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Government-controlled production and distribution

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Command economy

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Molten rock within the Earth

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Magma

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The exact point on a grid of latitude and longitude lines

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Absolute location.

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The number of people per square unit of land

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Population density

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The shape of Earth’s physical features

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Topography

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People who share a common language, history, and place of origin

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Ethnic group

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The middle layer of the Earth that lies beneath the crust

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Mantle

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The process of spreading new knowledge and ideas from culture to culture

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Cultural diffusion

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The latitude of 23 1/2 N

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Tropic of Cancer

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Short-term aspect of climate

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Weather

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Traps head and keeps it from escaping too quickly into space

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Atmosphere

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Permanent daylight found at the Poles during summer

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Midnight sun

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Equal hours of daylight and nighttime

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Equinox

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Cartographers are people who make

a. weather forecasts
b. train schedules
c. musical instruments
d. maps

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Maps

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Latitude lines run

a. parallel to the equator
b. in circular patterns clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere
c. north and south from the Poles
d. in circular patterns counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere

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Parallel to the Equator

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When a mountain blocks precipitation to its leeward side, the result is a

a. windward circumstance
b. leeward disturbance
c. rain shadow effect
d. greenhouse effect

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Rain shadow effect

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A government that is run by one person alone

a. has never happened in world history
b. is called and autocracy
c. is called an oligarchy
d. may be known as a democratic monarchy

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Is called an autocracy

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18
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Where is the Tropic of Capricorn located?

a. between the Antarctic Circle and the Equator
b. between the Arctic Circle and the Equator
c. between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole
d. between the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole

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Between the Antarctic Circle and the Equator

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Which of the following best summarizes the water cycle?

a. evaporation, subduction, accretion
b. evaporation, condensation, precipitation
c. condensation, spreading, precipitation
d. condensation, precipitation, weathering

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Evaporation, condensation, precipitation

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The consistent, proportional relationship between measurements on a map and measurements on the Earth’s surface is its

a. scale
b. longitude
c. relief
d. elevation

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Scale

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The Earth rotates on its

a. Equator
b. oceans
c. axis
d. revolution

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Axis

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The birthrate is the number of births per

a. year for 100 people
b. century for 1,000 people
c. decade for 500 people
d. year for 1,000 people

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Year for 1,000 people

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Human-made features, such as coundaries and highways, would be shown on a

a. political map
b. physical map
c. cartogram
d. relief map

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Political map

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The Earth revolves around the sun one time each

a. day
b. week
c. month
d. year

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Year

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Particular kinds of information, such as climate or population, would be shown on a

a. hemispheric map
b. political map
c. physical map
d. thematic map

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Thematic map

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What do cartographers use to show the round Earth on a flat surface?

a. global grid
b. relative location
c. compass rose
d. map projection

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Map projection

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What divides the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere?

a. the Prime Meridian
b. the Equator
c. cardinal directions
d. flow lines

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The Equator

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A place defined by popular feelings and images is called a

a. functional region
b. site
c. perceptual region
d. situation

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Perceptual region

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Why are maps useful to geographers?

a. A great deal of statistical information can be recorded on a map.
b. Maps can show the history of a country at a glance.
c. There are many different types of maps.
d. Maps can show some information better than writing can.

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Maps can show some information better than writing can.

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30
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What features are most accurately depicted on a globe?

a. area, close-up detail, distance
b. area, distance, direction
c. close-up detail, distance, direction
d. direction, area, close-up detail

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Area, distance, direction

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On what do functional regions focus?

a. a time period in a specific part of the world.
b. the distant future and how geography will change in an area
c. a central point and the surrounding territory linked to it
d. a system of related regions that cover large continents

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A central point and the surrounding territory linked to it

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What part of a map explains its symbols, colors, and lines?

a. scale bar
b. compass rose
c. key
d. qualitative maps

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Key

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33
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A _____ is made up of icy particles and frozen gases.

a. meteoroid
b. comet
c. solar system
d. gas giant planet

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Gas giant planet

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The core, _____, and the crust are the three layers of the Earth.

a. mantle
b. magma
c. plates
d. lava

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Mantle

35
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Land takes up about how much of the Earth’s surface?

a. 70 percent
b. 15 percent
c. 30 percent
d. 20 percent

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30 percent

36
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Which of the following best describes the Earth’s inner core?

a. liquid and extremely hot
b. solid and cool
c. liquid and cool
d. solid and extremely hot

A

Solid and extremely hot

37
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Countries experiencing negative population growth may have to

a. import workers
b. export food
c. close borders
d. hire demographers

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Import workers

38
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One of the goals of this system of government is the equal distribution of wealth.

a. socialism
b. autocracy
c. democracy
d. confederation

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Socialism

39
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Habit and custom determine economic activities in a(n)

a. market economy
b. traditional economy
c. command economy
d. oligarchy

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Traditional economy

40
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People can own businesses and make profits in _____ system.

a. command economy
b. communist
c. traditional economy
d. free enterprise

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Free enterprise

41
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A _____ system of government divides power between national and state governments.

a. democratic
b. unitary
c. federal
d. socialist

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Federal

42
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Water, wind, and solar power are _____ resources.

a. renewable
b. nonrenewable
c. hydroelectric
d. unpolluted

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Renewable

43
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What is the relative location of megalopolis?

