GEOGRAPHY 220 Exam 1 Practice – Flashcards
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Which of the following refers to the relationship between the distances shown on the map and the actual distances on Earth's surface?
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scale
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What are three of Russia's internal republics?
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Ossetia, Chechnya, Tatarstan
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The Ural Mountains start at the Arctic Ocean and end in ___
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Kasakhstan
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True or False? In a Robinson projection, the shapes of landmasses are slightly distorted.
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True
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The current president of Russia is:
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Vladimir Putin
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The Amazon Basis lies within:
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Brazil
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In its heyday, the USSR stretched from Central Europe to the ____
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Pacific Ocean
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True or False? Most of Middle/South America shares the same type of climate.
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False
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What climate type dominates eastern Europe and consists of hot summers and long, cold winters?
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humid continental
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What are three countries that are post-Soviet states?
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Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan
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Which term refers to the making of maps?
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cartography
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Geography as a discipline links the ____ with the ___
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physical sciences, social sciences
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True or False? Rules and standards that apply to the countries of the European Union tend to influence people and businesses in those countries only.
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False
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The world's driest desert is located in:
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Chile
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Which is true of Europe's largest mountain chain?
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it stretches predominantly in an east-west direction
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The climate that dominates in northwestern Europe is the:
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temperate midlatitude climate
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What are three aspects of geographical analysis?
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spatial analysis, multiple scales of analysis, cartography
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The entire European region is one giant ____ extending off the Eurasian continent
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peninsula
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What is the name of the tectonic process that has created many of the mountains in Middle and South America?
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subduction
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The first U.S. company to establish an oil development business in Ecuador was:
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Texaco
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According to the textbook, western Europe includes all of the following subregions EXCEPT
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Central Europe
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Through which ocean does the longitude line at 180 degrees run?
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Pacific
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A storm becomes a hurricane when winds reach ____ miles per hour
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7
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True or False? Inwood and Alderman argue that geographers shouldn't feel strongly about the need to address the historical and contemporary struggles of people of color in the United States as well as the general importance of human rights and social justice as they apply across a wide range of social groups, identities and issues--here at home and in other countries.
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False
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What best describes the European Mediterranean climate?
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warm, dry summers; rainy, mild winters
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Russia remains predominant in its region (and the world) due to its (3)
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oil and gas reserves, military, size and population
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The term used to refer to Mexico, Central America, and the islands of the Caribbean is:
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Middle America
