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 ( ) 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”?