Mid-Term Review 2023

A narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land.

• Isthmus

• Strait

• Peninsula

• Strip

Why is the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil one of the most deforested locations on the planet?

• The lack of native inhabitants makes it an ideal place

• The desert climate in the region makes it accessible to loggers

• Brazil has one of the largest rainforest in the world

• Environmentalists allow the Amazon to be cut down

Of the following groups, which has their livelihood MOST affected by the destruction of the rainforest?

• Native Amazonians

• Farmers

• Miners

• Environmentalists

What was an effect of the Panama Canal?

• Shipping in North America now had access to each of the Great Lakes

• The movement of goods worldwide shipping was now more efficient and faster

• Divided Panama into two separate but equal governments

• It caused an increase in Spanish conquistadors looking for gold

The goal of what is to eliminate all tariff and non-tariff barriers of trade between the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

• OPEC

• NATO

• EU

• NAFTA

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all share a common belief in

• The Four Noble Truths

• reincarnation

• Muhammad as God’s last prophet

• monotheism

Leaving a country is to_____as entering into a country is to ________.

• Migration; Emigration

• Immigration; Emigration

• Emigration; Immigration

• Immigration; Migration

A glacier sits atop Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa at latitude 4 degrees south of the equator, is best attributed to?

• The position at the zone of equatorial low pressure

• The temperature drop based on elevation

• The equatorial heat being lessened by a cold water ocean

• Peak of the mountain receives precipitation due to the orographic effect

Which best explains why we experience four seasons on the earth?

• The gravitational pull of the earth

• The distance between the earth and the Sun

• The tilt of the Earth on its axis

• The effect of tectonic plate movement on the Earth’s oceans

An area’s average weather over an extended period of time is called

• Weather conditions

• Meteorology

• Climatology

• Climate