GEO3 Flashcards
1
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The land area of South America is what integer percentage of the globe?
A
12%, same as Russia
2
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North Asia is also referred to as _______
A
Siberia
3
Q
Will.i.am is an American rapper best known from being in what group?
A
Black eyed peas
4
Q
What river flows through Baghdad?
A
Tigris
5
Q
As of 2020 which one of the largest French speaking countries is not part of La Francophonie?
A
Algeria
6
Q
The most northerly point of the contiguous United States (i.e. not Alaska) is known as the ______- located in what state?
A
Northwest Angle (located in Minnesota)
Capital: Saint Paul
7
Q
Mount Stanly at 5109 meters (16,700 ft)is the highest peak of what African mountain range
A
Ruwenzori Mountains
Located between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire)
Capital of Uganda: Kampala
Capital of DRC: Kinshasa
8
Q
What 2 mountain ranges are widely accepted as the boundary between Europe and Asia in Russia?
A
Urals and the Caucasus
9
Q
What is the IATA Airport Code for Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport?
A
IKA
10
Q
What is Russia’s largest island?
A
Sakhalin Island
11
Q
Siberia is also referred to as ______ (Hint: dont say Russia)
A
North Asia
12
Q
Mountains with over 1500 meters (4800 feet) of prominence are known as:
A
Ultra Prominent Mountains
13
Q
What is the Rapa Nui more commonly known as?
A
The native people of Easter Island (West of Chile) belongs to Chile
Capital is Hanga Roa
14
Q
Tainos are the majority indigenous population of what region?
A
Caribbean Islands
15
Q
West Azerbaijan and East Azerbaijan are provinces belonging to what country?
A
Iran
16
Q
What is the name of the panhandle of Namibia
A
Caprivi Strip separates Angola and Botswana as well as Zambia
Capital of Namibia = Windhoek
17
Q
Which Scottish county is the home to the most native Scottish Gaelic Speakers?
A
Outer Hebrides
18
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What is the largest country not to have its own airport?
A
Andorra (situated between Spain and France in the Pyrenees)
Capital: Andorra la vella
Catalan for “Andorra the Old”
19
Q
Lugano in Switzerland is on what lake?
A
Lake Lugano
20
Q
To the nearest mile, what is the distance between the Southern tip of spain and Morocco?
A
9 miles
21
Q
The Gulf of Finland separates what 2 capital cities?
A
Helsinki and Tallinn
Helsinki = capital of Finland
Tallinn = capital of Estonia
22
Q
What is the name of Albania in Albanian?
A
Shqiperia
Capital of Albania = Tirana
23
Q
What is the southernmost subject (region) of Russia?
A
Dagestan
24
Q
The Niagara falls occurs between what two great lakes?
A
Erie and Ontario
25
What is larger, Honshu or Great Britain?
Honshu
26
Italian unification occured primarily in what decades?
1860s
27
Amundsen-Scott Station is a US research station located where?
On the South Pole
28
Sakhalin Island is the largest island of what country?
Russia
29
What is the name of the underground train service in Berlin?
U-Bahn
30
Piedmont is a region of what country?
Italy (capital of Italy: Rome)
31
What is the largest glacier in the world
Lambert-Fisher Glacier
32
The Hoggar mountains are located in what country?
Algeria
Capital: Algiers
33
When did the People's Republic of China annex Tibet?
1951
34
What is the capital of Denmark?
Copenhagen
35
What is closer: France and England or Spain and Morocco?
Spain and Morocco- 9 miles at closest; France and England 26 miles at closest
36
Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, sits on what island?
Zealand
37
Marco Polo airport is located in what city?
Venice
38
The Republic of Venice was a historic country that lost its indepedence in what decade?
1790s
39
The coat of arms of what European Union country bear the Hammer and Sickle?
Austria
This this the coat of arms NOT the flag- the double headed eagle has a hammer in one claw and sickle in the other
40
What is the name of the US research station on the South Pole?
Amundsen-Scott Station
41
Jubaland (also Jubbaland) is a state in what African country?
