Intro Quiz Global Geography 12

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Intro QuizGlobal Geography 12

• Good Luck!!!

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• 1) Immigrants are usually a burden on the host
  country. True/False

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• 2) What four countries in Europe are islands?

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• 3) How many continents are there in the world?

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• 4) Educated women tend to have fewer children.
  True/False

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• 5) There is always the same quantity of water on
  earth T/F true (water cycle)

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• 6) What are the two most populous cities in North
  America?

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• 7) What does Canada mean in Iroquois?

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• 8) Which country will have the most people (1 601
  004 572) in 2050?

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• 9) Most impoverished countries are in the
  southern hemisphere. True/False

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• 10) Where is the driest place in the world?

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• 11) What percent of the worlds population lives
  on the continent of Asia?

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• 12) What is the smallest country in the world?

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• 13) What is the largest desert in the world?

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• 14) What percent of the earths surface is
  covered by water?

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• 15) This treatable disease, transmitted by
  mosquitoes, causes approx. 1 million deaths a
  year.

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• 16) Which country has the worlds longest
  coastline?

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• 17) Which country has the worlds largest Muslim
  population?

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• 18) Oil is a renewable natural resource.
  True/False

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• 19) What is a tariff?

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• 20) Most acid rain is produced by More Developed
  Countries (MDCs). Why?

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• 21) The combination of decades of drought,
  desertification and overpopulation are among the
  causes of this recent conflict in _______.

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• 22) The world cannot produce enough food for its
  growing population. True/False

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• 23) Name given to movement that allows farmers a
  living wage

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• 24) What is the highest mountain in the world?

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• 25) Technology has helped man to exploit more
  natural resources. True/False

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• 26) What is the average temperature increase
  around the world because of global warming?

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• 27) The Agricultural Revolution was a major
  factor that helped to bring about urbanization.
  True/False

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• 28) The GDP of the 41 Heavily Indebted Poor
  Countries (567 million people) is LESS than the
  wealth of the worlds _____ richest people
  combined.

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• 29) How many people worldwide are living with
  HIV/AIDS?

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• 30) How many spheres is the Earth made up of?

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BONUS

• Who came up with the term Global Village?