Maximum glaciation of North America reached:

A) 10⁰ N

B) 20⁰ N

C) 30⁰ N

D)& 40⁰ N

E) 60⁰ N

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The territory of North America, which lies to the south of the Canadian Shield, is called:

A) Great Plains

B)& Central Plains

C) Rocky Mountains

D) Nevada mountain range

E) Labrador

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Vast orogenesis (mountain formation) in North America:

A) Baikal

B) Caledonian

C) Hercynian

D)& Mesozoic

E) Alpine.

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Coast of the Gulf of Mexico is rich in …

A) iron ores

B)& oil

C) complex ore

D) gold

E) copper

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The oldest North American platform belongs to this type:

A)& stable

B) dynamical

C) fluctuating

D) pendulum

E) swinging

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Solar radiation in North American varies:

A) 10-50 kcal/сm²/year

B) 20-120 kcal/сm²/year

C) 30-130 kcal/сm²/year

D) 40-160 kcal/сm²/year

E)& 50-180 kcal/сm²/year

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Humidification of the climate in plain-plateau part of North America has:

A)& submeridional character

B) sublatitudinal character

C) altitudinalcharacter

D) same everywhere

E) no differences

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Climate of north-east and north-west of North America varies due to the influence of:

A) topography, rocks

B) vegetation, soils

C) human activities

D)& warm and cold currents

E) tectonic base of soil

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Area of Hudson Bay in North America is within the climatic zones of:

A) Arctic, subequatorial

B) subarctic, subtropical

C) temperate, tropical,

D)& temperate, subarctic

E) equatorial, subequatorial

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The southern border of the temperate climatic zone in eastern North America, is located at the latitude of:

A) 25⁰ N

B) 15⁰N

C) 35⁰ N

D)& 40⁰ N

E) 55⁰ N

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The southernmost end of North America is located in the range of:

A) temperate climatic zone

B) tropical climatic zone

C)& subequatorial climatic zone

D) the subtropical climatic zone

E) subarctic climatic zone

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The west coast of North America is influenced by:

A) Atlantic Ocean

B) Arctic Ocean

C)& Pacific Ocean

D) Indian Ocean

E) Gulf of Mexico

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The least precipitation falls in North America:

A) Florida

B) Labrador

C) Mexican lowlands

D)& Great Basin

E) Appalachians

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The greatest rainfall falls in North America:

A)& Central America

B) Greenland

C) Laurentian Upland

D) Great Plains

E) Death Valley

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Dry subtropics of North America are located in:

A) Appalachians

B) Boothia Peninsula

C)& California peninsula

D) Yucatan Peninsula

E) Cuba island

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The westernmost point of Eurasia is …

A) Cape Merchison

B) Cape Chelyuskin

C) Cape Dezhnev

D) Cape Piai

E)& Cape Roca

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The southernmost point of Eurasia is …

A) Cape Merchison

B) Cape Chelyuskin

C) Cape Dezhnev

D)& Cape Piai

E) Cape Roca

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The northernmost point of Eurasia is …

A) Cape Merchison

B)& Cape Chelyuskin

C) Cape Dezhnev

D) Cape Piai

E) Cape Roca

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The easternmost point of Eurasia is …

A) Cape Merchison

B) Cape Chelyuskin

C)& Cape Dezhnev

D) Cape Piai

E) Cape Roca

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These mountains separate India from China

A)& Himalayas

B) Tian Shan

C) Ural

D) Kunlun

E) Altai

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The mountain is located on the island of Honshu and it is considered sacred by Shintos

A) Himalayas

B) Tai Shan

C) Hindu-Kush

D)& Mount Fuji

E) Jade Mountain

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Most of Western China is on a plateau called …

A) Mongolian Plateau

B)& Plateau of Tibet

C) Hetao

D) Deccan Plateau

E) Bashang Plateau

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The Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers start in the Himalayas and flow into the …

A) Arabian Sea

B) Gulf of Oman

C)& Bay of Bengal

D) Gulf of Khambhat

E) South China Sea

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Both The Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers flow through … and as a result, this country often floods during the monsoon season

A) China

B) Bhutan

C) Thailand

D)& Bangladesh

E) Myanmar

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The Ganges deposits sediment on a flat area called the …

A)& Indo-Gangetic Plain

B) Great Indian Desert

C) Mesopotamia

D) North China Plain

E) Turan Lowland

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China has three major rivers that begin in the Himalayas and flow into the East China Sea or Yellow Sea. What rivers are they?

A)& Yellow River (Huang He), Yangtze River (Chang Jiang), West River (Xi Jiang)

B) Heilong River (Amur River in Russia), Songhua River, Argun River

C) Suifen River (Razdolnaya River in Russia), Tumen River, Hunchun River

D) Liao River, Daling River, Yang River

E) Pearl River (Zhu Jiang), Han River, Beilun River

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The Yangtze and Yellow Rivers flow through an area that is flat in elevation called the …

A) Indo-Gangetic Plain

B) Great Indian Desert

C) Mesopotamia

D)& North China Plain

E) Turan Lowland

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