World Geography Units 1-5

Welcome to Your World

100

What percentage of the earth's surface is covered with water?

71%

200

What is the study of how physical geography impacts human activity and how human activity impacts physical geography?

human geography

300

What does GPS stand for?

Global Positioning System

400

What female geologist pioneered work in mapping the ocean floor?

Marie Tharp

500

What do you call the project that uses satellite images to create a 3D globe of our planet?

Google Earth

1000

What planet protects Earth from objects flying through space?

Jupiter

It Begins with a Map

100

What development in the early 1900s increased the demand for road maps?

automobile travel

200

The military of what country had the goal of mapping the entire world during the Cold War?

Soviet Union/Russia

300

What kind of map helps people get from one place to another?

navigational

400

On a map, what does the legend do?

gives the meaning of the symbols used on the map

500

What is the system of imaginary lateral lines that are parallel to the equator called?

latitude

1000

What are the two greatest physical safeguards for the United States?

The Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean

The Middle East

100

The Kurds are the largest ethnic group in the world that does not have what?

a recognized homeland

200

Most of ancient Mesopotamia is in what modern country?

Iraq

300

What geographic feature is a cherished symbol for Armenians?

Mt. Ararat

400

What is the term for a journey that usually has a religious purpose?

a pilgrimage

500

What was the last country in the world to allow women to drive?

Saudia Arabia

600

What two continents meet in Turkey?

Europe and Asia

700

The name Palestine is based on the name of what group of people?

Philistines

800

The government of what country used chemical weapons against the Kurdish city of Halabja in 1988?

Iraq

900

Between what two seas is Armenia located?

Black and Caspian

1000

Saudi Arabia is the home of what two cities that Muslims consider holy?

Mecca and Medina

North Africa

100

What was the strategic importance of North Africa in WWII?

geographic connection

200

The Suez Canal is the longest canal in the world without what?

locks

300

What are the two main purposes of canals?

transportation and moving of water

400

What three cultures intersect in Tunisia?

African, European and Islamic

500

The Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia in 2010-2011 was the beginning of a protest movement that spread to several countries and was called what?

the Arab Spring

1000

What is the longest canal in the world?

The Grand Canal of China