Fall 24 Review Weekly Quiz 7 Days 32-36

Which type of economic activity requires extensive areas of land?

• industrial manufacturing
• commercial agriculture
• petroleum extraction
• retail business

What vegetation region is shown in this picture?

• Taiga
• Rain Forest
• Savanna
• Steppe
• Middle Latitude

Select the cities which benefitted from their situation along the railroad shown on the map below.

• Omaha
• Sacramento
• Novosibirsk
• Vladivostock
• Pittsburgh

Which of the following are urban centers that thrived because of their situation near the overland trade route on the map? Choose all that apply.

• Samarkand, Uzbekistan
• Xi'an China
• Timbuktu, Mali
• Paris, France
• Capetown, South Africa

Which of the following cities is situated on the strait shown in the map below that connects the Mediterranean and Black Seas between Asia and Europe?

• Baghdad
• Istanbul
• Singapore
• Vladivostok

Select the cities from the list that are located on a site like the one in the photograph.

• Pittsburgh
• Khartoum
• Paris
• Istanbul
• Timbuktu

Which of the following best describes the conflict between Western Sahara and Morocco?

• It is a religious conflict between Shi'a Muslims in Western Sahara and Sunni Muslims in Morocco.
• It is a dispute over the independence of Western Sahara. Morocco claims the region and its valuable resources.
• It is an ethnic conflict between the Hutu tribe of Western Sahara and the Tutsi of Morocco that has led violence.
• It is a territorial dispute over the Golan Heights, a section of land taken from Morocco by Western Sahara.

In which of the following cities would you be most likely to eat at a restaurant called "The Trans-Saharan Café?"

• Samarkand, Uzbekistan
• Xian, China
• Novosibirsk, Russia
• Timbuktu, Mali

Which of the following best describes the cultural differences highlighted on the map below?

• There is conflict between Arab Muslims and African Christians and Animists.
• This map shows a country with many ethnic groups, languages and religions. There are tensions between Sunni, and Shi'a Muslims, Christians and people of Western Papua.
• The highlighted province of this country speaks French while the rest of the country speaks English.
• The population of this country is divided between Catholic Christians and Protestant Christians in the highlighted province.

Which of the following would NOT be considered an explanation for why political divisions at the national and international level exist?

• Natural disasters force nations to pursue their own interests.
• Differences in culture, language and religion
• Imperial conquest and control of colonial lands by other countries
• Desire to retain historical boundaries
• Economic similarities and differences - e.g. capitalism vs. command