
- •In North America podsolic soils are characteristic for this natural zone:
- •In South America the least precipitation falls on:
- •Various ore deposits of Africa are located in the:
- •In the subequatorial climatic zone of Africa winter is …:
- •Victoria Falls are located on this river:
- •In a relief of Western Australia heights generally prevail:
- •International law status of Antarctica defines the Antarctic Treaty, which was adopted in …:
- •Ice expense in Antarctica is carried out generally at the expense of … formation:
5В011600-География
Физическая география материков и океанов
3 курс
английский язык
Жомартова Г.Ж.
North America exceeds … by the total amount of annual river flow
A) South America
B) Eurasia
C)& Australia
D) all continents
E) South America and Eurasia
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North America ranks … by the water resources amount
A) 1st
B) 2nd
C)& 3rd
D) 4th
E) 5th
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Young hydrographic network of North America is on:
A)& north of continent
B) south of continent
C) southeast of continent
D) southwest of continent
E) center of continent
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Main watershed of North America:
A) Appalachians
B) Great Plains
C) Brooks ridge
D) Labrador peninsula
E)& Cordilleras
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Great Lakes includes:
A) Winnipeg
B) Athabasca
C) Big Bear
D)& Huron
E) Great Slave
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Center of the modern glaciation of North America:
A)& Elsmir
B) Newfoundland
C) Florida
D) Labrador
E) Aleutian Islands
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… has a great impact on the modern boundaries of natural zones of North America
A) Africa
B)& Quaternary glaciation
C) influence of the adjacent territories
D) Indian Ocean
E) Antarctica
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In North America podsolic soils are characteristic for this natural zone:
A) tundra
B)& taiga
C) the steppe
D) monsoonal forests
E) Arctic deserts.
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The subzone of prairies of North America occupies the transitional part between:
A) taiga and steppes
B) deciduous forests and steppes
C)& both broad-leaved forests and steppes
D) monsoonal forests and taiga
E) tundra and forest-tundra
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The vegetation in the form of agaves, prickly pears, yuccas in North America, is characteristic for:
A) Alaska
B) Labrador
C)& Mexican Plateau
D) Appalachians
E) Laurentian Highlands
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Endemiс fauna in the tundra of North America is:
A) puma
B)& muskox
C) leopard
D) narwhal
E) opossum
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The vegetation of North America is the part of …:
A) Holarctic and Paleotropic kingdoms
B) Paleotropic kingdoms
C)& Holarctic and Neotropical kingdoms
D) Neotropical kingdoms
E) Cape kingdom.
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South America ranks … by area:
A) 1st
B) 2nd
C) 3rd
D)& 4th
E) 5th
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These tectonic structures lie on the basis of the southern row of continents:
A) Laurasia
B) Lavraziya and Gondwana
C) Pangea and Laurasia
D)& Gondwana
E) there are no tectonic structures
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The last stage of mountain buildings in the southern continents was:
A) Paleozoic
B) Caledonian
C) Variscan
D) Baikal
E)& Alpine
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South America reaches the greatest width on:
A) 100 N
B) 100 S
C) 50 N
D)& 50 S
E) 100 S
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Northernmost point of South America is:
A)& Galyinas
B) Cabo Branco
C) Horn
D) Parinyas
E) Tierra del Fuego
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The area of South America:
A) 24,25 million sq.km
B) 30,3 million sq.km
C)& 17,85 million sq.km
D) 54,4 million sq.km
E) 10,5 million sq.km.
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How many shields are there on the basis of South American tectonic structure?
A) 1
B) 2
C)& 3
D) 4
E) 5.
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Syneclise of the most ancient platform of South America:
A) Karra
B) Yukla
C)& Paranaiba
D) Chad
E) Amadeus
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Tectonic plate of South America:
A) Scythian
B)& Patagonian
C) Yukla
D) Kanning
E) East Brazilian
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The geosynclinal belt in South America passes on:
A) Plateau of Brazil
B) Guiana Highlands
C)& Andes
D) Amazonian lowland
E) La-Plata lowland
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South America is divided into … large parts by relief
A) 1
B)& 2
C) 3
D) 4
E) 5
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Plain of South America:
A)& Orinoco
B) Mexican
C) Atlantic
D) Central
E) Brazilian
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Large hollows of South America are located around:
A) anticlise
B)& syneclises
C) gorges
D) trough valley
E) breaks
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Age of the base of the most ancient platform of South America:
A) 500-800 million years
B) 1-1,5 billion years
C) 4-5 billion years
D)& 2,5-3,5 billion years
E) 300-400 million years.