A

Megalopolis is close to the state of Pennsylvania.

44
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Badly polluted European industrial area

A

Black triangle

45
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Tunnel linking England and France

A

Chunnel

46
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German freeway system

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Autobahnen

47
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European shift into mass production

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Industrial Revilution

48
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Largest European port

A

Rotterdam

49
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Northern Ireland, England, Wales, and Scotland

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United Kingdom

50
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Highest mountain range in Europe

A

Alps

51
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Most important waterway of eastern Europe

A

Danube River

52
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Waterway that runs through Germany to the North Sea

A

Rhine River

53
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Area that includes Albania and Croatia

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Balkan Peninsula

54
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Administrative center for the EU

A

Brussels

55
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Body of water that lies between Italy and Croatia

A

Adriatic Sea

56
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Mediterranean island

A

Crete

57
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Narrow water passage south of Spain

A

Strait of Gibraltar

58
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Area that is home to Spain and Portugal

A

Iberian Peninsula

59
Q

The Pyrenees mountains separate the _____ Peninsula from the rest of Europe.

a. Italian
b. Scandinavian
c. Iberian
d. Balkan

A

Iberian

60
Q

Iceland’s location along the _____ results in volcanoes, hot springs, and geysers.

a. Antarctic Circle
b. Mid-Pacific Ridge
c. Mid-Atlantic Ridge
d. Arctic Circle

A

Mid-Atlantic Ridge

61
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Beginning in the late _____, the Industrial Revolution transformed manufacturing in Europe by replacing human labor with machines.

a. 1700s
b. 1900s
c. 1500s
d. 1600s

A

1700s

62
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The goal of the _____ is a united Europe in which goods, services, and workers can move freely among member countries.

a. Common Market
b. United Nations
c. European Union
d. Maastricht Treaty

A

European Union

63
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Foreigners who work on a temporary basis in a country other than the ones in which they are citizens are called

a. migrants
b. guest workers
c. regugees
d. immigrants

A

Guest workers

64
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Countries that have health-care systems funded by the government are known as

a. communist states
b. city-states
c. democratic states
d. welfare states

A

Welfare states

65
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The European Union requires its members to

a. limit and clean up environmental pollution
b. pay high tariffs
c. cease individual production
d. limit environmental pollution

A

Limit and clean up environmental pollution

66
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Europe’s large deposits of coal and iron sparked the growth of _____ in the 1800s.

a. heavy industry
b. light industry
c. service industries
d. farm cooperatives

A

Heavy industry

67
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_____, or organizations in which farmers share in growing and selling products, reduce costs and increase profits.

a. farm cooperatives
b. State farms
c. Mixed farms
d. Organic farms

A

Farm cooperatives

68
Q

Iceland is a land of glaciers and

a. active volcanoes
b. long-dormant
c. month
d. dense forests

A

Active volcanoes

69
Q

The Alps stretch from southern France to which region?

a. Britain
b. the Iberian Peninsula
c. the Balkan Peninsula
d. southern Italy

A

The Balkan Peninsula

70
Q

The most densely populated nation in northern Europe is

a. Sweden
b. the United Kingdom
c. Iceland
d. Norway

A

The United Kingdom

71
Q

Northern Europe’s largest and oldest urban area is

a. Paris
b. Scandinavia
c. Rome
d. London

A

London

72
Q

After World War II, which country was divided between communist and noncommunist governments?

a. France
b. Germany
c. Belgium
d. Netherlands

A

Germany

73
Q

The most populous nation in southern Europe is

a. Italy
b. Greece
c. Spain
d. Portugal

A

Italy

74
Q

The recent dominant migration patterns of the region has resulted in

a. suburbaniation
b. rural concentration
c. urbanization
d. emigration

A

Suburbanization

75
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Most eastern Europeans are ethnically

a. Celtic
b. Germanic
c. Roma
d. Slavic

A

Slavic

76
Q

On _____, fools are raised without chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

a. farm cooperatives
b. collective farms
c. state farms
d. organic farms

A

Organic farms

77
Q

In _____ earthen dikes hold back the sea.

a. Ireland
b. the Neterlands
c. Rhineland
d. Italy

A

The Netherlands

78
Q

The _____ separate(s) the Iberian Peninsula from Africa.

a. Apennines
b. North Sea
c. Strait of Gibraltar
d. Aegean Sea

A

Strait of Gibraltar

79
Q

The _____ run through eastern Europe from Slovakia to Romania.

a. Pyrenees
b. Meseta
c. Carpathians
d. Alps

A

Carpatians

80
Q

The western European city that is the administrative center of the European Union is

a. Paris
b. Berlin
c. Geneva
d. Brussels

A

Brussels

81
Q

After World War II, which country was divided between communist and noncommunist governments?

a. France
b. Belgium
c. Germany
d. Netherlands

A

Germany

82
Q

The _____ was a power struggle between the Soviet-controlled Communist world and the non-Communist world.

a. Reformation
b. Cold War
c. Renaissance
d. Korean War

A

Cold War

83
Q

Language, religion, social groups, government, and more

A

Culture.

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