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1
How many great lakes are there?
6
3
4
5
2
Transition from an agricultural society to one based on industry
Command Economy
Autocracy
Domesticate
Industrialization
3
Tropical Climates and fertile soil make ___ and ___ the world’s leading producers of sugarcane.
Brazil and Peru
Brazil and Cuba
Uruguay and Argentina
Cuba and Chile
4
Which countries are included in NAFTA?
The United States and Mexico
Canada and the United States
Canada, the United States and Mexico
Canada, the United States and Great Britain
5
Particular kinds of information such as climate or population would be shown on
Thematic map
Political map
Physical map
Hemispheric map
6
What is the longest river in the world?
Nile River
Para River
Mississippi River
Amazon River
7
How many continents are in the world?
6
9
5
7
8
What is an embargo?
An agreement to stop taxing goods and services
A tax on profits
A ban on trade with one country by another
A stimulant to the economy
9
Parallel mountain ranges are called:
Estuaries
Cordilleras
Tierra caliente
Altiplanos
10
Human-made features such as boundaries and highways would be shown on a:
Physical Map
Cartogram
Political Map
Relief Map
11
Canada and the United States have
The same population density
The same health programs
The exact same form of government
Are a part of the same culture group
12
Which has the highest elevation on the Earth?
Mount Whitney
Mount Everest
The eastern highlands of Africa
Mount Rushmore
13
What are the three layers of Earth?
Core, mantle, and air
Water mantle and crust
Ground, air and water
Core, mantle, and crust
14
The meridian of 0 degrees longitude from which other longitudes are calculated
Prime Meridian
Tropic of Cancer
Equator
Tropic of Capricorn
15
Steppe Climate in Latin America has:
Cold summers and rainy winters
Hot summers, warm winters, and almost no rainfall
Hot summers, cool winters, and light rainfall
Cool summers, cold winters, and heavy rainfall
16
The most densely populated nation in northern Europe is:
Norway
Sweden
The United Kingdom
Iceland
17
The ideas of __________ are the basis for communism.
Catherine the Great
Karl Marx
Boris Yeltsin
Joseph Stalin
18
A ___________ is artwork that is painted directly onto a wall.
Glyph
Mural
Caudillo
Mosaic
19
Cities and their surrounding areas are known as:
City regions
Metropolitan areas
Urban towns
Suburbs
20
What do we mean when we day that a city is located at longitude 120°E?
It is located east of the Equator
It is located North of the Equator
It is located east of the Prime Meridian
It is located west of the Prime Meridian
21
Government in which one person rules with unlimited power and authority
Autocracy
Communism
Federal
Democracy
22
Earth rotates on its axis one time each:
Year
Day
Week
Month
23
In which months do equinoxes take place?
July and January
June and December
October and April
March and September
24
What is meant by the term relative location
The location of a place unrelated to other places
The location of a place in relation to other places
The exact spot at which a place is found on the globe
The distance of a place from the Prime Meridian
25
Land take up about how much of the earth's surface?
20%
30%
15%
70%
26
The earth rotates on its
Revolution
Axis
Oceans
Equator
27
The value of goods and services created within a country in a year?
Gross Domestic Product
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
Stock Market
28
The _______________ is the largest landlocked body of saltwater in the world.
Caspian Sea
Red Sea
Black Sea
Persian Gulf
29
Policy of strict separation of the races adopted in South Africa in the 1940s
Apartheid
Stereotyping
Jim Crow Laws
Nuremberg Laws
30
The earth revolves around the sun one time each
Month
Year
Week
Day
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The part of the earth where life exists
Hydrosphere
Geosphere
Biosphere
Atmosphere
