1. The dominant economic activity in venezuela's lake maracaibo lowland is ___________.
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Oil production.
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2. The climate of ________ is dominated by the westerly wind belt.
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New Zealand
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3. The information economy mostly embodies the ____________ sector of a nations economy.
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Quaternary
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4. Europe's unofficial lingua franca (common language) today is ____________.
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English
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5. Europe is home to approximately ________ muslims.
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15-20 million
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6. China's current population is closest to _______________.
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1.4 billion
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7. Southeast asian physiography is dominated by _____________.
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High relief
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8. In 2008, gas and oil accounted for roughly ________ of russia's export earnings.
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Two-thirds
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9. When the ayatollahs took power, they demanded that _____.
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The gap between rich and poor be narrowed
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10. The transcaucasian transition zone includes all of the following except ___________.
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Kyrgyzstan
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11. Russias territorial size is such that it encompasses ___ time zones.
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9
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12. Colombian criminal organizations have _____________ organizational structures.
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Bureaucratic
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13. Uzbekistan is situated between _________ to the north and __________ to the south.
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Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan
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14. Earth probably formed _____ years ago, and the first life evolved as early as _____ years ago
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4.5 billion years ago ... 3.9 billion years ago
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15. Diaspora is defined as the spatial ________ of a previously homogeneous group.
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Dispersion.
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16. Cultural differences between roman catholics and byzantine christians contributed to the _____.
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Great Schism
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17. Crustal movements of various kinds in the earth's crust is collectively called ________ activity.
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Tectonic
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18. The ussrs economic policies _______ income inequality and _______ living standards.
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Reduced, lowered
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19. The russian port of ______ is kept open year-round by warm water from the north atlantic.
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Murmansk
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20. The physiologic density of india is ________ the arithmetic population density.
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-greater than
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21. Soil erosion in haiti is caused largely by _____.
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Deforestation
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22. More than half of pakistans exports consist of __________
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Cotton and textiles.
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23. Mestizos are persons who are of mixed ____________ heritage.
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European and African
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24. Mercosur originated as a(n) _____ between brazil and argentina in 1988.
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Free trade pact
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25. Mangrove forests were traditionally viewed as _______.
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Wastelands
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26. For most domestic animals, trophic-level efficiency is usually ________.
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Greater than 10%
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27. Unlike peru's coastal zones, ecuador's coastland consists of ______________.
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Fertile tropical plains.
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28. Russia is the world's largest gas exporter and has ________% of the world's natural gas reserves.
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26
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29. New zealand's original human population probably arrived about ________ years ago from ________.
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1000/Polynesia
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30. A stove that circulates heated air to uniformly cook food is an example of ________ heat transfer.
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Convection
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31. The cracking of rock due to heat is an example of _______.
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Physical weathering
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32. Historically west africa shows a high degree of regional complementarity between ____________.
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Peoples of the tropical forest and peoples of the dry interior.
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33. Within a single mountain range, ________.
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It is possible to find a variety of metamorphic rocks produced in distinct facies, including high-, low-, and intermediate-grade rocks
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34. When air __________, it is compressed and warmed.
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Sinks
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35. When a fault is expressed at the surface, it is called a __________.
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Fault scarp
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36. Ultramafic rocks contain __________ and are commonly found in __________.
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Olivine; mantle
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37. The warm zone near the top of the stratosphere is the result of heating from ________.
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The natural breakdown of ozone
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38. The tropopause altitude is highest ________ because of the ________.
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At the equator; intense heating from the surface
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39. The trophic level of "producers" includes ________.
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Any organisms producing biomass directly from photosynthesis
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40. The three principal river systems running through this region are the _____.
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All of the above
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41. The stream gradient of most rivers ________.
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Is greater near the source than near the mouth
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42. The southernmost of china's three great rivers is the _______________.
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Xi/Pearl
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43. The south asian wet monsoon originates over the ________ and moves ________.
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Indian Ocean/northeast
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44. The role of a watershed is to _____.
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Act as a drainage area.
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45. The raj meant the rule of the ________ in india.
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British
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46. The plate tectonic theory can best be described as _____.
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Earth's natural process by which its lithospheric plates slowly move about because of movement in the asthenosphere
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47. The place with the fastest average winds on earth is ________.
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In Antarctica
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48. The most rapid type of mass movement is a ________.
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Rock avalanche
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49. The most important factor that causes ocean tides on earth is the __________.
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Moon
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50. The most common and widespread form of precipitation is ________.
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Rain
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51. The minerals gold, silver and mercury are often found in ________.
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Hydrothermal veins
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52. The majority of people in the united states work in the __________ industry.
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Service
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53. The major abiotic reservoir for phosphorus is ______.
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Rock
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54. The gulf stream _____.
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Flows in a generally northeastern direction
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55. The growth of the size of the gobi desert is primarily the result of _____.
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Water shortages
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56. The greenhouse effect involves warming of earth's surface and the ________.
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Troposphere
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57. The greatest concentration of metals occurs in earths _____.
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Core
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58. The great plains are also referred to as____.
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Lowlands
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59. The great lakes region of canada is dominated by the __________ industry.
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Manufacturing
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60. The first step in deforestation in the amazon is _______.
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Logging
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61. The first nearly correct measurement of the earth's circumference was made by ________.
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Eratosthenes
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62. The figure above shows that sedimentary rocks are changed to sediment by ____.
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Weathering and erosion
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63. The caves of ajanta provide evidence for ____.
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An early Indian painting tradition
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64. The atacama desert in chile is the ______ area in the world.
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Driest region
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65. The "eye" of the hurricane is a zone characterized by ________.
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Sinking air
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66. The ________ is/are found in the equatorial zone.
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Intertropical convergence zone
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67. Sympatric speciation typically occurs by all of the following mechanisms except __________.
