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| Detailed land features are referred to as |
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| Art of mapmaking is called |
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| Rather than indicating points on a map by referring to feet, mapmakers use |
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| Between each line of latitude are 60 subdivisions known as |
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| The lines that run north and south around a globe are called |
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| Each of the complete lines that run north and south around the globe forms a |
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| An effective way to learn to use the geographic grid is the game called |
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| Any method used to show the earth's round surface on a flat map is called a |
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| The main problem with any flat map is |
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| A typical globe is covered by 12 strips of paper called |
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| Each of the following is a type of map projection except: Mercator's, conic, serendipital, or azimuthal |
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| If one wants to learn details about the natural features of an area, he should consult a |
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| To determine the distance between two places on a map, one should look for the map's |
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| Christians generally believe that the earth's features were altered dramatically by a great |
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| Every variation in the landscape is called a |
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| When mountains appear together, such as the Rocky Mountains, the formation is called a |
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| Wide areas of level land are called |
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| Nutrient- rich soil deposited by rivers is called |
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| Wide are of flat land that rise abruptly above surrounding land are |
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| A river and all its tributaries are called a |
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| The longest river in the U.S. is the |
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| The amount of water that flows from a river is called its |
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| The total area from which a river and its tributaries get their water is the |
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| A sheltered body of deep water next to the shore is called a |
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| Areas of stagnant water are collectively known as |
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| Spongy areas of land that look dry but are covered with wet organic materials are called |
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| Areas of visible standing water with small vegetation that has its roots submerged in the water are |
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| The most prominent of the ten major language families is the |
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| The language with the most speakers is |
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| The lingua franca of the world today is |
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| The 2 main languages used in the documents of the United Nations are |
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| Countries with dictatorial governments that force the people to worship the dictator are said to be |
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| A large group of people with a common history and language who have developed a strong sense of identity is called a |
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| A group of people comprising a nation who have established their own government is called a |
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| Mountain ranges and rivers are examples of geographic features that often form |
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| Records of births, deaths, marriages, and divorces are called |
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| Number of years a person can expected to live is called the |
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| The average number of people living per square mile of land is called |
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| Land that can be used to grow crops is said to be |
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| The man who proposed in 1798 the erroneous theory that the land could not continue to supply enough food for the growing population |
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| A society that has no government and in which every person does pleases them |
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| A states strategy or set of guiding principles for dealing with other states is called its |
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| Largest island in Europe is |
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| Which is the largest city in Western Europe? |
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| What religion dominates the Republic of Ireland |
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| What two countries share the Scandinavian Peninsula |
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| The largest city in Scandinavia |
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| The north atlantic drift brings |
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| Countries in the south and west of Europe are mainly |
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| The longest river in France is the |
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| The Canal du Midi, which links the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, is connected to what French river? |
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| The Central Upland refers to |
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| the system of hilly plateaus in southern Germany and France |
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| self governing districts in Switzerland |
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| What Italian city, the second largest in the country, is a banking center in the Po River Valley |
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| Is Andorra a ministate near Italy? |
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| An area of political uncertainty, constant tension, and frequent changes in political boundaries often called |
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| The leader of Solidarity who later became the first president of free Poland was |
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| The largest city in Poland |
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| The Danube River flows though a break in the Carpathian Mountains called the |
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| Because of the long influence of the Soviet Union in Latvia, many Latvians still speak Russian, which uses an alphabet known as |
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| The dominant mountain system in the Eastern Europe is the |
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| The swift and peaceful overthrow of Communism in Czechoslovakia was called the |
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| To give the people a direct stake in the economy the government did |
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| The tendency of a region made up of a large number of ethnically and religiously diverse minorities to break into many small hostile countries called |
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| U.S. president that got the leaders of the warring Croats, Serbs, an Bosniaks to agree to a peace settlement |
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| Whereas most people of the Carpathians are Roman Catholic, the people of Romania are |
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| The poor_____ of the Communists hinder many economies |
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| What fraction of the world's land area does Russia cover? |
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| Another name for Russia during the Communist era |
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| The russian ruler responsible for reforms that lead to the fall of the Soviet Union |
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| Instead of a V.P, Russia's executive branch has a |
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| Legislative branch of Russia |
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| Second largest city in Russia is |
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| What Russian city is considered to be the first |
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| Which russian city was known as Stalingrad |
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| The second most important river in Russia is the |
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| Vast grasslands of russia are called |
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| Break away republic that caused Russia problems since 1991 is |
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| What are the great coniferous forests in Siberia called |
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