World Geo final exam

Any country in which the people choose their leaders and have the control to set up government policies...

Democracy

What is formed by the interaction of plant life, animal life, and the physical environment in which they live?

Ecosystem

Three countries and one territory that make up the UK

England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland

Waterway that separates France, Belgium, and Netherlands from the UK

English Channel

What are the two national languages of Canada?

English and French

Most tropical rainforest are found in areas near the ...

Equator

The imaginary line found halfway between the North and South poles running East to West.

Equator

What is the movement of weathered materials such as gravel, sand, or soil?

Erosion

Three heritages Latin America trace their ancestry to...

European Native African American

True/ False reparations are sharply rising prices in a nations economy

False

True/False Cultural Divergence is an effort to blend cultures

False

Brazilian slum communities...

Flavellos

Nonrenewable resources such as coal, oil, and natural gases...

Fossil Fuels

What is the study of where people, places, and things are located and how they relate to each other?

Geography

Country that is the leader of industry in Europe...

Germany

market economy

Has more freedom and the people make most of the decisions

Command Economy

Heavy government control

Which American climate has the coldest winters>

Humid Continental

Which country has a higher population? Canada or India

India

What is the world of plants, animals, and other living things that occupy the lands and waters if the planet called?

Lithosphere

Two most populated cities in Western Europe...

London, UK Paris, France

UK, Netherlands, Belgium, and Germanys climate

Marine West Coast

Portugal, Spain, Italy, and Romes climate...

Mediterranean

Sea that separates Italy and Greece from Africa...

Mediterranean

People who have mixed American and European descent...

Mestizos

Narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas with water on either side

isthmus

Area of high, flatland...

plateau

Title of the position that is head of the current Mexican democratic republic...

president

Thirty degrees north and Ninety degrees west is an example of an ...

Absolute Location

Name of mountain range that separates Italy from the rest of Western Europe...

Alps

Largest rainforest in the world...

Amazon

The highest mountain range in South America is also the longest unbroken mountain chain in the world...

Andes mountains

Physical characteristics of a place including landforms, ecosystems, and ...

People

Brazil speaks predominately what language...

Portuguese

All forms of water that fall from the atmosphere into the earth's surface.

Precipitation

Canadas regions are called ...

Provinces and Territories

Two Caribbean islands owned by the US...

Puerto Rico US Virgin Islands

French is the official language of what province in Canada ?

Quebec

In what two provinces does the majority of Canada's population live?

Quebec and Ontario

A town south of Memphis is an example of a ...

Relative Location

Two largest cities in the the Southeast region of Brazil...

Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo

Which mountain has a higher elevation?

Rocky Mountains

Over half of the US African American population lives in this region...

South

region known for its humid subtropical climate...

South

A nations freedom from outside control...

Sovereignty

Most common type of arming in Latin America...

Subsidized

How many provinces does Canada have?

Ten

Why do we have four seasons?

The earth rotates on an axis so whichever region is tilted closer to the sun will be warmer or in summer.

How many territories does Canada have?

Three

Mountains have a relief of at least how many feet?

2,000 ft

What percent of the world is water?

71%

Mountains range found in the eastern part of the US...

Appalachian Mountains

Which American climate experiences the least amount of rain?

Arid

what is the layer of water, air, and other substances above the earth called?

Atmosphere

One seventh of the US population live in a small area between what two cities?

Boston and Washington D.C.

Which country has a positive production/consumption petroleum ratio?

Canada

Second most populated country in South America...

Colombia

Te center of the earth that contains very hot metals is called the ...

Core

Learned behavior of people including their belief systems, languages, governments, and material goods..

Culture

What US city is known for its Cuban population?

Miami

Natural events in the physical environment that are destructive such as volcanoes and hurricanes.

Natural Hazards

Two explanations for the melting of the polar ice caps...

Natural cycles of the world cooling and heating up Greenhouse Gases

Any part of the natural environment that people need and value.

Natural resources

European country where one third of land is underwater...

Netherlands

Three most populates Cities in the US...

New York City, New York Los Angolas, California Chicago, Illinois

Resources that can't be replaced once they are used...

Nonrenewable Resources

Region with the least amount of natural resources...

Northeast

In what province are Toronto and Ottawa located?

Ontario

Canada's capital city...

Ottawa

Scientist believe that the world was once a supercontinent called ...

Pangea

Three most populated cities in the world...

Tokyo, Japan Mumbai, India Lagos, Nigeria

City with the highest population in Canada...

Toronto

True/False Dialects are variations of a language that are unique to a region or community

True

System in which one central government runs the nation...

Unitary System

Increase in the number of people living in cities.

Urbanization

South American country that is one of the world's top producers of oil...

Venezuela

Most Mountainous region?

West