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Global Culture and Tourism Geography Pt.1

Global Culture and Tourism Geography Pt.1
100問 • 2年前
  • Ella Pacudan
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    問題一覧

  • 1

    The term geography comes to us from the ancient ____.

    Greek

  • 2

    geo means earth, while graphy means

    to write

  • 3

    The Greek word of geography.

    Geographia

  • 4

    Is the science of space and place.

    Geography

  • 5

    Is the primary concern of Physical geograpers.

    Natural environment

  • 6

    It study the Earth's seasons, climate, atmosphere, soil, streams, landforms and oceans.

    Physical geographers

  • 7

    It is concerned with the distribution and networks of people and culture on Earth's surface.

    Human geography

  • 8

    It study how political, social and economic systems are organized across geographical space.

    Human geographers

  • 9

    It consists of the sun, planets including our planet known as Earth.

    Solar system

  • 10

    It is the source of solar radiation or sunlight that allows life to exist on earth.

    Sun

  • 11

    The only place that can conceivably support human life, and the one and only place we now that does.

    Earth

  • 12

    Every member of the solar system orbits around the sun and such an orbit is called.

    Revolution

  • 13

    A revolution is also called a ____.

    Year

  • 14

    How many days that the earth takes to revolve around the sun.

    365 1/4 days

  • 15

    The revolution during a year brings the earth its _____.

    Seasons

  • 16

    To complete this, the earth takes 24 hrs or one day.

    Rotation

  • 17

    The spinning of earth on its axis causes

    Daytime and nighttime

  • 18

    What year an international system was set up to standardized time measurement.

    1883

  • 19

    The earth is divided into 24 equal segments called ____.

    Zones

  • 20

    Each day is born at the 180th meridian or called

    International Date Line

  • 21

    It provides the only graphic representation of the earth without significant distortion or inaccuracy in shape, direction or relative size.

    Terrestrial globe

  • 22

    Is a model of the celestial sphere intended primarily to show the positions of the stars.

    Celestial globe

  • 23

    One set of 24 imaginary lines measures the distance between west and east.

    The Meridians

  • 24

    Longitude lines are measured in ____.

    degrees

  • 25

    Mapmakers assigned a line of reference to begin, they called that as the _____.

    Prime Meridian

  • 26

    The lines on the globe that intersect the meridians at right angles running from west to east.

    The Parallels

  • 27

    Halfway between the North the North Pole and the South Pole is an imaginary latitude line called the _____.

    Equator

  • 28

    From equator going up is the _____.

    Northern Hemisphere

  • 29

    From equator going down is the _____.

    Southern Hemisphere

  • 30

    Assigned with special names for specific purposes.

    Special Latitude Lines

  • 31

    Located North of equator, marks the northernmost limit of the sun's direct vertical rays (June 23) known as the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere.

    Tropic of Cancer

  • 32

    Located South of equator, marks the southernmost limit of the sun's intense vertical, a condition that occurs on December 22 making the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere.

    Tropic of Capricorn

  • 33

    The Northern Frigid Zone of the eartha nd marks the limit of the sun's tangential rays in the Northern Hemisphere (June 22).

    Arctic Circle

  • 34

    The Southern Frigid Zone of the earth and marks the limit of the sun's tangential rays in the Southern Hemisphere (December 22).

    Antarctic Circle

  • 35

    The intersection of longitude and latitude lines on the globe or map is called the ____.

    Grid

  • 36

    The grid system was devised and used to locate places on the face on the earth in terms of their _____.

    Absolute locations

  • 37

    The biggest landmasses on Earth.

    Europe, Asia and Africa

  • 38

    Is another landmass broken by the Panama canal.

    North and South America

  • 39

    This ice covered landmass is 13,000,000 square miles.

    Antarctica

  • 40

    This is the smallest continent and landmass at the same time with 3,000,000 square miles.

    Australia

  • 41

    Are comparatively low level areas lying relatively close to the sea level.

    Plains

  • 42

    Are sometimes called "plains up in the air".

    Plateaus

  • 43

    Are landforms that have high altitudes, relatively high locals relief, long slopes and small summit areas.

    Mountains

  • 44

    Not as high as the mountains but in a loose sense they can be called miniature mountains.

    Hills

  • 45

    Elongated depression usually with an outlet between a range of hills.

