Final exam Flashcards
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What is the distance between Quebec and Montreal?
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250km
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What is the distance between quebec city to toronto or new york?
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800km
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What is the size of Canada?
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10M km2
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What is the size of Quebec?
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1.5M km2
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What is the size of the United State of America?
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9M km2
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What is the height of Mont st-Anne?
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800m
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What is the height of Mont Blanc?
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4800m
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What is the height of Mt Everest?
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8850m
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What is the river flow of the St. Lawrence river?
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10 000 m3/s
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What is the river flow of the amazon river at the mount?
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210 000 m3/s
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What is the precipitation in Quebec city?
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1200mm
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What is the precipitation in the desert?
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less than 250mm
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What is the population of Quebec province?
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9.1M
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What is the population of Canada?
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41M
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What is the population of France?
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66M
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What is the population of United State of America?
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336M
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What is the population density of Canada?
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4 inhabitants/km2
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What is the population of United State of America?
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38 inhabitants/km2
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What is the population density of the world?
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55 inhabitants / km2
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What is the popualtion of the world?
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8B
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What is the population of South-East asia? What is it more populated than?
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690M people, slightly more than all of Latin America
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What are the three countries in South-East Asia with a population over 100 million?
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Phillipines, Indonesia, Vietnam
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What is the place with the highest concentration of active volcanoes on earth?
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Java Island
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What are fun facts about Java Island?
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It has a warm climate and enough precipitation meaning it has a great food production capacity and one of the highest population density on earth. (1100 inhabitant/km2)
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What is the ratio of people from south east Asia and people that live on Java Island.
1 out of four lives on Java island
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How many percent of the population of south east asia come from Indonesia?
40%
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Describe the region of South East Asia.
The area is tropical, with a warm and humid climate, rain forests, and mountainous interiors divided into two parts the mainland and archipelago
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Where are the greatest number of active volcanoes found?
Archipelago
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Which part of South East Asia has several rivers?
Mainland
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What is one river that is found in the mainland?
Mekong
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What are the precipitation in both the mainland and archipelago?
Mainland: 1 to 2m of precipitation over the year and a dry winter
Archipelago: has more than 2m of precipitation every year
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What are the two large neighboors of South East Asia?
India and China
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True or False: South East Asia has a unique culture
False, it has a mosaic of culture
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Who "contaminated" the cultures in South East Asia?
Muslim, European colonial masters, and the japanese
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What are the cultures in both parts of South East Asia?
Mainland: have one dominant ethnic group with its own language per country
Archipelago: countries all have a dominant Malay culture with large Chinese minorities in the city
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Which part of the country has a harder language to learn?
When travelling in the mainland, it is more difficult to learn the language since in each state, they use a unique tonal language written in its unique alphabet. As oppose to Archipelago where most use non-tonal languages and the Roman alphabet
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Which religion is dominant in each region?
Buddhism is the main religion among the mainland countries, as in Myanmar, Thailand, and Cambodia. Whereas Islam is the main faith in the archipelago, as in Malaysia and Indonesia. The phillipines and tiny east Timor are the only predominantly Christian countries of Asia
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Which type of natural disaster hit the low coastal area of Myanmar in 2008? How many fatalities did it cause?
Cyclone Nargis which caused 138,000 fatilities
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What is the name of the yellowish-white cosmetic paste made from bark used in Myanmar as make-up and skin protection?
Thanaka
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How are called the stateless people from the west of Myanmar?
Rohingya
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Talk about the situation the Rohingya are in.
They were described by the United Nations in 2013 as one of the most presecuted minorities in the world. They have denied citizenship under the 1982 Myanmar nationality law.
Restricted from freedom of movement, state education and civil service jobs
The conflict has its root back in the aftermath of World War II
Before the 2015 Rohingya refugee crisis and the military crackdown, the popualtion of Rohingya in Myanmar was around 1.0 to 1.3 million
The Royingya are mostly muslim so they often become refugee in other muslim countries.
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Which country has the largest number of Rohingya refugee?
Bangladesh
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Who has the largest refugee camp that exists on earth with how many rohingya?
