Geography - Final Exam review

A government which holds total power over a country, affected both the economy & society, is known as a ______ state.

• communist

• democratic

• republican

• independent

A government in which power is led by the people.

• Dictatorship

• Democracy

• Monarchy

A government led by a king or queen who inherits power being born into the ruling family

• Dictatorship

• Democracy

• Monarchy

a government where the leader rules by force

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Dictatorship

Who led a revolution in Cuba in 1959 and became that country's dictator?

• Toussaint Louveture

• Jose De San Martin

• Hernan Cortez

• Fidel Castro

An umbrella-like covering created by the closeness of treetops in a rainforest is known as a .....

• canopy

• tributary

• rift valley

• escarpment

A piece of land surrounded by water on 3 sides

• isthmus

• peninsula

• rift valley

• gorge

a thin narrow strip of land connecting 2 larger land masses

• isthmus

• peninsula

• island

• trench

the massive clear-cutting of trees in an ecosystem without replanting is known as...

• desertification

• extinction

• deforestation

• agriculture

A ____ is a low area formed by moving tectonic (crustal) plates and is surrounded by a highland region.

• earthquake

• canopy

• rift valley

• gorge