    Valleys

  • 46

    A tract of land, large or small, nearly surrounded by water.

    Peninsula

  • 47

    Alluvial plains that streams have built at their mouths and in ponded water.

    Deltas

  • 48

    A piece of land jutting into the seas, a headland or a promontory.

    Cape

  • 49

    A perpendicular or steep rock of considerable height.

    Cliff

  • 50

    A narrow land connection between two large expanses of land.

    Isthmus

  • 51

    a U-shaped valley that leads to the sea and that appears to be submerged in this lower position.

    Fjord

  • 52

    A dry, barren region, usually treeless and sandy.

    Desert

  • 53

    A treeless plain that is characteristic of Arctic and sub-Arctic regions, usually covered with ice or snow.

    Tundra

  • 54

    Opening in the earth's surface giving out smoke, steam, ashes or molten rocks.

    Volcano

  • 55

    The largest body of water.

    Pacific Ocean

  • 56

    Filling the gap between the eastern coasts of Americas and western coast of Europe and Africa.

    Atlantic Ocean

  • 57

    Lies between Africa, Asia and Australia, it is nearly as large as the Atlantic ocean.

    Indian Ocean

  • 58

    Found in the North Pole region.

    Arctic Ocean

  • 59

    A narrow water connection between two larger bodies of water.

    Strait

  • 60

    An inlet of the sea which is relatively deep.

    Gulf

  • 61

    An indentation of the sea into land especially one with a wide opening or greater in width than in depth.

    Bay

  • 62

    A natural stream of water flowing regularly or intermittently over a bed, usually in a valley, towards the sea, lake or inland depression.

    River

  • 63

    A body of water entirely surrounded by land.

    Lake

  • 64

    A part of a river where the current moves very swiftly over large rocks.

    Rapids

  • 65

    A flow of water from the ground which is the source of stream.

    Spring

  • 66

    A body of water which descends by force of gravity.

    Falls

  • 67

    Highest Mountain

    Mount Everest

  • 68

    Lowest Point on Land

    The Dead Sea

  • 69

    Deepest Underwater Trench

    Mariana Trench

  • 70

    Largest Sea

    Mediterranean Sea

  • 71

    Highest Lake

    Lake Titicaca

  • 72

    Largest Lake

    Caspian sea

  • 73

    Largest Freshwater Lake

    Lake Superior

  • 74

    Deepest ocean

    Pacific Ocean

  • 75

    Largest Gulf

    Gulf of Mexico

  • 76

    Largest Bay

    Bay of Bengal

  • 77

    Largest Island

    Greenland

  • 78

    Largest Peninsula

    Arabia

  • 79

    Largest Archipelago

    Indonesia

  • 80

    Longest Mountain Range

    Andres of South America

  • 81

    Largest Lagoon

    Lagoa dos Patos

  • 82

    Longest River

    Nile

  • 83

    Largest River

    Amazon

  • 84

    Longest Estuary

    Ob River

  • 85

    Highest Waterfall

    Angel Falls

  • 86

    Is the local and temporary condition in the air. Heat, moisture, and the wind in different combinations produce the different atmospheric conditions.

    Weather

  • 87

    Associated with place. It inudes the daily, seasonal and yearly variations in the weather.

    Climate

  • 88

    Is a large unbroken landmass completely surrounded by water.

    Continent

  • 89

    Is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere.

    North America

  • 90

    Popularly known as Latin America.

    South America

  • 91

    Have always been among the best places to live.

    Europe

  • 92

    The world's second largest and second most populous continent.

    Africa

  • 93

    The Earth's largest and most populous continent.

    Asia

  • 94

    Is the smallest in land area and the second smallest in population after Antarctica.

    Australia and Oceania

  • 95

    The world's highest, driest, windiest, coldest and iciest continent.

    Antarctica

  • 96

    A travel document issued by a country's government to its citizens that verifies the identity and nationality of the holder for the purpose of international travel.

    Passport

  • 97

    The first mention of a passport is in the Bible's book of ______ from approximately 450 BC.

    Nehemiah

  • 98

    A conditional authorization granted by a country/territory to a foreigner, allowing them to enter remain within, or to leave that country/territory.

    Visa

  • 99

    For how long must a Passport be valid when I travel?

    at least six months

  • 100

    The most common color. Are often chosen by countries with a historical or current communist system.