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A geographic barrier splitting a population
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68. Soils, forests, and minerals are among earths _____ resources.
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Renewable
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69. Soils that allow water to pass through them faster are more _______.
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Permeable
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70. Sedimentary rocks formed from broken fragments of other rocks are ____.
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Inorganic detrital rocks
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71. Sedimentary rocks form because of all of the following except ____.
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Sediments forming from solution
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72. Sedimentary rock _____
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Usually forms horizontal layers
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73. Sand grains found in dunes are commonly _______.
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Well sorted and well rounded
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74. Remains or traces of organisms preserved in rock are called _______.
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Fossils
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75. Placer mining involves _______ to extract minerals.
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Dredging sediments from the water bottom
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76. Pastoral farming is best described as _______.
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A method of raising livestock and moving herds
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77. One of the main features of the western siberian plain is that it __________.
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Is the largest plain in the world
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78. On earth, the sun passes directly overhead at 25 north latitude ________ times a year.
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0.
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79. Naturally occurring compounds in the earth are called _____.
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Minerals
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80. Most processes which shape topography are ________.
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Very slow.
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81. Most mountain ranges are the result of ________ stress.
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Compressional
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82. More solar radiation is absorbed by earths surface than by __________.
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The atmosphere
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83. Medium- and deep-focus earthquakes occur along only ________.
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Convergent plate boundaries only
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84. Mechanically formed sedimentary rocks are those formed from ________.
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Pieces of other rocks
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85. Liquefaction will ________.
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Amplify the power of seismic waves
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86. Japan is located in the _______ biogeographic region.
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Palearctic
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87. Inselbergs are ________.
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Bedrock hills in a highly eroded desert landscape
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88. Inexhaustible and renewable resources are used less than ______ resources.
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Non-renewable
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89. In nutrient cycles in general, minerals tend to be dispersed through ________.
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Surface and subsurface runoff
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90. Igneous rocks that form ____ the surface are intrusive.
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Below
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91. Eroded soil can enter ______, causing them to fill up with sediment.
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Streams
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92. Earthquakes are likely to occur ________.
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Along tectonic plate boundaries where there is movement
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93. Creep is __________.
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Mass wasting by the gradual downhill movement of sediment, influenced by freeze-thaw or wet-dry cycles
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94. Coarse infertile soil _____
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Is found near the base of mountains
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95. Buffer zones _______.
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Are set up around natural resource areas
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96. Both warm air and warm water generally flow _____.
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From the Equator to the poles
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97. Both deltas and moraines are _____.
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Examples of constructive erosion
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98. Below the c horizon is ____.
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Rock
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99. At times, latitudes higher than ________ degrees can have 24 hours or more of continuous darkness.
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66.5
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100. An example of a raised, flat area is/are the ____.
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Colorado Plateau
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101. All spheres of earth are interrelated or interdependent. this means _____.
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They all depend on each other to function; an impact to one sphere usually affects another one cannot exist without the other
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102. All of the following are possible steps of scientific investigation except for ________.
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Assumption of conclusions without prior experimentation or observation
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103. After the rainforest is cleared for agriculture, the most typical occurrence is that ________.
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The soils soon lose their fertility
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104. Africa's best example of an exotic river is the ________.
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Nile
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105. A wind from the ______ would be called a southerly wind.
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South
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106. A classification of metamorphic rocks would include whether they are ____.
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Foliated or nonfoliated
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107. The xinjiang autonomous region __________________.
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Is the home of the Uyghur people
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108. The southeast asian state that is marked by a major territorial protrusion is _____________
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Cambodia
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109. The rub al khali (empty quarter) lies near the border between saudi arabia and ______________.
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Yemen
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110. Middle america's largest country today in terms of both area and population is ___________.
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Mexico
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111. Iraq's oil cities of kirkuk and mosul are located within the area of _____ population.
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Kurdish
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112. The __________ form(s) the eastern limit of the russian core:
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Ural Mountains
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113. Japan's ruling clans were replaced with a ______ and ______.
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Parliament; prime minister
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114. Personal computer ethics involves ____.
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All of these
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115. Utilizing ultisols for agriculture requires _______.
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Fertilizer to balance the high alkalinity of the soil
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116. Until the early _______ there were only negligible amounts of free oxygen in the atmosphere.
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Proterozoic
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117. The energy that warms earth's surface comes primarily in the form of __________.
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Visible light from the Sun
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118. The ______ of a seismograph moves
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Creep meter
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119. Oxfam america, doctors without borders, and the red cross are examples of __________.
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NGOs
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120. Impacts of global warming include all of the following except ________.
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Decrease in mortality because winter is warmer
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121. _______ was the first person to propose the idea of moving continents as a scientific hypothesis.
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Alfred Wegener
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122. Incidents of basque violence are caused by their desire for _____.
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Independence
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123. Current estimates suggest that about ____ people in the world use the web.
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2.4 billion
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124. Without __________ the equator would be much hotter than it is while the poles would be much cooler.
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All are similar terms
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125. The latitudinal differences in pressure delineate a number of major pressure zones, which correspond with __________.
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Zones of climate
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126. The hazards of radiation belts include:
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All
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127. The great Victoria Desert is located in __________.
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Australia
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128. The light of distant stars is affected by:
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Interstellar dust and the earth's atmosphere
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129. The higher the wind speed and the longer the fetch or distance of open water across which the wind blows and waves travel, the _______ waves and the _______ energy they posses.
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Larger, more
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130. With the disintegration of USSR in end 1991, comprised of __________ Union Republics.
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15
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131. Which of the following is tropical grassland?
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Savannah
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132. The landmass of which of the following continents is the least?
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Australia
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133. The Homolographic projection has the correct representation of __________.
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Area
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