Geography Final Review

The period when discoveries made modern industries possible, is Telecommunications Revolution.

Religion includes a people's worldview about every aspect of life.

Physiological density is the most accurate way to measure the density of population.

The highest mountain in the Alps, Mont Blanc, is located in France.

Utilities, transportation, & communication are known as infrastructure.

Populations today are trending toward urban areas & away from rural areas.

At the very center of the earth's interior is a core that has a liquid outer part & solid inner

Central America is the "Crossroads of the World", it has many ports, a railroad, & highways.

Geography remains important in the New Testament because of its effect on world missions.

GPS stands for global positioning system.

The Bible portrays people as fallen human beings in the context of culture.

Which state is the largest in area among the "lower forty-eight" states

Ptolemy wrote a book entitled Geography.

Developing countries may have a high GDP in addition to a low per capita GDP.

Kentucky's Mammoth Cave is one of the largest caves in the world.

Israel's punishment for disobeying God's law was exile.

Great Smoky Mountain National Park is located in Kentucky.

Christianity is geographically & culturally more diverse than Old Testament Israel.

The Gulf Coastal Plain does not extend inland up the Mississippi River Valley to the Midwest.

Nearly 2/3 of all U.S. freight travels on trucks & other commercial vehicles.

The money and equipment necessary to build and operate businesses are called

The Alps form the backbone of Italy.

The 4 features used to compare river systems are length, width, discharge, & navigability.

If one is careful when making a flat map, you can avoid all distortion in area, shape etc..

Winds that bring rains to the NW corner of the U.S. is called the Japanese Current.

Arkansas is the home of Wal-Mart, America's largest discount retail store.

The birthrate in the U.S. is approximately 14 live births per 1,000 people.

The Lapps in Finland have tended reindeer for thousands of years.

Tundra is rich in nutrients & therefore supports great quantities & types of vegetation.

Mexico is the leading trading partner of the United States.

What is the most widely spoken native language in South America

The U.S. has the lowest infant mortality rate in the world.

Around 90% of Canadians live within 50 miles of the U.S. - Canadian border.

The greatest hero of Latin America, ______, liberated many areas of South America

The waterfalls line where rivers drop from the Piedmont to the Coastal Plain is the fall line.

The Giant's Causeway between Scotland & Ireland was formed by cool lava.

Idaho's top crop is wheat.

Copper Canyon has been named

Evolutionists believe it is possible that a universal flood changed the earth's crust.

The primary means of transmitting a culture is language.

Many of the earth's mountains seem to have been formed by

High taxes in Denmark are caused by the country's welfare program.

All Mexicans speak Spanish.

To determine the rate of natural increase, one must subtract the # of deaths from the # births.

The highest point in North America is which of the following mountains

A group of people comprising a nation who have established their own government is a

Which province is known for its uranium

The most extreme form of socialism is communism.

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses...." is found on what monument

Which of the following mountain ranges lies in the New England uplands

Havana, the capital of Cuba, is one of the Greater Antilles's most elegant & modern cities.

French Guiana is still under European control.

The Llanos are huge, block-shaped mountains with savannas on top.

The art of mapmaking is called

Fidel Castro set up the 1st Communist government in the Western Hemisphere.

Most Canadians live within 100 miles of the U.S.--Canadian border.

The equator is the prime meridian.

Chiapas, a state in southern Mexico, is one of the wealthiest regions in the country.

Which Pennsylvania city became famous because of its steel mills

The Massif Central is a mountainous plateau in southern France that boast fertile soil.

Every culture, though marred by sin, reflects some of God's attributes.

The white population of Texas continues to outnumber the nonwhite population there.

Cement, mortar, & concrete are made from limestone.

The site of the richest iron ore-producing mines in the United States is

Toronto boasts one of the world's tallest free-standing structures.

La Paz, the capital of Bolivia, is the world's highest capital at 12,000 feet.

What are the severe storms that sometimes hit the states of the Northeast called

The Bible teaches that every cultural advance is bad.

Vermont was once divided between New York and Maine.

Pizarro made his headquarters in

The Amazon River drains a rainforest that covers 75 % of the South American continent.

In which East Tennessee city was the 1st atomic bomb developed

The best method of showing 3 dimensions on a flat map is with a relief map.

Oil reserves in Alberta may exceed those of Saudi Arabia.

Modern countries spend great sums of money mining 3 types of resources: metals, nonmetals, etc.

Canada retains the British monarch as its head of state.

A public square in the center of a Mexican village is a(n)

Weaker countries over which a strong state exerts controlling sway are called its

Countries with dictators that force their people to revere & worship them are said to be

Bronze is the world's most important alloy.