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WorksheetsWorld Geography Summer Final
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 35mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which city is the only city in the world situated on 2 continents?
a)
Ankara, Turkey
b)
Sagigia, Turkey
c)
Instanbul, Turkey
d)
Twerky, Turkey
2.
India is described as a patriarchal society. What does this mean?
a)
Society or government controlled by men
b)
Society or government controlled by women
c)
Society or government controlled by children
d)
Society or government controlled by royalty
3.
Why are women in India seen as an economic liability?
a)
They will marry and move away to take care of their own parents
b)
They will go on to get a masters degree at college
c)
They will marry and move away to take care of their husbands family and require a dowry
d)
They will travel the world and eventually immigrate to the United States
4.
What 2 things will be most effective to empower women in India and pull them out of poverty?
a)
education and recreational time
b)
education and travel to other countries
c)
education and having a lot of children
d)
education and birth control
5.
If India doesn't control it's population, what two major issues will it have?
a)
Not enough water/Not enough babies
b)
Not enough jobs/Not enough water
c)
Not enough water/Not enough pollution
d)
Not enough jobs/Not enough education
6.
What is the attitude of Japanese women toward having children?
a)
They feel like if they aren't married a by 25, they will be "Christmas cake"
b)
Japanese women don't want children at all
c)
They are moving out of the cities
d)
Japanese women are waiting as late as possible to have children now
7.
What are the consequences when there's not enough young people and lots of older people on a population pyramid?
a)
There's not enough people working and paying into the system to take care of retired people
b)
There's more than enough people working to take care of the retire population
c)
People will emigrate out of the region in search of new jobs
d)
The elderly will not be able to retire and will have to work until the die
8.
In comparison, child in the United States pollutes more than how many Indian children?
a)
200
b)
80
c)
5
d)
50
9.
Like Japan, the United States also has a similar population pyramid with not enough young people. What is saving the U.S. from Japan's plight (problem)?
a)
immigration
b)
emigration
c)
ammigration
d)
anti-immigration
10.
If world fertility rate drops just below replacement (2 children per couple) what is world population predicted to be?
a)
2 billion
b)
5 billion
c)
7 billion
d)
9 billion
11.
If the world fertility rate is at 2.5 then what is the world's predicted population in 50 years?
a)
1 billion
b)
6 billion
c)
12 billion
d)
22 billion
12.
This country is only a stone's throw away from Key West, Florida. Private citizens are not allowed to access the internet or buy computers.
a)
Cuba
b)
Dominican Republic
c)
Haiti
d)
Puerto Rico
13.
Which countries share the longest borders in the world?
a)
Spain and France
b)
Panama and Colombia
c)
United States and Canada
d)
United States and Mexico
14.
Which natural disaster is a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.
a)
hurricane
b)
tsunami
c)
tornado
d)
earthquake
15.
Which natural disaster has an "eye" which causes a period of calm in the middle of it happening?
a)
hurricane
b)
tsunami
c)
tornado
d)
earthquake
16.
The ESPN factors that are the effect of natural disasters stands for what?
a)
Economic, social, porousity and environment
b)
Economic, sensational, political and environmental
c)
Economic, social, political and environmental
d)
Economic, stability, political and environmental
17.
Which natural disaster is pictured?
a)
volcanic eruption
b)
tsunami
c)
apocalypse
d)
thunder and lightning
18.
This city pictured has endured the natural disaster of flooding and has been affected economically, socially, politically and environmentally. Which city is it?
a)
Houston
b)
Austin
c)
San Antonio
d)
Dallas
19.
Desert known as the driest place on Earth
a)
Cuba
b)
Atacama
c)
Igacu
d)
Gobi
20.
Italian island where Napolean lived in exile
a)
Elba
b)
Solomon
c)
Galveston
d)
Cuba
21.
In an Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore said that the most vulnerable part of the Earth's ecosystem is what?
a)
the stratosphere
b)
the biosphere
c)
the atmosphere
d)
the lithosphere
22.
Mexico is dissected by what line of longitude or latitude?
a)
Tropic of Hatteras
b)
Tropic of Capricorn
c)
Tropic of Cancer
d)
Tropic of Yucatan
23.
Which country is bordered by Estonia to the north, Lithuania to the south, Russia to the east and Belarus to the Southeast
a)
Latvia
b)
Albania
c)
Poland
d)
Kazakhstan
24.
What is a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants.
a)
condensation
b)
some like it hot
c)
global thermal dynamics
d)
global warming
25.
All of these are examples of ecological disasters that occur as the result of global warming except?
a)
stronger typhoons/hurricanes
b)
rise in sea level
c)
glacial melting
d)
overpopulation
26.
The fact that icecaps are melting at a faster rate due there being less of them so the water heats up faster is the _______.
a)
mirror effect
b)
polar caps
c)
urbanization
d)
deforestation
27.
All are ways that we can reduce carbon emissions except?
a)
Buy a huge SUV to drive by yourself
b)
Recycle
c)
Take public transportation
d)
Buy locally sourced food
28.
Autonomous part of China also known as Tibet
a)
Xizang
b)
Hung Hu
c)
Shanghai
d)
Yalu
29.
River that forms part of the border between North Korea and China
a)
Nile River
b)
Yoaling River
c)
Yalu River
d)
Mississippi River
30.
Waterfall located on the border of between Brazil and Argentina
a)
Niagara Falls
b)
Iguazu Falls
c)
Houston Falls
d)
Chavez Falls
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