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19 Cards in this Set
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What is the name of the map which shows natural and/or physical features of a landscape, including altitude contours. |
Topographic or Contour Map |
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How many degrees has compass? |
360 |
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Which direction is opposite to WSW (West South West)? |
ENE |
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What is the name of the part on a map which shows a ratio of the distance on a map to the actual distance of the ground. |
Scale |
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Which line of Latitude is directly South of the Equator? |
Capricorn |
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How would you describe the origin of a river? |
Where it begins to flow |
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What is the term used for "either of the two times in the year when the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon, marked by the longest and shortest days." |
Solstice |
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What is the term used for "the time or date (twice each year) at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of equal length (about 22 September and 20 March)." |
Equinox |
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The trade winds are the prevailing pattern of easterly surface winds found in the tropics. From which direction do they predominantly blow in The Bahamas? |
North East |
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What is the name of the agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned and allowed to revert to their natural vegetation? |
shifting cultivation |
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What is the term for the system in which the farmers focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and their families. The output is mostly for local requirements with little or no surplus for trade. |
Subsistence farming |
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What is the term used for "money paid regularly at a particular rate for the use of money lent, or for delaying the repayment of a debt." |
Interest |
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Which types of banks only buy and sell foreign currencies? |
Offshore |
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If someone illegally kills or takes fish, what is their crime? |
poaching |
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What is the name of the body of water located south-southeast of the North American mainland and between the Florida Keys (U.S.) and Cuba? |
Florida Strait |
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What is the major type of vegetation found on Andros? |
Mangrove |
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With what did the loyalists make their rain-proof roofs? |
Palmetto leaves |
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Define "Solar System": |
the collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit round the sun, together with smaller bodies in the form of asteroids, meteoroids, and comets. |
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The document which sets out how the country should be governed is called: |
The constitution |