World Geography Final

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Australia

A gold rush in 1851 caused the population of ___ to increase by nearly 200%

the Netherlands

About 1/4 of ___ is older that was taken from the sea by using dikes, dams, and windmills to drain water from the land.

South Africa

Afrikaners are the Dutch inhabitants of ___

Canberra

Australia

India

Because its major religion prohibits the killing of cattle, the country of ___ has more livestock than any other country in the world

Jerusalem

Both Jews and Muslims consider ___ a holy city

Ottawa

Canada

Beijing

China

Cairo

Egypt

Peru

Fransisco Pizarro conquered the Inca Indians of ___?

Athens

Greece

New Delhi

India

Tokyo

Japan

Monrovia

Liberia

Tripoli

Libya

Manila

Philippines

Brazil

Sao Paulo, ___, is South America's largest city in population

Seoul

South Korea

Madrid

Spain

Bangkok

Thailand

Ecuador

The Galapagos Islands belong to which nation?

Drake Passage

The ____ separates South America from Antarctica

Kiev

Ukraine

Amsterdam

the Netherlands

the Panama Canal

What canal of North America provides passage for ships traveling between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans?

Mt. Aconcagua

What is the highest peak in the Western Hemisphere?

Andes

What is the longest mountain range on land?

Portuguese

What is the official language of Brazil?

the Philippines

What is the only Asian country where a majority of the people practice Roman Catholicism?

estuary

What is the wide mouth where the ocean tide meets a river current called?

Great Barrier Reef

What is the world's biggest natural structure formed by living things?

Lake Titicaca

What is the world's highest navigable freshwater lake?

Angel Falls

What is the world's highest waterfall?

Grand Canyon

What is the world's largest canyon?

Sahara

What is the world's largest desert?

Lake Superior

What is the world's largest freshwater lake in area?

Greenland

What is the world's largest island?

Nile River

What is the world's longest river?

Rocky Mountains

What mountain range is considered the "Backbone of North America"?

Roman Catholicism

What religion do the majority of South Americans practice?

the St. Lawrence Seaway

What seaway is the world's largest inland seaway?

Liberia

Which African country was settled by freed slaves?

Lake Maracaibo

Which South American lake is the continent's largest?

Cuba

Which country became the Western Hemisphere's first Communist dictatorship?

Simon Bolivar

Who is remembered for leading Venezuela and several other South American countries to independence from Spain?

Quebec

____ is Canada's French province

Argentina

____ is known as the "Granary of the South"

Colombia

____ produces more emeralds than any other country


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