Geographic Tools Review

Question 1

Which country in Europe has the largest population?

Accepted Answer

Russia

Question 2

Which country in South America is the largest by land area?

Accepted Answer

Brazil

Question 3

Geography is the study of:

Accepted Answer

Everything

Question 4

The highest waterfall in the world is:

Accepted Answer

Angel Falls

Question 5

The two main questions geographers ask are:

Accepted Answer

Where & Why

Question 6

"The Friction of Distance" is classified under what law of geography?

Accepted Answer

1st

Question 7

What fraction of the world's people do not have access to essential drugs for medical care?

Accepted Answer

1/3

Question 8

The world's coldest temperature was recorded in Vostok, Antarctica.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

This allows geographers to look at earth in terms of the relationships between various places.

Accepted Answer

The Spatial Perspective

Question 10

Europe hosts the world's tallest mountains

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

Geography exposes children and adults to:

Accepted Answer

All Answers are Correct

Question 12

The "friction of distance" refers to the idea that:

Accepted Answer

Greater distance means less interaction

Question 13

Many young Americans lack basic map-reading skills.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

48% of Americans cannot identify what US state?

Accepted Answer

Mississippi

Question 15

A local scale provides generalizations instead of specific details.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

The distribution of two or more features and how they do or do not correspond to one another:

Accepted Answer

Spatial Association

Question 17

Which European nation receives the most annual precipitation?

Accepted Answer

Norway

Question 18

The following map (climate) is an example of a thematic map.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

The earth weighs 5.5 sextillion tons.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

Global scale does not generalize.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 21

What is the most predominant land use in the world?

Accepted Answer

Commercial Farming

Question 22

What is the largest urban center in the world?

Accepted Answer

Tokyo, Japan

Question 23

Trade & exploration of uncharted territories served as the purpose for early geographers.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

54% of Americans are unaware that Sudan is a country in Africa.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

The first person to coin the term geography was

Accepted Answer

Eratosthenes

Question 26

How many people could not locate Iraq on a map of the Middle East?

Accepted Answer

60%

Question 27

The mapping of type 2 diabetes and socioeconomic status is an example of spatial association.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

47% of Americans could not locate the subcontinent India on a map.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

Cartography refers to the science of map-making and those who make maps.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

Visualizations allow geographers to show how landscapes change over time.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 31

What's the world's longest river?

Accepted Answer

Nile

Question 32

Which country in Africa has the smallest population?

Accepted Answer

Seychelles

Question 33

The earth is 3.2 billion years old.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 34

Africa has more countries than any other continent on Earth.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 35

The majority of Brazil's land coverage is the Amazon Rain Forest.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 36

What percentage of the Earth's land is covered in permafrost?

Accepted Answer

25%

Question 37

Phenomena refers to a fact or occurrence that is not observable.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 38

Coastal areas are most vulnerable to pollution.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 39

Which of the following is an example of a type of scale?

Accepted Answer

All Answers are Correct

Question 40

_____ performed better than the United States in a geographic survey.

Accepted Answer

All Answers are Correct

Geographic Tools Review

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Geographic Tools Review

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