Chapter 2 - Geography & International Travel Latest Update 2025-2026 Exam 50 Questions with 100% Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+
24- Hour Clock - CORRECT ANSWER: (Military time- also used by airlines) It eliminates the AM and PM distinction providing a different numeral for each hour of the day
Altitude - CORRECT ANSWER: the higher the altitude the cooler the climate is likely to be, and many travelers have health issues at altitudes of 9000 ft and above
Atlas - CORRECT ANSWER: a compilation of maps
CDC - CORRECT ANSWER: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention- provides
advice for travelers and information about specific diseases abroad
Climate - CORRECT ANSWER: the average weather over a long time, and it greatly
affects the appeal of a destination
Consulate - CORRECT ANSWER: regional offices of embassies
Continent - CORRECT ANSWER: 7 large land masses: Africa, Antartica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America
Destination - CORRECT ANSWER: is a location that a traveler chooses to visit
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Destination Management and Promotion - CORRECT ANSWER: People in this field
persuade travelers that a particular destination is worth visiting
Duty - CORRECT ANSWER: a charge on items whose value exceeds a certain
allowance
Duty-Free Port - CORRECT ANSWER: ports in which no duty or tax is charged on
goods either entering or leaving the country
Embassy - CORRECT ANSWER: the offices of the ambassadors who represent a
nation in another country
Equator - CORRECT ANSWER: an imaginary line that circles the globe halfway
between the North and the South Poles
Exchange Rate - CORRECT ANSWER: the rate at which the currency of one nation can be exchanged for the currency of another
Geography - CORRECT ANSWER: the science that studies the earth, its features, its life, and how these interact
Greenwich mean time (GMT) - CORRECT ANSWER: (AKA universal time coordinated
UTC) time in the world is expressed as plus or minus GMT or UTC
gulf - CORRECT ANSWER: bodies of salt water bordered by a curved shoreline
International Date Line - CORRECT ANSWER: an imaginary line roughly corresponding to 180 degrees longitude that separates one calendar day from another (when it is noon
- the prime meridian it is midnight on the international date line)
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