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What device on a map is What device on a map is used to determine used to determine orientation?orientation?

Compass RoseCompass Rose

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What type of map projection What type of map projection is used by ship navigators?is used by ship navigators?

MercatorMercator

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What is used to determine What is used to determine absolute location on a map?absolute location on a map?

Latitude and Latitude and Longitude LinesLongitude Lines

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What is another What is another name for lines name for lines of latitude?of latitude?

ParallelsParallels

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What type of map projection What type of map projection is circular and oriented on is circular and oriented on the poles?the poles?

PolarPolar

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What two characteristics What two characteristics are used to define climate are used to define climate regions?regions?

Temperature and Temperature and PrecipitationPrecipitation

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What vegetation region has What vegetation region has very little plant life very little plant life because of a lack of rain?because of a lack of rain?

DesertDesert

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What weather phenomena is What weather phenomena is most common in South Asia?most common in South Asia?

MonsoonsMonsoons

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Where and why was the Aswan Where and why was the Aswan High Dam built?High Dam built?

Must give country and name Must give country and name of riverof river

Nile River, EgyptNile River, EgyptIt was built to It was built to stop the annual stop the annual flooding of the flooding of the riverriver

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What happened at Chernobyl What happened at Chernobyl in the 1980s?in the 1980s?

A nuclear power A nuclear power plant exploded plant exploded causing nuclear causing nuclear pollutionpollution

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What Canadian province is What Canadian province is known for its French known for its French heritage?heritage?

QuebecQuebec

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What religion are most What religion are most people in India?people in India?

HinduHindu

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What two cultural What two cultural characteristics unify most characteristics unify most of Hispanic America?of Hispanic America?

Give the language and Give the language and religionreligion

Spanish and the Spanish and the Roman Catholic Roman Catholic religionreligion

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What three religions claim What three religions claim Jerusalem as their Jerusalem as their religious heritage site?religious heritage site?

Judaism, Judaism, Christianity, and Christianity, and IslamIslam

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The region of Kashmir has The region of Kashmir has created conflict between created conflict between which two religious groups?which two religious groups?

Hindus and MuslimsHindus and Muslims

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When humans cut down too When humans cut down too many trees it is calledmany trees it is called

DeforestationDeforestation

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What are polders?What are polders?

Areas of Areas of reclaimed land reclaimed land from the seafrom the sea

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How has the automobile How has the automobile impacted the physical impacted the physical environment?environment?

Led to Led to construction of construction of roads and roads and increased increased deforestationdeforestation

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Why is the Aral Sea less Why is the Aral Sea less than half its original than half its original size?size?

Water diversion, Water diversion, over irrigationover irrigation

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Why do people living in Why do people living in desert regions have roofs desert regions have roofs made of light colored made of light colored materials?materials?

They reflect the They reflect the sunlight and sunlight and make the house make the house coolercooler

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What are mental maps?What are mental maps?

Maps in your Maps in your head that are head that are used for daily used for daily activities and to activities and to give directionsgive directions

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What weather phenomena is What weather phenomena is most common in the central most common in the central United States?United States?

TornadoesTornadoes

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What is the process by What is the process by which arable land is which arable land is converted into desert by converted into desert by natural or human natural or human activities?activities?

DesertificationDesertification

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What cultural elements What cultural elements unite the people in the unite the people in the League of Arab states?League of Arab states?

Provide major language and Provide major language and religionreligion

People speak People speak Arabic and they Arabic and they are Muslimsare Muslims

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Describe the ethnicity Describe the ethnicity patterns of the United patterns of the United States, Switzerland, and States, Switzerland, and Japan.Japan.

The U.S. and Switzerland have The U.S. and Switzerland have many different ethnic groups many different ethnic groups while Japan has one major while Japan has one major ethnic group.ethnic group.

Final JeopardyFinal Jeopardy In what religion In what religion do people make a do people make a yearly pilgrimage yearly pilgrimage to a city called to a city called Mecca?Mecca?

IslamIslam