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#9th grade geography
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1
What is Import?
Sent out of a country for sale
Brought into a country for sale
Supports private ownership of business
Production of something by hand
2
What is an item sent out of a country called
Command Economy
GDP
Export
Import
3
Which of the 4 is not a key to making a good map
compass
no color
title
Legend
4
Farming is the number 2 occupation in the world
False
True
5
Allowed access from Pacific to Atlantic without going around South America
Pampas
Panama Canal
Amazon River
Andes
6
The Pampas are....
lowland areas affected by high levels of rainfall
Parts of the Ring of Fire
Grassy plains in South America
Largest desert in South America
7
What is a physical map
Shows climate of an area
Shows land and water features
Shows imaginary lines separating states or countries
8
Rainforests are called "lungs of the earth"because
of their role in El Nino current
Of their role in the food web
of their role in coriolis effect
Of their role in the carbon-oxygen cycle (creating oxygen)
9
Variety of plants and animals living in an area
Biodiversity
Deforestation
Infrastructure
Farming
10
What is an example of a pull factor
War
no jobs
More opportunites for education
Scared of Government
11
Longitude is measured in degrees east or west of the?
Prime Meridian
tropic of capicorn
Equator
Tropic of cancer
12
Farming is an example of what kind of economic activity?
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
13
Farming for survival is what kind of farming?
Cottage industry
Commercial farming
Commercial Industry
Subsistence Farming
14
This map element measures distance between two places on a map
Legend
Grid
Scale
compass
15
Trade agreement that phased out trade barriers between the United States, Canada, and Mexico
Cash Crop
Import
NAFTA
command Economy
16
Takes or uses natural resources directly such as fishing and hunting
import
cash crop
Traditional economy
Secondary economic activity
17
Which of the following is Not a secondary economic activity
Making paper from wood
Cutting down trees
Making cloth from cotton plants
Processing food
18
Which of these groups is most responsible for deforestation of the rainforest?
Enviornmental groups
Rubber tappers
Logging companies
Cattle Ranchers
19
To Emigrate means what?
Move into a country
Move from home country
Travel short term for fun
exchange goods to neighbors
20
In which Region of South America is the Amazon Rain Forest located?
Northern Tropics
Southern Grasslands
Amazon Basin
Andean Highlands
21
Deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest is an example of
Movement of people and goods
Urbanization
Human-environment interaction
Character of a place
22
Modern industrial and modern technology; low levels of prosperity is what kind of country?
Developing
Developed
Underdeveloped
23
Market Economy is what?
uses barter system, and relies on production for survival
lacks economic development, but shows evidence of progress
government owned and operated businesses
Supports private ownership of business
24
All of the following are islands except
Cuba
Jamaica
Haiti
Panama
25
Which is Not a line of latitude
Arctic circle
Equator
Prime Meridian
Tropic of Cancer
