This Easy Geography Trivia Is for Casual Explorers
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What is the definition of the geographic term "topography"?
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Physical Features Of A Place
2.
Which best describes Disney World?
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The Magic Kingdom
3.
The description "monument of freedom" best describes?
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The Statue Of Liberty
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The description "acclaimed as one of the world's most beautiful bridges" best describes?
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The Golden Gate Bridge
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The description "the most famous baseball park in the U.S." best describes?
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Yankee Stadium
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The description "build as an amphitheater that would be unmatched in size" best describes what?
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The Colosseum
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The description "a pre-historic megalithic monument built in several stages" best describes?
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Stonehenge
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The description "a bell tower designed to stand vertical" best describes?
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The Leaning Tower
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The description "contains the magnificent Dome of Michelangelo" best describes?
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St. Peter's Basilica
10.
Where would you find the U.S. Congress in session?
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Capitol
11.
The description "made from white marble primarily from Baltimore, Maryland" best describes?
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The Washington Monument
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The description "one-fifth of a mile high" best describes?
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The Empire State Building
13.
Where have England's sovereigns resided since 1837?
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Buckingham Palace
14.
The description "the nation's most sacred shrine" best describes?
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Arlington National Cemetery
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The description "nuclear disaster in 1986" best describes?
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Chernobyl
16.
The description "oldest part of the city established 1718" best describes?
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The French Quarter
17.
The description "stainless steel structure rises 630 feet high" best describes?
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The Gateway Arch
18.
The description "controls the Colorado River" best describes?
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The Hoover Dam
19.
The description "contains more than two million works of art" best describes?
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The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
20.
The description "birthplace of American freedom" best relates to which landmark?
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Independence Hall
21.
The description "world famous casino" best describes?
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Caesar's Palace
22.
The description "flows into the North Sea" best describes?
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The Rhine River
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The description "second largest river in the world" best describes?
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The Amazon River
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The description "includes tributary rivers from thirty-two states" best describes?
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The Mississippi River
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The description "Lake Superior is the largest of the five" best describes?
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The Great Lakes
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The description "greatest depth is in the Ionian Basin south of Greece at 16,800 feet" best describes?
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The Mediterranean Sea
27.
The description "water from the falls goes into the Zambezi River" best describes?
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Victoria Falls
28.
The description "Seat of the Roman Catholic Church" best describes?
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The Vatican
29.
The description "famous volcano" best describes?
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Mt. Vesuvius
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The description "80 limestone caves, the deepest chambers in the world" best describes?
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Carlsbad Caverns
31.
The description "spectacular collection of stone trees" best describes?
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The Petrified Forest
32.
The description "first and most famous of the national parks of Canada" best describes?
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Banff National Park
33.
The description "people of Roanoke Island settled-and disappeared" best describes?
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The Outer Banks
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The description "chain of subtropical islands, linked by the U.S. Highway 1" best describes?
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The Florida Keys
35.
What does "U.S.'s busiest national park, drawing some ten million visitors a year" best describe?
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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The description "one of the world's most massive volcanoes" best describes?
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Mount Rainier
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The description "the mountain carving will be 641 feet long by 563 feet high" best describes?
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The Crazy Horse Memorial
38.
"Roof shaped like sails of a boat" best describes which landmark?
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Sydney Opera House
39.
The geography term "bearing" is best defined as?
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Angular Compass Direction Expressed In Degrees
40.
The geography term "cardinal points" is best defined as?
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Four Main Directions - North, South, East, West
41.
The geography term "flow lines" is best defined as?
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Arrows Which Are Drawn On A Map To Show The Movement
42.
The geography term "gazetteer" is best defined as?
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Index Which Shows The Location Of Places And Physical Features In An Atlas
43.
The geography term "geographic center" is best defined as?
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Center Point Of A Country
44.
The geography term "geographic information system" is best defined as?
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Software Management Of Spatial Information
45.
The geography term "altimeter" is best defined as?
