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Costa Rica Many consider Costa Rica a very special place. Its residents, Ticos, are polite, peaceful, and extremely friendly. Costa Rica has no army and prides itself on having more teachers than polive officers. Costa Rica is a county of sun-drenched beaches in the Pacific, tropical jungles along the carribian coast , cosmopolitan cities such as San José, and high mountains on the Central Valley. Costa Rica is a tourist paradise as well as home to many expatriates. - ANS Many consider Cost...

A long, thin strip of land-locked land attached to a larger area is known as a peninsula. - ANS false Rainfall on the leeward side of the Rockies is reduced. Such an area is known as a _____. - ANS rain shadow Match the letter with the name of the place it represents on the map. - ANS Lake Superior - ANS A Missouri River - ANS B Ozark Mountains - ANS C Badlands - ANS D Great Plains - ANS E Sierra Nevadas - ANS F Great Salt Lake - ANS G Grand Canyon - ANS H

Piedmont - ANS The area that lies between the Atlantic plain and the Appalachians Appalachians - ANS The oldest mountain range on the North American continent Mt. McKinley - ANS The highest mountain in the United States Rockies - ANS Location of the continental divide where waters flow in different directions Fall line - ANS The location of rapids and waterfalls located where the higher land of the Piedmont drops into the Atlantic coastal plain. Missouri - ANS The longest river in the Unit...

Development - ANS A process of improvement in the material conditions of people through diffusion of knowledge and technology Gross domestic product (GDP) - ANS The value of total output of goods and services produced in a country in a given time period (normally one year). Gross nationally income (GNI) - ANS Calculates the monetary worth of what is produced within a country plus income received from investments outside the country, as a more accurate way of measuring a country's wealth i...

Define map - ANS A two dimensional or flat scale model of Earth's surface or a portion of it. What is the science of mapmaking called? - ANS Cartography What are the two purposes that not served? - ANS A reference tool and a communication tool Who first used the term geography? - ANS Eratosthenes What does the term geography mean? - ANS The study of where things are found on the earth surface and reasons for their location. Define scale - ANS The level of detail and the amount of area cov...

contemporary geography - ANS The scientific study of the location of people and activities across earth and the reasons for their distribution What questions do geographers ask? - ANS They ask where things are like what is a specific feature's location. Why a certain feature is there like what force(human or physical) caused a feature to be located where they are. How do geographers organize their subject matter? - ANS They organize by place, geographers understand that something happenin...

Geography - ANS a study of where people, places, and things are located and how they are related to each other. GIS-Geographic information systems. - ANS Uses computer technology, to collect, manipulate and analyze data. Absolute location - ANS where a place is on the globe (coordinates) Hemispheres - ANS halves of earth Relative location - ANS where a place is compared to other places nearby Character of a place - ANS comprised of a place's physical and human characteristics Perception...

Danube River Europe's second longest river Pyrenees Mountains A mountain range that extends along the border between France and Spain Rhine River A river in Western Europe that flows from eastern Switzerland into the North Sea. Seine River a French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel Alps Mountains

French geography quiz - ANS shape of france - ANS hexagon host summers with sometimes snowy winters - ANS central and eastern france hot summers and mild winters often made colder by the cold minstral wind - ANS the south (midi) long harsh winters and some hot sun in the summer - ANS vosges, jura, alps, pyrenees often rainy - ANS north, and western coastal regions capital of rouen. famous for cathedral painted by monet. home to mont st michel. geography mix of green countryside and farml...

archipelago A group or chain of islands bay an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf canyon A deep, narrow valley with steep sides delta A landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake desert An extremely dry area with little water and few plants foothills low hills at the base of a mountain range harbor a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo hill A small area of land that is higher than t...