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Geography Final
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Basic concepts of geography taught at the beginning of the year and tested as a final.
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1
Global warming is predicted to lead to all of the following except:
rising sea levels
expanding ice caps
newly endangered species
widespread crop failures
2
Which of these is the most important "pull factor" that draws people from farms to cities?
Economic opportunity
Spatial inequality
Communal land
Apartment living
3
What is a biome?
a large watershed
an ice cap habitat
an arid continent
a large ecosystem
4
Symbols to communicate information on maps are in boxes. These boxes are called _____
Key/Legend
Scale
Place
Location
5
Which of the following IS NOT one of the 5 themes of geography?
Location
Place
Human-environment interaction
Renewable
6
A war between people in the same country is a(n)
Informal war
Gender-based war
Poverty war
Civil war
7
The imaginary lines that run from north to south across the Earth are called _____ lines
Equator
Latitude
Prime meridian
Longitude
8
________ are areas where water is scarce and it rarely rains.
Continents
Region
Mountains
Deserts
9
A tool that is on most maps that shows the four directions is called the _________.
Compass rose
Scale
Prime Meridian
Legend
10
Which of the following will you find on a map that shows physical features?
Businesses
Vegetation
Landforms
Population
11
A map that shows population density is a type of
Political map
Thematic map
Physical map
Regional map
12
_____ are resources can be used once.
Human-environment interaction
Water
Nonrenewable
Renewable
13
Which of these climate zones covers most of Canada?
Marine west coast
Subarctic
Humid continental
Tundra
14
How were the Great Lakes created?
shrinking of oceans
the clearing of forests
damming of rivers
melting of glaciers
15
Which of these is an example of a failed state?
United Kingdom
European Union
Soviet Union
Azerbaijan Republic
16
Which two continents are located entirely in the Western Hemisphere?
Europe & Africa
North America & South America
There aren't two entirely in the western hemisphere
Asia & Antarctica
17
Which of these Monsoon Asia countries has the highest overall population density?
Philippines
Indonesia
Vietnam
Japan
18
The Earth always rotates from _____ to _____.
North to south
East to west
South to north
West to east
19
A micro-entrepreneur is a person who
inherits a thriving big business
employs many workers
runs a large business
starts a very small business
20
Landforms that rise from the Earth to a height far above the surrounding land are called _____
Deserts
Region
Place
Mountains
21
Hiring someone outside a company to do work that was once done by the company workers is
recycling
outsourcing
smart growth
division of labor
22
Which of the following IS one of the 5 themes of geography?
Movement
Water
Continents
Nonrenewable
23
The imaginary horizontal lines that run from east to west are known as _____ lines.
Latitude
Longitude
Equator
Location
24
The Earth is divided into seven large land masses known as:
Legends
Continents
Mountains
Deserts
25
Water and wind are called _____ resources because they can be used more than once.
Human-environmental interaction
Nonrenewable
Water
Renewable
26
What are coal, iron, uranium, and petroleum?
Land use
Economic activity
Natural resources
Vegetation zones
27
What is the feeling of pride and loyalty toward one's country called?
cultural identity
pluralism
self-respect
nationalism
28
Which comparative advantage does India have in attracting IT jobs from the US?
India's caste system
Many English speakers
Many Hindi speakers
India's brain drain
29
Most of the Earth's surface is covered in _____.
Mountains
Deserts
Continents
Water
30
The tool on a map that shows the distance an inch on a map represents is called:
Scale
Compass rose
Key/Legend
Place
31
The imaginary line running vertically from the North Pole to the South Pole is called
Equator
Prime meridian
Latitude
Longitude
32
The movement of large numbers of people to cities is known as
Immigration
Urbanization
Distortion
Emission
33
Which feature runs through Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile & Argentina?
Andes Mountains
Amazon River
Caribbean Sea
Yucatan Peninsula
34
A meridian of longitude is an imaginary line that runs
From the North Pole to the South Pole
Parallel to the Tropic of Cancer
Parallel to the Arctic Circle
What's a meridian?
35
The imaginary line around the middle of the Earth is known as the _____.
Longitude
Prime meridian
Equator
Latitude
36
What three European countries have the lowest overall population density?
Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg
Iceland, Finland, Sweden
Spain, Portugal, Italy
Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia
