Huge Geography Quiz

The Seven Modern Wonders of the World

The study of Earth’s physical features

The study of how humans affect the earth

The location of a place in relation to another place

The exact location of a place on the earth’s surface

Pattern formed as the lines of latitude and longitude cross one another

Horizontal lines across the earth; 0-90 degrees; part of a grid system

Vertical lines across the earth; 0-180 degrees; part of a grid system

The line of longitude that divides the earth into the Eastern and Western hemispheres; 0 degrees

The line of latitude that divides the earth into the Northern and Southern hemisphere; 0 degrees

Line of latitude 23 1/2 degrees N; farthest point N that receives direct sunlight

Line of latitude 23 1/2 degrees S; farthest point S that receives direct sunlight

Do lower latitudes have hotter or colder climates?

The poles have constant sunlight (indirect) during summer and what during winter

One of two days (March 21 and September 23) on which the sun is directly above the Equator, making day and night equal in length

Half of a sphere or globe, as in the earth’s Northern and Southern Hemispheres or Easter and Western hemispheres

Seven Continents

A supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras

Five Oceans

How much of the earth’s surface is covered by water?

How much of that is freshwater?

Major salt water bodies

Major fresh water bodies

How much of the world's fresh water is in glaciers?

Why would a dam be built?

What are latitudes closest to the equator?

What are latitudes closest to the poles?

Sudden, violent movements along a fault line

A large, powerful windstorm that forms over warm ocean waters

A snowstorm with winds of more than 35 MPH, temperatures below freezing, and visibility of less than 500 feet for 3 hrs or more

Giant waves caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions under the sea

What natural disaster is the most widespread and deadly?

Large, thick body of slowly moving ice

Smaller river or stream that feeds into a larger river

The beginning of river waters, e.g. a mountain spring

End of a river (usually in a larger body of water)

Alluvial deposit at a river’s mouth that looks like this Greek letter: Δ

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A chain of islands

Narrow piece of land connecting two larger pieces of land

Area of low land usually between hills or mountains

Long, narrow inlet of the sea caused by glaciers

Land surrounded by water on all sides

A stretch of land surrounded by water on three sides

Electricity generated from the energy of water

Weather patterns typical for an area over a long period of time

The state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.

Northeastern US into southeastern Canada; cold winters (blizzards) and summers get cooler the farther north you are, and Europe

Pacific coast of US; 100+ inches of rain; cool summers and damp winters;

Long, muggy summers, mild winters; southeastern US; short, mild winters; year round rain

Dry areas, sparse plant life; often border deserts; dry, largely treeless grasslands; 10-20 inches of rain/year; hot summers, cool winters

Dry areas, sparse plant life; less than 10 inches of rain/yr; hot days, cold nights

Hot and wet throughout the year; avg 80 degrees F.; 80+inches of rain/year; lush vegetation

Southern tip of Florida; dry winters, wet summers; high year round temperatures

An inland grassland area (grasses can reach 12 feet high); common in the Great Plains

Elevation above which it is too cold for trees to grow

Climate zone closest to the polar regions; very cold; winter darkness and bitter cold last for half the year; indirect sun rays bring constant summer light but little heat; low bushes, very short grasses, mosses, and lichens

What are the characteristics of a highlands climate?

Gradual warming of the earth and its atmosphere that may be caused in part by pollution and an increase in the greenhouse effect

Haze caused by the interaction of ultraviolet solar radiation with chemical fumes from automobile exhausts and other pollution sources

Producing just enough food for a family or a village to survive

Farming organized as a business

Way of life of a group of people who share beliefs and similar customs (language, religion, and history of a people)

Rating system which includes income, education levels, food consumption, food production, population size, and population prediction.

What makes up a culture?

What are the 3 factors that change cultures?

The process in which connections around the world increase and cultures merge

Group of people that have a common language, history, and place of origin

What is the minimum population a mega city must have?

System of government that divides power between a national government and a state government

Society based on equality in which workers would control industrial production

Form of government without a monarch in which people elect their officials

Any system of government in which leaders rule with consent of the citizens

Rule by a king or queen is limited by laws and a constitution

King or queen with complete and unlimited power to rule their people

System of government in which a small group holds power. Get power from wealth, military power, social position, or a combination of these elements.

