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What is the term used to describe lines that measures distances north and south of the equator?
Latitude
100
Wind, Solar, Nuclear are examples of?
Renewable resources
100
Belief in multiple gods?
Polytheism
100
Which Natural Hazards involves a release of magma, debris and gases?
Volcanoes
100
What term is used to describe the average # of people that live in an area?
population density
200
*Daily Double*
Prime Meridian
200
Oil and Coal are examples of?
Nonrenewable resources
200
What city is sacred to all the monotheistic religions?
Jerusalem
200
What is used describe weather patterns that an area typically experiences over a long period of time?
Climate
200
More private ownership of companies describes what economy?
Market economy
300
What is located at 23.5 degrees South?
Tropic of Capricorn
300
In what part of Asia are the greatest oil reserves found?
Middle East or Southwest Asia
300
What are the 2 main sects of Islam?
Sunni Shiite
300
Areas near the equator were the temperature is warm and great amounts of rain fall are called?
Tropical Rainforest
300
The term for goods brought into a country is?
Imports
400
What is the name of a person who makes maps?
Cartographer
400
What type of energy is produced by the earth’s internal heat?
geothermal energy
400
What religion is centrally located in Japan?
Shinto
400
*Daily Double*
When tectonic plates collide
400
What is the definition for GDP?
Measures all the goods and services produced by a country in a year
500
What are the three basic map components?
compass rose, scale and legend (key)
500
What does OPEC stand for?
organization of petroleum exporting countries
500
What are the three major groups in Christianity?
Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and, Protestant
500
What is the definition for ecosystems?
The interaction of plant life, animal life, and the physical environment in which they live
500
When people move into cities it is called?
Urbanization