Kutupalong are and it has about 600,000 Rohingya
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What is the name of the largest religious monument in the world? Where is it found?
Angkor Wat, a temple complex in Cambodia
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What are the two main islands of the phillippines?
Luzon (north) and Mindanao (south)
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What are two advantages and one disadvantage of terrace farming?
Advantage:
1. Protect the terraced areas soil from overly rapid erosion
2. Trap and hold rainwater
Disadvantage:
1. Requires huge inputs of labor to construct and maintain
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What type of tree originates from the Amazon has been widely exported to other tropical countries by European colonial countries?
Rubber trees
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What is the strongest storm ever recorded at landfall? How many people did it kill and affected? What was the speed of the wind?
The Yolanda Typhoon, killed over 5000 people and affected 11M people. The one-minute sustained wind of 315 km/h
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The word typhoon is used differently in each region. How does each region name this natural disaster?
Typhoon in the Northwest Pacific
Hurricane in the Atlantic and Northeast Pacific
Cyclones in the south Pacific in the Indian ocean
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The habitat of which animal is being destroyed by the deforestation of Palm Oil Trees?
The Orangutan
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Which region of Indonesia was struck by the third strangest earthquake? What was the magnitude?
Banda Aceh on the northwestern coast of Sumatra Island. Magnitude of 9.1 to 9.3
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What did the Earthquake in Banda Aceh generate.
It led to a series of waves between 24 and 30m. It killed approximately 227 898 in 14 countries, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters, Tsunami
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How can tsunami be caused?
by powerful earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or landslides
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Which is the fourth most populated state on earth?
Indonesia
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What is the festivities practiced in Bali Island?
a local form of Hinduism with colorful festivities, despite Indonesia being the most important country for the number of muslim.
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What are the top two biodiversity countries on Earth?
Indonesia and Brezil, both located on the Equator
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Where is the highest linguistic diversity found?
Among countries located in the tropical zone
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Which country on earth has the most spoken languages (839 different spoken languages)
Papua New Guinea
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What are the three main countries of Oceania?
Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea
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What is the population of Oceania? It is slightly higher than which country?
46M, it is slightly higher than Canada
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What represents 1/3 of the earth's surface?
Pacific ocean
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Australia has the same area than which country?
United State
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Describe the condition in Australia?
warm desert, empty, flat, and dry
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Where is the population mostly located in Australia?
It lies mainly on a narrow strip along the southeastern coast between Brisbane and adelaide
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What are the tow largest Australien cities?
Melbourne and Sydney
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What is the largest coral reef system and largest living structure?
Great Barrier Reef
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How long is the Great Barrier Reef?
2300km
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Describe the Great Barrier Reef.
It is composed of 900 islands and 3000 reefs located off the north-east coast of Australia. 93% of the Great Barrier Reef is suffering from bleaching due to the warming of the ocean water, acidification and different type of pollution. it might not recover from that and therefore, it is threathened
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What percentage of reptiles are endemic in Australia?
93% are endemic which means native and restricted to that place
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What indicates that the south-eastern of Australia is is more developed than the rest?
The maps of the population density, of dairy production and of wine production
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What are the three sub-regions of the islands of Oceania called?
Melanesia (south of the Equator)
micronesia (north of the equator)
Polynesia ( vast triangle between Hawaii, new Zealand, and Easter Island)
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True or False: Micronesia is greatly affected by sea level rise.
True
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What is the most active geological area on earth called?
The Pacific Ring of Fire
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What is the deepest point of all oceans? what is deepenest?
Mariana Trench. 11 000m below sea level
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How is called a ring-shaped coral reef including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon partially or completely?
An atoll
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What are the four main islands of Hawaii archipelago?
Kauai, Oahu, Maui, and Hawaii, aka Big Island
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What is the most populated island of Hawaii?
Oahu
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What is the landscape of Big Island?
dominated by two large shield volcanoes: Mauna Kea, famous for its astronomical observatory and Mauna Loa, an active giant volcanoe
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Where are the 100M or so coconut tree located?
In tropical and coastal areas
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To which country does Easter Island belong? how far is it from the country it belongs?
It belongs to Chile, about 3,500km away from the country
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True or False: Polynesians have a great reputation as great navigators.
