Global 9 Review - Questions from August 2017 - Global Regents

Which group of people is represented by this migration pattern?

• Phonecians

• Hebrews

• Persians

• Bantu

The knowledge and skills of a geographer would best be suited for

• identifying a set of bones discovered at an archaeological site

• providing a cost analysis for production data received by a manufacturer

• generating environmental impact reports for an energy company

• developing a national party platform for an independent party

• What is the purpose of government?

• How is citizenship defined?

• Who holds power?

Which area of study focuses on the way societies answer these questions?

• cartography

• political science

• physical anthropology

• economics

Both the Han and the Roman empires declined as a result of

• undisciplined armies and limited access to trade

• overexpansion and foreign invasions by nomadic peoples

• inefficient theocratic rulers and few government regulations

• harsh climates and high taxes

The Ten Commandments are to Judaism as the Five Pillars are to

• Buddhism

• Shinto

• Hinduism

• Islam

Construction of stupas, writings by Kalidasa, and the development of the concept of zero are most closely associated with the

• Gupta Empire

• Tang dynasty

• Mongol Empire

• Abbasid caliphate

From the perspective of many Arab Muslims at the time of the Crusades, the European Crusaders were considered

• refugees

• invaders

• allies

• liberators

The cities of Constantinople and Kiev grew primarily as a result of the development of

• trade routes

• urban planning

• rigid social systems

• religious pilgrimages

. . . The town was a centre of attraction and diffusion, but above all it was a centre of production. The town was a crossroads and a terminus [last stop]: through contacts, meetings and exchanges it could play a major creative role. . . .

— Jacques Le Goff, in The Fontana Economic History of Europe: The Middle Ages

Which statement would this passage best support?

• Towns were important in an emerging international economy.

• Economic self-sufficiency was reinforced by the revival of towns.

• Crossroad locations limit the functions of towns.

• The culture of towns discouraged new ideas.

I. ......?..........

A. Archipelago

B. Limited arable land

C. Rugged mountains

D. Earthquakes

• Physical Features of Korea

• Geographic Factors of Japan

• Natural Resources of Cambodia