Somalia
42
How many Canadian provinces have land more southerly than the 49th parallel?
7- all except Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba
43
Along with Nanuvut, what are the two other Canadian territories? (Not provinces)
Yukon and Northwest
44
Who was the first president of the French Fifth Republic formed in 1958?
Charles De Gaulle
45
This is the name of the international organization of French speaking countries
Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie
46
The hammer and the compass was an emblem displayed on which European flag until 1990?
East Germany (German Democratic Republic)
47
What do you call someone who speaks the Portugese language?
Lusophone
48
Jan Mayen is an island belonging to what country?
Norway
49
What is the name of the largest city on the island of Tahiti (in French Polynesia)?
Papeete
50
O'Hare International Airport in 2020 has the most runways for any airport, how many?
8
51
What is the largest settlement on the remote Kerguelen Islands?
Port-Aux-Francais
They are a territory of France
52
Located on the Azores, what is the highest mountain of Portugal?
Monte Pico
53
A lusophone is someone who speaks what language?
Portugese
54
Copenhagen is the capital of what country?
Denmark
55
Along with France and Finland what is the only country to begin with an F?
Fiji
Capital: Suva
56
The 10 highest waterfalls in Europe are located in what country?
Norway
Capital: Oslo
57
What country are these the capitals of:
Belgrade
Bucharest
Budapest
Belgrade = Serbia
Bucharest = Romania
Budapest = Hungary
58
Name the 3 countries beginning with F and their capitals
France: Paris
Finland: Helsinki
Fiji: Suva
59
What French city lies closest to the border with Germany?
Strasbourg
Recall this is part of Alsace, where the Dancing Plague of 1518 took place
60
Galicia is a region in what country? What is the capital of this region?
Spain; Santiago de Compostella
61
What European capital sits on the island of Zealand?
Copenhagen (Denmark)
62
What US state has the largest _proportion_ of Hispanics/Latinos in their population?
New Mexico, highest absolute number is California
63
The Tatra mountains are used as the natural border for what 2 countries?
Poland and Slovakia
64
South Sakhalin was once a Japanese possession, the Russian border o which located on what parallel?
45th parallel
65
What is the majority indigenous population of the Caribbean known as?
Tainos
66
What are the native people of Easter Island known as?
Rapa Nui
67
Santiago de Compostella is the capital of what Spanish province?
Galicia
68
Swahili is the official language of how many countries? What is its native name?
6, Kiswahili
69
What is both a Chinese island and the southernmost prefecture of China?
Hainan
70
Baffin Island is the largest island of what country?
Canada
71
Hrvatska is the native way to spell this country
Croatia
Capital: Zagreb
72
What is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?
Sicily
73
Papeete is the largest city on this French Polynesian island
Tahiti
74
What is the capital of Tibet? Is it a country?
Lhasa; it is a country under illegal occupation
75
What is Canada's largest island?
Baffin Island
76
What is the only autonomous federal subject of Russia?
Jewish Autonomous Oblast (formed after aftermath of WW2) it is pretty far east, near China
77
Along with Micronesia, Australasia, and Polynesia, what other region forms Oceania?
Melanesia
78
Who are the singers from Heart?
Ann and Nancy Wilson
79
How many countries border Germany?
9
Austria, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Poland, and Belgium
Maritime borders with Sweden and UK
80
Potola Palace may be found in which Tibetian city?
Lhasa
81
What is the Caprivi strip?
The panhandle of Namibia separating Zambia, Angola, and Botswana
Capital of Namibia = Windhoek
82
What country has the largest Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the world?
France
83
What is the largest Australian territory? (Not State)
Northern territories
Largest State is Western Australia
Capital is Canberra
84
Before the Burj Khalifa what was the tallest building in the world? What is the tallest now?
Tapei-101; Burj Khalifa in Dubai in the UAE (confirmed on Google)
85
What mountain range is the natural border between Poland and Slovakia?
Tatra mountains
Capital of Slovakia = Bratislava
Capital of Poland = Warsaw
86
French is the only official language of how many Canadian provinces?