True
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What is the most recent city the polynesians have discovered?
New Zealand
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What is the largest bird to have ever walked on earth? Where did it live?
The moa bird, the endemic specie of New Zealand
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What is New Zealand famous for?
It is famous for the diversity of its landscape. Fjords, glaciers, alpine mountains, rainforests, desert, prairies, active volcanoes, beaches
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How many sheeps are there New Zealand. To what coutry its size can be compared to?
There are about 30M sheeps and the coutry is comaprable to the size of UK
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What is the indigenous population in Australia and in New Zealand?
Australia: Aborigines
New Zealand: Maori
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Describe the Aborigines.
They have very dark skin, they have occupied the same territory continuesly longer than any other human populations.
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What is the sacred site of the aborigines?
Uluru Rock, the largest monolith with 348m in height and a 9km circumference
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Describe the Maori?
They originated from eastern Polynesia. Settlers arrived in several waves of canoe voyages. Their skin if lighter than the Aborigines and they traditionnaly sport tattoos
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How long ago was Canada almost completely covered by glaciers?
15,000 years ago
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What is the thickness of the ice sheet that covered Canada?
Up to 3 km thick
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What is the Canadian Shield known for?
Greatest reservoir of freshwater on earth
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What is notable about the rocks in the Canadian Shield?
Among the oldest rocks on earth, rich in minerals, strongly eroded
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Name three major cosmopolitan cities in Canada.
Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver
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What percentage of Toronto's population was born abroad in 2021?
47%
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What percentage of Montreal's population was born abroad in 2021?
24%
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What percentage of Vancouver's population was born abroad in 2021?
42%
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What is Canada's average percentage of born-abroad population?
23%
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Which Canadian city has the lowest percentage of born-abroad population?
Quebec City with 6.7%
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What percentage of all immigrants in Quebec is found in Montreal?
90%
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What is the first major mountain range encountered when traveling west in Canada?
The Rockies
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Which mountain ranges follow the Rockies in Canada and the US?
Cascades, Sierra Nevada, Coast Range
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What are the four regional divisions used by the United States Census Bureau?
* Northeast
* Midwest
* South
* West
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Where is the population density higher in the USA?
The eastern half
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What is notable about the population west of the Mississippi River?
Few inhabitants in the countryside, except for Texas and California
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What are the characteristics of the western part of the US?
* Drier
* Higher in altitude
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Which states in the US are home to 55% of the Hispanic population?
* California
* Texas
* Florida
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What percentage of Hispanic-Americans has Mexican nationality origin?
64%
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What was the Hispanic population in the US in 2021?
63 million or 19% of the US population
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The Hispanic population in the southern states is growing not only in numbers but also in _______.
[confidence]
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What is Tornado Alley?
A colloquial term for the area in the U.S. where tornadoes are most frequent
## Footnote
Tornado Alley experiences 90% of tornado occurrences in the U.S.
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What percentage of the world's total military expenditures does the USA represent?
35 to 40%
## Footnote
This highlights the significant military presence and spending of the United States globally.
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Which counrty is the most powerful and has the largest economy?
United State
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What atmospheric conditions contribute to the frequency of tornadoes in Tornado Alley?
Cold, dry air from Canada and the Rocky Mountains meets warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico and hot, dry air from the Sonoran Desert
## Footnote
These conditions create the ideal environment for tornado formation.
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Which states are considered the most active areas for tornadoes in the U.S.?
North Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas
## Footnote
These areas are known for high tornado activity due to their geographical location.
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How many tornadoes occur in the U.S. each year?
Up to 1000 tornadoes
## Footnote
This statistic reflects the overall tornado activity across the country.
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What geographical feature protects the Rockies from tornadoes?
Mountainous terrain
## Footnote
The Rockies' terrain provides a natural barrier against tornado formation.
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What is the MOM Basin?
A basin regrouping the Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri rivers that drains most of the United States’ interior
## Footnote
It serves as an important means of transportation.
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Fill in the blank: The United States has the largest _______ of the planet.
economy
## Footnote
This indicates the economic power of the United States on a global scale.
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True or False: American troops are present on every continent.
