7th Grade Pre-Test

What is the primary function of OPEC?

• To determine who gets oil and who does not.

• To regulate the price of oil on the global market.

• To decide how much oil should be traded between nations.

• They have no function; they are just a group of countries.

How does the diversity of religious groups and ethnic groups impact life in Southwest Asia today?

• Diversity attracts many tourists who visit the region’s many varied cultures.

• Diversity contributes to ongoing conflict and fighting throughout the region.

• Diversity encourages peace and cooperation throughout the region today.

• Diversity has little effect on the region because the groups avoid interaction today.

"Air pollution is a major problem in China and India. While factories, power plants, and emissions from automobile traffic in urban areas causes much of this problem, air pollution is not just an issue in big cities. People in underdeveloped rural areas burn inexpensive kerosene or coal for light and cooking in their homes. These solid fuels emit small particles into the air that are very harmful to humans. 

China and India are attempting to decrease the amount of pollution released into the air. But solving the problem has been difficult."

Which two obstacles make reducing air pollution especially difficult in China and India?
(Choose the two most significant obstacles.)

• people in rural areas are poor

• people in urban areas are poor

• lack of alternatives to coal and kerosene

• huge population impacts size of problem

Question

The geographic location of Southwest Asia results in the region being _______________.

• a center of shipping and trade

• isolated from other parts of the world

• the world’s most heavily populated region

• a supplier of much of the world’s agriculture

Why did the United States invest money in rebuilding Japan after World War II?
(Choose 2)

• to colonize Japan

• to create a valuable trade partner

• to prevent the spread of communism

• to punish the Japanese for engaging in war

Which belief system is a considered to be a philosophy instead of a religion?

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• • 
    Shintoism

• • 
    Confucianism

The United States exports and imports goods to and from China.
What financial system helps this trade occur?

• currency exchange

• embargoes

• entrepreneurship

• trade barriers

Which country has no freedom of religion, speech, or press

• Israel

• Saudi Arabia

• • 
    Turkey

• • United States

Predict how life in the Middle East might be different today if the locations of religious groups and ethnic groups had been taken into consideration when political borders were drawn in the Middle East.

• Great Britain would now rule the Middle East.

• There would be less conflict and fighting today.

• Today, there would be more conflict and fighting.

• Taking differences into account would not have had an effect.

What reason did the United States provide for the invasion of Iraq in 2003?

• • 
    Iraq was believed to be hiding weapons of mass destruction

• • 
    Iraq planned to invade Syria in order to gain access to the Mediterranean Sea.

• A civil war between Sunni and Shia Muslims threatened to spill into other Middle Eastern countries.

• The Iraqi government was denying Iraqi citizens the right to free elections.