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WorldGeog. Questions
Miscellaneous world geography questions
Question | Answer |
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What is the study of the Earth and people on it? | Geography |
What is a desert climate like and what is an example of where it would be found? | Dry, hot, little precipitation, little shrublike vegetation; Sahara Desert, Atacama Desert, Arizona, northern Mexico |
What is a steppe climate like and what is an example of where it would be found? | Dry, grassy, cold winters with warm summers; Eastern Europe, parts of Russia, North America's Great Plains |
What is a tropical rainforest climate like and what is an example of where it would be found? | Humid, warm, abundant rainfall, abundant rainfall; Amazon rainforest, Southeast Asia, western India |
What is a highland climate like and what is an example of where it would be found? | Cooler temperatures, shrublike vegetation and grasses, lots of precipitation; parts of Peru and Bolivia, central Mexico, Cascade Mountains |
What is a tundra climate like and what is an example of where it would be found? | Cold, very little precipitation, mostly grasses and shrublike vegetation; parts of Russia, Alaska, Canada |
What are the five themes of geography? | Location, Place, Region, Movement, and Human-Environment Interaction |
What is Location? | "Where is it?" |
What is Place? | "What is it like there?" |
What is Region? | An area with similar characteristics |
What is Movement? | "How are people and places connected?" |
What is Human-Environment Interaction? | "How does the environment affect men, or vice versa?" |
What is the longest mountain range in North America? | Cascade Range |
What is the belief that one race is superior to another? | Supremacism/supremacy/racial supremacy |
What is an irrational prejudgement? | Prejudice |
Belonging to a particular nation by birth, origin, or nationalization? | Nationality |
What is a group of people having a common ancestry or cultural characteristics called? | Ethnic group |
What is the highest mountain in South America? | Aconcagua |
What is a person of European and African descent called? | Mulatto |
What is a person of European and Native American descent called? | Mestizo |
What is a person of European descent but born in South America or the Caribbean called? | Creole |
What is the ancient Peruvian civilization? | Incas/Inca Civilization |
What is the ancient Mexican civilization? | Aztecs/Aztec Civilization |
What is the ancient Guatemalan/Yucatan civilization? | Mayans/Maya Civilization |
Large African waterfalls are called ________ | Cataracts |
What is the segregation of blacks and whites in Africa called? | Apartheid |
Who colonized most of Africa? | Britain/Europe |
How many languages are spoken in Africa? | 1000-2000 |
What is the saltiest body of water on Earth? | The Dead Sea |
What gulf is famous for petroleum? | Persian Gulf |
What is OPEC? | The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
What are 2 things OPEC regulates? | Oil consumption and prices |
What is petroleum used for? | Fuel and plastic production |
What three religions began in the Middle East? | Judaism, Christianity, Islam |
What are the Islamic Five Pillars of Faith? | Charity/almsgiving, Prayer, Faith, Pilgrimage, Fasting |
What is the holy book for Judaism? | Hebrew Bible |
What is the holy book for Islam? | Quran/Koran |
Which river is the "Mainstreet of Europe?" | Danube River |
What river flows through Paris? | Seine River |
What is the European Union? | A group of economically (and in some ways politically) connected European countries |
How many countries are members of the European Union? | 27 |
Whose philosophical ideas started communism? | Karl Marx |
What is the goal of the communist system? | To have a stateless, classless society/to distribute wealth evenly |
In what year did the USSR collapse? | 1991 |
How many new countries were formed by the collapse of the USSR? | 12 |
What is the tallest mountain peak in the world? | Mount Everest |
What causes monsoons to change direction? | Changes in air pressure |
What is the main religion in India? | Hinduism |
What river is holy to Hinduism? | Ganges River |
What is karma? | The idea that actions, good or bad, have consequences or rewards in the future. |
What is dharma? | Buddhist teaching and practice in general |
What is reincarnation? | The belief that when you die, you will be reborn as something else. |
What is a caste system? | A social system a person is born into that determines the opportunities an individual might have access to. |
Who was Ghandi? | An Indian lawyer, nationalist, and political ethicist |
What is the largest dam in the world? | Three Gorges Dam |
Who is Buddha? | A teacher who started the practice/religion of Buddhism |
Who is the Dalai Lama? | The highest spiritual leader of Tibet |
What are three way Buddhism is different that Hinduism? | Buddhism doesn't have as many formal rituals, it doesn't have priests, and it doesn't use the caste system while Hinduism does. |
What country/countries is/are the culture hearth of Asia? | India and/or China |
What is the difference between high and low islands? | High islands are islands composed of the original basalt rock from the island's volcanic creation. Low islands are islands made of sediment material, coral rubble, or uplifted coral reefs. |
Who are the people native to Australia? | Aborigines |
What is helping to manage the affairs of other countries called? | Imperialism |