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Intro Quiz
Global Geography 12
Good Luck!!!
1) Immigrants are
usually a burden
on the host
country.
True/False
2) What four
countries in
Europe are
islands?
3) How many
continents are
there in the world?
4) Educated
women tend to
have fewer
children.
True/False
5) There is always
the same quantity
of water on earth
T/F – true (water
cycle)
6) What are the
two most populous
cities in North
America?
7) What does
Canada mean in
Iroquois?
8) Which country
will have the most
people (1 601 004
572) in 2050?
9) Most impoverished
countries are in the
southern
hemisphere.
True/False
10) Where is the
driest place in the
world?
11) What percent
of the world’s
population lives on
the continent of
Asia?
12) What is the
smallest country in
the world?
13) What is the
largest desert in
the world?
14) What percent
of the earth’s
surface is covered
by water?
15) This treatable
disease, transmitted
by mosquitoes,
causes approx. 1
million deaths a year.
16) Which country
has the world’s
longest coastline?
17) Which country
has the world’s
largest Muslim
population?
18) Oil is a
renewable natural
resource.
True/False
19) What is a
tariff?
20) Most acid rain
is produced by
More Developed
Countries (MDC’s).
Why?
21) The combination of
decades of drought,
desertification and
overpopulation are
among the causes of
this recent conflict in
_______.
22) The world cannot
produce enough
food for its growing
population.
True/False
23) Name given to
movement that
allows farmers a
living wage
24) What is the
highest mountain
in the world?
25) Technology has
helped man to
exploit more natural
resources.
True/False
26) What is the
average
temperature
increase around the
world because of
global warming?
27) The Agricultural
Revolution was a
major factor that
helped to bring about
urbanization.
True/False
28) The GDP of the 41
Heavily Indebted Poor
Countries (567 million
people) is LESS than the
wealth of the world’s
_____ richest people
combined.
29) How many
people worldwide
are living with
HIV/AIDS?
30) How many
spheres is the
Earth made up of?
BONUS
Who came up with
the term “Global
Village”?