Geography A Final Exam Study 2016/2017

Question 1

Which of the following is a technique used by of Latin Americans to clear fields to grow crops?

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slash-and-burn

Question 2

Term used to identify the land on the side of a mountain that receives little precipitation?

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rain shadow

Question 3

Which of the following cattle grazing areas is known for its gaucho culture?

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pampas

Question 4

What is the ancient technique used to grow crops on hillsides or mountain slopes?

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terraced farming

Question 5

Which of the following rivers begins in the Andes Mountains and flows eastward to the Atlantic

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Amazon

Question 6

Weathering breaks large rocks into fine particles that are generally referred to as __________.

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sediment

Question 7

Refers to the spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior between and among societies?

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diffusion

Question 8

Which of these explain why human population is low in the subarctic regions of Alaska/Canada?

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permafrost

Question 9

What term identifies a flat treeless area, such as that forming a ring around the Arctic Ocean?

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tundra

Question 10

An economic system where the gov plans and determines the production of goods and services

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command economy

Question 11

Organic material in the soil forms ____________.

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humus

Question 12

A region that includes several large cities, their suburbs, and nearby towns is called a

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metropolitan area

Question 13

The United States is currently in what is called a postindustrial economy because

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manufacturing isn't the country's most important industry

Question 14

Which of these connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean by a series of locks?

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St. Lawrence Seaway

Question 15

Which of the following mountain ranges runs down the Pacific coast of South America?

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Andes

Question 16

Economic system in which production of goods/services is determined by demand from consumers?

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market economy

Question 17

An area from which water flows into a major river and its tributaries is called a _________.

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drainage basin

Question 18

Which of these contributes to the marine west coast climate from Alaska to northern California?

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prevailing westerlies

Question 19

The earth's surface from the edge of a continent to the deep part of the ocean is known as the

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continental shelf

Question 20

What industry are professions like education, medicine, and information processing in?

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service industry

Question 21

Term used to describe the location of a geographic feature in relation to other nearby features

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relative location

Question 22

During the 1800s, sectionalism within the rapidly growing United States eventually led to

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the Civil War

Question 23

The United States is a representative democracy, which means that

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the people rule through elected representatives.

Question 24

Which of the following is a growth industry throughout Latin America?

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tourism

Question 25

What type of extreme weather results from air moving across warm ocean waters?

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hurricane

Question 26

Which of these flows across the Northwest Territories to the Arctic Ocean?

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Mackenzie River

Question 27

Theory that a "supercontinent" broke into plates that caused individual continents to form.

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continental drift

Question 28

What is a prairie grassland in the tropical region called?

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savanna

Question 29

Canada's government combines the legislative and executive branches called Parliament.

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True

Question 30

Annual value of all goods and services produced within the boundaries of a nation

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GDP

Question 31

Canada's prime minister is the leader in Parliament, but the governor is Britain's monarch

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False

Question 32

The Dominion of Canada established a confederation of provinces, but was governed by Britain.

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True

Question 33

What term refers to the average # of people who live in a measurable area, like a square mile?

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population density

Question 34

Europeans were also involved in the Columbian Exchange, which included the exchange of

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plants, animals, and diseases.

Question 35

What is a regional ecosystem called?

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biome

Question 36

The Ohio and Missouri rivers are tributaries of which of these?

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Mississippi River

Question 37

The subregion of the United States also known as "the rustbelt" is

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South

Question 38

A ____________ is a giant ocean wave, sometimes caused by an earthquake.

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tsunami

Question 39

What term means to measure the total annual value of goods and services produced by a nation

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GNP

Question 40

What term refers to the number of organisms a piece of land can support?

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carrying capacity

Question 41

Which set of imaginary lines goes around the earth over the poles?

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longitude lines

Question 42

The Prairie Provinces are Canada's center of agriculture.

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True

Question 43

Most active volcanoes are located within a region known as the ____________.

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Ring of Fire

Question 44

What imaginary line divides the earth into northern and southern halves?

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Equator

Question 45

Which set of imaginary lines runs parallel to the equator?

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latitude lines

Question 46

English is the official language of Canada

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False

Question 47

Refers to one society's acceptance and adoption of a custom created by another society

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acculturation

Question 48

What term is used to name each 1/2 of the earth, divided either north & south or east & west?

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hemisphere

Question 49

What is the southernmost tip of Latin America?

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Tierra del Fuego

Question 50

A fracture in the earth's crust is a ____________.

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fault

Question 51

What is another name for needleleaf trees?

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coniferous

Question 52

What name is given to the grassy, treeless plains of Colombia and Venezuela?

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llanos

Question 53

What deadly form of weather contains a funnel-shaped column of spiraling air?

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tornado

Question 54

What document is a particular type of map that shows natural and man-made features on the earth

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topographic map

Question 55

The First Nations refers to the Native American peoples of Canada.

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True

Question 56

Hot, molten rock under the surface of the earth is called ____________.

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magma

Question 57

Where is most of the South American rain forest located?

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Brazil

Question 58

Drawings of the earth's surface that reduces distortion caused by converting 3-D into 2-D

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map projection

Question 59

Which of these are hundreds of millions of years old and have been worn down by weather?

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Appalachian Mountains

Question 60

What term identifies a dry, desert region containing drought-resistant vegetation?

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chaparral

Question 61

What term means the basic support systems that a nation needs to keep running smoothly?

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infrastructure

Question 62

What term refers to the creation, or invention, of a new system to fulfill a societal need?

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innovation

Question 63

What geographic tool is a three-dimensional representation of the earth?

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globe

Question 64

Many American corporations are involved in business worldwide and are called

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multinationals

Geography A Final Exam Study 2016/2017

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Geography A Final Exam Study 2016/2017

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