Social Studies Mid Term

Front 1

Coffee is Columbia's most important _____ _______

Back 1

Cash Crop

Front 2

Name 2 countries that were included in Spanish Empire

Back 2

Peru and Argentina

Front 3

Brazil's culture is largely------

Back 3

Portuguese

Front 4

Venezula is South America's wealthest country because of------

Back 4

oil

Front 5

What country in South America is still a colony?

Back 5

French Guiana

Front 6

Dense forests in the tropics are called_______

Back 6

Rainforests

Front 7

Burlington's climate is--------

Back 7

Humid Continental

Front 8

Trains,Planes, Imports, Exports are all part of which theme of geography?

Back 8

Movement

Front 9

What word means partly dry grasslands that surrounds desert.

Back 9

Steppe

Front 10

Largest river in South America

Back 10

Amazon

Front 11

All lines of longitude and 1 line of latitude divide the earth into-------

Back 11

hemispheres

Front 12

Increase in proces is called_____

Back 12

inflation

Front 13

Ireland's economic crisis in the 1800's

Back 13

Potato Famine

Front 14

Which climate zone would you find ice caps, tundra, and subartic?

Back 14

High Polar Zone

Front 15

Body of water that separates the UK from Europe?

Back 15

English Channel

Front 16

Climate that surrounds the Amazon River--------

Back 16

Tropical Rain Forest

Front 17

Southern most tip of South American__________

Back 17

Cape Horn

Front 18

Which trait of a culture includes sports, food choices, and clothing?

Back 18

Daily Life

Front 19

Econmy where people own their own businesses

Back 19

Market Economy

Front 20

Country that allows citizens to vote?

Back 20

Democracy

Front 21

Country's currency is called______

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Money

Front 22

Scotlands lakes and small bays are called_________

Back 22

Lochs

Front 23

Stonehenge, Big Ben, Crown Jewels are all found in?

Back 23

England

Front 24

Physical Feature not in Europe?

Back 24

Andes Mts

Front 25

Euro is in place because of what organization ?

Back 25

European Union

Front 26

Kings and Queens inherit the right to rule in a

Back 26

monarchy

Front 27

Process of cutting down forests to get land to grow food is an example of which Theme of Geography

Back 27

HEI

Front 28

Dublin is the capital of ---------

Back 28

Ireland

Front 29

An ethnic group is_______

Back 29

people with similar culture

Front 30

Dictators gain power in a nation by________

Back 30

taking control and maintaining with military force

Front 31

Language, religion, customs and beliefs are part of a _________

Back 31

culture

Front 32

System that set rules on what goods and services to produce

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economy

Front 33

Numbers of people living in a square mile

Back 33

population density

Front 34

One of Colombia's greatest advantages is that it is ________

Back 34

Bicoastal

Front 35

Mountain range that divides France and Spain

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Pyrnees

Front 36

Group of islands in a row

Back 36

archipelago

Front 37

narrow body of water

Back 37

strait

Front 38

low lying area between 2 mountains

Back 38

valley

Front 39

capital of Brazil

Back 39

Brasilia

Front 40

narrow strip of land

Back 40

isthmus

Front 41

capital of Columbia

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Bogota

Front 42

capital of Argentina

Back 42

Buenos Aires

Front 43

capital of France

Back 43

Paris

Front 44

capital of UK

Back 44

London

Front 45

sheep raising region in Argentina

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patagonia

Front 46

The Amazon Basin is being destroyed by people cutting down trees.
What theme?

Back 46

HEI

Front 47

Paraguay is southwest of Brazil

What theme?

Back 47

Location

Front 48

Chile, Peru, and Ecuador are called the Andean nations because of the Andes mountains.

What theme?

Back 48

Region

Front 49

Capital of Argentina?

Back 49

Buenos Aires

Front 50

Capital of United Kingdom?

Back 50

London

Front 51

Capital of Germany?

Back 51

Berlin

Front 52

Capital of Peru?

Back 52

Lima

Front 53

Short and snowy winters and hot summers --which climate

Back 53

Humid Continental

Front 54

Dense forests in the tropics --- which climate

Back 54

Rainforests

Front 55

Freezing cold temperatures with almost no vegetation.

Which climate?

Back 55

Ice Cap

Front 56

Soil deposits that fan out at the mouth of the river.

Back 56

Delta

Front 57

A smaller branch from a main river.

Back 57

Tributary

Front 58

What major body of water separates Europe from Africa and Asia?

Back 58

Mediterranean Sea

Front 59

A local form of a language that differs from the main language is known as .....

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Dialect

Front 60

The place where the day changes on the earth is known as the -------

Back 60

International Date line

Front 61

Being able to grow enough food for you and your family would be called ......

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Subsistence farming

Front 62

All lines of longitude and 1 line of latitude divide the world into equal parts or ........

Back 62

hemispheres