World Geography Final

In the Northern Hemisphere, the day of the year with the fewest hours of sunlight is the ___________.

• fall equinox

• winter solstice

• spring equinox

• summer solstice

The Earth circles the sun every _________.

• 24 hours

• 365 1/4 days

• 88 years

• 165 years

Almost 97 percent of the planet's water is _________.

• groundwater

• freshwater

• salt water

• frozen in glaciers and ice sheets

The theory of _____________ explains how continents were formed and why they move.

• magma formation

• erosion

• plate tectonics

• mantle disbursement

__________ are people who are forced to flee to another country to escape wars, persecution, or natural disasters.

• Immigrants

• Free traders

• Refugees

• Importers

In recent years more and more countries and regions are sharing cultural traits resulting in a(n) ___________ culture.

• isolated

• global

• refugee

• ethnic

Atlantic coastal cities and their suburbs form an almost continuous line of settlement called __________.

• Piedmont

• megalopolis

• coastal plain

• coastal lowland

Which of the following areas of the United States has the highest elevation?

• Appalachian Mountains

• eastern Great Plains

• Rocky Mountains

• Atlantic coastal plain

Overseas settlements tied to a parent country are called ________.

• suburbs

• colonies

• dominions

• provinces

How did the United States become a world leader during the 1900s?

• by developing the factory system

• by building an economy based on agriculture

• by enslaving hundreds of thousands of Africans

• by helping to win World War I and World War II