Geography Final Review

Populations today are trending toward urban areas & away from rural areas.

Great Smoky Mountain National Park is located in Kentucky.

Weaker countries over which a strong state exerts controlling sway are called its

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses...." is found on what monument

High taxes in Denmark are caused by the country's welfare program.

The Alps form the backbone of Italy.

What are the severe storms that sometimes hit the states of the Northeast called

The 4 features used to compare river systems are length, width, discharge, & navigability.

Copper Canyon has been named

Modern countries spend great sums of money mining 3 types of resources: metals, nonmetals, etc.

Chiapas, a state in southern Mexico, is one of the wealthiest regions in the country.

Tundra is rich in nutrients & therefore supports great quantities & types of vegetation.

La Paz, the capital of Bolivia, is the world's highest capital at 12,000 feet.

The greatest hero of Latin America, ______, liberated many areas of South America

Winds that bring rains to the NW corner of the U.S. is called the Japanese Current.

Toronto boasts one of the world's tallest free-standing structures.

Central America is the "Crossroads of the World", it has many ports, a railroad, & highways.

The white population of Texas continues to outnumber the nonwhite population there.

The Amazon River drains a rainforest that covers 75 % of the South American continent.

The art of mapmaking is called

If one is careful when making a flat map, you can avoid all distortion in area, shape etc..

Nearly 2/3 of all U.S. freight travels on trucks & other commercial vehicles.

The period when discoveries made modern industries possible, is Telecommunications Revolution.

A group of people comprising a nation who have established their own government is a

Countries with dictators that force their people to revere & worship them are said to be

In which East Tennessee city was the 1st atomic bomb developed

Around 90% of Canadians live within 50 miles of the U.S. - Canadian border.

Oil reserves in Alberta may exceed those of Saudi Arabia.

Kentucky's Mammoth Cave is one of the largest caves in the world.

Israel's punishment for disobeying God's law was exile.

Christianity is geographically & culturally more diverse than Old Testament Israel.

The equator is the prime meridian.

The waterfalls line where rivers drop from the Piedmont to the Coastal Plain is the fall line.

The highest mountain in the Alps, Mont Blanc, is located in France.

Developing countries may have a high GDP in addition to a low per capita GDP.

The highest point in North America is which of the following mountains

Which Pennsylvania city became famous because of its steel mills

The Gulf Coastal Plain does not extend inland up the Mississippi River Valley to the Midwest.

What is the most widely spoken native language in South America

The Giant's Causeway between Scotland & Ireland was formed by cool lava.

Fidel Castro set up the 1st Communist government in the Western Hemisphere.

Mexico is the leading trading partner of the United States.

Bronze is the world's most important alloy.

The Lapps in Finland have tended reindeer for thousands of years.

The site of the richest iron ore-producing mines in the United States is

All Mexicans speak Spanish.

The birthrate in the U.S. is approximately 14 live births per 1,000 people.

Arkansas is the home of Wal-Mart, America's largest discount retail store.

Havana, the capital of Cuba, is one of the Greater Antilles's most elegant & modern cities.

The Llanos are huge, block-shaped mountains with savannas on top.

Evolutionists believe it is possible that a universal flood changed the earth's crust.

Many of the earth's mountains seem to have been formed by

GPS stands for global positioning system.

Idaho's top crop is wheat.

Physiological density is the most accurate way to measure the density of population.

Religion includes a people's worldview about every aspect of life.

Which of the following mountain ranges lies in the New England uplands

Cement, mortar, & concrete are made from limestone.

Geography remains important in the New Testament because of its effect on world missions.

The U.S. has the lowest infant mortality rate in the world.

At the very center of the earth's interior is a core that has a liquid outer part & solid inner

The best method of showing 3 dimensions on a flat map is with a relief map.

Utilities, transportation, & communication are known as infrastructure.

The money and equipment necessary to build and operate businesses are called

The primary means of transmitting a culture is language.

Ptolemy wrote a book entitled Geography.

The most extreme form of socialism is communism.

Pizarro made his headquarters in

Which state is the largest in area among the "lower forty-eight" states

Which province is known for its uranium

French Guiana is still under European control.

Every culture, though marred by sin, reflects some of God's attributes.

Vermont was once divided between New York and Maine.

Canada retains the British monarch as its head of state.

The Massif Central is a mountainous plateau in southern France that boast fertile soil.

To determine the rate of natural increase, one must subtract the # of deaths from the # births.

The Bible portrays people as fallen human beings in the context of culture.

A public square in the center of a Mexican village is a(n)

Most Canadians live within 100 miles of the U.S.--Canadian border.

The Bible teaches that every cultural advance is bad.