Chapter 2 - Geography & International
Travel UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
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
Destination Geography - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of characteristics of locations
that influence travel
, 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 o the
prime meridian it is midnight on the international date line)
island - CORRECT ANSWER - a body of land completely surrounded by water
Travel UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
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
Destination Geography - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of characteristics of locations
that influence travel
, 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 o the
prime meridian it is midnight on the international date line)
island - CORRECT ANSWER - a body of land completely surrounded by water
