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World Geography Full Year Vocabulary

Total questions: 72

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The study of the Earth’s people, places, features, and environment from a spatial perspective is....

a)

Geography

b)

Lithosphere

c)

Biosphere

d)

Soil Building Process

2.

an observable model, style or trend, generally observed on maps in geography...

a)

biomes

b)

landforms

c)

patterns

d)

climate

3.

a particular method that brings changes to the physical or human geography

a)

erosion

b)

tectonic forces

c)

geographic factors

d)

processes

4.

study of human activities related to interaction with the environment and control of the Earth’s surface.....

a)

geography

b)

human geography

c)

hydrosphere

d)

physical geography

5.

The study of the patterns and process related to the Earth’s surface

a)

geography

b)

processes

c)

human geography

d)

physical geography

6.

The physical and human conditions that impact the environments of places and regions

a)

biosphere

b)

geographic factors

c)

tectonic forces

d)

erosion

7.

a specific physical feature of the Earth’s surface

a)

atmosphere

b)

biomes

c)

climate

d)

landforms

8.

large ecosystems characterized by common climate, common vegetation, and common animal life

a)

climate

b)

lithosphere

c)

biomes

d)

biosphere

9.

the solid surface of Earth, including the soil and landforms

a)

lithosphere

b)

hydrosphere

c)

atmosphere

d)

geography

10.

the water areas of Earth, including oceans, lakes, rivers, ground water, glaciers and water vapor

a)

atmosphere

b)

biosphere

c)

hydrosphere

d)

biomes

11.

the areas of Earth that support plant and animal life.

a)

atmosphere

b)

lithosphere

c)

physical geography

d)

biosphere

12.

the gaseous area of air surrounding Earth

a)

atmosphere

b)

landforms

c)

biomes

d)

lithosphere

13.

The physical process involving the movement of the Earth’s crust

a)

wind erosion

b)

erosion

c)

soil building process

d)

tectonic forces

14.

The wearing away of the Earth’s surface caused by the movement of water, ice, or wind

a)

processes

b)

erosion

c)

tectonic forces

d)

soil building process

15.

The creation of organic matter formed from weathered rock, air, and water

a)

geographic factors

b)

processes

c)

soil building process

d)

erosion

16.

A pattern of the combination of precipitation and temperature over time

a)

geography

b)

tectonic forces

c)

soil building process

d)

climate

17.

A specific point on the Earth’s surface

a)

place

b)

region

c)

location

d)

perceptual region

18.

An area distinguished by unique physical and human characteristics

a)

place

b)

region

c)

location

d)

functional region

19.

A spatial division of the Earth’s surface that shares a common characteristic

a)

region

b)

formal region

c)

functional region

d)

perceptual region

20.

An area of the Earth’s surface that is unified by a measurable physical of human characteristic

a)

perceptual region

b)

formal region

c)

functional region

d)

cultural landscape

21.

An area of the Earth’s surface that is defined by an interaction or connectivity

a)

perceptual region

b)

formal region

c)

location

d)

functional region

22.

An area of the Earth’s surface that is defined by an interaction or connectivity

a)

cultural landscape

b)

functional region

c)

region

d)

location

23.

An area of the Earth’s surface that is defined by a perception of the people living there or by the general society and may not be based on objective data

a)

cultural landscape

b)

functional region

c)

location

d)

perceptual region

24.

The physical setting created by humans that reflects the identity and culture of the area

a)

cultural landscape

b)

free enterprise

c)

communist economic system

d)

primary economic activities

25.

The economic system in which private individuals own businesses to make profits and economic decisions are made by producers in response to consumer demands

a)

socialist economic system

b)

free enterprise

c)

communist economic system

d)

primary economic activities

26.

The economic system in which some large-scale business enterprises are government-owned and operated for the benefit of society

a)

secondary economic activities

b)

free enterprise

c)

tertiary economic activities

d)

socialist economic system

27.

The economic system in which the means of production are owned by the government for governmental control of the resources

a)

primary economic activities

b)

quaternary economic activities

c)

communist economic system

d)

free enterprise

28.

The economic activities focused on the extraction of natural resources

a)

secondary economic activities

b)

primary economic activities

c)

quaternary economic activities

d)

tertiary economic activities

29.

The economic activities focused on the manufacturing of goods.

a)

quaternary economic activities

b)

tertiary economic activities

c)

free enterprise

d)

secondary economic activities

30.

The economic activities focused on the delivery of services

a)

tertiary economic activities

b)

socialist economic system

c)

secondary economic activities

d)

quaternary economic activities

31.

The economic activities focused on management, information processing, or research

a)

secondary economic activities

b)

tertiary economic activities

c)

quaternary economic activities

d)

primary economic activities

32.

The movement from one place to another

a)

indigenous

b)

settlement pattern

c)

urbanization

d)

migration

33.

The statistical data about human populations

a)

megalopolis

b)

demographics

c)

cultural convergence

d)

cultural convergence

34.

Originating in a particular region

a)

multicultural

b)

cultural convergence

c)

indigenous

d)

migration

35.

