaries
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People who help spread religion around the world
11
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Define globalization
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The process in which connections a round the world increase and cultures merge
12
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List the measure of development for a country
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Gross national product gross domestic product industrialization standard of living literacy
13
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Define prime meridian
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Imaginary line that runs from the north pole to the South Pole through Greenwich England
14
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Define equator
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Imaginary line which circles the globe halfway between the poles
15
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What is the deepest depression on earth?
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Mariana trench
16
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Define fault
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A crack or break in the earths crust
17
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List the three layers of the earth
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Core
Mantle
Crust
18
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What type of climate is found in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States?
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Marine west coast
19
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What states to the Appalachian Mountains run through?
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West Virginia and Tennessee
20
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What is the population of Canada and the United States
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Canada: 32,507,874
USA: 300,000,000
21
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What causes water pollution?
A
Acid rain, run off from agriculture and industrial waste.
22
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Who sold the land west of the Mississippi to the United States?
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France
23
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What is special about the Atacama desert?
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It’s a defies the rainshadow effect because it is located on the Windward slope and it is one of the driest places on earth
24
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Define estuary and give an example
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Wherever meets the ocean tide
Example: Rio de la plata
25
Given example of a developing country
South Africa
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Define and give an example of the world city
Most important centers for economic power and wealth
| Examples: London
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List the two types of locations that geographers use
Relative and absolute
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Define relative location
A place in relation to another place
29
What is the land percentage of the world?
30%
30
Define erosion
Wearing away of the earth by wind glaciers and moving water
31
What cause the mountains on the US Pacific Coast to form?
Tectonic activity
32
What are prices in a market economy based on?
What companies want to charge and what people are willing to pay
33
Where do most people in South America live?
Near the coasts
34
Lake Marcaibo contains what natural resource for Venezuela?
Oil
35
What language has the most speakers?
Mandren Chinese
36
What percentage of the worlds population lives in northern hemisphere?
90%
37
What are the causes of culture change?
Migration war and trade
38
List the parts of a grid system
Latitude
Longitude
Prime meridian
Equator
39
What is the highest point on earth?
Mount Everest
40
Define physical weathering
Large masses of rock or physically broken off
41
Which province in Canada primarily speaks French?
Quebec
42
What is the United States a leading exporter of?
Wheat and beef
43
Defined NAFTA
North America free-trade agreement between Canada and the United States and Mexico
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Define and give an example of a primate city
A city that dominates a country's economy culture and government.
Example: Buenos Aries, Santiago, Montevideo
45
What is the headway of the Amazon River?
Peruvian Andes
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Define pampas
Grasslands of Argentina and Uruguay
47
Define Patagonia
Flatland of Argentina
48
Where does groundwater come from?
Rain melted snow lakes and rivers
49
What are the four major types of landforms?
Mountain
hills
plateaus
and planes
50
What are the three major types of bodies of water?
Seas
Gulfs
Bays
51
What do you scientist believe about earths continents?
They were once connected in a supercontinent
52
the major language of Haiti is what?
French
53
What is the major language of Brazil?
Portuguese
54
Cuba has what type of economy
Communist
55
What occurs when a river is dammed?
A lake forms upstream
56
What are the four reasons to build a dam?
Re-creation
flood control
irrigation and hydroelectricity
57
Where do Mexicans grow coffee?
Sierra Madre Del sir
58
Define Emigrant
People who leave the country to live somewhere else
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Define immigrant
People who come into a country to live from somewhere else
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Define culture
All the features of peoples way of life
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Define dialect
A regional variety of a language
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Define population density
The average number of people living in one area
63
Define shifting cultivation
The practice of clearing trees for short-term farming
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Define demography
The statistical study of human population
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Define capitalism
A system in which business industries and resources are privately owned
66
Define nationalism
A feeling of pride and loyalty for one's own country
67
Define infrastructure
A system of roads sports or other facilities
68
Defined Domestication
The taming of plants and animals by humans
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Define tributary
Small stream that connects to a larger river
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Define arable
Suitable for growing crops
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Define alluvial soil
Rich soil that is made up of sand and mud deposited from water
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Define literacy
Ability to read and write
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Define patriotism
Pride and loyalty for one's own country
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Define retooling
Converting old factories to be used for new industries
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What is the ability to read and write in more than one language?
Bilingual
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What is a taxes imposed on imports and exports?
Tariffs
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What is Haze caused by air pollution?
Smog
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What is a cotton based industry called
Textiles
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And which form of government is citizens elect their own official
Republic democracy
80
What are the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution called
Bill of rights
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What is partially self-governing country with close ties to another country called?
