Boyce Exam World Geography

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Which of these flows across the Northwest Territories to the Arctic Ocean?

Makenzie River

What id the best way to measure the spread of the Sahara during the calender year?

Lansat

Rust is an example of what?

chemical weathering

we call pine, fur, and other needle leaf trees this..?

coniferous (they are cone bearing)

a transfer of heat in the in the atmosphere by the upward movement of air

convection

The Office of Homeland Security will......

coordinate national efforts to protect against terrorism

What is the solid, metallic center of the earth called?

core

oak, birch, and other braodleaf trees

deciduous

This is a government that is run by its citizens or their elected representatives....

democracy

Urban sprawl occurs in areas where:

development increases without planned growth

This is where an individual or group holds complete political power

dictatorship

Forests, grasslands, and deserts are_____

divisions of biomes

Where would a developer be most likely to find a sufficient supply of water for a network of wells for a community?

drainage basin

a period of inadiquate precipitation

drought

Which does not condtributr to the marine west coast climate found in the region?

dry, cool pacific air

The ___________ of an area might be expressed in 26.8 people per square mile.

population density

The _____________ is a graphic device that tells the difference between the birthrate and the mortality rate.

population pyramid

The main purpose of the Canadian Multiculturalism Act was to:

preserve cultural diversity

What contributes to the marine west coast climate from southern Alaska to northern California?

prevailing westerlies

The ______ is an imaginary line that divides the earth into eastern and western halves.

prime meridian

In the 1800s the tention that grew between the northern and southern regions of the U.S. were a result of what?

sectionalism

A significant change in the economy of the midwest can be seen in the shift from manufacturing and farming to.........

service industries

broad, grassy plains would beMOST likely to be found in an are of

steppe

Whats the most negative affect on a community's infrastructure?

strains from commuter traffic

which of these describes an effort to manage growth by creating communities where residents both live and work in the same area?

sustainable communtities

What floats on top of the molten magma under the earth's surface?

tectonic plates

Spain and NYC are both located in____

the Northern Hemisphere

What imaginary line cuts across the top of South Africa?

the line dividing the Northern and Southern hemispheres

Every nation is a....

unified group of people

The Ohio and Missouri Rivers are tributaries of which of these?

Mississippi RIver

You would most likely see a wide variety of climate and vegetation along the.....

Mississippi River

Which of these describes the land bridge over which early nomads traveled from Asia to North America?

Beringia

the province in which most of the region is at least 3,000 feet above sea level because of itss location with the Rocky Mountain range is.......

British Colombia

What is the central core of the city where its commercial activity takes place called?

CBD (Central Business Dictrict)

In 1867, the British government soughtto create a political union between upper Canada and Lower canada by establishing the:

Dominion of Canada

Which landform encompasses over 4,000 square miles of tall grasses, trees, and swamplands?

Everglades

Ancestors of early Native Americans, who traded with European fisherman in the 16th century, are today known as peoples of the:

First Nations

A meteorologist who wanted to track an oncoming hurricane could consult recorded data by _______.

GOES

Canada's newest territory, established in 1999 as land for the Inuit, is called:

Nanuvut

A political system that includes legislative and executive functions combined in a legislature is a key feature of a :

Parlaimentary Government

Canada's chief area of agricutlural activity is located in the.....

Prairie Provinces

Montreal, Canada's second largest cirty, was built along the St. Lawrence River in:

Quebec

Which of the following best explains why North America is the worlds leading food exporter?

The richly fertile soils allow for vast and productive agricultural activity

A biome is....

a specific area containing interdependant plants and animals

The Northwest corner of Wyoming is at 45 degrees North latitude, 111 degrees West longitude. This decribes its______.

absolute location

The _______ of Washington, D.C., can be described as approximately 39 degrees North latitude, 77 degrees West longitude.

absolute location

In the mid 1960's, Great Britians, The Beatles came to the U.S.. Suddenly young men all over the nation were wearing their hair longer, in styles that matched the Beatles. What is this an example of?

acculteration

A rain forest would be LEAST likely to thrive in.....

an area enriched by permafrost

In mountainous regions, orographic precipitation can create rain shadow, which is

an area of little precipitation on the leeward side of a mountain

The St. Lawrence Seaway uses....

