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The southern tip of Africa where currents of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet here and turns back on themselves making this especially challenging waters to sail.
Cape of Good Hope
Which of these physical features is located closest to the equator?
congo basin
The formation of the Himalayas and the uplifting of Tibet are occurring at this kind of plate boundary.
convergent
Trade Winds blow from which direction? a.) South b.) North c.) West d.) East e.) Both East and West
d
Which of the following is NOT a factor that affects the climate? a.) location of subduction zone b.) distribution of land and sea c.) altitude d.) latitude e.) location of main centers of high or low air pressure
d
Which of the following is NOT a political unit with international authority? a.) Nation-state b.) Nation c.) City-state d.) Sovereign state e.) Country
d
from south to north, which is the correct order of East African lakes?
Nyasa, Tanganyika, Victoria, Tana
Aksum
On important trading capital from the first to its location near the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean
Carthage
One of the great empires of ancient Africa, situated on a triangular peninsula on the Gulf of Tunis on the coast of the Mediterranean
Nelson Mendela
One of the leaders of the African National Congress who led a struggle to end apartheid and was elected president in 1994 in the first all-race election in South Africa
Over half of Canadian exports go to...
The United States
Frontal precipitation occurs a.) when moist air is forced rise over a mountain barrier. b.) on leeward slope. c.) where cool and warm air masses meet. d.) none of above.
c
The Tropic of Cancer is located at:
23 1/2 degrees N. latitude
The current global population is approximately...
7 Billion
Berlin conference
A conference of 14 14 European nations held in 1884-1885 in Berlin, Germany, to establish rules for political of Africa
Aswan High Dam
A dam on the Nile River in Egypt, complete in 1970, which increased Egypt's farmable land by 50 percent and protected from drought and flood
Pandemic
A disease affecting a large population over a wide geographic area
Rai
A kind of popular Algerian music developed in the 1920s by poor urban children that is fast- paced with danceable rhymes;was sometimes used as a form of expose political unhappiness.
Rift Valley
A long thin valley created by the moving apart of the continental plates 1).Rift Valleys re created when the land sicks. 2).The rift valleys show that the eastern part of Africa is pulling away from the ret of Africa
Ashanti
A people who live in what is now Ghana, in west, and who are known for their artful wearing of colorful asasia, or kente cloth
Oldwai George
A site of fossil beds in northern Tanzania, containing the most continuous known record of humanity over the past 2 million years, including fossils from 65 hominids
Escarpment
A steep slope with a nearly flat plateau on top 1). The Great Escarpment marks the edge of the continent's plateau
What is Fordism?
A system of mass production, higher wages, and mass consumption.
Mount Kilimanjaro
A volcano in Tanzania in Africa also Africa's highest peak 1).Mount Kenya and Mount Kilimanjaro are the main volcanic mountains. 2). Mount Kilimanjaro is also the highest mountain.
What is the most appropriate scale for studying geographic phenomena?
All of the above
Serengeti Plain
An area of East Africa containing some of the best grasslands in the world
Serengeti Plain
An area of East Africa, containing some of the best grasslands in the world and many grazing animals
Goree island
An island off the coast of Senegal that served as a major departure point for slaves during the slave trade.
Aquifers
An underground layer of rock that stores water. 1).Helps support the people and the wildlife 2). Also i a critical resource for people living in the desert.
In which of these countries is the sahel not found?
Angola
a mountain range which stretches across northwestern Africa extending about 1,600 miles through Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. The highest peak is Jebel Toubkal, with an elevation of 4,167 13,671 feet in southwestern Morocco. It separates the Mediterranean and Atlantic coastlines from the Sahara Desert.
Atlas Mountains
Which of the following can the Theory of Plate Tectonics not explain?
Atmospheric circulation
The total set of greenhouse gas emissions caused directly and indirectly by an individual called...
Carbon footprint
Which of the following is NOT a multinational state? a.) China b.) U.S. c.) Japan d.) Turkey
c
This is a form of social and economic organization characterized by the common ownership of the the means of production, distribution, and exchange?
Communism
It is the second most powerful river in the world by discharge; boosting over 40 hydroelectric power plants. The world's deepest river with measured depths in excess of 220 m. The main transportation source in Central Africa.
Congo River
What is defined as "the withdrawal of investments from activities (and regions) that yield low rates of profit in order to reinvest in new activities (and new laces)"?
Creative destruction
Basins
Depressions 1). Each basin is more than 625 miles across and is as much ad 5,000 feet deep 2).Basins flow thorough the plateau(Africa)
What is causing atmospheric circulation on Earth?
Differences in atmospheric pressure and temperature over Earth's surface.
What countries make up the horn of Africa?
Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia
The first wave of European Industrialization was located in the coal fields of northern France, Belgium, and Germany?
False
True or False: About one third of the world's people speak one of 400+ Indo-European languages.
False
True or False: According to the United Nations Development Program, the income gap between the richest fifth and the poorest fifth of the world's population has been shrinking since the 1960s.
False
True or False: Buddhists are found primarily in South Asia.
False
True or False: In Iraq, the oldest known geography literature dates more than 2,500 years ago and the world's oldest map was engraved about 2,300 years ago.
False
Which of the following statements about climate change is TRUE?
Global temperatures are likely to rise in the coming decades.
The Niger River flows into the
Gulf of Guinea
Which of these is measuring the quality of life in a society with both monetary and non-monetary data?
HDI (Human Development Index)
a large semi-arid sandy savannah in southern Africa extending 900,000 square kilometres, covering much of Botswana, parts of Namibia, and South Africa.
Kalahari Desert
It's Africa's biggest lake, and the largest tropical lake in the world. It's the planet's second largest freshwater lake. Relatively shallow with only one river flowing out of it; the Nile. Supports wildlife as well as fishing industry.