Dominion
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Defined monopoly
Total control of an industry by one person or company
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What is land that is controlled by one country but occupied by another
Colony
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Define mouth of a river
Where it ends
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Define headway of a river
Where it starts
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What is a religion which includes a central city and it's surrounded by suburbs
Metropolitan area
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What term describes making more on exports than spending on imports
Trade surplus
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What term describes spending more on imports than making on exports
Trade defictic
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What is a community of plants and animals
Ecosystem
90
What is the study of weather
Meteorology
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Define hemisphere
Half of the globe
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Define Llanos
Grasslands and Columbia and Venezuela
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What is the Highland climate zone at the lowest elevation n South America called
Tierra Caliente
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What is the highest and coldest climate zone in south America called
Tierra Fria
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What type of electricity is generated from moving water
Hydroelectricity
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What type of energy is generated from the sun
Solar energy
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What is the continuous layer of leaves that covers the rain forest
Canopy
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What is an escarpment
High Plains
99
Defined cartography
The study of maps and making
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Define mega city
Cities with more than 10 million people
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What is a thick layer of rock underneath the earths crust
Magma
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Define hydrosphere
All water on earth
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Why did Europeans set up colonies in Latin America
For natural resources
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Where does two thirds of the population live
Northern hemisphere
105
What affects routes of migration
War
Migration
Trade
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How much of earth is covered by water
70%
107
Are there deep divisions between the economic and social classes in Latin America
Yes
108
What is an example of a ethnic religion
Jewish or Islam
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What is physical geography
The study of Earth's physical features
110
Define earthquakes
Sudden violent movement of plates along the faultlines
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What is cultural region
Division of the earth based on government social groups economically's language or religion
112
Total population on earth
6.5 billion
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Define globalization
Connecting the cultures of the world
114
Define traditionalism
Follow a long time practice and oppose many modern practices
115
What is Mexico the world's leading exporter of
Silver
116
Define stalactite
Limestone rich water that form structures on the ceiling
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Define stalagmite
Limestone Bridgewater that forms structures on the ground
118
What percentage of Canadians live within 100 miles of the US border
90%
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What country consumes more oil than any other country on earth
United States
120
Is Latin America's population density high or low
High
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Is the United States population density high or low
High
122
Is Canada's population density high or low
Low
123
Define basin
Area of land drained by a given river and it's branches
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Define bay
Part of a larger body of water that extends into a Shoreline
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Define Canyon
Deep and narrow valley with steep walls
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Define Cape
Point of land that extends into a river or lake and ocean
127
Define continent
One of the seven large landmasses on earth
128
Definition of elevation
Height of land above sea level
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Define hill
Elevated land with sloping sides and rounded top generally smaller than a mountain
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Define Island
Land area which is completely surrounded by water
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Define isthmus
Narrow stretch of land connecting 2 larger land areas
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Define lake
Inland body of water surrounded by land
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Define Mesa
Broad flat top landform with steep sides
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Define mountain
Land with steep sides that rise sharply
135
Defined ocean
One of the four major bodies of salt water that surrounds continents
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Define peninsula
Body of land jutting into a lake or ocean and is surrounded by water on three sides
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Define plateau
Area of flat are rolling land at high elevations
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Define river
Large natural stream of water that runs through land
139
Define sea
Large body of water completely or partially surrounded by land
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Defined strait
Narrow stretch of water joining 2 larger bodies of water
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Define Valley
Area of low land usually between hills or mountains
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Define volcano
Mountain or hill created as liquid rock and Ash erupted from the earth
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What type of Geo graphic landform is Europe
Peninsula
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What to major oceans surround Europe
Atlantic and our Arctic
145
How many different languages are spoken in Europe
50
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What are the two major rivers in Europe used for transportation
Danube and Rhine
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Why are the Rhine Danube Rivers polluted
Industrial waste among their banks
148
Paris is considered a mega city because it has ___ people
10 million
149
What is the largest country in the world (in size)
Russia
150
What is the smallest country in the world? (In size)
Vatican city
151
What is ethnic cleansing
One ethnic or religious group removing by violent and Terror inspiring means the population of another ethnic or religious group from certain geographic areas
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What percent of Europe is urban
75%
153
And which system of government does the government control All mean of production
Communist
154
And which system of government does the government controls a means of production about others are privately owned
Socialist
155
What is the term for all living things on earth
Biosphere
156
What are large slow moving bodies of ice on land
Glaciers
157
What are Inlets to the sea created by glaciers called
Fjords
158
What are three main crops grown in Europe
Grapes potatoes olives
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Which climate type of precipitation of 22 to 80 inches a year which causes the weather to be foggy and rainy
Marine West Coast
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Which climate type as for Distinct characteristics
Humid continental
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When did the Industrial Revolution occur in Europe
18th and 19th centuries
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Coal is Europe's main source of what
Fuel or energy
163
What is Homogeneous
The same or having one major ethnic groups
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What is a refugee
Someone who is forced to flee a country
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What mountains are on the western edge of South America?
Andes