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Instrument For Measuring Altitudes Or Elevations
46.
The geography term "great circle route" is best defined as?
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Line Drawn On The Surface Of A Globe Which Shows The Shortest Distance Between Two Places
47.
The geography term "grid" is best defined as?
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Series Of Lines Which Are Drawn On A Map
48.
In geography, what is a "grid reference"?
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System Of Grid Lines In Which Are Numbered To Create References For Location Purposes
49.
The geography term "hythergraph" is best defined as?
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Graph Which Has Monthly Temperatures Plotted Against Monthly Precipitation
50.
The geography term "isodemographic map" is best defined as?
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Map Which Is Drawn To A Size Representative Of The Size Of The Population
51.
What is a land-use map?
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A Map That Shows How Land Is Used
52.
What is a "mercator projection"?
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Represents Land Masses In Their Correct Shapes But Distorts Their Areas
53.
The geography term "system" is best defined as?
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Collection Of Things That Forms A Whole
54.
The geography term "thematic map" is best defined as?
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Shows A Particular Topic Or Theme
55.
The geography term "topographic profile" is best defined as?
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Outline Of The Landscape Which Is Seen From The Side
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How is the geography term "trend line" best defined?
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Shows The General Relationship Between Two Variables Being Graphed
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The geography term "azimuth" is best defined as?
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Horizontal Direction Reckoned Clockwise From The Meridian Plane
58.
The geography term "bathymetry" is best defined as?
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Science Of Measuring Water Depths
59.
The geography term "chart" is best defined as?
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Special-Purpose Map Designed For Navigation Or To Present Specific Data
60.
The geography term "geodesy" is best defined as?
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Science Concerned With The Size And Shape Of The Earth And Its Gravitational Fields
61.
The geography term "degree" is best defined as?
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Circle Is Divided Into 360 Degrees
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The geography term "atlas" is best defined as?
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Bound Collection Of Maps
63.
Which best describes Ayers Rock?
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World's Largest Monolith, In A Park Owned By The Local Aboriginals
64.
Which best describes Disneyland?
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The Original Home Of Mickey Mouse
65.
The description "Cathedral commissioned by Ivan the Terrible" best describes?
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The St. Basil's Cathedral
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The description "contains the bodies of some of the kings of Spain" best describes?
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The Escorial Palace
67.
The description "remnant of Lake Bonneville" best describes?
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Great Salt Lake
68.
Which landmark was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright?
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The Guggenheim Museum
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The description "river is ice-free all year" best describes?
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The Yangtze River
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What gives the Red Sea its color?
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Algae Turning Red When It Dies
71.
The description "largest, protected mixed grass prairie in the United States" best describes what?
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Badlands National Park
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The description "first national monument established by Theodore Roosevelt in 1906" best describes?
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Devils Tower National Monument
73.
The description "roughly the size of Rhode Island" best describes?
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Yosemite National Park
74.
The description "the youngest of the Rocky Mountains" best describes?
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Grand Teton National Park
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The description "located in Denali National Park" best describes?
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Mount McKinley
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The description "park contains more than 2,000 natural arches" best describes?
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Arches National Park
77.
The description "world's largest monolith, in a park owned by the local Aboriginals" best describes?
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Ayers Rock
78.
The geography term "isopleth" is best defined as?
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Line Which Joins Points Of Equal Value
79.
The geography term "scattergraph" is best defined as?
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Graph Which Relates Two Variables By Means Of Plotted Points
80.
The geography term "alidade" is best defined as?
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Instrument For Determining Direction
81.
The description "four huge relief sculptures at the bases of the four pillars" best describes?
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The Arc De Triomphe
82.
The description "present day construction completed by King of Munster in 1446" best describes?
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The Blarney Castle
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The description "name is because of its heavy fogs" best describes?
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The Black Sea
84.
The description "covers more than two million acres" best describes?
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Yellowstone National Park
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In what park is North America's highest point, Mount McKinley?
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Denali National Park
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