Which lake is the world's deepest and biggest fresh water lake? C) Lake Baykal
The annual number of thunderstorms is greatest in which of the following states: C) Florida
What is the study and practice of making maps? C) cartography
On average, how many tornadoes are reported in the United States each year? C) 1200
In order to make a hemisphere map look as if the Earth were being viewed from space, a cartographer uses: C) an orthographic projection
What is permafrost? C) permanently frozen subsurface material
Which of the following mountain ranges was uplifted when India collided with Asia? B) Himalayan Mountains
Competing retailers cluster together in malls and shopping centers to take advantage of: B) agglomeration economies
What Spanish term do meteorologists use to denote a widespread and long-lived windstorm that is associated with a band of rapidly moving thunderstorms? B) derecho
Which of the following statements is true: C) Turks, Persians, and Israelis are not Arab
The Russian exclave between Lithuania and Poland on the Baltic Sea is A) Kaliningrad
Maps that show the shape and elevation of terrain are called – A) topographic maps
Global Climate Change is related to enhanced levels of: B) carbon dioxide
A climatic condition that might benefit Russia in the future is: C) greenhouse effect
The official datum for maps constructed in the United States is: B) North American Datum, 1983
In what year did the deadliest tornado occur in the United States, and what states did that tornado impact? 1925; MO, IL, IN
The _______________ was a 2-way continental interchange of plants, animals, technology and people. C) Columbian exchange
The Tropic of Cancer is an example of a – B) line of latitude
Altitudinal zonation describes how climate changes with: A) elevation
The longest river in Europe is ____________. A) Volga
In the mid-19th Century, the Great Plains gained a reputation as: B) The Great American Desert
Maquiladoras are: D) Foreign-owned factories along the Mexican border
About 2/5 of this country is made up of polder or polder land which was once covered by the sea or lakes or by swaps. This country is: C) Netherlands
The Tri-State Tornado, which occurred on March 18, 1925 and killed nearly 700 people, started in what state? A) Missouri
Who invented the thermometer? Galileo Galilei invented a simple water thermometer in 1593
The method of representing the surface of a sphere on a plane is called: A) map projection
Which of the following would NOT be part of a developing country’s informal economy? D) assembling components for automobiles
What do you call water that remains in the liquid state despite having a temperature of less than 32ºF? B) Supercooled water
Where is the geographical origin of Islam? A) Mecca
Lake effect snows primilary occur on the east side of Lake Michigan because: B) surface winds generally blow most frequently from west-to-east in the mid-latitudes
Most fatalities associated with tornadoes occur in: B) Mobile Homes
What is the term that describes an area where air temperature increases with height in the atmosphere? B) inversion
Latent heat is released into the atmosphere during which of the following processes? C) Condensation
Tobler’s First Law of Geography tells us that the closer things are: A) the more related or similar they are
Which of the following states is the furthest south? C) Hawaii
What do meteorologists call a thunderstorm that a has deep, continuously-rotating updraft? Supercell
All of these countries either now have or once had Communist governments, except: E) Indonesia
This is the largest country in population in Africa. A) Nigeria
Air temperature generally __________ with height in the stratosphere. C) increases
What percentage of the Canadian population lives within 95 miles of the country’s southern border? D) 90%
The name of the West Bank refers to its location west to_________. B) Jordan River
Warm air can hold ________ water vapor compared to an equal amount of colder air. C) more
An eastern US river that is believed to be second oldest river in the world. B) The New
Geodetic measurements from over the past 20 to 30 years reveal that the Earth is becoming: A) more spherical
Hurricanes do not form over the equator because of an absence in this force/effect: C) Coriolis
If a parcel (pocket may be a better choice of words) of air is warmer than the surrounding air, this parcel (pocket) of air will: A) Rise
What city benefited most from the Gold Rush? B) San Francisco
In 1983, President Reagan was almost killed by what weather phenomenon? C) microburst
In which country did Buddhism originate? C) India
The rainbow trout has been transplanted to nearly every continent on the earth from where? B) Western North America
The potato originated from which continent? A) South America
Corn ethanol and biodiesel fuel production plants are optimally located: B) near grain producing regions , because weight is lost in the production of these fuels
Coffee plant originated from________. B) Ethiopia Highlands
CAPE (Convective Available Potential Energy) is a measure of positive buoyancy of an air parcel accumulated from the ________________ to the Equilibrium Level. A) Level of Free Convection
Mercator, Robinson, Orthographic, and Azimuthal are all samples of: A) map projections
To communicate a message effectively most maps need what features? A) a title, a legend, a scale bar, a direction arrow
What is the apparent force associated with the rotation of the Earth and causes the air to deflect to the right in the Northern Hemisphere? A) Coriolis Force
The shape of the Earth is best described as: C) a geoid (or lumpy ellipsoid)
What's the longest distance a person has been picked up by a tornado and lived to tell about it? Matt Suter of Fordland, MO on March 12, 2006 was carried 1307 feet (398 m).