True
## Footnote
This statement underscores the global military reach of the United States.
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What geographical regions make up Latin America?
South America and Middle America
## Footnote
Middle America designates Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies.
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What is the dominant language in most Latin American countries?
Spanish
## Footnote
The notable exception is Brazil, where Portuguese is the dominant language.
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What are the four largest Caribbean islands that compose the Greater Antilles?
Cuba, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), Puerto Rico, and Jamaica
## Footnote
The Lesser Antilles are the smaller islands in the form of an arc.
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What were the three great Native Empires in Latin America?
Maya, Aztec, and Inca
## Footnote
The Maya civilization thrived from approx. 300 to 900 C.E., the Aztec empire from approx. 1300 to 1500 C.E., and the Incas from approx. 1400 to 1530 C.E.
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Where did the Maya civilization primarily live?
Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico), Guatemala, and Belize
## Footnote
The Maya civilization existed from approx. 300 to 900 C.E.
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What was the name of Mexico City during the Aztec empire?
Tenochtitlan
## Footnote
The Aztecs ruled in and around Mexico City from approx. 1300 to 1500 C.E.
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Where did the Inca civilization primarily reside?
Andes area between the Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn
## Footnote
A well-known archaeological site of the Incas is Machu Picchu in Peru.
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What is the population of Brazil?
204 million
## Footnote
Brazil is a Portuguese-speaking country and is culturally and economically the most influential state of South America.
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How does Brazil's size and population compare to that of South America?
About half the size and half the population
## Footnote
Brazil is the most influential state in South America.
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What is the annual average flow of the Amazon River at its mouth?
210,000 m3/s
## Footnote
This flow is five times more than that of the Congo River.
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What percentage of the Amazon rainforest has been cut down over the past 40 years?
20%
## Footnote
This deforested area is roughly the size of British Columbia.
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What is the ecological significance of Amazonia?
Represents over half of the planet's remaining rainforests and is the largest and most species-rich tract of tropical rainforest in the world
## Footnote
One in ten known species in the world live in the Amazon Rainforest.
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Fill in the blank: The Atacama Desert is the _______ desert on earth.
driest
## Footnote
It is located on the rain shadow side of the Andes.
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What is the highest mountain in the Americas?
Mount Aconcagua at 6,960 m
## Footnote
It is also the highest place on earth outside of Asia.
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What mountain range is the longest on earth?
The Andes
## Footnote
They are located along the western coast of South America.
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Which two countries in Latin America have the highest proportion of Natives?
* Bolivia
* Guatemala
## Footnote
Both countries have more than 50% Native populations.
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True or False: The Amazon Basin is about the size of Australia.
True
## Footnote
It is also comparable to continental USA in size.
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What percentage of the Amazon rainforest is expected to be cleared over the next 20 years?
Another 20%
## Footnote
The deforested area will be larger than Quebec Province.
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Where are black populations and Mulattos primarily found in Latin America?
On the Atlantic Coast
## Footnote
They are descendants of African slaves.
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What is the eastern limit of Europe?
The urals mountains in Russia, the Caspians sea, the caucasus mountains, the black sea, the bosporus strait, the sea of marmara, and the dardanelles strait
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What makes europes climate milder?
Gulf stream
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What explains why there are nice cities in europe at places where there are little civilisation in quebec? What are examples?
The cold labrador current makes it colder than it should normally be but th egulf stream warms th ecountires of Europe. ex. edingburgh in scotland is at the same latitude as kuujjuarapik on the hudson bay, paris and london are further north then Quebec and yet have the same climate
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Describe the mediterranean climate.
It is a mild and rainy climate in winter and hot and dry during summer
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Which contry was the last to join the european union?
Croatia
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Which country left the european union and how many countries are now in the european union?
United kingdom left there are now 27 countries
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How many habitants does the european union represent?
450M
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How many of the european countries are using euro?
20
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What is the single international travel and immigration area which eliminates the internal border?
Shengen area
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What do the countries part of the eurpean union need to apply?
certain political and economic common rules, standards and policies determined by the EU.
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How many states are found in the shengen area including which states?
Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, liechtenstein
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What is impressive about Europe?
