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Multiple choice geography environmental regions mediterranean climatic region europe - location, political divisions and physical features location, political and physical divisions of europe

The 'slash and burn' agriculture is known as 'Milpa' in _______________.

  1. Mexico.

  2. Venezuela.

  3. Brazil.

  4. Indonesia.
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A farming method that involves the cutting and burning of plants in a forest to create a field is known as ‘Slash and burn’ agriculture.  The resulting layer of ash provides the newly-cleared land with a nutrient-rich layer to help fertilize crops. It is a method of agriculture which is mainly used by tribal communities for subsistence farming. ‘Slash and burn’ agriculture is mostly practiced in central Africa, northern South America, and Southeast Asia. ‘Slash and burn’ agriculture is known as Milpa in Mexico.

Multiple choice geography environmental regions mediterranean climatic region europe - location, political divisions and physical features location, political and physical divisions of europe

Which of the following is the chief foodcrop of the Amazon basin?'

  1. Cassava

  2. Wheat

  3. Beans

  4. Oat
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Manioc(or popularly known as Cassava) is grown in tropical climates in Amazon basin in South America and tropical areas of Africa. It has edible roots and they give the third highest yield of carbohydrates per cultivated area.

Multiple choice geography environmental regions mediterranean climatic region europe - location, political divisions and physical features location, political and physical divisions of europe

Manioc is the staple food of.

  1. Ganga basin

  2. Africa

  3. Amazon

  4. Europe
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Manioc(or popularly known as Cassava) is grown in tropical climates in South America and Africa. It has edible roots and they give the third highest yield of carbohydrates per cultivated area.

Multiple choice geography environmental regions mediterranean climatic region europe - location, political divisions and physical features location, political and physical divisions of europe

The Canary Current affects ___________.

  1. Spain and Portugal.

  2. Italy.

  3. Norway and Finland.

  4. U.K.
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The Canary current is a cold current, flows along the western coast of North Africa between Madeira and Cape Verde. This current is the continuation of North Atlantic Drift which turns southward and affects Spain and Portugal and flows to the south along the coast of Canaries Island.

Multiple choice geography environmental regions mediterranean climatic region europe - location, political divisions and physical features location, political and physical divisions of europe

Sirocco wind rises from _________.

  1. The Mediterranean Sea

  2. The Thar Desert

  3. The Sahara Desert

  4. Southern France
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  • Sirocco is a Mediterranean wind that comes from  the Sahara and can reach hurricane speeds in North Africa  and  Southern Europe especially during the summer season..
  • The Sirocco causes dusty dry conditions along the northern coast of Africa, storms in the Mediterranean Sea, and cool wet weather in Europe. 
  • The term Sirocco  is a name given to hot and subsequently humid southeast to southwest winds originating as hot, dry desert-air over Northern Africa, flowing northward into the southern Mediterranean basin.
Multiple choice geography environmental regions mediterranean climatic region europe - location, political divisions and physical features location, political and physical divisions of europe

The temperate grasslands of South-Eastern Europe are known as ________.

  1. Veld

  2. Savana

  3. Steppes

  4. Prairies
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The temperate grasslands of south-eastern Europe are known as steppes. The temperate grassland region is characterized by warm and dry summer and cold winter. Various parts of the steppes have been cleaned and brought under cultivation. Soils of the steppes are generally deficit in humus but contain calcium, which is especially suitable for grain crops. In this grasslands, cattle and sheep are rared for milk, meat, skin, and wool.

Multiple choice geography environmental regions mediterranean climatic region europe - location, political divisions and physical features location, political and physical divisions of europe

The _____ are hot, dry and dusty winds blowing over the southern Mediterranean regions of Europe.

  1. Sirocco

  2. Mistral

  3. Chinnook

  4. Harmattan

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sirocco is a hot wind, often dusty or rainy, blowing South, from North Africa across the Mediterranean to southern Europe. mistral is a cold northwesterly wind usually strong, that blows through the southern France into the Mediterranean, mainly in winter.

Multiple choice geography environmental regions mediterranean climatic region europe - location, political divisions and physical features location, political and physical divisions of europe

The Tundra type of climate only supports growth of ____________.

  1. Mosses

  2. Lichens

  3. Both a and b

  4. Maple trees
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In physical geography, tundra is an area where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons. There are three types of tundra: Arctic tundra, Antarctic tundra, and alpine tundra. In all of these types, the dominant vegetation is grasses, mosses, and lichens.

Lichens are not a plant, while mosses are. In the Nature Explorers study '"A Fungus Among Us", we dive into the topic of lichens because they're a type of fungus. However, they are unlike a “normal” fungus because a lichen can't exist without algae or cyanobacteria.

Multiple choice geography environmental regions mediterranean climatic region europe - location, political divisions and physical features location, political and physical divisions of europe

The Western Europe experiences ___________________.

  1. Oceanic climate

  2. mediterranean climate

  3. Continental Climate

  4. None of threse
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Oceanic climate

Western Europe has an Oceanic climate, far southern Europe has a Mediterranean climate, and eastern Europe is classified as having a Continental climate. The climate of western Europe is strongly conditioned by the Gulf Stream, which keeps mild air (for the latitude) over Northwestern Europe in the winter months, especially in Ireland, the UK and coastal Norway.

Parts of the central European plains have a hybrid oceanic/continental climate. Four seasons occur in most of Europe away from the Mediterranean. The coastal lowlands near and on the Mediterranean Sea, have more of a wet and dry season pattern, with winter the season of most rainfall, and summers a time of few rainy days.