Global Culture and Tourism Geography Pt.1
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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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