as series of locks that raise and lower water levels

Which of these is the process of immigrants from a minority culture taking on the language and customs of the dominant culture?

assimilation

Where do tectonic plates move past each other?

at fault lines

Which of these describes something that causes the spread of bacteria and viruses?

biological weapon

Diseas-causing bacteria called anthrax are known as:

biological weapons

a regional ecosystem containing interdependant plants and animals

biome

What is a statistic that shows the number of live births per thousand population?

birthrate

a dry area containing drought-resistant vegetation

chaparral

What force causes rock to change into a new susbstance?

chemical weathering

a pattern of such conditions as temperature and precipitation, occurring at a particular location over a long period of time

climate

Which is an alliance of nations that is fighting terrorism?

coalition

Plants, animals, and diseases were distributed between the eastern and western hemispheres during the...........

columbian excahange

In what economy do the government determine and regulate the production of goods and services?

command economy

This is a system in which production of goods and services is determined by infrastructure

command economy

the transfer of heat in the atmosphere by upward motion of air

convection

Green Bay, Wisconsin, is located at an imaginary line running north south on the globe. What does the line represent?

degrees of longitude

What landform develops when a river deposits sediment as it flows into the ocean?

delta

In a ________, citizens vote for representatives to serve them in a central government,

democracy

the capital of Canada's federal governmene is Ottawa.....

located in Southeastern Ontario

Which if the following would be less likely to erupt from a volcano?

loess

what term is used to identify a windblown sediment of silt and clay?

loess

Imaginary lines that circle the earth from pole to pole measure degrees of _____.

longitude

How can cartographers reduce the distortion created when they draw a flat map of Greenland?

make a map projection

Americans who support the assimilation of immigrants believe that :

many cultural identities results in seperation, not unity

In a ______, production of goods and services is determined by demand for consumers.

market economy

The South has recently seen an influx of industry; ATL, GA is the hub and New Orleans, Houston, TX, St. Petersburg, and other cities, have formed a new.........

megalopolis

Saskatchewan's population includes many south and east Asian immigrants, and it is also the home of the:

metis

Along with a city, suburbs and exurbs make up

metropolitan area

What rocky feature might a receding glacier leave behind?

moraine

Which of these describe an effort to promote and embrace cultural diversity?

multiculturalism

A growing number of American corporations operate on a global scale and are referred to as......

multinationals

After crossing Beringia, early nomads most likely began settling...........

near ares of water

The average amount of money earned by each person in a nation or state is measured as.......

per capita income

What helps explain why human population is sparse in the subarctic regions of Alaska and Canada?

permafrost

constantly frozen subsoil

permafrost

Which best explains the significance of the continental divide?

point at which the rivers flow eastward or westward

Which of these is not a feature if the Everglades?

rainfall adequate to support a strong agricultural diversity

What is a statistic that tells the difference between the birthrate and the mortality rate?

rate of natural increase

Roanoke, Wirginia, is located about 40 miles from Lynchburg. This describes its _______

relative location

You would be giving the ______ of Cheyanne, Wyoming, if you said that it was in the southeastern corner of the state, near the Nebraska border.

relative location

mountains are one of four categories of what?

relief

Legislators are elected by the people to stand uo for the people

representative democracy

Canada's cultural "mosaic" came about because immigrants were encouraged to come to Canada and:

retain their cultural identities

Which of these describes how communities can plan the use of their land and other resources?

smart growth

a grassland or prairie in the Northern hemisphere

steppe

which of these describes the surprise use of violence by an individual or group to intimidate a government or civilian population to acheive social or political ends?

terrorism

Areas that create plans for sustainable communities hope.....

that residents both live and work in the community

The Appalachian Mountains have experienced far greater erosion than the Rocky Mountains because.....

the Appalachians are about 300 million years older than the Rockies

Which of these borders states such as Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Louisiana?

the Mississippi River

The Makenzie River flows primarily through....

the Northwest Territories

A newspaper reported that an earthquake was recorded at 8.7. What device was used to obtain this measurement, and what was measured?

