1)The people who inhabited Mexico first were the … Amerindians Aztecs and the Ma
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1)The people who inhabited Mexico first were the …
Amerindians
Aztecs and the Mayans
the Spanish and the Americans
there were a number of pre-Colombian civilizations
2) The major contribution to ocean seal level rise at present is which of the following?
Melting ice in Greenland
Melting ice in the Antarctic
Melting ice in the Arctic
The expansion of water because of warmer surface temperatures
3) The extensions of fertile areas for the cultivation of food in Mesoamerica, what Europeans mistook for being “floating islands,” were called what?
Barrios
Chinampas
Favelas
Latifundias
4) The principle parts of a tropical cyclone that are of greatest concern in understanding its strength is (are) the ...
Eye
Eyewall
Inner rainbands
Outer rainbands
B and C
5) Which country has the largest population with 184 million in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Angola
Cameroon
Ethiopia
Nigeria
South Africa
6) What is the most appropriate term for the tidal mouth of a river that opens out to the ocean?
Delta
Estuary
Lagoon
Wetland
7) Tierra Helada, the elevation of 2800 to 4000 meters, is a good production zone for …
coffee, maize, beans, citrus, squash and alegría.
pygmy trees, grasses and mosses.
sweet potatoes, papaya, breadnut and cacao.
8) Most slaves in the global African Diaspora went to …
Brazil
Caribbean
North Africa
United States
9) According to your instructor, the Monroe Doctrine applied to more than westward expansion across the United States. It included US influence over …
Central America
South America
the Caribbean
All the above
Only A and C
10) The commonality that tropical cyclones and thunder showers have in common is both …
are organized convection
are synoptic scale low-pressure systems
possess cyclonic surface wind circulation
11) The name for the meteorological storm with winds of 74 miles (60 – 120 km) per hour or more and taking place in the North Indian and Northwest Pacific Oceans is called a …
Cyclone
Monsoon
Typhoon
12) The creation of the Isthmus of Panama allowed biota of the Nearctic and Neotropic Ecozones to mix. This is known as the …
Colombian Exchange
Colonial Exchange
Great American Interchange
13) The generic name for the meteorological storm with winds of 74 miles (60 – 120 km) per hour or more and taking place in the South Indian and Pacific Oceans is called a …
Cyclone
Monsoon
Typhoon
14) A point or area on the Earth’s surface is called what?
Place
Region
15) The subnational Haitian paramilitary organization used in the 1950s through the 1980s to keep order was called the …
Je me souviens
Jeux d’enfants
Tonton macoute
16) The formation of the Isthmus of Panama occurred when?
50 to 65 million years ago
2 to 3 million years ago
17) Half the world’s population lives in which of the following triangular block of countries?
Brazil-Canada-Japan
Indonesia- Japan-Turkey
New Zealand-South Africa-Thailand
Pakistan-Saudi Arabia-Turkey
18) The name for the meteorological storm with winds of 74 miles (60 – 120 km) per hour or more and taking place in the North Atlantic and Northeast Pacific Oceans is called a …
Cyclone
Hurricane
Monsoon
19) The increasing interconnectedness of people and places through converging economic, political, and cultural activities is called what?
Areal differentiation
Diversity
Globalization
20) Paul Allen’s yacht, the Tatoosh, damaged how much coral of one of the Cayman Islands in January 2016?
1067 meters squared, what was 20%
3200 meters squared, what was 60%
4267 meters squared, what was 80%
Explanation / Answer
1. Aztecs and the Mayans:
Before the precolumbian era this region was inhabited by peoples of Aztecs and Mayans in this part of North America.
2. The expansion of water because of warmer surface temperatures:
Rising temperatures are warming ocean waters, which expand as the temperature increases. This thermal expansion was the main driver of global sea level rise for 75 - 100 years after the start of the Industrial Revolution, though its relative contribution has declined as the shrinking of land ice has accelerated.
3.
4.Last option is correct in order to understanding the strength of tropical cyclone i.e, Eyewall and Inner rainbands.
5.Nigeria largest population with 184 million in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Nigeria, Ethiopia, Tanzania, DRC, Niger, Zambia, and Uganda will contribute millions of people to the world total.By 2050, Nigeria is projected to outpace the population of the United States by about 30 million people
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