    Red

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    問題一覧

  • 1

    The term geography comes to us from the ancient ____.

    Greek

  • 2

    geo means earth, while graphy means

    to write

  • 3

    The Greek word of geography.

    Geographia

  • 4

    Is the science of space and place.

    Geography

  • 5

    Is the primary concern of Physical geograpers.

    Natural environment

  • 6

    It study the Earth's seasons, climate, atmosphere, soil, streams, landforms and oceans.

    Physical geographers

  • 7

    It is concerned with the distribution and networks of people and culture on Earth's surface.

    Human geography

  • 8

    It study how political, social and economic systems are organized across geographical space.

    Human geographers

  • 9

    It consists of the sun, planets including our planet known as Earth.

    Solar system

  • 10

    It is the source of solar radiation or sunlight that allows life to exist on earth.

    Sun

  • 11

    The only place that can conceivably support human life, and the one and only place we now that does.

    Earth

  • 12

    Every member of the solar system orbits around the sun and such an orbit is called.

    Revolution

  • 13

    A revolution is also called a ____.

    Year

  • 14

    How many days that the earth takes to revolve around the sun.

    365 1/4 days

  • 15

    The revolution during a year brings the earth its _____.

    Seasons

  • 16

    To complete this, the earth takes 24 hrs or one day.

    Rotation

  • 17

    The spinning of earth on its axis causes

    Daytime and nighttime

  • 18

    What year an international system was set up to standardized time measurement.

    1883

  • 19

    The earth is divided into 24 equal segments called ____.

    Zones

  • 20

    Each day is born at the 180th meridian or called

    International Date Line

  • 21

    It provides the only graphic representation of the earth without significant distortion or inaccuracy in shape, direction or relative size.

    Terrestrial globe

  • 22

    Is a model of the celestial sphere intended primarily to show the positions of the stars.

    Celestial globe

  • 23

    One set of 24 imaginary lines measures the distance between west and east.

    The Meridians

  • 24

    Longitude lines are measured in ____.

    degrees

  • 25

    Mapmakers assigned a line of reference to begin, they called that as the _____.

    Prime Meridian

  • 26

    The lines on the globe that intersect the meridians at right angles running from west to east.

    The Parallels

  • 27

    Halfway between the North the North Pole and the South Pole is an imaginary latitude line called the _____.

    Equator

  • 28

    From equator going up is the _____.

    Northern Hemisphere

  • 29

    From equator going down is the _____.

    Southern Hemisphere

  • 30

    Assigned with special names for specific purposes.

    Special Latitude Lines

  • 31

    Located North of equator, marks the northernmost limit of the sun's direct vertical rays (June 23) known as the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere.

    Tropic of Cancer

  • 32

    Located South of equator, marks the southernmost limit of the sun's intense vertical, a condition that occurs on December 22 making the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere.

    Tropic of Capricorn

  • 33

    The Northern Frigid Zone of the eartha nd marks the limit of the sun's tangential rays in the Northern Hemisphere (June 22).

    Arctic Circle

  • 34

    The Southern Frigid Zone of the earth and marks the limit of the sun's tangential rays in the Southern Hemisphere (December 22).

    Antarctic Circle

  • 35

    The intersection of longitude and latitude lines on the globe or map is called the ____.

    Grid

  • 36

    The grid system was devised and used to locate places on the face on the earth in terms of their _____.

    Absolute locations

  • 37

    The biggest landmasses on Earth.

    Europe, Asia and Africa

  • 38

    Is another landmass broken by the Panama canal.

    North and South America

  • 39

    This ice covered landmass is 13,000,000 square miles.

    Antarctica

  • 40

    This is the smallest continent and landmass at the same time with 3,000,000 square miles.

    Australia

  • 41

    Are comparatively low level areas lying relatively close to the sea level.

    Plains

  • 42

    Are sometimes called "plains up in the air".

    Plateaus

  • 43

    Are landforms that have high altitudes, relatively high locals relief, long slopes and small summit areas.

    Mountains

  • 44

    Not as high as the mountains but in a loose sense they can be called miniature mountains.

    Hills

  • 45

    Elongated depression usually with an outlet between a range of hills.

    Valleys

  • 46

    A tract of land, large or small, nearly surrounded by water.

