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Abeka World Geography Final
Abeka World Geography Final
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1
What do you call the wide mouth of a river where the ocean tide meets the river current?
Peninsula
Delta
Isthmus
Estuary
2
Which is the world's largest desert?
Death Valley
Sahara
Sonoran
Serengeti
3
What is B?
Europe
South America
Antarctica
Asia
4
What city do both Muslims and Jews claim as a holy city?
Mecca
Baghdad
Tehran
Jerusalem
5
Also known as "the Smoke that Thunders", this is Africa's largest waterfall.
Victoria
Niagra
Angel
Minnehaha
6
Using geothermal energy, the majority of Norway keeps it's homes nice and cozy.
True
False
7
What is E?
North America
Europe
Asia
Africa
8
What do you call the fingers of land that jut out into the oceans and seas?
Peninsula
Delta
Isthmus
Estuary
9
Which of these is the world's longest river?
Amazon
Rhine
Mississippi
Nile
10
The United States is a nation of immigrants.
False
True
11
What is K?
Artic
Pacific
Indian
Atlantic
12
What separates Spain from North Africa?
Strait of Gibraltar
Bering Strait
Strait of Africa
Strait of Magellan
13
Which country does not belong to Great Britain?
Scotland
Ireland
Northern Ireland
England
14
Which river flows through the Grand Canyon?
Chattahoochee
Colorado
Mississippi
Arkansas
15
This continent has the nickname "the Land Down Under".
Africa
Australia
Europe
South America
16
This interesting physical feature stretches 3000 miles across the outback.
Isle of Bight
Great Wall
Great Barrier Reef
Dog Fence
17
He is the Scottish missionary who explored Africa's interior for the first time.
Samuel Crowther
Robert Mugabe
David Livingston
Nelson Mandela
18
Canada has how many provinces?
12
6
8
10
19
What is D?
Australia
South America
Asia
Europe
20
What is A?
Asia
Europe
Africa
North America
21
Which of these is not a category of the islands in Oceania?
Polynesia
Melanesia
Hawaiian
Micronesia
22
What separates North and South America?
Bering Strait
Strait of Magellan
Strait of Gibraltar
Panama Canal
23
What is the dominant religion of South America?
Protestant
Muslim
Catholic
Animism
24
Which is the world's largest canyon?
Grand Canyon
Hell's Canyon
Copper Canyon
Providence Canyon
25
One of the world's most remote places in Polynesia, contains large sculptures of heads, is Easter Island.
False
True
26
Before the late 19th century, this continent was known as the "Dark Continent".
Australia
Europe
Africa
South America
27
What is N?
Prime Meridian
International Date Line
Equator
28
Which country is NOT a part of Scaninavia
Greenland
Denmark
Iceland
Norway
29
What is is called when moisture moves from the oceans to the land and back again?
Tributaries
Solar Energy
Hydrologic Cycle
Geothermal Energy
30
What is L?
International Date Line
Prime Meridian
Equator
31
The Galapagos Islands belong to which South American country?
Ecuador
Brazil
Bolivia
Argentina
32
Which is NOT an outlying US possession?
Guam
Bahamas
Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
33
Hong Kong was an important European post until the late 20th century.
True
False
34
This country was once East and West divided by a wall.
Spain
France
England
Germany
35
Indian society is based on the colonial system, a strict division of social classes.
False
True
36
The people who migrate with their sheep, goats, camels and all their possessions are known as:
Turks
Bedouins
Ammans
Arabs
37
This giant rock measures 1000 feet high and over 6 miles wide and can be found in Australia.
Uluru
Cathedral
Hells Canyon
Stone Mountain
38
What is J?
Pacific
Indian
Artic
Atlantic
39
What is M?
Prime Meridian
International Date Line
Equator
40
What is the name of Europe's most prominent mountain range?
Himalayan Mountains
Appenines
The Alps
Rocky Mountains
41
This island is found near Australia, but is owned by the United States and serves as a military outpost.
Mariana
Wake
New Guinea
Guam
42
The country has the largest population of Gypsies.
Slovenia
Romania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
43
What do you call a narrow strip of land?
