11BFreeGeographyK – March 1, 2011
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The Earth is not a sphere, because it bulges at what hemisphere? A. Southern Hemisphere The Tropic of Capricorn passes through which landlocked country of South America? A. Paraguay Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, lies on which coast of the Caspian Sea? A. West
A. Gulf of Valencia
A. Geographic Information Systems What tropic line runs through China, India, Oman, and Mexico? A. Tropic of Cancer Check out geographybeeprepseries.com The flow of what river severed Trinidad from the coast of South America? A. Orinoco River The South Shetland Islands lie between the Antarctic Peninsula and what continent? Most of the world’s deadliest earthquakes have occurred in what country? A. China (or People’s Republic of China) What type of landform are the following: barrier, continental, and oceanic? A. Islands The Cyclades are islands belonging to which country of Europe? A. Greece Phang Nga Bay lies along the southwest coast of which Asian country? A. Thailand A valley glacier is one of two types of glaciers; name the other? A. Alpine glacier Most of the oldest rocks on Earth are of what type? A. Metamorphic What kind of islands is separated from the seashore by a sound or a channel? A. Barrier Which English city was set in 1884 as the prime meridian by an International Resolution? A. Greenwich Which unmanned scientific satellites have produced continuously remote-sensing data of the Earth since 1922? A. Landsat What process caused the formation of the Earth’s crust over four billion years ago? A. Plate tectonics The December 26, 2004, tsunami occurred off the coast of what major island of Indonesia? A. Sumatra What body of water connects the Gulf of Oman to the Persian Gulf? A. Strait of Hormuz The Rappahannock River meanders through the Blue Ridge Mountains on its way to empty into what body of water? A. Chesapeake Bay Louisbourg National Historical Park lies on which Canadian island? Which country lies farthest north: Finland, Norway, or Sweden? A. Norway What body of water separates Baffin Island from the province of Quebec? A. Hudson Strait The Kailao is a Wallisian dance brought to what country of Africa? A. Tonga
A. Tropic of Capricorn
A. Indonesia Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial lies on Put-in-Bay at South Bass Island just north of which U.S. state? A. Ohio
The Detroit River connects Lake Erie with what lake on the Canadian-United States border? A. Lake St. Clair Kansas, New Mexico, Texas, and which other U.S. state surround the panhandle of Oklahoma? A. Colorado Ellesmere Island, Canada, is part of which territory? A. Nunavut Clingman’s Dome is a 6,643-foot mountain that lies on the border between North Carolina and which U.S. state? A. North Carolina What body of water separates Prince Edward Island from mainland Canada? A. Northumberland Strait Which landlocked country lies south of Chad on the African continent? A. Central African Republic Which seasonal adjustments in wind and temperature in the eastern Pacific Ocean causes a poor Atlantic hurricane season? A. El Nino Which country has experienced the world’s six most deadly floods? A. China (or People’s Republic of China) What intense activity on the sun causes an active night display of the aurora borealis? A. Solar wind What underwater mountain chain stretches for more than 40,000 miles around the Earth? A. Mid-Ocean Ridge (or Mid Oceanic-Ridge) What causes the winds to deflect to the right in the northern hemisphere? A. Coriolis effect Which state is NOT touched by the Mississippi River: Louisiana or Alabama? A. Alabama Which country lies farther north: Paraguay or Uruguay? A. Paraguay Name the warm surface current originating in the Caribbean Sea that flow up the eastern coast of the United States. A. Gulf Stream Panch Pokari is a series of three lakes found on what mountain? A. Mount Everest After the Caspian Sea, the world’s next three largest lakes are found in what system? A. Great Lakes Most icebergs in the Northern Hemisphere come from glaciers of what entity? A. Greenland Which region has an ozone hole over it the size of North America? A. Antarctica True or False Most cyclones, hurricanes, and typhoons develop above the equator. A. True
A. South America After Alfred Wegener, Christopher Scotese developed a super continent configuration that will form in the next 250 million years called what? A. Pangaea Ultima Which river of Russia flows north into the Laptev Sea? A. Lena River Jackson Hole is located in the Grand Teton National Park in which U.S. state? A. Wyoming What region is disputed by China, India, and Pakistan? A. Kashmir The Gulf of Mexico currents wash the shores of Sanibel Island belonging to which U.S. state? A. Florida The Reichstag renovation of the parliament building occurred in which German city in the late 20th-century? A. Berlin What body of water separates Hong Kong Island from the Kowloon Peninsula? A. Victoria Harbour What is the largest and most celebrated temple on the acropolis of Athens? A. Parthenon Directory: uploads uploads -> 587 Return function, r i(X) r i(0) r i(1) r i(2) r i(3) 1 0 2 4 6 Thermal Station, I 2 0 1 5 6 3 0 3 5 6 10 uploads -> Department of science and humanities department of mathematics part-a questions and answers uploads -> The Case Against the nypd’s Quota-Driven ‘Broken Windows’ Policing What Is It? uploads -> For want of a nail uploads -> Ownership Models There are two different types of ownership models uploads -> Police Militarization uploads -> City of rising star regular meting thursday, july 14, 2016 uploads -> Township of winfield uploads -> Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act of 2014 uploads -> The Black Panther Party’s Ten-Point Program What We Want Now! Download 15.17 Kb. Share with your friends:
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