    Peninsula

  • 47

    Alluvial plains that streams have built at their mouths and in ponded water.

    Deltas

  • 48

    A piece of land jutting into the seas, a headland or a promontory.

    Cape

  • 49

    A perpendicular or steep rock of considerable height.

    Cliff

  • 50

    A narrow land connection between two large expanses of land.

    Isthmus

  • 51

    a U-shaped valley that leads to the sea and that appears to be submerged in this lower position.

    Fjord

  • 52

    A dry, barren region, usually treeless and sandy.

    Desert

  • 53

    A treeless plain that is characteristic of Arctic and sub-Arctic regions, usually covered with ice or snow.

    Tundra

  • 54

    Opening in the earth's surface giving out smoke, steam, ashes or molten rocks.

    Volcano

  • 55

    The largest body of water.

    Pacific Ocean

  • 56

    Filling the gap between the eastern coasts of Americas and western coast of Europe and Africa.

    Atlantic Ocean

  • 57

    Lies between Africa, Asia and Australia, it is nearly as large as the Atlantic ocean.

    Indian Ocean

  • 58

    Found in the North Pole region.

    Arctic Ocean

  • 59

    A narrow water connection between two larger bodies of water.

    Strait

  • 60

    An inlet of the sea which is relatively deep.

    Gulf

  • 61

    An indentation of the sea into land especially one with a wide opening or greater in width than in depth.

    Bay

  • 62

    A natural stream of water flowing regularly or intermittently over a bed, usually in a valley, towards the sea, lake or inland depression.

    River

  • 63

    A body of water entirely surrounded by land.

    Lake

  • 64

    A part of a river where the current moves very swiftly over large rocks.

    Rapids

  • 65

    A flow of water from the ground which is the source of stream.

    Spring

  • 66

    A body of water which descends by force of gravity.

    Falls

  • 67

    Highest Mountain

    Mount Everest

  • 68

    Lowest Point on Land

    The Dead Sea

  • 69

    Deepest Underwater Trench

    Mariana Trench

  • 70

    Largest Sea

    Mediterranean Sea

  • 71

    Highest Lake

    Lake Titicaca

  • 72

    Largest Lake

    Caspian sea

  • 73

    Largest Freshwater Lake

    Lake Superior

  • 74

    Deepest ocean

    Pacific Ocean

  • 75

    Largest Gulf

    Gulf of Mexico

  • 76

    Largest Bay

    Bay of Bengal

  • 77

    Largest Island

    Greenland

  • 78

    Largest Peninsula

    Arabia

  • 79

    Largest Archipelago

    Indonesia

  • 80

    Longest Mountain Range

    Andres of South America

  • 81

    Largest Lagoon

    Lagoa dos Patos

  • 82

    Longest River

    Nile

  • 83

    Largest River

    Amazon

  • 84

    Longest Estuary

    Ob River

  • 85

    Highest Waterfall

    Angel Falls

  • 86

    Is the local and temporary condition in the air. Heat, moisture, and the wind in different combinations produce the different atmospheric conditions.

    Weather

  • 87

    Associated with place. It inudes the daily, seasonal and yearly variations in the weather.

    Climate

  • 88

    Is a large unbroken landmass completely surrounded by water.

    Continent

  • 89

    Is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere.

    North America

  • 90

    Popularly known as Latin America.

    South America

  • 91

    Have always been among the best places to live.

    Europe

  • 92

    The world's second largest and second most populous continent.

    Africa

  • 93

    The Earth's largest and most populous continent.

    Asia

  • 94

    Is the smallest in land area and the second smallest in population after Antarctica.

    Australia and Oceania

  • 95

    The world's highest, driest, windiest, coldest and iciest continent.

    Antarctica

  • 96

    A travel document issued by a country's government to its citizens that verifies the identity and nationality of the holder for the purpose of international travel.

    Passport

  • 97

    The first mention of a passport is in the Bible's book of ______ from approximately 450 BC.

    Nehemiah

  • 98

    A conditional authorization granted by a country/territory to a foreigner, allowing them to enter remain within, or to leave that country/territory.

    Visa

  • 99

    For how long must a Passport be valid when I travel?

    at least six months

  • 100

    The most common color. Are often chosen by countries with a historical or current communist system.

    Red