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  1. 1.What is the deepest point in the ocean?

    • •Tonga Trench (~10,820 meters)
    • •Java Trench (~7,725 meters)
    • •Puerto Rico Trench (~8,376 meters)
    • •Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench (~10,935 meters)

  2. 2.What is a 'continental divide'?

    • •Ridge separating opposite drainage basins
    • •Edge where continental crust ends
    • •Political line across a continent
    • •Fault where continents split apart

  3. 3.What is the ITCZ (Intertropical Convergence Zone)?

    • •A zone of volcanic activity encircling the tropics
    • •An oceanic current that regulates tropical temperatures
    • •A belt near the equator where northeast and southeast trade winds converge, causing heavy rainfall
    • •A border zone between tropical and subtropical climates

  4. 4.What is the 'world systems theory' in human geography?

    • •Core, semi-periphery, and periphery model
    • •Climate linkage theory for all regions
    • •Single-database model of global GIS
    • •River-network model of linked regions

  5. 5.What is 'urban heat island effect'?

    • •Glass towers focusing direct sunlight
    • •Cyclone heat gathering over coastal cities
    • •Cities running warmer than nearby countryside
    • •Geothermal warming beneath island towns

  6. 6.What are the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn?

    • •Mountain ranges that divide the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
    • •Latitudinal lines at 23.5°N and 23.5°S marking the Sun's maximum declination
    • •Time zones used for international navigation
    • •Ocean currents circulating in opposite directions

  7. 7.What is the significance of the Humboldt Current for South American geography?

    • •Flood trigger for the Atacama
    • •Warm drift heating the far south
    • •Cold current driving aridity and fisheries
    • •Amazon-fed freshwater current

  8. 8.What is the Continental Divide of the Americas?

    • •A hydrological line separating watersheds draining to the Pacific from those draining to the Atlantic
    • •The geological fault line running through Central America
    • •A climate zone dividing tropical and temperate Americas
    • •The border between North and South America

  9. 9.What is the Younger Dryas?

    • •Current epoch after the last ice age
    • •Brief return to near-glacial cold
    • •Ancient Antarctic melt event
    • •Andean volcanic pulse three million years ago

  10. 10.What is the difference between weather and climate?

    • •Short-term conditions versus long-term averages
    • •Daily climate versus yearly weather
    • •High-altitude air versus sea-level air
    • •Ocean state versus atmospheric state