Inclusion of a variety of cultures

a)

demographics

b)

megalopolis

c)

cultural diffusion

d)

multicultural

36.

The process of creating wealth for the well-being of a region’s inhabitants

a)

deforestation

b)

economic development

c)

urban

d)

sustainable development

37.

Anything that can be used for the creation of wealth

a)

environment

b)

human-environmental interaction

c)

rural

d)

resources

38.

The practice of creating social and environmental policies that protect resources for future generations

a)

resources

b)

human-environmental interaction

c)

sustainable development

d)

deforestation

39.

The natural or human destruction of forests

a)

economic development

b)

sustainable development

c)

environment

d)

deforestation

40.

Everything on and around the Earth’s surface and atmosphere

a)

environment

b)

urban

c)

rural

d)

sustainable development

41.

The interdependent relationship between humans and the environment

a)

human-environmental interaction

b)

sustainable development

c)

environment

d)

resources

42.

Relating to and characteristic of cities

a)

environment

b)

resources

c)

rural

d)

urban

43.

Relating to and characteristic of being in the countryside

a)

urban

b)

economic development

c)

environment

d)

rural

44.

A territory that is created by the union of several nations coming together to form a group

a)

service industries

b)

infrastructure

c)

manufacturing industries

d)

supranational region

45.

The process of increasing connectivity between the world’s societies

a)

globalization

b)

manufacturing industries

c)

supranational region

d)

service industries

46.

The process of increasing connectivity between the world’s societies.

a)

infrastructure

b)

globalization

c)

service industries

d)

supranational region

47.

The economic activities related to the production of goods for sale

a)

service industries

b)

infrastructure

c)

enclave

d)

manufacturing industries

48.

Economic activities related to providing services for sale

a)

infrastructure

b)

manufacturing industries

c)

service industries

d)

globalization

49.

Systems that facilitate communication and transportation in a community

a)

enclave

b)

globalization

c)

environment

d)

infrastructure

50.

A place where many migration routes intersect

a)

permafrost

b)

crossroads

c)

desalinization

d)

border

51.

An area of subsoil that remains frozen

a)

taiga

b)

permafrost

c)

crossroads

d)

border

52.

A coniferous evergreen forest located in subarctic climate regions

a)

taiga

b)

supranational region

c)

crossroads

d)

infrastructure

53.

The belief in one god

a)

monotheism

b)

terrorism

c)

tenets

d)

desalinization

54.

The process of removing salt from seawater

a)

desalinization

b)

globalization

c)

desertification

d)

decolonization

55.

The line that indicates the end of a territory

a)

border

b)

tenets

c)

crossroads

d)

taiga

56.

Using violence or the threat of violence to create fear in an effort to bring about social or political changes..

a)

terrorism

b)

decolonization

c)

desertification

d)

outsourcing

57.

The basic principles adopted by a group

a)

cottage industry

b)

tenets

c)

taiga

d)

crossroads

58.

The practice of growing enough crops to provide for one’s family group

a)

commercial agriculture

b)

subsistence agriculture

c)

outsourcing

d)

decolonization

59.

The production of goods in a small-scale or home setting

a)

monsoon

b)

cottage industry

c)

subcontinent

d)

monarchy

60.

The practice of growing surplus crops to sell for profit

a)

commercial agriculture

b)

subsistence agriculture

c)

desertification

d)

polytheism

61.

The gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land.

a)

outsourcing

b)

decolonization

c)

subsistence agriculture

d)

desertification

62.

The process of ending colonization of a region

a)

outsourcing

b)

cottage industry

c)

decolonization

d)

polytheism

63.

The practice of hiring labor from sources outside of the company or outside of the nation in which the company is located

a)

outsourcing

b)

monsoon

c)

polytheism

d)

monarchy

64.

The seasonal winds that bring moist air in the summer and dry air in the winter across much of southern and eastern Asia

a)

subcontinent

b)

desertification

c)

monsoon

d)

decolonization

65.

A large land mass that is part of a larger continental landmass

a)

subcontinent

b)

city-state

c)

monarchy

d)

tenets

66.

A belief in multiple gods

a)

polytheism

b)

monarchy

c)

terrorism

d)

monotheism

67.

A political system that is based on hereditary passing of power

a)

oligarchy

b)

polytheism

c)

monarchy

d)

terrorism

68.

A smaller, independent political entity that encompasses a city and surrounding area

a)

city-state

b)

atoll

c)

monsoon

d)

tenets

69.

Characterized by a variety of plants and animals

a)

biodiversity

b)

outsourcing

c)

the outback

d)

subcontinent

70.

Islands created from coral

a)

tenets

b)

subcontinent

c)

volcano

d)

atoll

71.

A mountain on the Earth’s surface that periodically erupts sending rock, ash, and lava into the environment

a)

volcano

b)

the outback

c)

subcontinent

d)

city-state

72.

Arid, sparsely populated area in the interior of Australia

a)

desertification

b)

the outback

c)

monsoon

d)

decolonization