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1
What kind of Natural Disaters tends not to be experienced in southeast Asia?
Cyclone
Tsunami
Earthquake
Tornado
2
How did the development of the interstate highway system effect urban areas in the US?
made everyone poor
less cars
expansion of economic activity away from city centers
made people immigrate to Canada
3
What is lake effect snow?
warm water sinks causing a whirlpool
magic
cold water condenses over warm air onto land
warm water evaporates into cold winds blown over land
4
what is the greatest factor in erosion?
water
ice
wind
fire
5
The items below are factors in what:
Erosion
dersertification
Water Cycle
deposition
6
Evaporation is caused by:
Erosion
Magnetism
deposition
Sun and Wind
7
Which of these are not an element of Democracy?
Property Rights
limits of family size
Feedom of Religion
Free Speech
8
What physical geographic feature serves as a boundary between California and Arizona?
Mohave Desert
Colorado River
Cascade Mountains
Gulf of Baja California
9
What physcial process created the Alps in Northern Italy?
Deposition
Erosion
Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
10
What areas of earth tend to have the most earthquakes
Inland Asian Countries
countries bordering the Pacific Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
inland Eruope
11
The climate of a tropical rainforest would have:
All four seasons with lots of rain
Hot and dry
Hot year round and consistent precipitation
cold year round and little precipitation
12
Rural means
Farms and open land
Sky craper buildings
dense human population
downtown
13
What is a longterm health hazard from prolonged flooding?
Hypoxic dead zones
Chemical spills from households
Invasive species destroy habitats
Cold causing hypothermia
14
Large slabs of rock moving slowly over the earths surface is the definition for:
Plate Tectonics
Mountains
Deposition
Desertification
15
Lake Effect Snow is cause by cold air blowing evaporated water from the lake toward land causing more snow to fall.
True
False
16
"Is Texas in the Southern states or in the South West?".... What type of region is this an example of?
Perceptual
Political
Funtional
Formal
17
Which area of earth is least effected by the Sun?
Southern Hemisphere
Northern Hemisphere
Tropics
Poles
18
What is one outcome for desertification?
flooding
Lush greenery
soil freezes
Agriculture declines
19
Which of the following is NOT an element of Culture?
Religion
Language
climate
Art
20
Volcanic Ash can cause all of the following health problems for Humans except:
skin / eye burns
respiratory issues
add toxins to rivers/ lakes
Corona Virus
21
Which is not a major factor in Weather/ Climate?
Oceans
Longitude
Latitude
Altitude
22
What hazards are created along Plate Tectonics boundaries?
Glaciers and Landslides
Hurricanes and Tornadoes
Volcanoes Earthquakes
Monsoons and Tsunamis
23
Flooding dangers include all of the following except:
mold
toxins seeping into ground
Drowning
hurricane force winds
24
What effect does glacial erosion leave on the environment?
Desertification
Plate Tectonics
gouges valleys and leaves boulders
they don't move
25
Which of these is not an example of a Formal Political Region
Utility
County
State
City
26
Which ethnic/ racial group is credited with creating Blues Music?
African Americans
Native Americans
Creole/ Carribean groups
Irish
27
El Nino has what effect on Texas Climate:
Colder with more precipitation
colder and dryer
Nada, it doesn't do anything
Warmer and dryer
28
Which continents were considered to be the "New World?"
La La Land
Europe and Africa
North and South America
Asia and Antartica
29
Very few humans tend to live on Mountains or in the Rainforest
True
False
30
What causes physical weathering in high elevations
Magic
Frost Giants
Arrid Windage
Frost Wedging
31
What causes the earth to have seasons?
Earth's Proximity to the Sun
Earths 21.5 degree tilt
Earths Rotations
The Magnetic Shield at the Poles
32
The most damaging effect of a drought is:
Flooding
dessertification
No damage, just avoid them
Frost Wedging
33
The map below shows erosion and depostition in a stream. What areas show erosion and which show deposition?
Erosion is dominant at A and C; deposition is dominant at B and D
Erosion is dominant at B and D; deposition is dominant at A and C
34
What area of our planet is the ring of fire located?
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Moon
Atlantic Ocean
35
What is deposition?
Piling of sediment by a river/ ocean
Legally sworn statement
hocus pocus
fat buildup in the stomach
36
Urban means:
Keith
A myth
Dense area of humans and buildings
Farm Life
37
Why do Coniferous Trees, like the Douglas Fir below, grow so well in cold weather?
Cultural diffusion
Desertification
Deforrestatoion
Adaptation to the environment
38
Which climate region is typically found at low lattitudes
Desert
Tropical Rainforest
ice flows
Tundra
39
Why did 'Early River Valley' civilizations settle there?
Fertile soil
They were lost
Predators are afraid of water
pin the tail on the donkey
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What kind of climate do countries located at lower latititudes have?
Cold Winter and Warm Summer
Warm Winter and Cold Summer
Warm Winter and Warm Summer
Cold Winter and Cold Summer
