World Geography Part B Final Exam

Between which of the following geographic areas is the European continent located?

• Atlantic Ocean and Ural Mountains

• Pyrenees Mountains and Pacific Ocean

• Pacific Ocean and Himalayan Mountains

• Ural Mountains and Pyrenees Mountains

What formations containing large lakes in northern Europe did glaciers produce?

• fjords

• plateaus

• peninsulas

• rivers

Without the North Atlantic Drift, which of the following statements about Scandinavian's climate would be true?

• It would have much lower temperatures and less rain

• It would have much warmer temperatures and more rain

• It would have much lower temperatures and more rain

• It would have much warmer temperatures and less rain

From which language did the Romance languages evolve?

• Latin

• French

• Cyrillic

• Italian

Which region has experienced an ongoing struggle with Russia for its independence?

• Chechyna

• Belarus

• Georgia

• Ukraine

The northernmost areas of Russia experience which type of climate?

• Tundra

• Arid

• Steppe

• Subarctic

What has shaped much of the landscape along the North European Plain?

• glaciers

• hurricanes

• floods

• tornados

Which of the following statements accurately explains how India is home to one of the world's largest Muslim populations despite having a national population that is only 12% Muslim?

• India has an especially high overall population

• Muslims in India have low birthrates compared to other Indians

• Most of India's Muslims live outside the country's borders

• Many Indian Muslims have lost their faith

Because it experiences significant seasonal rains from monsoon systems, South Asia has large expanses of which type of landscape?

• rainforests

• mountains

• grasslands

• deserts

The spread of Islam to Central Asia and parts of South Asia illustrates which of the following concepts?

• Ideas can easily spread from civilization to civilization

• South Asians preferred religions traveling from the West more than those from the East

• Trade has little to do with cultural diffusion

• Countries that share the same religion also speak the same language