Quinine is derived from the cinchona bark and was used to prevent malaria and allowed European expansion into the African continent. Where did the cinchona bark originate? C) South America
Coptic Christianity is located where? C) Africa
During late afternoon, after a round of thunderstorms, you notice an increase in the winds speed along with an abrupt wind shift from southerly to westerly. What type of front just passed? C) Cold
Most of the people in Oceania live in: A) Australia
DeKalb, Illinois is defined as having a ____________ according to the Koppen Climate Classification system: A) Hot Summer Continental climate
__________ is the household registration system in China that restricts the movement of people from rural to urban areas. B) Hukou
Which region of a jetstreak would result in upper level divergence, thus possible formation of extratropical cyclones? B) Left Exit Region
Timekeeping device that enabled the calculation of longitude. B) The Chronometer
The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986: B) allowed illegal immigrants in the U.S. to legalize their status
Which weather variable decreases from the surface of the earth to the top of the atmosphere? B) pressure
This is the largest Muslim country in the world. C) Indonesia
What is the average annual snowfall in Chicago? B) 38 inches
Los Angeles is characterized by its: A) polynucleated urban area
How hot is lightning? Lightning can reach temperatures approaching 30,000°C (54,000 °F).
The geographic center of North America (Canada, the United States & Mexico) is located: A) in north central Kansas
Maps that show spatial features distorted in proportion to the value of an attribute are called: C) cartogram
The South-to-North Water Diversion Project in China is designed to divert water from the _________ to the north. B) Yangtze River (Chang Jiang)
Approximately 2.3 billion people (1/3) of the 6.9 billion living on earth today are infected with this disease producing organism. B) TB (Tuberculosis)
In the Southern Hemisphere, surface winds circulate _______ around a surface low pressure system. B) clockwise
Weather occurs primarily in what layer of the atmosphere? A) Troposphere
Which statement below describes import substitution industrialization (ISI)? C) manufacturing goods that had been previously imported
Which of the following states in the US has the least percentage of adult obesity? A) Colorado
According to mobile Doppler radar data of the May 3, 1999 Moore Oklahoma tornado, the highest tornado wind speeds may reach: C) 315 mph
Which of the following of the following states is the furthest west? A) Alaska
Geography is called a visual science because: C) everything we talk about in geography can be seen in the world around us
Which of the following of the following states is the furthest east? C) Alaska
Cloudy skies can lead to ________ daytime temperatures and ________ nighttime temperatures. C) lower, higher
The average American produces __ pounds of household garbage per year. D) 1600
Most of the electricity generated in Northern Illinois is from: A) nuclear
Approximately __ % of the global land area is designated as protected from human impact (national parks, wilderness areas, etc.)? B) 5
The gas most responsible for climate change is: E) Carbon dioxide
Americans (who make up 4% of the world's population) use approximately __% of the worlds energy? B) 25
In what part of the world does the tree-line extend the farthest north? A) Siberia
What causes a fjord? A) glacier
Which lake would be considered the headwater of the single drainage system formed by the Great Lakes? C) Superior
What is a meander? C) bend in a river or stream
What is the correct name given to a broad flat-bottomed volcanic crater? D) caldera
Along which country's coast is the world's second largest coral reef located? A) Belize
The formation of algal blooms in waterways is a result of agro-chemicals running off into natural stream and river systems. This process of algal bloom formation from chemical input in known as ________? C) bioaccumulation
The majority of ozone deletion occurs in which layer of the atmosphere? B) stratosphere
The largest earthquake of the 20th century occurred on what continent? B) South America
Large earthquakes are often followed by smaller earthquakes called: C) aftershocks
What natural disasters can earthquakes cause C) tsunamis E) landslides
The major earthquake fault closest to Illinois is the: A) New Madrid fault
What is the official state soil of Illinois? B) Drummer silty clay loam
What charts were developed in cooperation with the U.S. Soil Conservation Service guidelines for classifying colors of various soils? C) Munsell Soil Color Chart
Which of the following countries do not use the Euro as its national currency. C) Switzerland
What city has the largest ethnically Polish population outside of the Polish capital, Warsaw? D) Chicago, US
About 63 percent of the world's production of uranium from mines is from which countries? B) Kazakhstan, Canada and Australia
What state produces the most corn? D) Iowa
What was Americas first transcontinental highway called? A) Lincoln Highway
Which of these food categories is most likely to be produced near major metropolitan areas? B) Dairy
Which country had colonized the largest areas in North America by the late 1700's? C) France
A chart which demonstrates the age profile of a region is known as what? A) Population pyramid
The Earth achieved a population of 1 billion around 1830 C.E. When did the population reach 2 billion? B) 1930
The world's largest city in population is: C) Tokyo
Bangladesh has a population of approximately 160 million living in an area about the size of . . .? B) Iowa
Chicago became a major livestock center largely because of its access to what? C) Railroads
What was responsible for the death of over a quarter of Europe's population between 1347 and 1351? C) Black Death
In 2010, what percentage of the world's population lives in urban areas? B) 51%
In 2010, one African country was among the world's ten most populated countries. How many are expected to be in the Top Ten by 2050? B) Three
