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World Goegraphy Overview Review
World Goegraphy Overview Review
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To review the contents of the World Geography Unit.
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1
The Arctic was discovered by the Russians.
False
True
2
How many people live on the world today?
6 million
7 billion
6 billion
7 million
3
What is #3 on the map?
Southern Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Arabian Sea
4
The World Ocean is interconnected by...
currents
oceanic plates
subduction movements
atmospheric pressures
5
How much of the surface of the Earth is made of continental landmasses?
30%
39%
40%
29%
6
The continent with the lowest amount of precipitation is Australia.
True
False
7
What ocean washes all landmasses on the surface of the Earth?
World Ocean
Indian Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Arctic Ocean
8
What is an island?
It is a body of water surrounded by land.
It is a large landmass on the surface of the Earth.
A subcontinental landmass of volcanic origin.
It is a subcontinental landmass.
9
What is #10 on the map?
Borneo
Great Britain
Greenland
Tasmania
10
What continent existed 250 million years ago?
Panthalassa
Pangea
Pangetheia
Panamerica
11
Sumatra is...
#2
#6
#13
#15
12
#1 on the map refers to the...
Indian Ocean
Southern Ocean
Arabian Sea
Bay of Bengal
13
Africa is the second largest continent and is also the driest.
False
True
14
What is the name of #9 on the map?
Arabian Peninsula
Arabian Sea
Arabian Ocean
Arabian Empire
15
Africa is labelled on the map with number...
12
14
1
2
16
It was developed in 1912.
Continental Drift
Plate Tectonics
17
What is # 11 on the map?
Indonesia
America
Australia
Oceania
18
The continents drift on top of the ocean floor.
Plate Tectonics
Continental Drift
19
Number 14 on the map is the Pacific Ocean.
False
True
20
The islands of Baffin, Ellesmere and Victoria are part of the Canadian Artic Archipelago.
False
True
21
The Caribbean Sea is number...
15
9
6
4
22
The pieces of the Earth's crust drift atop of the soft rocks of the mantle.
Continental Drift
Plate Tectonics
23
Who developed the Theory of Continental Drift?
Alfred Cressida
Alfred Strauss
Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Weneger
24
The continent with the largest population is...
Eurasia
India
China
Asia
25
The deepest lake in the world is...
Superior
Tanganyika
Ontario
Baikal
26
#2 on the map is...
New Guinea
Ecuatorial Guinea
New Guyana
Papua New Guinea
27
What theory better explains the drifting of the landmasses on the surface of the Earth?
Plate Tectonics
Oceanic Plates
Continental Plates
Continental Drift
28
It was updated by another theory that explains with more accuracy the movements of the crust.
Plate Tectonics
Continental Drift
29
The Earth's crust is not a solid shell; it is broken into huge thick pieces.
Plate Tectonics
Continental Drift
30
#5 on the map is...
Asia
Eurasiafrica
Europe
Eurasia
