Geography Part 1

Copernicus' book "de Revolutionibus" proposed the thesis that

• the earth is the center of the universe

• the earth revolves around the sun

• the earth is round

• the moon revolves around the earth

A modern city in North Africa is

• Cape Town

• Johannesburg

• Cairo

• Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan

Baghdad is to Iraq and ______ is to Syria

• Jordan

• Turkey

• Yemen

• Damascus

The east-west _____ line encircles the earth and divides it into two equal parts or hemispheres

• longitude

• equator

• meridian

• latitude

A narrow water connection between two large bodies of water is a

• strait

• gulf

• river

• bay

Where is the Arctic Region found?

• Euro-Asiatic Region

• South Pole Region

• North Pole Region

• Antartica

Known as the Land of the Aztecs was the _____

• Valley of Mexico

• Yucatan Peninsula

• California

• South America

The great temple of the Khmer is located in _____

• Indonesia

• Chang Mai

• Angkor

• Java

The term New World applies to _____

• South America

• North America

• European Union

• Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

If the tarsiers are found in Bohol, the tamaraws are found in

• Mindoro

• Davao

• Cagayan

• Palawan