Every variation in the landscape

What is per capita GDP

Average value of products produced by each person in a country

Group of air with clouds, Large area of moving air with similar temperature

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When looking at rivers, we can compare them by using four features, which are Length, Navigability, Discharge and ______
Discharge
Depth
Flow
Location
2
This man made it easier to locate places on a map by perfecting the grid.
Ptolemy
Eratosthenes
Hipparchus
Nicolas Copernicus
3
Arms of oceans partially enclosed by land.
Canals
Bays
Seas
Rivers
4
Landforms
Water in the middle of a desert
Collection of many islands
Flat expanses of open landmasses
Every variation in the landscape
5
What is cartography?
Mapmaking
The study of human origins
The study of the earth
Fancy word for artists
6
Private businesses or individuals build most industries and take most of the risk
Socialism
Capitalism
Communism
Free market
7
Extreme form of rule, government owns everything and dictates peoples way of life.
Communism
Free market
Capitalism
Socialism
8
Forests, wastelands, and grasslands are the three basic types of biomes.
True
False
9
What happens when you transfer the image of a globe onto a flat map?
Hemispheres
Gores
Interruptions
Distortions
10
Forests that grow in cold, harsh subpolar climates where most other trees cannot survive.
Polar Forest
Coniferous Forest
Deciduous Forest
Rain Forest
11
The industrial revolution was a period of radical change from 1990-2005 which made our modern industries possible
True
False
12
The largest ocean in the world is the Atlantic ocean, which contains roughly %50 of all the world oceans.
False
True
13
What are Glaciers?
Where penguins live.
Large masses of snow and ice
Frozen ground
Floating peices of ice in the oceans
14
Imaginary lines that run north and south around the earth.
Prime meridian
Meridians
Equator
Latitudes
15
Who was the first great geography and mathematician? He also wrote a book called geography.
Hipparchus
Nicolas Copernicus
Eratosthenes
Ptolemy
16
What is per capita GDP
How much money each person is worth
Average value of products produced by each person in a country
Average amount of income per person
How much money each person contributes to the market
17
What ocean borders the western coast of the Americas and stretches all the way to the Asian continent?
Artic
Pacific
Atlantic
Indian
18
Deep cracks in the earths surface where two pieces of land have moved in different directions.
Faults
Gorges
Canyons
Sinkholes
19
Rainfall is extremely heavy, warm climate, lots of grasses.
Moderate
Topical Rainy
Cold
Dry
20
What do we call water vapor that is in the air?
Humidity
Precipitation
convection
Dew Point
21
What do you get when you combine metals?
Minerals
Iron
Alloys
Bauxite
22
Plastic cups are an example of what?
Technology
Durable manufacturing
Non durable manufacturing
Manufacturing
23
Rivers that feed other rivers are called tributaries.
True
False
24
Little to no precipitation, arid, can be hot or cold.
Dry
Grasslands
Moderate
Tropical rainy
25
Wind is caused by the heating and cooling of air masses.
False
True
26
The solid part of the earth is called the _________.
Hemisphere
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Lithosphere
27
Roman Geographer who promoted the Geocentric (Earth-centered) theory?
Nicolas Copernicus
Hipparchus
Ptolemy
Eratosthenes
28
Anyone can start a business and profit financially with little interference from the government
Socialism
Free market
Communism
Capitalism
29
When the temperature drops, water vapor loses energy, condensation occurs, and water falls to earth in a process called?
Hydrologic cycle
Humidity
Precipitation
Dew Point
30
The point at which water vapor begins condensation is called ___________.
Hydrologic cycle
Dew Point
Humidity
Condensation
31
The application of science to industry
Industries
Technology
Industrial revolution
Manufacturing
32
Good farmland, most civilizations are located here, moderate rainfall and temperate climates.
Moderate
Dry
Cold
Varied Highland
33
Take raw materials and change them into a useful form.
Tertiary Industry
Secondary Industry
Primary Industy
None
34
What do you call any large region where distinct populations of plants or animals are found living together?
Climate
Region
vegetation
Biome
35
The hydrologic cycle is the process of evaporation, condensation, humidity, and precipitation.
False
True
36
Maps that indicate state or national boundaries, capitals and cities.
Topographic
Roadmaps
Physical
Political
37
Plains
Wide areas of level land that rise up from the surrounding land.
Swampy lowlands, dotted with water and sink-holes.
Wide areas of level land.
Collection of many tiny islands.
38
_______________ is the removal of small materials broken down by the effects of weathering.
Deposits
Erosion
Flooding
humus
39
The 4 world oceans are the Artic, Pacific, Indian and Atlantic oceans.
False
True
40
The most basic of industries; includes fishing, mining, agriculture, and forestry.
Tertiary Industry
Primary Industy
None
Secondary Industry
41
Line that divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres.
Longitude
Meridian
Latitude
Equator
42
Natural parks with open areas and only a few scattered trees.
Steppes
Wasteland
Tundra
Savannah
43
Temperate grasslands in temperate regions where rainfall is between 10" and 30" inches a year.
Tundra
Steppes
Wastleand
Svannah
44
Big businesses that use machines and turn raw materials into new products on a large scale.
Technology
Manufacturing
Industrial revolution
Big business
45
The 4 ways a map can be distorted are area, distance, direction and ___________.
Hemispheres
Size
Shape
Color
46
Define air mass
Group of air with clouds
When hot air meets cold air and forms one mass
Large groups of clouds moving fast
Large area of moving air with similar temperature
47
The covering of air that surrounds our planet is called __________.