the Richter scale; relative strength of the earthquake

The landform that borders the Great Plains on one side is

the Rocky Mountains

The greatest amount of Canada's energy exports go to the U.S. because...

the U.S. consumes more energy resources than any other country

Which does not describe a significant difference between the rocky and the Appalachian Mountains?

the abundance of minerals and fossil fuels

Gases put into the atmosphere cause a warming known as the greenhouse affect because.......

the create a barrier that traps solar energy

Geography is the study of

the distribution and interaction of Earth's physical and human features

An area of low population density in Canada most likely includes....

the islands of Ellesmere, Victoria, and Baffin

Why are a series of locks constructed to form the st Lawrence Seaway?

to allow huge vessels to sail into the Great Lakes from the Atlantic Ocean

If you needed to find out how many miles seperated Chicago, Illinois, and the mouth of the Hudson River, you could consult a _________.

topographic map

A severe weather condition that forms suddenly and unexpected, often without warning would be____

tornado

What would NOT be a project for a cartographer?

tracking the pah of a hurricane using Landsat

One type of climate found in the U.S. but not Candada is.........

tropical wet and dry climate

flat, treeless land forming a ring around the Arcitc Ocean are examples of _____

tundra

Which of these describes inexpertly planned communities and developments in an area of increasing population?

urban sprawl

Which of these are hundreds of millions of years old and have been worn down by weather and other natural causes?

Appalachian Mountains

Dependable coastal economic activities, such as fishing and shipbuilding, help make up for the harsh and sometimes severe weather of the......

Atlantic Provinces

What instrument measures the relative strength of an earthquake?

Richter scale

Which of these does the combination of climate and weather conditions often result in violent weather like tornadoes?

The Great Plains

The transaction of 1803 that nearly doubled the size of the United States is known as the.....

The Louisiana Purchase

What name is given to the area where the world's most active volcanoes exist?

The Ring of Fire

Which of these includes the location of the Continental Divide?

The Rocky Mountains

Which of these connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean by a series of locks that raise and lower the water levels?

The St. Lawrence Seaway

You can find about half of the land area of the U.S. and about 1/5 of its population in.........

The West

Countries east of the Prime meridian are in the_____?

eastern hemisphere

What term names the location on the earths surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?

epicenter

If you were traveling from the northern half to the southern half of the earth, what would you be crossing?

equator

Which does NOT explain how the early nomads of North America lived?

established methods of farming in areas of permafrost

birch and cottonwood trees are____

examples of deciduous trees

A division of powers between national, state, and local governments is a hallmark of......

federal republic

Which describes a key natural resource of the Great Plains?

fertile soil

What is a statistic that shows the average number of children a woman would have in her lifetime, fi she had children at the current rate for her country?

fertility rate

The government exerts little control over resources and technology, and businesses are owned and operated by private individuals for profit in a system of ______

free enterprise

One of the primary objectives of terrorists is to :

gain territory or change government poilicies

Which of the following would be least likely to occur in the Ring of Fire?

glacier

Which of these is a worldwide interconnected group?

global network

If your reasearch project required a three-demensional view of the Earth, you would need to consult a......

globe

Canada and Japan are in the same what?

hemisphere

Which term do scientists NOT use to identify a physical component of the biosphere?

hemisphere

What is composed of only organic material?

humus

an often severe windstorm that is created when air flows over warm waters

hurricane

One result of the terrorist acts is

increased security in airports

A region's systems for transporting its goods to amrket, communicating with other regions, and fueling its factories are examples of the region's........

infrastructure

This is what keeps the nation running, like its basic support system

infrastructure

Which of these can become overused and strained in a community that experiences heavy commuter traffic?

infrastructure

Through what does a culture create or invent a new system or device for fulfilling a specific need?

innovation

Which of the following is not considered part of the interior lowlands of North America?

islands of Ellesmere, Baffin, and Victoria

The rivers of N.A. flow eastward or westward at the continental divide because....

it is situated along the highest points of the Rocky Mountains

A population will be most likely to grow if....

its birthrate is greater than its mortality rate

Imaginary lines that run parallel to the equator measure degrees of _____.

latitude

What does magma become once it rises to the Earth's surface?

lava

What is the solid rock portion of the earths surface called?

lithosphere


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