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- Geographers can help solve problems like these:
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- A. Environmental degradation, terrorism and dieting problems
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- The viewing area of a particular TV station would be classified as a ____________ region.
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- D. functional
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- ______________ include supplies such as oil and natural gas. This is the common term for this supply.
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- A. Nonrenewable resources
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- Long, narrow coastal valleys that were originally carved out by glaciers are called __.
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- D. fjords
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- During both the vernal equinox and _____________, there is an equal amount of night and day.
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- B. autumnal equinox
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- What caused virtually all of Canada and some of the northern US to be once covered by thick glacial ice almost 15,000 years ago?
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- A. Changes in the earth’s climate caused the ice sheets to grow.
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- Which of the following factors helped make inland transportation and commerce possible in the United States?
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- C. The intricate river systems
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- The name we use to describe a sloping mound of Earth is a ______.
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- A. hill
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- The impacts of El Niño upon climate in temperate latitudes show up most clearly during which season?
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- B. Winter
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- El Nino has a far-reaching effect on the climate around what ocean?
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- D. Pacific Ocean
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- What are the three major types of economic systems taught in this course?
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- C. Market, Command and Traditional
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- In the water cycle, water travels from bodies of water to the ____________. Then it travels back to the ground and to the oceans.
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- B. air
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- The names of the four spheres (lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere) came from the Greek words for
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- A. stone, air, water, and life.
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- Which of the following best describes a sound?
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- C. large body of water between a coastline and island(s)
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- These winds are found in the middle latitudes between 30 and 60 degrees latitude.
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- D. Prevailing Westerlies
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- A ______________ is a flat, triangular-shaped land formed when a river carries and deposits sediment at its mouth.
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- D. delta
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- Geography is divided into what two main areas?
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- C. physical and human
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- The _______________ is composed of all living organisms.
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- D. biosphere
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- The vertical distance between a standard reference point, such as sea level, and the top of an object or point on the Earth, such as a mountain, is also referred to as _______.
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- D. elevation
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- If you live in a rocky terrain, growing crops such as wheat and corn would be a challenge. It would be necessary to cultivate crops that can thrive in that type of region, such as grapes and olives. Therefore, those foods would become a staple in your diet, and be found in most recipes. This is an example of how one's ___________ is often determined by where they live on Earth.
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- A. culture
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- The name for a mountain range, which separates river systems that travel in opposite directions is a ______.
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- C. divide
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- The imaginary line which passes through the center of the Earth to the North and South Poles, upon which the Earth rotates once every 24 hours is called the __________.
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- A. axis
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- Which of the following maps show elevation?
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- A. Physical Maps
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- A small river that runs into a larger river is known as a(n) ______.
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- C. tributary
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- If you were to study bodies of water, landforms, and the natural resources found on our planet, you would be learning about ______________.
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- B. physical geography
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- The long-term weather conditions in an area is referred to as the
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- D. climate.
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- The name "Pangaea" comes from the combination of two ancient Greek words, pan and Gaea, meaning __________.
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- D. all land
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- The atmosphere is composed of the _____________ surrounding the Earth.
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- D. air
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- The Heliocentric Theory is best described as a theory that ___________.
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- A. identifies the sun as the center of the universe, with planets revolving around it
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- ______________ are elements that are found in our environment such as wind, water, timber, minerals, and oil.
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- C. Natural resources
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- Those living along the Equator, or between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, experience a(n)___________ climate.
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- A. tropical
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- The climate north of the Tropic of Cancer is different than the climate along the Equator in that
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- C. those living north of the Tropic of Cancer experience varying climate zones and those along the Equator experience a tropical climate.
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- The city of Paris, France is in which hemispheres?
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- A. northern and eastern
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- What is the difference between an isthmus and a strait?
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- C. An isthmus is a thin strip of land that connects two larger areas of land, and strait is a narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
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- If geographers are correct, the _______ developed countries will add many more people to Earth's population.
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- A. less
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- The Sunbelt is an example of a ________________ region.
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- C. formal
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- When is the summer soltice?
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- B. June 20th or 21st
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- Traditions, food, transportation, language, clothing, art and institutions are examples of a person's ______________.
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- C. culture
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- Which of the following best describes the difference between a source and a mouth?
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- A. A source is where a river or stream originates, and a mouth is where it empties into another body of water.
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- A Savanna is likely to be found in
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- C. tropical climates.
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- The Earth is slightly tilted on a (n) _____________, or an imaginary line that runs through the North and South Poles.
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- B. axis
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- People who practice ____________ believe that Jesus Christ was the son of God.
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- B. Christianity
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- When Thomas Friedman referred to the world as being “flat,” he was
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- B. referring to the global economy, the fact that people in one nation can now exchange goods and services with those in another nation—including jobs.
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- ________________ are those that can be replenished naturally. Sunlight, which can be used for solar energy, is an example.
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- B. Renewable resources
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- The Koran is the holy book for people who practice ____________.
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- C. Islam
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- One inch on a map being equal to one mile in real life (or on the surface of the Earth) is an example of what you might find on a map's _________.
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- C. scale
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- The weathering of the Earth's surface is known as
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- C. erosion.
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- Longitudinal lines run parallel to the __________.
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- D. Prime Meridian
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- A(n) _____________ is defined as the interrelationship between living beings and environment.
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- A. ecosystem
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- The ancient Greek geographer Ptolemy created a grid system and listed the ____________ for places throughout the known world in his book Geography.
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- D. meridians
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