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1
Which is the reason why mountains make deserts?
latitude
continentality
elevation
orographic precipitation
2
What holiday would most of the people celebrate in Latin America?
Ramadan
Holi
Lent
Hanukkah
3
How have polders benefited people?
it brings in water to feed their crops
They pump water out of the area to create new land to farm
it keeps water from flooding the area
they provide new transportation systems
4
Which type of boundary formed the Andes and Himalayan Mountains?
transform
divergent
convergent
detergent
5
What created the African Rift Valley and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
transform boundary
convertent boundary
divergent boundary
invergent boundary
6
Which hemisphere is in the Summer in the image below?
eastern
western
northern
southern
7
In what cultural region do most people speak Arabic and are Muslim's?
Latin America
sub Saharan Africa
North Africa/SW Asia
Australia and Oceania
8
What type of region has a central hub from which info, services, goods, etc., radiate from?
formal
cultural
perceptual
functional
9
The use of natural resources in a manner that does not totally deplete them is:
ecotourism
arrested development
renewable energy
sustainable development
10
Which element of culture does the illustration below represent?
customs/traditions
institutions
language
religion
11
Which of the following is NOT on effect that El Nino has on the eastern part of the Pacific.
a lot of rain in central and south America
ocean surface gets warmer
drought in the region
occurs around December
12
The water cycle is part of the:
cranosphere
hydrosphere
atmosphere
lithosphere
13
Which describes the natural disaster that occurred in Joplin, Missouri?
2005 hurricane; costliest natural disaster in US history
hit by an E5 tornado; 200 mph winds; 158 deaths
hurricane winds 110 mph; 84 deaths; 24 ft storm surge
hurricane Hugo
14
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Buddhism?
they pray 5 times a day to Allah
mostly in East Asia
they are non theistic
started by Siddartha Guatama
15
An area on the Pacific Ocean where many volcanic eruptions occur is
the Mid Atlantic Ridge
an atoll
an archipelago
the Ring of Fire
16
A ring shaped reef, island, or chain of islands formed by coral is
a mountain
an atoll
a fault
a delta
17
Which of the following is a non renewable resource?
coal
water
wind
solar
18
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an urban area?
jobs are more service centered
jobs are farming, mining, or fishing
heterogeneous
large populations
19
Trapped sun rays in the atmosphere causing the earth to warm is called:
the Greenhouse Effect
erosion
weathering
hydrologic cycle
20
In which vegetation zone will you find the world's deserts?
temperate
none
polar
tropical
21
Why would the same magnitude earthquake cause more damage in Haiti than in San Francisco?
San Fran has more strict building codes
the land is softer in Haiti
all of these
land is more hilly making it a buffer against earthquakes
22
Which explains why the latitude is the number 1 rule in determining climate?
the higher you go, the colder it gets
the closer you are to the coast the milder the temperature
the further away from the equator you go, the colder it gets
the further from the coast, the more varying the temp.
23
Building dams, irrigation systems, polders, etc, would be an example of people:
depending on the environment
modifying the environment
adapting to the environment
securing the environment
24
Frost wedging would be an example of:
chemical weathering
mechanical weathering
glaciation
wind erosion
25
Which area of the world has the least seasonal variation?
the tropics and the poles
areas best for farming
areas heavy with desiduous forests
middle latitudes
26
Which of the following would be an example of humans adapting to the environment?
putting on snow tires in the winter
buliding a dam
digging out water ways
cutting down forests for farmland
27
What religion dominates Southeast Asia?
Islam
Christianity
Buddhism
Judaism
28
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a polar biome?
it has a taiga with coniferous forests
tundra with little vegetation growing close to the ground
it has an ice cap with no vegetation
it has tropical rainforests
29
Most of the people of South Asia tend to be:
Hindus
Sikhs
Buddhists
Christian
