Geography: Realms, Regions, and Populations

What is geography?

How are realms and regions classified?

What is a transition zone?

What climates are favorable for human settlement?

Where are densest population clusters typically found?

What are core and periphery?

What is the difference between a nation and a state?

Who are the Kurds?

What is sovereignty?

Give examples of geography-related research fields

What is Globalization?

Which continent is the Global core?

Which country is the geographically smallest self-governing country in the world?

What is the cultural and economic center of northern Italy?

Which island is divided with violent ethnic conflict between its Greek majority and Turkish minority populations?

Which country violently broke apart during the 1990s, including Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Macedonia, and Montenegro?

What area of Romania used to be part of Hungary and is inhabited by a large Hungarian population?

Is Jutland part of the United Kingdom?

Is Switzerland considered part of the Scandinavian/Nordic region?

Which country has refused to join the European Union due to its economy's reliance on oil?

Is the following statement true or false of the Benelux countries: The Netherlands is one of the poorest countries in Europe.

Which countries lie on the Baltic Sea and are known as the Baltic countries?

What word is frequently used to describe the nature of the European Union?

What is the primary language spoken in Austria and Switzerland?

Which Central European country peacefully split into two separate parts in 1993 after its "velvet divorce?"

Opinion polls show that the people of which small, poor country have one of the most favorable opinions of the United States in the world?

Which former Soviet country is generally considered the least democratic country in Europe, led for over 20 years by the autocrat Alexander Lukashenko?

What is happening to the population of most European countries?

Which of the following about Gibraltar is NOT true?

The word "Dutch" is associated with people from which country?

What military alliance to which the United States and Canada, along with most western European and many eastern European countries, belong?

Which city once had a wall through it that divided the free western part from the communist eastern part?

Which country has witnessed warfare that has, in part, been a consequence of the divide between its Western, pro-European regions and its more Eastern-oriented, pro-Russian regions?

Who is the current and controversial President of Russia?

Give some controversial reasons for Russian President?

Which natural resource is Russia the world's second-largest producer and largest exporter (up until 2020 - probably not anymore) of?

What major river is located in Western Russia and contains centers of Russian industry including Moscow, St. Petersburg, the Ural Mountains?

Which country was not the first neighboring country invaded by Russia this century that in support of South Ossetian secession, Russia invaded the internationally recognized borders of?

All of the following statements about Russia are true, EXCEPT:

What were the leaders of Russia called before the creation of the Soviet Union?

Who was the last leader of the Soviet Union?

What is so special about Lake Baikal, which is located in southern Siberia?

What cities is the 'technopole' Silicon Valley generally considered to include?

Much of French-speaking Canada lies along which major North American river?

All of the following are among the leading agricultural exports of the United States, EXCEPT:

Which cities have been among the FASTEST growing major metropolitan areas over the last decade in the United States?

What is the largest city (by population) in Canada?

Which place in the U.S. is generally NOT associated with high average levels of poverty:

What is the capital of Canada?

What percentage of Quebecois (residents of Quebec) voted to secede from Canada and form an independent country in 1995?

Which Canadian province is sometimes called the 'Saudi Arabia of North America' because of its large oil reserves?

Which of the following about Canada is FALSE?

Which Central American country is one of the wealthiest in the region and does not have a military?

Which country has the highest HIV/AIDS rates and lowest per capita wealth in the Western Hemisphere?

Which of the following is NOT considered part of the Greater Antilles?

The island of Hispaniola is divided between two states. One of them is the Dominican Republic. What is the other?

Indigenous Mayan-descended peoples make up about half the population of which country?

What is the biggest source of revenue (other than income taxes) for the Mexican government?

Which major peninsula in Mexico is home to Cancun and vast Mayan ruins?

Which is the only historically English-speaking country in Central America?

The United States invaded which small Caribbean island in 1983?

Which is the second most populous South American country?

Which massive Brazilian city has the 4th largest population in the world?

Who led Cuba for over fifty-five years?

Which vast and wealthy Amerindian empire once existed throughout the Andes mountains?

About 10 million people in the Andes Mountain region speak what Amerindian language?

Its capital city, Brasilia, is one of the oldest cities in South America

In which unusual country does a greater percentage of the population speaks the Amerindian language Guarani than Spanish?

Which capitalist, free market-oriented Andean country has long been regarded by leaders in the U.S. as possessing the 'model' South American economy?

