1st Semester Exam Review

The North Pole is in the middle of which of the following geographic locations?

• Antarctica

• Arctic Ocean

• Asian continent

• European continent

Geographers apply themes to nearly everything they study. It helps them organize their work. The five major themes of geography are —

• Location, Place, Language, Movement, Landscape

• Climate, Language, Movement, Place, Science

• Maps, Tools, Climate, Location, Movement

• Movement, Regions, Location, Human-Environment Interaction, Place

A natural and sudden movement of the Earth's crust causing seismic waves that make the ground shake are called —

• ocean currents

• earthquakes

• erosion

• typhoons

Three continents located entirely within the Northern Hemisphere are (a)  

A map that shows natural features of the earth like rivers, mountains, plains, etc. is called a:

• Political map

• Physical map

• Geological map

• Population map

Name the seven major landmasses on the planet.

(a)  

In which economic system does the government own resources?

• Communism

• Socialism

• Free enterprise

• Communism and socialism

Which statement about socialist economies is not true?

• Central planners make decisions about government-owned industries.

• The government controls basic factors of production.

• The government controls all factors of production.

• Many industries are privately controlled.

The United States, Canada, and Mexico are all democracies. This type of Government is

• unlimited

• totalitarian

• direct

• limited

Whatever the majority of voters wants becomes law. Such was the state of affairs in Athens and other ancient Greek city-states. In Athens, citizens met regularly in a popular assembly to discuss issues and vote for leaders. The passage above describes which form of government?

• Theocracy

• Direct democracy

• Republic

• Dictatorship