Estuary
Isthmus
Delta
Peninsula
44
Brazil is the world's largest producer of...
Cattle
Steel
Sugar
Coffee
45
What is H?
Artic
Atlantic
Indian
Pacific
46
This sub-oceanic canyon can be found south of Guam and is the lowest point on earth.
Great Barrier Reef
Australian Bight
Challenger Deep
Hell's Canyon
47
The native people of Australia are known as the Aborigines.
False
True
48
South America's most impressive river system is ...
Rhine
Amazon
Nile
MIssissippi
49
The USSR broke apart, but 11 nations have come together and call themselves what?
Commonwealth of Independent Nations
Russian Confederation
USSR
Baltic States
50
A country has an
agrarian
economy when most of its income is derived from manufacturing.
False
True
51
What is G?
Europe
Antarctica
South America
Asia
52
Which of the Canadian provinces contain a majority of French speakers?
Ontario
New Brunswick
Quebec
Manitoba
53
What separates North America from Russia?
Panama Canal
Strait of Magellan
Strait of Gibraltar
Bering Strait
54
Australia was populated by Europeans when France sent their prisoners there as a penal colony.
True
False
55
This religion believes that everything has a spirit, its practice has limited the growth of Africa and its nations.
Muslim
Christianity
Animism
Catholicism
56
What is the earth’s largest and highest mountain range?
Himalayan Mountains
The Alps
Rocky Mountains
Appanine Mountains
57
France has become Europe's largest agricultural producer.
False
True
58
What is I?
Atlantic
Pacific
Artic
Indian
59
The people of France have reclaimed land from the sea to enlarge their borders.
False
True
60
Many countries throughout Africa have which type of government?
Republic
Socialist
Democracy
Communist
61
Which was the first preservation for nature and wildlife?
Great Smoky Mountain National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park
Grand Canyon National Park
62
Who were the first people to settle in America?
English
Spanish
Germans
Portuguese
63
Greenland is the world's largest island.
True
False
64
Antarctica is covered by only about 98% of the land and spreads out into the ocean.
True
False
65
Which country is not a part of NAFTA?
Canada
United States
Cuba
Mexico
66
There are two things that have been deadly to the African people, hunger and malaria.
False
True
67
What European city is known as a major center for banking.
Frankfort
Paris
Zurich
London
68
Thousands of islands off the coast of Australia in the Pacific are known as...
New Zealand
Indonesia
New Guinea
Oceania
69
A
kibbutzim
is a communal society where people voluntarily live and work together for the good of the community.
False
True
70
What year did Israel become a nation?
1939
1919
1949
1969
71
Which ocean is the deepest?
Indian
Atlantic
Artic
Pacific
72
Vatican City is a country within what country?
Germany
Italy
Switzerland
Spain
73
The Antarctic Treaty stipulates that scientific research is to be done by NATO countries only.
False
True
74
What mountain system is called the "Backbone of North America"?
Rocky Mountains
Pocono Mountains
White Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
75
What is F?
Europe
South America
North America
Australia
76
Both the Islam and Judaism were birthed in the Middle East and stem from Abraham.
True
False
77
What do you call a person who makes maps?
Photographer
Globe
Cartographer
Mercator
78
The world’s most populous country, _?_ has a population of over 1 billion.
Japan
India
South Korea
China
79
What event marks the beginning of nations in world history?
The Greek Conquest
The Dispersion
The Roman Empire
The Flood
80
Above all other differences, it is America's heritage of freedom under God that sets the country apart.
True
False
81
What is is called when you use the heat of the earth's interior for your home?
Tributaries
Solar Energy
Geothermal Energy
Hydrologic Cycle
82
Which country in Central America does not have Spanish as their official language?
Belize
Panama
Honduras
Guatemala
83
Europe is the birthplace of Western civilization.
True
False
84
Pick which lakes are a part of the great lake system in North America.
Lake Hawthorne
Lake Superior
Lake Michigan
Lake Huron
85
Which is the world's highest navigable freshwater lake?
Lake Erie
Lake Titicaca
Lake Michigan
Lake Superior