1-Quebec
87
What is the highest mountain in Slovenia?
Triglav
88
Charles De Gaulle was the first president of the French ____ republic, formed in \_\_\_\_\_
5th, 1958
89
What is the name of Hungary in Hungarian?
Magyarorszag
Capital of Hungary: Budapest
90
What is the largest Canadian island lying in the Pacific Ocean?
Vancouver Island
Note the city of Vancouver is in Washington
Capital of Washington is Olympia
91
Triglav is the highest mountain of what country?
Slovenia
92
How many countries border the Black Sea?
6: Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania
Capitals: Kyiv, Moscow, Tbilisi, Ankara, Sofia, Bucharest (respectively)
93
Monte Pico is the highest mountain of what country?
Portugal, located on the Azores
94
What river flows through St. Petersburg?
Neva River
95
To which region of Oceania does Hawaii belong?
Polynesia
96
The land area of Russia is what integer percentage of the total land area of the globe?
12%
Same as South America
97
What state does the show Outer Range take place in? Capital of the state?
Wyoming Cheyenne
98
How many countries does the Artic circle pass through?
8
Norway, Finland, Sweden, Russia, US (Alaska), Canada, Denmark (as Greenland), and Iceland
99
How many countries in the world officially use the Fahrenheit temperature system?
1 (USA)
100
Name the four components of Oceania?
Australasia (Australia + New Zealand), Micronesia, Polynesia, and Melanesia
101
The city of Las Vegas can be found in what desert?
Mojave Desert
102
What is the name of the largest island of Hawaii?
Hawai'i
103
Shqiperia is the native way to spell this country
Albania
Capital: Tirana
104
The Aland islands are an autonomous region belonging mainly to what country?
Finland
105
What is the highest mountain in the Ruwenzori moutain range (between Uganda and Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Mount Stanley
106
What is the name of Croatia in Croatian?
Hrvatska
Capital of Croatia: Zagreb
107
Al-Gharb is the Arabic name and the origin of the name of what European City?
Algarve (Portugal)
108
Before the US purchase of the Virgin Islands, what country did it belong to?
Denmark
Note that the Virgin Islands are in the Caribbean
109
What US state has the most active volcanoes?
Alaska
110
Magyarorszag is the native way to spell this country
Hungary
Capital: Budapest
111
Inner Mongolia is the name of a region in what country?
China
112
What is the name of the Azerbaijani exclave bordering Armenia and Iran (and is an interest to Russia)?
Nakhchivan
113
How long was the Berlin Wall to the nearest 10 miles
100 miles
114
The 38th parallel was provisionally used to determine the border of what 2 countries after WW2?
South Korea and North Korea
115
Matthew Flinders popularized the name of which modern day commonwealth country?
Australia
The Commonwealth of Nations is 54 nation states all of which were former members of the British Empire
116
Bohemia is a traditional region of what modern day country?
Czech Republic
117
What is the southernmost Greek island?
Gavdos
118
The Australian Christmas Islands lies closest to which Indonesian Island?
Java
Note that Java is the largest Indonesian Island and is the location of the capital- Jakarta
119
Which hemisphere (northern or southern) does Kenya have more territory in
Northern
Capital: Nairobi
2nd Largest: Mombasa
120
What city does the Sheremetyevo International Airport serve?
Moscow
121
What parallel is used to describe Antarctica in the Antarctic Treaty?
60th Parallel South
12 countries ratified and it regulates affairs involving Antarctica because there is no native human population there
122
What is the name of the state found in both India and Pakistan?
Punjab
123
A European car with an E on the number plate denotes that the car is from what country?
Spain
124
What percentage of the river Nile is found in Egypt?
22%
125
The southernmost point of the Soviet Union is closer to the equator than how many African capitals?
2 (Algeria and Tunisia)
126
The "Big Easy" is a nickname for what US city?
New Orleans
127
In what ocean are the Kerguelen Islands, a territory of France, located?
Indian Ocean but near Antarctica
128
Arunachal Pradesh is a disputed territory between India and what other country?
China
