World Geography Final

Great Lakes refers to a cluster of _ lakes located in the American Midwest and central Canada.

Mexico & Central America form a(n) ___ that connects the continents of North & South America.

Brazil gained independence partly as an indirect result of the actions of the French emperor

Moves over Earth's mantle, creating changes of Earth's surface features

An example of an archipelago is _____.

Lines of longitude measure distance on Earth _____

The Trail of Tears is one example of many _____ of Native Americans in America's history.

Which line is used as a starting point to measure longitude?

Which other continent besides Antarctica is completely surrounded by water?

An example of a nonrenewable resource is _____.

Which of the following describes how far above sea level a landform or location is?

Continents are part of Earth's _____.

The United Kingdom is made up of England, Wales, _____, and Northern Ireland.

What causes earthquakes?

What is the process by which nations, cultures, and economies become integrated?

Canada's capital city is _____, which is located in the province of Ontario.

Immigration from _____ and Asia has brought many Muslims to Western Europe.

Which concept encouraged the United States's westward movement?

Which of the following is the largest ocean in the world?

Fighting in World War II did not stop until _____.

Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador are called the

The largest city in the Andes and midlatitude region is _____, the capital of Argentina.

Simón Bolívar & José de San Martín were important in the history of the region because they

São Paulo and _____ have the most and largest favelas in Brazil.

Many Native Americans died from ___, a highly infectious disease introduced by the Europeans.

Refers to ocean storms that span hundreds of miles with winds of at least 74 miles per hour?

What country held Panama shortly before the United States built the Panama Canal?

What is the longest river in Europe and Russia’s most important waterway?

One of the three vertical climate zones in South America is tierra caliente, which has _____.

Geography is the study of Earth and its peoples, places, and _____.

The first Europeans to reach what is now Canada were _____, who arrived around A.D. 1000.

Some Native American groups on the Plains were ____ so they could hunt herds of bison.

What form of government does the United States have?

In the late 1800s, thousands of __ moved from the South to the North in the Great Migration.

A group of people with a common racial, national, tribal, religious, or cultural background?

Where is the deepest location on Earth?

Where is the Ring of Fire located?

Western Europe is separated from Southern Europe by two mountain ranges: the Alps & the

Which state does not belong to the 48 contiguous states?

Altitude is an important feature in the Andean region because it determines _____.

Spanish conquistador _____ conquered the empire of the Inca.

What is the name of the line that is equally distant from the North Pole and the South Pole?

Which European government controlled the American colonies in New England?

Under Spanish rule, _____ became the capital of Colombia.

The process of removing salt from water so that humans can drink it is known as _____.

Parts of rock are moved elsewhere as the result of wind, rain, or ice is called