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Geography Competition 2021

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following best describes the difference between climate and weather?

a)

Climate is long-term patterns, weather is short-term patterns

b)

Both climate and weather are long-term patterns

c)

Both climate and weather are long-term patterns

d)

Climate is short-term patterns, weather is long-term patterns

2.

How does plant life impact climate?

a)

It makes climate more unpredictable

b)

It increases temperature but not precipitation

c)

It increases both temperature and precipitation

d)

It has no effect on climate

3.

Which of the following situations would you expect weather to be the warmest?

a)

High latitude, low elevation

b)

Low latitude, high elevation

c)

Low latitude, low elevation

d)

High latitude, high elevation

4.

Which statement is true?

a)

Warm air is dense so it sinks, cold air isn't so it rises

b)

Cold air is dense so it sinks, warm air isn't so it rises

c)

Warm and cold air can randomly rise and sink

d)

Warm and cold air don't move

5.

Select the 2 air circulation cells that rotate in the same direction

a)

Hadley

b)

Ferrel

c)

Polar

6.

Under which air circulation cell would the MOST types of climates be found?

a)

Hadley

b)

Ferrel

c)

Polar

d)

None of the above

7.

Select the 2 types of prevailing winds that blow in the same direction

a)

Tropical Easterlies/Trade Winds

b)

Prevailing Westerlies

c)

Polar Easterlies

8.

Which climate type is most abundant on Earth?

a)

A (Tropical)

b)

B (Dry)

c)

C (Temperate)

d)

D (Continental)

e)

E (Polar)

9.

What do all 3 types of topographic have in common?

a)

Have color

b)

Color-coded based on actual topography

c)

Show elevation

d)

Color-coded based on elevation

10.

In Cairo, IL, the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers merge, this is called what?

a)

Delta/mouth/estuary

b)

Brook

c)

Creek

d)

Confluence

11.

How does water vapor (humidity) stabilize temperature?

a)

Water vapor temperature is easy to change

b)

Water vapor temperature is not easy to change

c)

None of the above

12.

Which continent is home to the world's longest river?

a)

The Americas

b)

Oceania

c)

Africa

d)

Asia

e)

Europe

13.

Which of the following would best describe countries like Indonesia and the Philippines?

a)

Islands

b)

Isthmi

c)

Archipelagoes

d)

Peninsulas

14.

Which type of island is the most common in the world?

a)

Oceanic

b)

Tidal

c)

Barrier

d)

Continental

15.

Which ocean is the world's largest?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Southern

d)

Indian

e)

Arctic

16.

Excluding Australia and Antarctica, which continent hosts the world's largest island?

a)

N. America

b)

S. America

c)

Africa

d)

Asia

e)

Europe

17.

What is the minimum height for a mountain?

a)

500 ft.

b)

1000 ft.

c)

1500 ft.

d)

2000 ft.

18.

Which type of map projection is used for navigation?

a)

Peters

b)

Mercator

c)

Mollweide

d)

Any of the above

19.

Which of the following would the Kurds be?

a)

Nation-state

b)

Multistate nation

c)

Multination state

d)

Stateless nation

20.

Which of the following would the Arabs be?

a)

Nation-state

b)

Multistate nation

c)

Multination state

d)

Stateless nation

21.

Which of the following would the former Soviet Union be?

a)

Nation-state

b)

Multistate nation

c)

Multination state

d)

Stateless nation

22.

What type of boundary dispute would occur when a river keeps changing course?

a)

Defintional

b)

Operation

c)

Locational

d)

Allocational

23.

Nakhchivan (yellow) is part of Azerbaijan bordering Armenia and Iran. Is it an enclave or exclave?

a)

Enclave

b)

Exclave

c)

Either

d)

Neither

24.

What type of population would students in a class be?

a)

Finite

b)

Existent

c)

Hypothetical

d)

Uncountable

25.

The number of crops on a farm would be what type of population?

a)

Finite

b)

Existent

c)

Hypothetical

d)

Uncountable

26.

Populations with a high count of young and elderly would be what?

a)

Expansive

b)

Constrictive

c)

Stationary

27.

Populations with a high number of young and low number of elderly would be what?

a)

Expansive

b)

Constrictive

c)

Stationary

28.

What is the population density if the population is 78M and the area is 13K sq. mi.?

a)

6 people / sq mi.

b)

600 people / sq mi.

c)

60 people / sq mi.

d)

6000 people / sq mi.

29.

A declining NIR does what?

a)

Slows fertility rate

b)

Slows population growth rate

c)

Increases population growth rate

d)

Increases fertility rate

30.

Select all which DIRECTLY increase as a result of higher fertility rates

a)

NIR

b)

CBR

c)

CDR

31.

A country's GDP is $3T with a population of 100M, what is the GDP per capita?

a)

$3000

b)

$30000

c)

$300

d)

$300000

32.

Which type of population density shows how many people an area can support?

a)

Arithmetic

b)

Physiological

c)

Agricultural

33.

Refugees leaving Syria would be an example of what?

a)

Migration

b)

Emigration

c)

Immigration

34.

Burmese people permanently settling in Bangladesh would be an example of what?

a)

Migration

b)

Emigration

c)

Immigration

35.

Tiebreaker: If given two currencies, how is the stronger currency determined?

a)

More units = stronger PPP

b)

Fewer units = stronger PPP

c)

Units of currency are irrelevant