Geography End of Year Review

Canada is a bilingual nation because it has two official languages--English and _____.

An example of an archipelago is _____.

An example of a nonrenewable resource is _____.

Llamas serve as pack animals in the Andes and are important sources of food,wool, and hides.

Which term refers to a group of countries that trade with each other with few taxes or tariffs?

Which term best describes the government of the United States?

Which Caribbean country is known for its reggae music?

Some people in _____ want to create their own nation.

What is the chief language in all Central American countries, except for Belize?

People who flee a country because of violence, war, or persecution are called _____.

Which term means "to enter and live in a new country"?

The Transamazonica Highway has increased ____ , which causes destruction of the rain forest.

Brazilians blended samba rhythms with jazz to introduce the world to music called ____ .

The average number of people living within a square mile or a square kilometer is called _____.

Colombia is the largest country in the Tropical North.

The Andes are the longest continuous group of mountain ranges in the world.

_____ are people who start a new business or bring a product to market.

Angel Falls is part of the _____ river system. 

What is the name of the legislative branch of government?

Hispaniola is home to two countries: Haiti and _____.

Mexico and Central America lie along the _____ that rims the Pacific Ocean.

Which line is used as a starting point to measure longitude?

Which is a type of location that describes where a place is relative to another place?

What are locations on Earth with unique features called?

A large cluster of cities with an extremely large population is called a(n) _____.

Tall evergreen trees form a(n) ____, or an umbrella-like covering over the Amazon rain forest.

The oldest  chain of mountains in the United States east of the Mississippi River is the _____.

Which body of water do Louisiana and Texas border?

Urban centers of culture, education, business, and recreation are called _____ areas.

One of the most popular instruments of Andean music is the _____. 

Rights that belong to all individuals are called _____.

In which state does the Mississippi River begin?

Places that share similar characteristics are called _____,

Which country is Mexico's biggest trading partner?

Altitude is an important feature in the Andean region because it determines _____. 

The term Great Lakes refers to a cluster of _____ huge lakes located in the American Midwest.

Paraguay gets almost all of its electricity from its extensive coal reserves.

Which state does not belong to the 48 contiguous states?

One example of a push factor causing human migration is _____.

Fishing is a major economic activity in the Tropical North

Most of Brazil's population lives in _____.

What is the name of the line that is equally distant from the North Pole and the South Pole?

What is one reason the Amazon River carries so much water?

In the Andean and midlatitude countries, the population is densest in the _____. 

Which ocean moderates the temperatures of eastern Canada?

Which Caribbean country ranks among the world’s poorest nations? 

São Paulo and ____ have the most and largest favelas in Brazil.

Brazilian _____ is used to make ethanol, which is mixed with gasoline and used as fuel.

California experiences many _____.

Earth is described as dynamic because it is _____.

Brasilia was built as Brazil's new capital to encourage settlement in _____

Which form of government is ruled by a king or queen?

The official language of Brazil is  ____ .

A _____ is also referred to as capitalism.

The areas farthest north in Canada have a _____ climate with permanently frozen ground.

What has caused the mountains in the Appalachian Mountain system to wear down over time?

Which of the following is a role of government?

Canada's capital city.

Canada is divided into 10 provinces, which are similar to _____.

Air pollution is a major problem in Mexico City because the city is located _____.

Most ranching in the Tropical North takes place in the _____. 

Venezuela's main cash crop is _____. 

Geography is the study of Earth and its peoples, places, and _____.

In Peru and northern Chile, the area between the Pacific and the Andes is a _____. 

What is the main body of water for the western United States?

The pampas, like North America's _____, are used for growing wheat and for grazing cattle. 

How many of the Great Lakes does Canada share with the United States?

What form of government does the United States have?

What is the world's population?

Which crop provides a major industry in the Great Plains states?

Lines of longitude measure distance on Earth _____.