A government controlled by religious leaders

An economic system in which the means of producing wealth is privately owned.

Someone who flees or is forced to flee a country for their own safety.

A person moving into one country from another

A person leaving a country to move to another

Something that would cause a person to leave a place ex: Natural disaster, political oppression, economy

Something that would cause a person to go to a new place: job opportunities, good climate

The movement of people from place to place

The movement of people from rural areas to urban areas (countryside to cities)

Native to a place

A ban on trade by one country with another

A tax on imports or exports

The use of violence to create fear in a given population

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All systems of transportation including roads, ports, highways

Natural resources are distributed unevenly, thus countries must _____ with each other

The average number of people living in a square mile or square kilometer

Belief in one god

Belief in many gods

What major monotheistic religions developed in Southeast Asia?

What is the oldest monotheistic religion?

What is the largest religion in the world?

Who started Islam?

When?

Where?

Major Doctrine

Who started Christianity?

Where did it start?

Major Doctrine

Who started Judaism?

Where did it start?

Major Doctrine

Where di Hinduism start?

What god makes up all other gods in Hinuism?

Major Doctrine

Who started Buddhism?

Where?

Is there a god(s)?

How many noble truths are there?

Four largest countries

Three most populated countries

What is the capital of the United States?

Five regions of the contiguous states

What state is Death Valley (lowest point in the US and the highest temperature in the US) in?

What state are the Everglade wetlands in?

Five Great Lakes

Longest mountain chain in the world

What makes up Latin America?

Major American Food Exports

Country with the largest economy

Tropical climate because of prevailing wind patterns; contains the world’s largest rain forest

The Western Hemisphere’s longest river

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Answer

Mountain range running down the western coast of South America

Europeans set up colonies in Latin America to gain _____ for their home countries

What was the official religion of the Spanish colonists?

What language is spoken in Brazil?

What language is spoken in Haiti?

What language is spoken in the Bahamas?

The main indigenous Latin American empires

The Strait of Magellan is in the ______ tip of South America

Man made canal in Panama that connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Allows for much shorter trade routes. Controlled by the USA until 1999, now controlled by Panama

Most people in Middle and South America live in urban areas, central Mexico, and along _____

European conquest in Middle and South America destroyed Native American _______, created colonies with European influences, Forced Natives to speak their language and follow their religion

What decreased the population of the indigenous people of Middle and South America?

What landform is the continent of Europe?

U.S. five permanently inhabited territories

What is the largest country in the world?

When did the Soviet Union broke apart into 15 independent republics.

Competition between the United States and the Soviet Union

About __ languages are spoken in Europe (base ten number)

Where are the Pyrenees mountain located?

Switzerland and Austria (as well as many other European countries) are located in what mountain range?

Spain, Portugal, and Andorra occupy the _______ Peninsula

The Nordic countries include

Ireland is called the Emerald Isle because of it ________

What makes up the United Kingdom

The western part of Russia is mostly _______

The eastern Siberian region is covered with ________ and plateus

Inland waterways are important for moving goods through Russia, but many long rivers drain north into the frigid _____ Ocean and freeze in winter.

The longest river in the world

The largest warm desert in the world.

The largest cold desert in the world

The most common official language of the countries of Southwest Asia, Central Asia, and Northern Africa

The religion that the most people practice in Southwest Asia, Central Asia, and Northern African countries

Much of Saudi Arabia is a ______ so people must live near water.

What is the only non-middle eastern/African OPEC country?

Between which two rivers can you find the Fertile Crescent?

Area around the Pacific Ocean that is known for having frequent earthquakes and numerous volcanoes as a result of the high plate activity

What mountains range holds 9/10 tallest mountains in the world

Highest point on Earth

Deepest known depression on Earth; in the Pacific Ocean

Regions defined by governmental or administrative boundaries; not open to dispute, therefore physical regions fall under this category

Regions defined by a function; if the function ceases to exist, the region does as well.

Regions loosely defined by people's perception

derived from the ideas and actions of people that result in changes to the environment, such as buildings, roads, clothing, and food habits.