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1
What is cartography?
A type of exercise
The science of drawing maps
The art of drawing carts
The science of go-cart riding
2
How many oceans are there?
4
6
5
1
3
Which continent is the most populous?
Oceania
Africa
North America
Asia
4
Which lines on a map run horizontally right to left (measuring north to south)?
Latitude
Longitude
5
What is the Ring of Fire?
A tectonic barrier that results in many earthquakes/volcanoes
A pagan ritual in the midwest
A flaming patch of garbage in the pacific ocean
A cosmic barbeque
6
What is the largest continent?
Asia
Africa
North America
Antarctica
7
What is the lowest point (elevation) in North America?
Dead Sea
Death Valley
Mount McKinley
Sahara Desert
8
How much of the world's water is in the Pacific Ocean?
25%
50%
35%
90%
9
What is NOT something the Bible says about the earth?
Only you can prevent forest fires
The earth inspires worship
We should not pollute the earth
It is good.
10
Which is the "strongest"/most emotionally powerful of the 12 signals?
Taste and Scent
Verbal
Temporal
Optical
11
What is "a system of behavior that helps us act in accepted and familiar manners"?
ethnicity
DNA
culture
race
12
Which mapmaker created a map (named after him!) that we still use today?
Christopher Columbus
Eratosthenes
Nicolaus Copernicus
Gerhardus Mercator
13
Which line divides the earth into two halves vertically?
Equator
Prime Meridian
14
Where were the earliest maps found?
Rome
Africa
Babylon
Assyria
15
What is in the middle of the Cultural Onion?
Core Values
Rituals
Symbols/Signals
Heroes
16
What is "the extent to which people accept and expect unequal distribution of power"?
Short Term/Long Term Orientation
Collectivism/Individualism
Power Distance
Masculinity/Femininity
17
Where is Mount Everest?
Alaska, North America
Russia, Europe
Nepal, Asia
Australia, Oceania
18
Who came up with the 6 Dimensions of Culture?
Hofstede
Galileo
Mercator
Marcelia
19
Who was the first to suggest that the world is
heliocentric
?
Plato
Columbus
Copernicus
Galileo
20
How much of the world's landmass is Africa?
1/2 or 50%
1/5th or 20%
1/3rd or 33.3%
all of it, 100%
21
How do scientists determine different oceans?
God told us
Lines on a map
Different chemical properties
Tectonic barriers
22
Which of the following is NOT one of the 12 signal systems?
Audio
Artifactual
Kinesic
Joining
23
Who mainly objected to the "round earth" theory when it was first proposed?
Scientists
Christians
Plato and Aristotle
Mormons
24
What is your "genetic heritage"?
my jeans
culture
race
ethnicity
25
How many people permanently live in Antarctica?
3
200
1,000
None
26
Which line divides the earth into two halves width-wise?
Prime Meridian
Equator
27
What is the deepest known point in the ocean called?
The Hellhole
Champion's Cavern
The Great Pit
Challenger Deep
28
What is "the extent to which people feel independent, as opposed to being interdependent"?
Short term/long term orientation
Collectivism/Individuality
Power Distance
Masculinity/Femininity
29
How much of the world's total landmass does Asia contain?
1/3rd
1/5th
All of it
1/2
30
What lines on a map run vertically up and down (measuring east to west)?
Latitude
Longitude
