CBA #3 Review

Settlers in Siberia have adapted to which environmental factor in the region?

• Earthquakes

• Volcanos

• Permafrost land

• Hot and Dry conditions

Most of the current political boundaries in Southwest Asia resulted from the —

• Divisions created after the First World War

• Events of the Arab Spring in Egypt

• Ethnic Conflicts that began in Palestine

Which of the statements describes the changes that happened to Russia and the Republics based on history.

• Some of the territories after WWII are now independent nations but were under the control of the Soviet Union

• New nations were formed because of conflicts between the people and their rulers in the USSR bringing about political changes

• Most of the new nations are located to the west and southwest of Russia, the largest of the former soviet republics.

• All of them

 Why did many Eastern European countries come to be associated with the Soviet Union following the Second World War?

• European Union rejected membership of Eastern 

• Eastern European countries forced to adopt Communism

• Soviet Union invaded the Eastern European countries to form an alliance

Based on the chart to the left, Which two countries  less economically developed (low Standard of living) compared to the others?

• Azerbaijan and Georgia

• Uzbekistan and Urkraine

• Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan

Which of the following is limited in a 

limited government?

• Rights of citizens

• Power of Leaders

• Number of elections

• None of the answers are correct

One way that officials in Saudi Arabia 

have adapted to a lack of water includes

• Constructing dams on major rivers

• Building desalination plants

• Planting drought resistant crops

• All of the answers are true

Which geographic factor is MOST responsible for the many farmlands in Egypt?

• Salt water irrigates the land

• River flooding deposits rich soil

• Desert sand is good for crops.

Which of these countries has a government whose constitution based on Islamic law and they have an absolute monarch?

 

• Saudi Arabia

• India

• Turkey

Which country was once controlled by the communist party?

• Ireland

• England

• Russia

• None of the countries were controlled.