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The Andes of South America are rich in:
A)& copper
B) diamonds
C) platinum
D) uran
E) construction raw materials
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… have a great impact on climate of east regions of South America
A) trade winds from the Pacific Ocean
B) trade winds
C)& trade winds from the Atlantic Ocean
D) monsoons
E) all answers are right
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The most humid places of South America:
A) Patagonia
B) Internal plains
C)& Western Colombia
D) East Brazil
E) Pampas
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In South America the least precipitation falls on:
A)& Grand Chaco
B) Guiana Highlands
C) La Plata
D) Amazonian lowland
E) Orinoco lowland
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The latidunal zoning in South America is characteristic for:
A) East of the Brazilian Highlands
B)& East of the Andes
C) West of Andes
D) Orinoco lowland
E) Amazonian lowland
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High temperature within the year, uniform and abundant precipitation are characteristic for this climatic zone of South America:
A)& equatorial
B) subequatorial
C) tropical
D) subtropical
E) temperate
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The temperate climatic zone of South America is on:
A) north
B) east
C)& south
D) center
E) there is no temperate climatic zone
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South America is the second by the total amount of annual flow after:
A) North America
B) Australia
C)& Eurasia
D) Africa
E) Europe
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The main watershed of the rivers in South America passes by:
A) Brazilian Highlands
B) Amazonian lowland
C)& Andes
D) Guiana Highlands
E) Orinoco lowland
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Main feed source of the rivers in South America:
A) precipitation
B) snow
C) glaciers
D)& rain
E) hail
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The rivers of the subequatorial belt of South America rise:
A)& in the summer
B) in the winter
C) in the spring
D) in the autumn
E) never
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The uniform flow of the rivers in South America is characteristic for:
A)& equatorial part
B) subequatorial
C) tropical
D) subtropical
E) temperate
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The highest waterfall of South America:
A) Iguazu
B) Victoria
C)& Angel
D) Niagara
E) Livingstone
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Hydrological feature of South America is:
A)& small number of lakes
B) small number of rivers
C) large number of lakes
D) large number of bogs
E) big area of long-term permafrost
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The largest rivers of South America:
A) Tapajos, Parana
B)& Amazon, Orinoco
C) San Francisco, Atrato
D) Magdalena, Iguazu
E) Rio-Negro
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South America belongs to … by floristic division into districts:
A) 1 kingdom
B)& 2 kingdoms
C) 3 kingdoms
D) 4 kingdoms
E) 5 kingdoms
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Local name of humid equatorial forests of South America:
A) Campos
B) Llanos
C)& Selva
D) Pampas
E) Prairies
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Local name of the Brazilian Highland’s savannas:
A) Llanos
B) Hylea
C)& Campos
D) Pampas
E) Paramos
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Local name of the Orinoco lowland’s savannas:
A) Hylea
B) Paramos
C) Campos
D)& Llanos
E) Tierra Fria
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The subtropical steppe of South America is called:
A) Campos
B) Selva
C) Llanos
D)& Pampas
E) Tierra Fria
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The territory of Patagonia in South America has these landscapes:
A)& semi-deserts
B) savannas
C) hyleas
D) forests
E) forest-steppes
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They grow in the southwest at the Pacific coast of South America:
A)& hygrophilous forests
B) dry forests
C) dry bushes
D) herbs
E) variable and moist forests
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The South American representatives of the camel family:
A) puma
B) ocelot
C) opossum
D) harpy
E)& lama
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South America, in zoogeographical division into districts, belongs to:
A) Paleotropic area
B) Holarctic area
C) Indo-Malayan area
D)& Neotropical area
E) Australian area
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Soils of hyleas of South America:
A)& red soils, jeltozem laterite
B) burozems
C) gray soils
D) brown
E) chernozem
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The area of the African continent with islands:
A) 15 million km ²
B) 35 million km ²
C) 45 million km ²
D)& 30,3 million km ²
E) 50,2 million km ²
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Extreme northern point of the continent of Africa to be on:
A) 400 33' N
B)& 370 20' N
C) 370 20' W
D) 370 20' E
E) 230 30' N
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The distance between northernmost and southernmost points of Africa is about:
A) 1000 km.
B) 800 km.
C)& 8000 km.
D) 10000 km.
E) 15000 km.
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The main part of the African continent is located on:
A) equatorial latitudes
B)& equatorial and tropical
C) subtropical
D) temperate
E) subpolar
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The coastline of Africa differs by …:
A) indented coasts
B)& straightness
C) deep internal seas
D) large number of peninsulas
E) similarity to Eurasia
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The greatest width of the African continent is … in the southern hemisphere:
A) 500 km
B) 5000 km
C)& 3000 km
D) 1500 km
E) 8000 km
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The most ancient platform of Africa occupies:
A) 1/5 part of the continent of Africa
B) 1/2 part of the continent of Africa
C)& 2/3 part of the continent of Africa
D) 4/5 part of the continent of Africa
E) 1/10 part of the continent of Africa
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The African platform consists of:
A) anticlise
B) syneclises
C)& anticlise and syneclises
D) bathylite
E) geosynclines
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Large syneclises of Africa
A)& Kalakhari, Congo
B) Putorana, Ordos
C) Akhaggarsky, Tibesti
D) Sugars, Kordofan
E) Sofia, Yukla
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The most considerable juts of the ancient base of Africa are …:
A) in the north
B)& in the east
C) in the south
D) in the west
E) in the center
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East African Rift is stretched for …:
A) 1,000 km.
B) 2,500 km.
C) 5800km.
D)& 6500 km.
E) 8400 km.
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The South African Shield covers …:
A) East Africa
B) South Africa
C)& East and South Africa
D) Central Africa
E) entire continent
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Africa is the continent of these territories mainly:
A) lowlands, mountains
B)& raised plains, plateaus
C) mountains
D) hollows
E) uplands
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Mountain areas in Africa occupy …:
A) 1% of the area
B) 10% of the area
C)& 20% of the area
D) 40% of the area
E) 70% of the area
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Lowlands in Africa occupy …:
A) 1% of the area
B)& 10% of the area
C) 25% of the area
D) 40% of the area
E) 60% of the area
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Average height of Africa’s relief:
A) 200 m
B) 500 m
C)& 750 m
D) 1000 m
E) 1500 m
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The highest point of Africa:
A) 4600 m
B) 8000 m
C) 7800 m
D) 8848 m
E)& 5895 m.
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