They have an impressive physical and cultural diversity with more than 200 different language spoken
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Describe the british isles
They are made up of two main Island: Ireland and great britain, two countries which are Republic of Ireland, and the united kingdom. The united kingdom is made up of four units, Engalnd, Wlaes, Scotland and Northern Ireland
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What small river is found in europe?
Rhine river
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What is the most important transportation axis of europe?
Rhine river
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Which river passes through four national capitals in Europe and what four capitals?
The danube river
Vienna, Budapest, Bratislava, and Belgrade
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True or False: Europe has an exceptionaly high ratio of coast to land area making them accessible for maritime trade
true
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Which part of Europe is the most productive farming ?
Northern European plain
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True or false, the northern european plain was the site of the bloodiest military battles during the two world wars?
True
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True or Flase, Russia is the second largest country on the planet?
False, it is the largest
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What is the land superficie of Russia?
17M km2
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What is the population of Russia and from those, what percentage are non-russian?
146M inhabitants, 20% are non-russian
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Describe the cultural diversity in Russia.
There are 280 nations and more than 110 official languages
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When did communism collapse in Europe?
in 1991, and the Soviet Union then split in 15 independant countries
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What are the three largest cities found in Russia?
Moscow (17M)
St. Petersberg (5M)
Kiev (3M)
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Describe the political tension between Ukraine and Russia.
Russia invaded the Crimea peninsula on the Black Sea, and supported pro-russians in taking control of the eastern part of the country. Recently Russia has been trying to take control of eastern Ukraine, more precisely the donbas region
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What is siberia?
Siberia is used to design the the Asian part of Russia, it is all of the land east of the urals mountains, 40M russians live in that land of taiga, swamps, mountains, and cold climate. It has a very low population density with about only 28% of russia's population on 77% of its land.
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What is the deepest and largest (for water content) lake in the world?
Lake baikal (1642m), it contains more fresh water than five great Lands combined
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Describe the Stans
kazakhstan, uzbekistan, turkmenistan, tajikistan, and kyrgystan. It is a country of steppes, deserts, and mountains, predominantly muslim religion
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What is the most important geological disaster on the planet?
the shrinking of the Aral sea, it has lost 90% of its original volume of water
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Africa can be summarized in six points. Give one example for each one of the following concepts:
Big:
Isolated:
Massive:
Tropical:
Underdeveloped:
Developing:
Big: Africa land area = 30M km2, three times the size of Canada
Isolated: By oceans and the sahara desert
Massive: It comes as one block, 16 out of 49 countries are land lock
Tropical: 80% of its land is located between the tropics of cancer and capricorn
Underdeveloped: a lot of people live with less than 1.90$ us/day, have a life expectancy of 64 compared to Canada of 82.
Developing: A lot of young people, in 1478M inhabitants, 39% are under 15 and only 4% above 65
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What is the land are of africa?
30M km2
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What physical feature in Africa is as large as the continental united states?
The Sahara desert
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True or false: the rivers in Africa are difficult to navigate?
True
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What percent of Africa's surface area lies between the Tropics?
80%
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Where is the tropical rainforest and jungle located in Africa?
Along the Ecuador
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Where are the important deserts found in Africa?
Along both tropics
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Which religion is dominant in the saharian desert and the Maghreb countries of the meditarreanean sea?
Muslim (Islam)
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How would you describe the Sub-Saharan Africa region (all Africa south of the sahara desert) in terms of population, spoken language, and religion
It has a black population, and extremely diversified languages, and the Christian religion grows in importance as you travel south.
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Which river is the longest on earth with a total length of 6650km? What is it compared/a little longer than?
Nile, compared to Quebec/Paris = 5270km
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In 2019, from the 38M people infected with HIV worldwide, what percent of them were living in the Sub-Saharan Africa? What country is the most affected and what percent of its popualtion had contracted the virus?
70%
South Africa is the country with the largest population affected which represents 19%
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What is the name of the area where two tectonic plates are drifting apart from each other? Where is it located?
The great rift valley, located mainly in the Horn of Africa and East african regions.
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True or False: many volcanoes are found in the Great Rift Vallet because of the geothermal activity.
