Test 6 (Final Exam)

Question 1

What is the wide mouth where the ocean tide meets a river current called?

Answer 1

estuary

Question 2

What is the world’s highest navigable freshwater lake?

Answer 2

Lake Titicaca

Question 3

What is the world’s highest waterfall?

Answer 3

Angel Falls

Question 4

What is the longest mountain range on land?

Answer 4

Andes

Question 5

What is the world’s largest desert?

Answer 5

Sahara

Question 6

What is the world’s largest canyon?

Answer 6

Grand Canyon

Question 7

What is the world’s largest inland seaway?

Answer 7

the St. Lawrence Seaway

Question 8

What is the world’s largest island?

Answer 8

Greenland

Question 9

What is the world’s largest freshwater lake in area?

Answer 9

Lake Superior

Question 10

What is the world’s longest river?

Answer 10

Nile River

Question 11

What is the world’s biggest natural structure formed by living things?

Answer 11

Great Barrier Reef

Question 12

What country prohibits the killing of cattle?

Answer 12

India

Question 13

What city do both Jews and Muslims consider a holy city?

Answer 13

Jerusalem

Question 14

What is the only Asian country where a majority of people practice Roman Catholicism?

Answer 14

the Philippines

Question 15

About 1/4 of what country is polder that was taken from the sea by using dikes, dams, and windmills to drain water from the land?

Answer 15

the Netherlands

Question 16

Afrikaners are the Dutch inhabitants of what country?

Answer 16

South Africa

Question 17

Which African country was settled by freed slaves?

Answer 17

Liberia

Question 18

A gold rush in 1851 caused the population of what country to increase by 200%?

Answer 18

Australia

Question 19

What mountain range is considered the “Backbone of North America?”

Answer 19

Rocky Mountains

Question 20

What is Canada’s French province?

Answer 20

Quebec

Question 21

What country became the Western Hemisphere’s first Communist dictatorship?

Answer 21

Cuba

Question 22

Which South American lake is the continent’s largest?

Answer 22

Lake Maracaibo

Question 23

What is the highest peak in the Western Hemisphere?

Answer 23

Mt. Aconcagua

Question 24

What canal of North America provides passage for ships traveling between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans?

Answer 24

the Panama Canal

Question 25

What religion do the majority of South Americans practice?

Answer 25

Roman Catholicism

Question 26

What country produces more emeralds than any other country?

Answer 26

Columbia

Question 27

What is the official language of Brazil?

Answer 27

Portuguese

Question 28

What separates South America from Antarctica?

Answer 28

Drake Passage

Question 29

The Galapagos Islands belong to which nation?

Answer 29

Ecuador

Question 30

What is South America's largest city in population?

Answer 30

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Question 31

What country is known as the "Granary of the South"?

Answer 31

Argentina

Question 32

Who is remembered for leading Venezuela and several other South American countries to independence from Spain?

Answer 32

Simon Bolivar

Question 33

Where did Francisco Pizarro conquer the Inca Indians?

Answer 33

Peru

Question 34

Capital: Australia

Answer 34

Canberra

Question 35

Capital: Canada

Answer 35

Ottawa

Question 36

Capital: China

Answer 36

Beijing

Question 37

Capital: Egypt

Answer 37

Cairo

Question 38

Capital: Greece

Answer 38

Athens

Question 39

Capital: India

Answer 39

New Delhi

Question 40

Capital: Japan

Answer 40

Tokyo

Question 41

Capital: Liberia

Answer 41

Monrovia

Question 42

Capital: Libya

Answer 42

Tripoli

Question 43

Capital: Philippines

Answer 43

Manila

Question 44

Capital: South Korea

Answer 44

Seoul

Question 45

Capital: Spain

Answer 45

Madrid

Question 46

Capital: Thailand

Answer 46

Bangkok

Question 47

Capital: the Netherlands

Answer 47

Amsterdam

Question 48

Capital: Ukraine

Answer 48

Kiev

Question 49

Capital: Portugal

Answer 49

Lisbon

Question 50

Capital: North Korea

Answer 50

P'Yongyang

Question 51

``` Physical and Political South America: Amazon River Brazil Buenos Aires Chili Columbia Ecuador Falkland Islands French Guiana Georgetown Lake Titicaca Lima Pampas Tierra del Fuego Uruguay Venezuela ```

Answer 51

See Map Projects and Text book

Question 52

``` Physical World: Andes Mountains Arctic Circle Antarctic Circle Cape of Good Hope Caribbean Sea Caspian Sea Gobi Desert Hudson Bay Indian Ocean Mississippi River Mt. Everest Pacific Ocean Prime Meridian International Date Line Tropic of Capricorn Tropic of Cancer Ural Mountains Yucatan Peninsula ```

Answer 52

See Map studys and text

Question 53

``` Political World: United States (Need to know 3) Canadian Provinces/Territories (Need to know 2) Australia (need to know 2) Cape Town China Cuba Egypt Germany Indonesia Italy London Moscow New Zealand Ontario Queensland Spain Sudan Ukraine Russia ```

Answer 53

Map Studies and Text