Lithospheres
Hydrosphere
Hemisphere
Atmosphere
48
The most important type of mineral is metals.
True
False
49
Infrastructure is an example of Tertiary industries.
False
True
50
Cold regions near the poles that support only limited vegetation.
Savannah
Steppes
Desert
Tundra
51
What do you call landmasses surrounded by water on all sided?
Islands
Landmasses
Archipelagos
Continents
52
Any method used to show the earth's round surface on a flat map.
Interrupted projections
Map projections
Gores
Cylindrical projection
53
Solid crystals that occur naturally and have a definite chemical composition
Minerals
Metals
Natural resources
Mining
54
The water on the earths surface is called ___________.
Hemisphere.
Hydrosphere
Lithosphere
Atmosphere
55
A cataclysm is a violent upheaval or change in the earths crust.
False
True
56
Wetlands are areas of standing, stagnant water often referred to as bogs, swamps, moors or marshes.
False
True
57
Cash crops are crops smaller farmers grow in order to support their families and livelihood.
False
True
58
Aluminum is extracted from what?
Alloys
The ground
Bauxite
Iron ore
59
Cultivation or farming in a controlled artificial environment.
Sustenance farming
Fishing
Agriculture
Aquaculture
60
The study of the process by which people and countries make choices about how to use and distribute resources.
Economics
Capitalism
Trade
Socialism
61
Published a lengthy argument for a heliocentric (sun-centered) theory.
Nicolas Copernicus
Ptolemy
Hipparchus
Eratosthenes
62
What is the ciriolis effect?
Movement of warm and cold air masses
The earths rotation influences wind
Ocean currents cause warming and cooling of certain areas
None of the above
63
Cars are an example of what?
Technology
Non Durable Manufacturing
Industries
Durable Manufacturing
64
A description of humanity and how people interact with it day to day.
Topography
Geography
History
Cartography
65
Plate tectonics theory
The earth core swells and shrinks causing the plates to shift
Temperature changes cause cracks in the earths crust
plates crash and pull on one another
The earths crust and outer core rub against one another causing friction
66
What are the blue regions
None of the above
Tropics
Polars
Temperate
67
Uniformitarianism is the idea that the earth developed over several thousand years and was shaped by natural processes.
False
True
68
All of the below are useful properties of metal except:
Conductive
Strong
Shiny
Malleable
69
The breakdown of rocks by water, plant roots, temperature changes, and the formation of ice and mineral crystals.
Faulting
Erosion
Weathering
Folding
70
The earth is divides into two sphere halves, called what?
Atmospheres
Sphereospheres
Hemispheres
Lithospheres
71
The mantle is a layer of hot, plastic material that earthquake waves often move through.
True
False
72
Define arid
Full of condensation
Lacking Moisture
No vegetation, barren, empty
Warm and cool air
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Government owns major industries and promises to make production decisions for the welfare of society.
Socialism
Free market
Communism
Capitalism
74
Provide energy, gas, water, sewage-disposal, and trash collection services.
Transportation
Infastructure
Service Industry
Utilities
75
Nation has a high GDP but low per capita GDP.
Underdeveloped Country
Developing Country
None
Developed Country
76
GDP stands for Goods Daily Produced
True
False
77
Mountains are the result of what?
The flood
God
Earthquakes
Faulting and folding
78
The earths crust is relatively thick, approximately 75 miles thick.
False
True
79
What is the box in the bottom right an example of?
Spheres
Legend
Towns and cities
Gore
80
Refers to the basic energy and equipment needs of all industries.
Technology
Transportation
Manufacturing
Infastructure
81
Areas of varying heights, as altitude increases air becomes thinner and holds less thermal energy
Wetlands
Varied Highland
Moderate
Dry
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What do we call the red, center areas
Polar
None of the above
Tropics
Temperate
83
Also known as the service industry, this is where most of the people are employed.
None
Secondary Industry
Tertiary Industry
Primary Industry
84
Wide range of industries that take full advantage of peoples skills
Developing Countries
Developed Country
Underdeveloped Country
None
85
What kind of map is this an example of?
Roadmaps
Physical
Political
Topographic
86
Useful substances found in the earth are called what
Natural resources
Petroleum
Fossil fuels
Cash crops
87
Communication is the transportation of ideas and information.
False
True
88
The most common way to measure a countries wealth
GDP
DGP
GDD
PGD
89
The two main branches of agriculture are?
Farming
Nomadic herding
Animal Husbandry
Commercial Farming
90
Fossil and Hydrocarbon fuels form over millions of years due to trapped plants/animals under layers of sedimentary rock.
False
True
91
Barren, little to no rainfall.
Tundra
Desert
Savannah
Steppes
92
Liquid hydrocarbon fuel
Gas
Petroleum
Diesel
Natural Gas
93
What do you call detailed land features on a map?
Topography
Cartography
Legends
Geography
94
What kind of map is shown in the photo?
Resource map
Roadmap
Economic map
Political map
95
What are the green areas?
Polars
None of the above
Tropics
Temperate
96
Imaginary lines that run east and west around the earth.
Meridians
Latitudes
Longitudes
Parallels
97
Imaginary line that runs north and south through Greenwich, England
Meridian
Latitude
Prime Meridian
Longitude
98
What is this an example of?
Cylinders
Flat map
Gores
Interrupted projection
99
The main landmasses on the earth are called what?
Continents
Landmasses
Countries
Islands
100
Forests where trees lose their leaves during a particular season, trees have flat, broad leaves and need a lot of water.
Polar Forest
Rain Forest
Deciduous Forest
Coniferous Forest

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