True
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BY how many degrees does the temperature drop in the lower layer of the atmosphere for every 1000m as you go up
6.5 degrees
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What is the summit (height) of mount kilimangaro and are there glaciers on top?
5895m And yes there are glaciers
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Why is Asia an important continent? (3)
1. it has 60% of the world population
2. where the first civilization and great religions developed
3. Strong economic development
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What are the five great religions born in Asia?
Hinduism, buddhism in India, and Islam, judaism and Christianity in the middle east
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Where did the first civilisation first developed? What did it give birth to?
Mesopotamia (middle east)
Turkiye (middle east)
Egypt (middle east)
Mohenjo-daro valley (pakistan)
Northern china (south of beijing)
It give birth to the three most important cultural groups now
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What percentage of the area has a desert climate?
75%
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What is strategically important for the middle east?
The Persian Gulf
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Why is the Persian Gulf strategically important?
produce anually 40-50% of the world's oil and have about 50% of the world's proven reserves. Strait of Hormuz is the only exit of the Gulf and is only 38km wide and more than 20% of the world's oil production goes through it.
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What does the word Muslim refer to?
It refers to a religion: Islam
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What does the word Arab refer to?
It refers to a culture and a language (arabic)
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What state of the middle east does not pratic muslim? and what religion do they practice?
Israel, where the dominant faith is Judaism
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Which three countries do not speek arabic and what are there spoken language?
Isarael: Hebrew
Turkiye: Turkish
Iran: Persian
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What are the kurds?
A nation of 25 to 30M people without a state, it is the fourth largest ethnicity in the middle east after the arabs, persians and turks. The area where they live is called the kurdistan and covers part of five different states mainly three: Turkiye, Iran, and Iraq but also Syria and Armenia.
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How is the dead sea described?
The saltiest body of water on earth and the lowest point on the earth's surface at 400m below sea level (-400m). There is no animal life in that sea.
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What physical feature forever changed the navigation between Asia and Europe? Why did it change naviguation?
The Suez Canal. Ships no longer had to go araound Africa. It was inaugurated in 1896 and is referred to the highway to India. It is 193km long and on avergae, 50 ships cross it everyday.
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The middle east is the birth place of three major religion, which ones?
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
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What is the holy city of the middle east where three major religion are practiced?
Jerusalem
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What is the annual event gathering the largest number of people on earth?
The pilgrimage to Mecca, the holy city of Islam
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Which state is the second most populated state on earth?
China
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What is the popualtion of China?
1.40 billion
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What are the three regions can china be divided into?
Western China, North-east China and South East China
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Describe Western China?
Western China has numerous mountains and deserts. Due to weaker farming resources, the area is sparsely populated and includes several ethnic minorities.
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Describe eastern China.
Eastern China is densely populated, with a relatively homogeneous population of Han Chinese, with temperate or subtropical climate, and good farming.
In the North-East, the dominant type of farming is dry cereals such as wheat with which noodles are made.
In the South-East, there is more precipitation due to the summer monsoon which gives the possibility to grow rice.
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True or false: The Chinese characters, used to write the language are the same throughout the country, but the way to read them varies according to the area
True
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Where is mandarin and cantonese spoken?
Mandarin is spoken in the area of Beijing, and Cantonese in the south, like in Hong Kong and Guangzhou (Canton).
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What are the chinese big cities (3)?
Chinese big cities are: Beijing, the capital of China, Shanghai, the largest and most developing, and Hong Kong, a former British colony that reverted to the country in 1997.
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What is one of the most ambitious engineering projects in the world?
Three Gorge Dam
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Where is the Three Gorge Dam located and how long does it measure?
Located on the Chang Jiang river and creates a 600km long reservoir
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One is the consequence of the one child policy in china
China has estimated 34M more men than women
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True or False: China has the largest economy on earth and top consumer of energy
True
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What percent of China's electricty was generated by burning coal?
64%
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What percent of the world total CO2 emitter was in China?
30%
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What cleaner way for energy consumption has China developped?
hydroelectricity, wind power, and solar energy
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What period it took to build the Great Wall of China? Why? By who?