Lake Victoria
Masai
Masai are a Nilotic ethnic group inhibiting northern, central and southern Tanzania
Highest mountain on the African continent. Home to the endangered mountain gorillas.
Mount Kilamanjaro
Madagascar is separated from the African mainland by the _________________.
Mozambique Chanel
The Zambezi River flows into the
Mozambique Channel
Which of these rivers flows through the sahel?
Niger
Published in 1974, this cylindrical equal-area projection map was highly controversial because it showed Africa and Latin America to be much larger than Northern Hemisphere continents.
Peter's Map
Origin of homosapien man. Very fertile region.
Rift Valley
All of these are major cities of Europe's "Golden Triangle" except...
Rome
The African Sahel is a belt of semiarid savanna south of the ________ desert.
Sahara
Worlds largest 'hot' desert in the world. Arctic and Antarctica, also deserts, makes this the third biggest in the world.
Saraha Desert
Which of these countries is located in the Indian Ocean?
Seychelles
what country is famous for diamonds in sub-saharan Africa?
South Africa
How does the economy of South Africa compare to that of other countries in Africa?
South Africa is one of Africas richest nations, yet it also has an increasing number of people living in poverty.
Which of the following is NOT leading to a decrease of biodiversity on Earth's surface?
Species "hitchhiking" to new locations through human transport
A set of elements linked together so that changes in one element often result in changes in another is referred to as a...
System
The provision of services constitutes this form of employment.
Tertiary
The major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa, generally regarded as the longest river in the world. It is 6,853 km long.
The Nile River
This is believed to be one of the causes of recent global warning and climate change associated with it?
The burning of fossil fuels
What is "Balkanization"?
The division of a territory into smaller and often mutually hostile political units
How do commodity chains begin?
The extraction and production of raw materials
Sahara
The largest desert in the world, stretching 3,000 miles across the African continent, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, and measuring 1,200 miles from north to south.
Sahara
The largest desert in the world. 1). The Sahara stretches about 3,000 miles across the continent 2). The temperatures can rise as high as 136.4•F in the summer.
Mobutu sees seko
The leader of Zaire which is now the Democratic republic of Congo, from its independent in 1960s until 1997. He brought the country's business under national controls, profited from the reorganization, and used the army to hold poor
Bantu migration
The movement of the Bantu people southward throughout Africa, spreading their language and culture, from 10pB.C to around A.D. 1000
Nile River
The world's longest river 1).The Nile River flow more than 4,000 miles through Uganda and Sudan and into Egypt 2).More the 95% of Egyptians depend on the Nile for their water.
Culture traits- Smallest items distinct to a culture. Cultural regions- An area of the earth's surface occupied by persons with common cultural traits and complexes. Cultural hearth- Origin of cultural changes. Cultural changes occurs through- innovation and diffusion. Cultural imperialism- Imposing one cultural on another by force.
True
Food Processing- secondary activities Fishing- primary activities Warehousing- tertiary activities Education- quaternary activities Retail sales- tertiary activities Textile Manufacturing- secondary activities Mining- primary activities
True
True or False//Exclaves are culturally distinct territories that are surrounded by the territory of a different cultural group, whereas exclaves are portions of a country or of a culture group's territory that lie outside its contiguous land area?
True
True or False//The gap between rich and poor in the United States is widening
True
True or False: Fifty-one percent of the global population is categorized as urban.
True
Which two countries dominated the "Cold War"?
USSR and United States
Currently, approximately _______% of the world population live in Asia. a.) 20 b.) 40 c.) 60 d.) 80
c
Canopy
Uppermost layer of branches 1). About 150 feet above the ground. 2).Birds, monkeys, and flying move from tree to tree.
What is irrendentism?
When a territory seeks to claim lost land
The Buddhism is originated in a.) Ganges Plain b.) Punjab c.) Mecca d.) Yellow River basin
a
The Human Development Index (HDI), calculated by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), is based on all EXCEPT which of the following measures? a.) Infant mortality b.) Life expectancy c.) Educational attainment d.) Personal income e.) It is based on ALL of the above measures.
a
The poorest economies in the world still tend to have employment based mostly in this sector. a.) primary activities b.) secondary activities c.) tertiary activities d.) quaternary activities e.) unitary activities
a
What type of precipitation is associated with mountainous areas? a.) orographic b.) convectional c.) tropical d.) latitudinal e.) neostratic
a
Sahel
a narrow band of dry grassland, running east to west on the southern edge of the Sahara, that is used for farming and herding
Oasis
a place where water from an aquifer has reached the surface; it supports vegetation and wildlife
Escarpment
a steep slope with a nearly flat plateau on top
Mount Kilimanjaro
a volcano in Tanzania in Africa, also Africa's highest peak
Desertification
an expansion of dry conditions to moist areas that are next to deserts
The global movement of air that transports heat and moisture and explains the climates of different regions is called:
atmospheric circulation
Which of the following CANNOT be explained by the Theory of Plate Tectonics?
atmospheric circulation
Which of the following also includes the value of income from outside a country's borders? a.) gross domestic product b.) gross national product c.) global product d.) trade deficit e.) human development index
b
Which of these is measuring the quality of life in a society with both monetary and non-monetary data? a.) GDP b.) GNP c.) PPP d.) HDI e.) IMF
d
Why is GNP or GDP a problematic measure of economic development between countries? a.) They do not characterize the distribution of wealth between men and women. b.) They do not include measures of people's health. c.) They do not include nonmarket goods and services. d.) The values of currencies can be distorted by government policies. e.) All of the above are correct.
e
which of the following diseases is caused by the tsetse fly?
sleeping sickness
This is believed to be one of the causes of global warming and climate change associated with it.
the burning of fossil fuels
