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End of Year Geo Quiz 2
End of Year Geo Quiz 2
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1
What are the two most popular dishes in Key West?
Vanilla Ice Cream and Grilled Salmon
Grilled Tarpon and French Bread
Shrimp Scampi and Apple Pie
Key Lime Pie and Conch Fritters
2
A large, floating sheet of ice that is attached to the coast.
glacier
ice shelf
ice core
ice cap
3
What year did the Everglades become a national park?
1988
1947
1925
2001
4
The "Long Pause" that inspired the movie, Moana, was real and lasted for how long?
50 years
2,000 years
100 years
1,000 years
5
Which of the following is a renewable energy resource?
uranium
natural gas
wind
coal
6
Key West is closer to Cuba than to Miami.
False
True
7
The process by which gases in the atmosphere trap heat from the sun and keep it close to Earth's surface.
climate change
greenhouse effect
global warming
solar energy
8
What is the nickname for the day of the battle where the Allies invaded Normandy, France in WWII?
V-E Day
D-Day
V-J Day
Normandy Campaign
9
Dharavi is a slum in India where access to important resources is very limited. What is their largest industry?
technology
recycling
construction
producing goods/crafts
10
Polynesians used this form of navigation to travel to new islands- using stars, clouds, flight patterns of birds etc
Va'alo
Parasailing
Motunui
Wayfinding
11
Which of the following is NOT a way that China has addressed their population density challenges?
Building Vertically
Three Gorges Dam
One-Child Policy
Special Economic Zones
12
How do penguins help scientists study climate change?
studying their population growth or decline
observing their migration patterns
identifying how many different species are in one area
analyzing their diets
13
Who built the railroad to the Florida Keys?
John Dewey
Ernest Hemingway
Henry Flagler
John D. Rockefeller
14
In the 1830s, Osceola led members of his tribe in FL in many battles again the US Army. What tribe did he belong to?
Miccosukee
Seminole
Calusa
Apalachee
15
One way that scientists learn about the climate of Antarctica thousands of years ago is by studying:
the shrinking of the ozone layer
ice cores from glaciers
changes in penguin populations
the growth of ice shelves
16
The Florida Keys is an archipelago of about how many islands?
1700
50
800
6,000
17
What is the largest country in Oceania?
Australia
French Polynesia
Papua New Guinea
New Zealand
18
Less than a fifth of Japan is arable land. Which of the following is the best definition of arable land?
land that is flat
land that is forested
land that can be farmed
land that can be mined
19
What country in Oceania is home to the 3rd largest rainforest in the world?
Papua New Guinea
New Zealand
Tuvalu
New Caledonia
20
Why is oil considered a nonrenewable resource?
It creates pollution when burned
It takes millions of years to form
It is used to produce electricity
It is found deep in the ground
21
What is a biome?
an arid continent
a large watershed
a large ecosystem
an ice cap habitat
22
Which country in Oceania has more sheep than people?
New Zealand
Tonga
Australia
French Polynesia
23
A Southwest Asian country that spends much of its oil earnings on education and health care is most likely to have..?
a large rural population
a high HDI ranking
a low life expectancy
a small per capita GDP
24
Who published the book, "The Everglades: River of Grass"?
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Frida Kahlo
Kamala Harris
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
