Year in Review - World Geography

During which of these years did da Gama discover a sea route from Europe to India?

• A. 1487-88

• B. 1497-98

• C. 1805-06

• D. 1825-26

Every nation in the world is a .

• unified group of people with a single culture, ethnicity, race & ruler.

• territory inhabited by a specific unified group of
• unified group of people who lack a territory.

• landform that split apart from a single supercontinent.

Which of the following towns is located within a high-risk area for malaria infection?

• Mtunzini

• Richards Bay

• Ingwavuma

• Melmoth

Which of the following cities might you visit if you went to a beach on the Red Sea?

• Kuwait

• Riyadh

• Bagdad

• Jiddah

President Wilson opened the Panama Canal in 1914. Ships then could go from one ocean to the other. Panama was an excellent choice of location to build a canal to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans because of its

• History

• Culture

• Economy

• Geography

Which of the following describe the GREATEST economic impact of the Panama Canal on the Western Hemisphere?

• It allows nations in North & South America to transport their goods from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean in much shorter time and distance.

• The nation of Panama is about to create wealth from changing passage through the canal.

• The US will become a world power after building the Panama Canal by helping the US Navy control the oceans of the Western Hemisphere.

• In 1999 the US gives control of the Panama Canal Zone to the nation of Panama.

Geography is the study of:

• the history and development of the earth.

• the measurement and physical descriptions of places, regions, areas, and land masses.

• the study of the distribution and interaction of Earth’s physical and human features.

• land, water, natural resources, and population flows.

Which of the following is NOT directly related to the Theory of Plate Tectonics?

• A. The movement of continental plate over millions of years.

• B. Earthquakes & volcanoes

• C. the crust of the Earth being recycled over millions of years is.

• D. The changing of the angle of the Earth to the Sun throughout 365 days in 1 Earth year.

Which of the following reasons BEST explains why the major cities of Europe are located on river.

• There are few rivers in Europe that connect to large bodies of water

• Most of Europe has arid environment and water is in short supply.

• Rivers offered defense from flooding

• Rivers provided water and transportation for cities

Where is most of the South American rain forest located?

• Paraguay

• Brazil

• Uruguay

• Columbia