Matching Quizzes in the World Geography Category

Example: Are North, South, East and West: Cardinal Directions, Distance in degrees east and west of the Prime Meridian: Longitude, Mix of human and nonhuman features at a given location: Place, Show physical, or natural features: Physical Map

Example: Ecuador: Quito, Colombia: Bogota, Peru: Lima, Chile: Santiago

Example: loess: fine, yellowish topsoil made up of silt and clay, carried by the wind, dike: large bank of earth and stone that holds back water, polder: low-lying area from which seawater has been drained to create new land, mistral: strong northerly wind from the Alps that can bring cold air to southern Franc

Example: People who move from place to place: Nomads, Old Stone Age, Hunter-Gatherers: Paleolithic, New Stone Age- Farmers: Neolithic, An imaginary circle around the middle of the earth, halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole: Equator

Example: a material used to produce heat or power by burning: Fuel, a fundamental entity of nature that is transferred between parts of a system in the production of physical change within the system and usually regarded as the capacity for doing work: Energy, to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises: Infer, to determine the significance, worth, or condition of usually by careful appraisal and study: Evaluate

Example: Worsening economic conditions in the countryside, including rising unemployment and growing poverty.: RURAL DECLINE, The unequal distribution of wealth or resources in a geographic area, so that some places are richer than others. : SPATIAL INEQUALITY , The overall level of comfort and well-being of a group or country. : STANDARD OF LIVING , The movement of people from rural to urban areas, resulting in the growth of urban areas.: URBANIZATION

Example: A major population center made up of a large city and the smaller suburbs and towns that surround it. : METROPOLITAN AREA, The small towns, farms, and open spaces that lie just beyond the city's suburbs. : RURAL FRINGE, A developed area at the edge of a city that is mainly homes, but may also contain stores and businesses. : SUBURB, The older part of a big city. Often this area serves as the downtown or central business district of a city. : URBAN CORE

Example: A major population center made up of a large city and the smaller suburbs and towns that surround it. : METROPOLITAN AREA, The small towns, farms, and open spaces that lie just beyond the city's suburbs. : RURAL FRINGE, A developed area at the edge of a city that is mainly homes, but may also contain stores and businesses. : SUBURB, The older part of a big city. Often this area serves as the downtown or central business district of a city. : URBAN CORE

Example: A mountain range in Asia where Mt. Everest is located.: The Himalayas, The highest point on Earth.: Mt. Everest, The population of India: 800,000,000, The animal that dinosaurs is closely related to.: Birds

Example: Rain that can cause damage to the environment because it contains acid from factory smoke and car exhaust. It can cause damage to plants, fish, animals, and even buildings. : ACID RAIN, A form of energy that comes from nuclear reactions. Radiation has no smell and no taste, but can be very harmful to living things. : NUCLEAR RADIATION , A river and all the streams that flow into it. The streams that flow into a river are called tributaries. : RIVER SYSTEM, Pollution that starts in one country and crosses boundaries into other countries. : TRANS BOUNDARY POLLUTION

Example: Rain that can cause damage to the environment because it contains acid from factory smoke and car exhaust. It can cause damage to plants, fish, animals, and even buildings. : ACID RAIN, A form of energy that comes from nuclear reactions. Radiation has no smell and no taste, but can be very harmful to living things. : NUCLEAR RADIATION , A river and all the streams that flow into it. The streams that flow into a river are called tributaries. : RIVER SYSTEM, Pollution that starts in one country and crosses boundaries into other countries. : TRANS BOUNDARY POLLUTION

Example: Rain that can cause damage to the environment because it contains acid from factory smoke and car exhaust. It can cause damage to plants, fish, animals, and even buildings. : ACID RAIN, A form of energy that comes from nuclear reactions. Radiation has no smell and no taste, but can be very harmful to living things. : NUCLEAR RADIATION , A river and all the streams that flow into it. The streams that flow into a river are called tributaries. : RIVER SYSTEM, Pollution that starts in one country and crosses boundaries into other countries. : TRANS BOUNDARY POLLUTION

Example: A community of all the living things in an area and the environment in which they live. : Ecosystem, A series of plants and animals, each of which depends on the one below it for food. : Food Chain , All of the feeding relationships within an ecosystem. : Food Web , Made up of water that is fresh, not salty : Freshwater

Example: economics: the study of producing, distributing, and consuming goods and services., scarcity: when people have unlimited needs and wants but there are not enough resources to fulfill them., goods: something that is MADE or GROWN. Items that we value or desire, they must be tangible (can be touched, tasted or held). , services: work that someone does for someone else