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What is another name for human geography?
cultural geography
100
what is the oldest mountain chain in North America?
Appalachian Mountains
100
What is the deepest place on earth?
Marianna Trench
100
The longest river in South America is?
amazon river
100
The waterfall with the greatest drop in the world is?
Angel Falls
200
What are the layers of the earth?
core, mantle and crust
200
Where are the largest oil resources in North America found?
Texas and Alaska
200
The highest mountain in North America is?
Mt. McKinley
200
The 2 largest biomes in South America are?
Rainforests and Savannas.
200
what large island belongs to Denmark and is considered part of N. Am. Continent?
Greenland
300
What large country is in Europe and also in Asia?
Russia
300
The ___________-invented gun powder?
Chinese
300
What is the largest mountain range in Antarctica?
Transarctic Mountains
300
_____________is the 5th largest continent?
Antarctica
300
What is the dividing line for Eastern and Western Hemisphere?
Prime Meridian
400
The study of maps is known as?
cartography
400
What is the weather like in mid-latitudes?
a mix of very hot and very cold weather
400
What is the Columbian Exchange?
Exchange of goods (food items and diseases) between Europeans and Native Americans
400
What is one of Canada's most important rivers and also borders the US?
St. Lawrence River
400
What are parallel mountain chains called?
cordilleras
500
Another word for Pampas is?
grasslands
500
What is an estuary?
where the tide meets a river current
500
most people in South America speak?
Spanish
500
Almost 1/2 of South America's population lives in what country?
Brazil
500
Define peninsula
surrounded on 3 sides by water
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