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spatial organization or distribution.
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The Geographical arrangement of things on earth
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geographic method.
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geographer's analysis of a region includes a systematic study of many geographical variables
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sub-field remote sensing.
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a geographer uses aerial photos and satellite images to study land use, traffic, forestry, and pollution; this geographer most likely has a major in
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Remote Sensing, EMS
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Electromagnetic Spectrum.
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GIS
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Geographic Information System.
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AAG
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Association of American Geographers
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geospatial technologies
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The present direction and greatest opportunity for a person in geography
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remote sensing (RS)
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Obtaining images of an area from a distant place
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expensive data
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NOT an advantage of remote sensing (RS)
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Precipitation
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occur through the cooling of an air mass.
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cultural landscape
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The Earth's surface as modified by human actions is the tangible, physical record of a culture.
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underlying strata
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NOT a major factor in producing a great variety of local climates
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IPCC
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International Panel on Climate Change
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correct order from the center of the Earth to the surface of the Earth
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inner core, Outer core, Asthenosphere, Lithosphere
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NOT contacting the North American plate
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Scotia
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Contacting to NA
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Pacific, Caribbean, Cocos, Eurasian
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biome comprises the coastal area of the southeast United States
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Coniferous forest
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biome comprises the majority of the central United States
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Desert and desert shrub
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climate found near the equator is
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tropical wet or rain forest.
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amount of energy lost by the Earth to space each year was not equal to that received
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the Earth's average temperature would change.
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Religions are important keys to human geographic understanding because
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clothes can be restricted. jobs can be restricted. houses can be influenced by religion. behavior can be influenced
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cultural ecology
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The study of the relationship between a culture group and the natural environment
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In primary economic activities or first stage (pre-industrial) of the demographic transition model, most people are
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working in agriculture, fishing, and forestry.
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In secondary economic activities or third stage (industrial) of the demographic transition model, most people are
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working in manufacturing and industry.
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In tertiary economic activities or fourth stage (post-industrial) of the demographic transition model, most people are
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working in government, retail, and services.
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In 1798 Malthus wrote an essay on population in which he prophesied that
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population would grow faster than food supply.
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population geography.
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The growth, composition, and distribution of human groups in relation to Earth space
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zoning ordinances.
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land use classification denoting certain land for industrial use and other areas as residential
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NIC
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Newly Industrializing Countries.
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NOT one of the four most populous countries in the European region
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Spain
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Most populous countries
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Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, France
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NOT one of the four dominant climate types for the European region
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Semiarid / steppe
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Dominant climate types for European region
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Marine west coast, Mediterranean Humid continental (cold), Tundra
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NOT one of the four dominant language families for the European region
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Basque
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four dominant language families for the European region
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Romance, Germanic, Slavic, Baltic
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NOT one of the four largest cities, with respect to population, of the European region
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Budapest, Hungary
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four largest cities, with respect to population, of the European region:
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London, UK, Paris, France, Cologne, Germany, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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common religion in the European region
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Roman Catholic
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Columbian Exchange, which of the following agricultural products, common in Americas today, was actually transported over from Europe
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onions, melons, lettuce, Soybeans
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NOT a member of the European Union
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Norway
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NOT a member of the Eurozone
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Iceland, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden
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the former country of Yugoslavia splint into several independent states
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Slovakia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia Macedonia Kosovo Montenegro.
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NOT one of the three most populous countries in the Russian region
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Georgia
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three most populous countries in the Russian region
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Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
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NOT one of the four dominant climate types for the Russian region
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Humid continental warm
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four dominant climate types for the Russian region
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Humid continental, cold Desert, Desert Semiarid / steppe, Subarctic
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NOT one of the four dominant language families for the Russian region
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ket
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four dominant language families for the Russian region
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Slavic Caucasian Turkic Altaic
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NOT one of the four largest cities, with respect to population, of the Russian region
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Volgograd, Russia
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4 largest cities, with respect to population, of the Russian region
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Moscow, Russia St. Petersburg, Russia Tashkent, Ukraine Baku, Azerbaijan
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Russian Taiga and boreal forests correspond with which climate zone
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subarctic
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sub-region of Russia has the mildest climate
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Caucasus
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Uniate Church of northwestern Ukraine
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Uniate Church of northwestern Ukraine is an Eastern Catholic Church that accepts the Catholic dogma and the primacy of the Pope in Rome but is not subject directly to the Pope's control.
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Mikhail Gorbachev, who began his reign of the Soviet Union in 1985, was a reformer, a leadership style that was unprecedented in Soviet history. He introduced two new policies of glasnost and perestroika that mean
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openness and restructuring.
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five precepts, or Pillars of Islam
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profession of faith prayer, five times daily fasting, during Ramadan Hajj, pilgrimage to Mecca
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NOT one of the three most populous countries in the Middle East region
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Saudi Arabia
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three most populous countries in the Middle East region
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Egypt Turkey Iran
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NOT one of the three dominant climate types for the Middle East region
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tropical
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three dominant climate types for the Middle East region
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Mediterranean Desert Semiarid / steppe
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NOT one of the four dominant language families for the Middle East region
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Kartvelian
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four dominant language families for the Middle East region
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Berber Semitic Turkic Iranian
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OPEC
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
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PKK
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Kurdistan Workers Party.
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The sand seas of the Middle East often experience the unpleasant combination of high temperatures and hot, sand-laden winds, creating sandstorms known as
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simuum (poison), haboob, Sirocco
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Many portions of the Middle East have experienced deforestation from overcutting and overgrazing. The dominant tree for many mountainous areas was the
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cedar
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key characteristic of a medina
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city wall, congregational mosque, administrative and educational complex at the city center
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NOT one of the four largest cities, with respect to population, of the Middle East
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Kuwait City, Kuwait
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four largest cities, with respect to population, of the Middle East
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Cairo, Egypt Istanbul, Turkey Tehran, Iran Baghdad, Iraq
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four quarters in which the city of Jerusalem is divided
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Christian, Armenian, Muslim, Jewish
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A schism occurred very early in the development of Islam, and it persists today. One group argued that the person with the strongest leadership skills and greatest piety was best qualified to lead the faith. This group is known as
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the Sunni.