2000 years, by different chinese emperors to protect from northern intrusion
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How long is the Great Wall of China?
It is 6300km long. It is not a single structure but rather a series of different more or less connected structures
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What is the relationship between China and Tibet?
Although Tibet has a distinct people, language, and religion and wants to regain independence, China will not give up its control
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Who is the the former political and still spiritual leader of Tibet, lives in exile in Dharamshala, northern India
The Dalai Lama
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Who are the Uyghurs?
They are a Turkic minority ethnic group. Since 2015, it has been estimated that over a million of them (approximately 1 in 10) have been detained in Xinjiang re-education camps
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Which country has the lowest population density on earth? what are the main physical elements in this country?
Mongolia, has the lowest population density on earth (2 inhabitants/km2). It is a country of steppes and deserts including the Gobi Desert
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True or False: Taiwan has a Chinese population but remained out of communist China after the 1949 revolution
True
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The koreas were divided after the second world war. Describe both North and South Korea.
North Korea, ruled by a communist dictator, is extremely poor while
South Korea has a prospering economy.
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What is the most devellopped country of East Asia?
Japan. It integrated its traditional culture into modernity
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What is the largest urban center on earth?
Tokyo, the capital of Japan (38M)
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What is the rainy season over Southern Asia?
The Monsoon
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When does the Monsoon start and where does it rain?
It starts usually in June and lasts for about four months. It rains a lot in southern India, the Himalayas, and Bangladesh, and little in Pakistan and the Thar Desert. It gradually moves from the south-east to the north-west.
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Which religion evolved over the last 3000 years?
The Hindu religion
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What are the most striking aspect of the Hindus religion for the Westerners?
the sanctity of cows, the caste system, dots on the forehead, ritual baths in holy rivers (e.g.: Ganges), the dowry and reincarnation belief
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What is the most sacred river of the Hindus?
The Gange
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Which poor developing country has the highest mountains on earth?
Nepal
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Where is the Everest located? What is its height?
Everest, located on the Nepal-Tibet border, is the highest summit on earth at an altitude of 8849 meters.
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What are the most important cities of India?
The most important cities of India include:
Mumbai: the business center and most cosmopolitan city;
Kolkata: the old British capital and education center;
Delhi: the capital of the country;
Bengaluru (Bangalore): a world major computer and programming hub.
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Where is the world's largest democracy?
India
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What is the population INdia and what fraction of the world's population does it represent?
and has a population of 1.44 billion people or about one-sixth of the world’s population.
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What is the main religion in India?
Hindu religion
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What are the two neighbooring countries of India?
Pakistan and Bangladesh
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What is the main religion in Pakistan and Bangladesh?
Muslim
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Which country has the highest overall popualtion density on earth?
Bangaldesh with a population density of 1150 inhabitants/km2
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True or false: Most of the area was under strong British influence or rule for about 200 years up until the year 1947
True
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What year was the independance of India and partition of Pakistan
1947
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Who is commonly considered the Father of the Nation in India? Why?
Mahamata Gandhi because he used non-violence on India's road to freedom
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What are the three states of India that share a border with Pakistan?
Rajasthan, Punjab, and Kashmir
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Describe the Sikhs?
a group of industrious and wealthy people with a distinctive religion and culture that are well represented among Canada’s population.
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What is the holy city found in Punjab?
Amristar, the country of the sikhs
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What three country is Kashmir administered by?
India, Pakistan and China
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What do Indian Kashmiris want?
Indian Kashmiris, of a Muslim majority, want independence or unification with Pakistan.
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What are the two cities in Kashmir
It includes Srinagar in India and Gilgit in Pakistan.
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What is the second highest mountain on earth?
K2, part of the Karakoram Range
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How many films are produced by the Indian movie industry?
2000 films
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How many films did Bollywood, the Hindi language Mumbai-based industry make in 2017
375 films
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Describe the male and female popualtion in India.
Due to the preference for male babies and the system of dowry, there is discrimination towards female babies and girls in rural areas of low socio-economic development and, consequently, an excess of men over women population.
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What is home to many religions, ethnic groups and languages?
Sri Lanka
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What is the main religion in Sri lanka? (percentage)
Buddhism (70%)
