PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
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100

The measurement of kinetic, or thermal, energy is knowns as what?

Temperature

100

In 1997, China regained control of Hong Kong from which country?

The United Kingdom 

100

The Philippines is the world's leading producer of copra, which is used to make what cooking oil?

Coconut oil

100

The region known as Andalusia can be found in which Mediterranean country?

Spain

100
Parts of the Black Sea are covered by a toxic layer of hydrogen sulfide from untreated sewage and agricultural byproducts primarily from which country?

Russia

200

Gases such as carbon dioxide and ozone, which absorb heat released by the Earth's surface rather than letting it pass back into space, are called what?

Greenhouse gases

200

In 1961, a wall was built in which European city to divide east from west? 

Berlin

200

In which country is the Witwatersrand, an extensive gold mine, located?

South Africa

200

In the Boer War, which country fought against the Transvaal and the Orange Free State?

Great Britain

200

Which country is the largest in Africa and has ecosystem ranging from sparse animal and plant life in the deserts to equatorial areas and rivers with a variety of species, including tsetse flies?

Sudan

300
Orographic precipitation can be found near what type of terrain?

Mountains

300

Which conflict began in 1950 when communist forces crossed the Thirty-eighth Parallel?

The Korean War

300

What Caribbean island country has been called "Spice Island" because it leads the world in nutmeg production?

Granada

300

Which country controls the island of Tahiti?

France

300

In which U.S. state would you find extremely water-tolerant cypress trees living in the Atchafalaya Swamp?

Louisiana

400
What is the name for a scientist who studies the weather?

Meteorologist

400

In 1978, which two countries signed a peace treaty as result of the Camp David Accords?

Israel and Egypt

400

Which product dominates Iceland's exports?

Fish

400

Where was the 1884 conference held to divide Africa among European colonial powers?

Berlin

400

What is the largest rain forest in the world? 

The Amazon rain forest

500

A fumarole is a volcanic vent in the ground that releases what?

Gas

500
What religion was founded in Saudi Arabia during the seventh century?

Islam

500

which peninsular European country has its industrial region in the north and its agricultural region in the south?

Italy

500

What is the capital city of Trinidad and Tobago?

Port- of- Spain

500

Over which continent is the hole in the ozone layer the largest?

Antartica

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