Unit Unit World Cultures Review

The literacy rate in South Africa is 85%, and its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is $37 billion.

The literacy rate in Mozambique is 42%, and its GDP is $19 billion.

Based on this information, which statement BEST describes the relationship between literacy rates and a nation's standard of living?

• A higher literacy rate will have a positive effect on a nation’s standard of living

• Overpopulation has a negative impact on GDP and literacy rates

• A nation’s standard of living is totally dependent on its educational system

• There is no link between literacy rates and standard of living

What can BEST be concluded from the information in this chart?

•  People in the Middle East and North Africa are illiterate

• Latin America education is constantly improving

• East Asia is the poorest region in the world

• Education and economic success are closet linked

 Fought a major war against the British in the late 1800s

· Known for their military tradition as well as their artistic beadwork

· Their language shares the same name as their ethnic group

· Largest ethnic group in southern Africa

These are describing what Sub-Saharan ethnic group?

•  Igbo

• Zulu

• Afrikaner

• Somali

  What is the term for a group of people who share a common language, culture, or history?

•  National group

• Ethnic group

• Racial group

• Linguistic group

 Geographically, people in western Russia have tended to identify with Europe more than Asia because

•  Their languages are quite similar

• The Ural Mountains seal them off from the rest of Asia

• The soil is so similar

• The Mediterranean Sea connects them

This region is unique in World History because it

•  Housed major world empires

• Is where the world’s major monotheistic faiths began

• Was the site of major and economically vital trading routes

• Lies at the intersection of two continents

 Created thousands of years ago

· Consists of thousands of gods

· Approximately 1 billion people follow it today

All of these describe what major religion?

•  Buddhism

• Islam

• Judaism

• Hinduism

Life is suffering.  The desire for possessions causes suffering. Elimination of desire will stop one’s suffering.  Following the Eightfold path will lead to Enlightenment.  These statements are key to the belief

•  Confucianism

• Shintoism

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

 Which country had the MOST spiritual influence on classical China?

•  Japan

• Korea

• India

• Mongolia

 The Maori culture of New Zealand likely migrated there from

•  Polynesia

• Hawaii

• Tasmania

• Indonesia