Semester Exam

Question 1

Which lines run parallel to the equator?

Answer 1

latitude

Question 2

What percentage of earth is made of water?

Answer 2

70%

Question 3

What does the lithosphere consist of?

Answer 3

Earths land

Question 4

what does the hydrosphere consist of?

Answer 4

earths water

Question 5

how many inches do the plates move a year?

Answer 5

4

Question 6

How many miles is the earth from the sun?

Answer 6

93,000,000

Question 7

what is the diameter of the earth?

Answer 7

8,000 miles

Question 8

What is located in Greenwich England??

Answer 8

Prime Meridian

Question 9

earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis are caused by

Answer 9

Internal forces

Question 10

what is made up of thick rock such as silicon, oxygen,aluminum, and iron.

Answer 10

the mantle

Question 11

what tropic is located 23.5 degrees south?

Answer 11

capricorn

Question 12

what tropic is located 23.5 degrees north?

Answer 12

cancer

Question 13

what are winds that blow in constant patterns?

Answer 13

prevailing winds

Question 14

which area of the equator is usually windless?

Answer 14

doldrums

Question 15

which direction do the ocean currents flow in the southern hemisphere?

Answer 15

counter-clockwise

Question 16

what is the highest point of earth’s surface?

Answer 16

Mt. everest

Question 17

what is the lowest point of earth’s surface?

Answer 17

shores of the dead sea

Question 18

what type of map shows the boundaries of states?

Answer 18

political

Question 19

What type of economy states that the government owns or directs the means of production and controls the distribution of goods?

Answer 19

command economy

Question 20

what is the hottest and lowest place in the US?

Answer 20

Death valley

Question 21

how far do the rocky mountains extend? (and which states do they begin and end in?)

Answer 21

3000 miles from New Mexico to Alaska

Question 22

which US state is first in natural gas reserves?

Answer 22

Texas

Question 23

what are North America’s oldest mountains and the Continent’s second largest mountain range?

Answer 23

Appalachian Mountains

Question 24

why is new york’s Manhattan island important?

Answer 24

it is a US and world trade center.

Question 25

which state is composed of volcanic mountaintops?

Answer 25

Hawaii

Question 26

What is a major source of hydroelectric power for the US and Canada?

Answer 26

Niagara Falls

Question 27

How does Canada's weather affect the US?

Answer 27

Canada's wind blows

Question 28

Where is the majority of oil and natural gas found in Canada?

Answer 28

Alberta

Question 29

What is the worlds largest island | ?

Answer 29

Greenland

Question 30

Where is the worlds finest emeralds found?

Answer 30

Colombia

Question 31

Which two Latin American countries are leading oil producers?

Answer 31

Mexico and Venezuela

Question 32

What is the largest lake in Central America?

Answer 32

Lake Nicaragua

Question 33

Which country is the worlds leading exporter of copper?

Answer 33

Chile

Question 34

What affects the climates of Latin America the most?

Answer 34

Elevation

Question 35

What is unique about the attacama desert?

Answer 35

In some places it has never rained

Question 36

In your opinion, what is the best system of government and economics that we have talked about?

Answer 36

A direct democracy is the best.

Question 37

What do we call the phenomenon where a place experiences 6 months without sunlight?

Answer 37

Midnight sun

Question 38

What is the oldest and most common form of government?

Answer 38

Absolute monarch

Question 39

Which Native American tribe used a quipu?

Answer 39

Inca

Question 40

Which Native American built artificial islands?

Answer 40

Aztec

Question 41

Which Native American tribe was skilled in mathematics?

Answer 41

Mayans

Question 42

What was the first South American country to achieve independence?

Answer 42

Haiti

Question 43

Who built schools, hospitals, and colleges during the colonization of Latin America?

Answer 43

Protestant missionaries

Question 44

Why is the literacy rate improving in Latin America?

Answer 44

School is free

Question 45

What was the name of the leaders of the Latin American colonies?

Answer 45

Viceroy

Question 46

What is the national sport of most Latin American countries?

Answer 46

Soccer

Question 47

Which country was the only one to gain independence without a revolution?

Answer 47

Brazil

Question 48

What is life often centered on in Latin America?

Answer 48

Family

Question 49

What are the five themes of geography?

Answer 49

Location, place, region, movement, human environment interaction

Question 50

What is the difference between a physical and political map?

Answer 50

Physical shows landforms. Political shows boundaries

Question 51

What is the deepest part of the ocean?

Answer 51

Mariana Trench

Question 52

List the 7 continents?

Answer 52

North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Antarctica, Africa, Australia

Question 53

List the 5 oceans?

Answer 53

Indian, Atlantic,pacific, arctic, southern

Question 54

Define autocracy?

Answer 54

Rule by one person