The word geography comes from a Greek word that means "earth discription"
True/False
True
#3
100
Urbanization is the movement of people to cities
True/False
True #9
100
The earth rotates on its axis 1 time each
a. day
b. week
c. month
d. year
a. day
#26
100
A lake is a body of water that is surrounded by land
True/False
True
#7
100
Geographers identify 2 types of regions: uniform and absolute
True/False
False
#1
200
Earth's 7 large landmasses are called continents
True/False
True
#5
200
average number of people living in a square unit of land
a. natural resources
b. population density
c. ethnic group
d. developing country
b. population density
#56
200
The seasons result from
a. the moon's revolution and its tilt in relation to the earth
b. the earth's rotation and its tilt in relation to the sun
c. the earth's revolution and its tilt in relation to the sun
d. the movement of the continents due to continental drift
c. the earth's revolution and its tilt in relation to the sun
#28
200
The ______ effect takes place when mountains block preciptation from falling in an area
a. prevailing winds
b. rain shadow
c. meteorology
d. chaparral
b. rain shadow
#36
200
The natural vegetation of a desert is
a. fir and pine trees
b. scattered shrubs and cacti
c. coconut, banana, and mango trees
d. evergreen trees and ferns
b. scattered shrubs and cacti
#27
300
a particular space with physical and human meaning
a. absolute location
b. hemishperes
c. meteorology
d. place
d. place
#37
300
people who share a common language, religion, and history
a. natural resources
b. population density
c. ethnic group
d. developing country
c. ethnic group
#52
300
condition of the atmosphere at 1 place and time
a. climate
b. leeward
c. weather
d. permafrost
c. weather
#42
300
the side of a mountain opposite from windward
a. climate
b. leeward
c. weather
d. permafrost
b. leeward
#46
300
Renewable resources are those that
a. can be used up over time
b. can be replaced
c. are of very little value
d. can be made usable only through modern technology
b. can be replaced
#31
400
thickets of woody bushes and short trees
b. smog
c. wind
d. windward
e. chaparral
e. chaparral
#47
400
country that is working toward greater technology and manufacturing
b. population density
c. ethnic group
d. developing country
e. command economy
d. developing country
#55
400
the study of weather and weather forecasting
a. absolute location
b. hemisphere
c. meteorology
d. place
c. meteorology
#39
400
the side of a mountain that reveives the least precipitation
a. global warming
b. smog
c. wind
b. leeward
b. leeward
#48
400
low-latitude area of very little wind
b. leeward
c. weather
d. permafrost
e. doldrums
e. doldrums
#43
500
2 halves of the earth, divided north-south or east-west
a. absolute location
b. hemispheres
c. meteorology
d. place
b. hemispheres
#41
500
system under which the government owns the means of production and distribution
b. population density
c. ethnic group
d. developing country
e. command economy
e. command economy
#53
500
result of the greenhouse effect
a. global warming
b. smog
c. wind
d. windward
a. global warming
#49
500
subsoil that never thaws
b. leeward
c. weather
d. permafrost
e. doldrums
d. permafrost
#44
500
visible chemical haze in the atmosphere
a. global warming
b. smog
c. wind
d. windward