WG Final Review 23-24

What paragraph on this phrase. Helps you understand how the physical geography of the Greek peninsula resulted in the Greeks forming independently governed city-states around the most important village in each area?

"The first thing you think of when you hear about Greece is that they invented the

Olympics! In 1776 B.C."

• The Greek Peninsula is very mountainous. The land is rocky and the soil is generally

  poor

• Greeks throughout the region gathered to compete in the first Olympic games to

  honor gods believed to live on Mount Olympus.

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• some Greek city-states united to fight a war against the Persians

• the peninsula's long coastline allowed travel by water.

Which of the following is true about Europe?

• Europe has a strong lumber industry that accounts for much of its exports.

• More than one/half of Europe's land area is used for agriculture

• Europe has small coal reserves but large oil and gas deposits.

• Europe's fishing industry is just beginning to grow larger.

Which of these landforms contributed the MOST to the development of ethnic differences throughout Europe?

• Plateaus

• Plains

• Seas

• Mountains

Which area of Russia Has the highest population density.

• West area close to Europe

• North Area close to Artic

• East area close to China

• Central area

Most of India receives ______ inches of rainfall annually.

• A. more than 80

• B. approximately 20

• C. less than 10

• approximately 50

Countries can be classified into population, climate, cultural, and economic regions by considering many characteristics. Select the boxes to match each characteristic with the regional classification that it helps to determine.

• Majority Religion - Cultural

• Agricultural Goods - Economic

• Average yearly rainfall - Climate

• Number of people per square mile - Population

Which of the following profiles matches Southwest Asia?

• Sheiks, Muslims, High GDP

• Sheiks, Buddhist, Low GDP

• Democracies, Christian, Low GDP

• Dictatorships, Buddhist, High GDP

Which rivers led to the settlement of the region called Mesopotamia?

• Yenisei and Volga

• Amazon and Paraná

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Chang Jiang and Huang He

According to the map above, MOST of the early settlements in Mesopotamia were located —

• near the Persian Gulf

• along the major rivers

• along the Caspian Sea

Which historical events caused the greatest change to the settlement patterns in much of Europe?

• War and Industrialization

• War and Peace

• Industrialization and manufacturing

• Industrialization and diplomacy