What type of currency is used in French Guiana?

Who was the 'great liberator' of South America?

English is the official language of which ethnically and religiously diverse South American country?

Which country, the largest of the Lesser Antilles, is also very ethnically diverse and its main export is fossil fuels?

Since they possess large oil reserves, which countries are members of OPEC?

Which Central American country is famous for its canal?

What geographic feature is associated with densest population clusters?

What are core and periphery regions?

List some geography-related research fields

Which area is the geographically smallest self-governing country in the world?

Which city is the cultural and economic center of northern Italy?

Which island has a violent ethnic conflict between its Greek majority and Turkish minority populations?

Which country violently broke apart during the 1990s into Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Macedonia, and Montenegro?

Which large area of Romania used to be part of Hungary and is inhabited by a large Hungarian population?

Jutland is part of the United Kingdom

Switzerland is considered part of the Scandinavian/Nordic region

The Netherlands is one of the poorest countries in Europe is true of the Benelux countries.

Which countries lie on the Baltic Sea?

Which small, poor country has one of the most favorable opinions of the United States in the world, unusual for a country that is 70% Muslim?

Led for over 20 years by the autocrat Alexander Lukashenko, which former Soviet country is generally considered the least democratic country in Europe?

What is the trend in population of most European countries?

The Algerians lay claim to it is NOT true of Gibraltar.

What military alliance includes the United States and Canada, along with most western European and many eastern European countries?

What are the controversial reasons for Russian President?

What natural resource is Russia the world's second-largest producer and largest exporter of?

Besides Moscow and St. Petersburg, what other centers of Russian industry exist?

In support of South Ossetian secession, which country was invaded by Russia over the summer of 2008?

The expansion of the polar ice cap is making it more difficult in recent years to navigate the seas north of Russia.

Silicon Valley is a 'technopole' that is generally considered to include what cities?

Sugar is NOT among the leading agricultural exports of the United States.

The overall area stretching from Washington to Boston is generally NOT associated with high average levels of poverty.

Tell me a false statement about Canada?

Indigenous Mayan-descended peoples make up about half the population of this country, and were killed in large numbers during brutal civil warfare that lasted for 30 years and took 200,000 lives.

Which small Caribbean island did the United States invade in 1983?

What is the second most populous South American country, and, despite problems with the drug trade and political violence, has managed to operate as the longest-running democracy in the realm?

What massive Brazilian city has the 4th largest population in the world (larger than New York City's!)?

Its capital city, Brasilia, is one of the oldest cities in South America (Brasilia was founded in 1960).

What unusual country has a greater percentage of the population that speaks the Amerindian language Guarani than Spanish?

Which South American country is English the official language of?

What countries are members of OPEC?

Geography is the study of what?

Classification of realms and regions is considered what?

What climates are considered favorable for human settlement?

Densest population clusters are usually found near what?

What are the two groupings of regions within a realm?

Which statement best describes geography-related research fields?

Which continent is considered the global core?

What is Transylvania?

Is The Netherlands one of the poorest countries in Europe?

What language do most residents in Austria and Switzerland speak?

Which former Soviet country is generally considered the least democratic country in Europe?

Which country is the word "Dutch" associated with?

What is the military alliance to which the United States and Canada, along with most western European and many eastern European countries, belong?

Name two controversial reasons for popularity of the Russian President?

What is Russia the world's second-largest producer and largest exporter (up until 2020) of?

Name a major river located in Western Russia?

Which country was invaded by Russia in support of South Ossetian secession over the summer of 2008?

Is it more difficult in recent years to navigate the seas north of Russia due to the expansion of the polar ice cap?

Why is Lake Baikal special?

Which cities is Silicon Valley considered to include?

Name the fastest growing U.S. cities?

Which Canadian province is sometimes called the 'Saudi Arabia of North America'?

True or false: Canada's population is evenly distributed across the country.

Which two states share the island of Hispaniola?

Which is the second most populous South American country and the longest-running democracy in the realm?

Who are the brothers who led Cuba for over fifty-five years?

Which South American capital city is not one of the oldest?

In which country does a greater percentage of the population speak the Amerindian language Guarani than Spanish?

Which ethnically and religiously diverse South American country has English as its official language?

Which country, the largest of the Lesser Antilles, is also very ethnically diverse and has fossil fuels as its main export?

Which two South American countries are members of OPEC?