Geography Final Review

Which mountain range divides the European and Asian sections of Russia?

• Alps

• Urals

• Rockies

• Andes

What is the significance of the Bering Strait?

• Passageway that allows Democracy to come into the United States

• Alaska never would have been founded without the land bridge

• The first humans to arrive in America came from Asia across the land bridge

• Cut the trading route in half from the Atlantic to the Pacific

Type of economic system in which the government controls all industries and decision making.

• Traditional

• Social

• Free market

• Command

What occupation would most commonly be found in Country 1?

• Subsistence farming

• Mining

• Computer programmers

• Commercial agriculture

Which statement would be true of the economy in Country 2?

• Many businesses compete to have the lowest prices.

• Most people follow their parents’ occupations.

• A major goal of the economy is to have a classless society.

• Few people receive education or training outside the home.

A supporter of the economic system found in Country 3 would most likely agree with which statement?

• All nations can benefit from cottage industries.

• Revolution is the only solution to current economic problems.

• A planned economy is necessary in order to industrialize.

• The government should limit its interference in the economy.

The deserts of the Middle East and North Africa are characterized by populations that —

• move to find resources that are thinly dispersed across a vast area

• work primarily in small cottage industries

• are nonviolent and practice ancient polytheistic religions

• organize their society around a matriarch

Based on the map, one way that cultural diffusion has impacted the city of Jerusalem includes —

• the creation of separate distinct cultural district

• the blending of several religious traditions into a new one

• the building of a wall to keep threatening forces out of the city

• the division of the city into Palestinian and Israeli administered areas

In addition to flood control, the Aswan Dam provides Egypt with —

• dominant political role in the Arab world

• direct access to the Mediterranean Sea

• hydroelectric power

• a barrier to the expanding desert

One way that wealthy nations in Southwest Asia are able to address the lack of water is by —

• Draining wetlands

• Trading oil for irrigation

• Constructing large dams

• Building desalination plants