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CBA Review #2 (Europe, South America, Russia)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the highest waterfall in the world?

a)

Mt. Everest

b)

Angel Falls

c)

High Bank Twin Falls

d)

Triple Falls

2.

Name the largest river basin on Earth

a)

Amazon River Basin

b)

Red River

c)

Colorado River

d)

Mahi Basin

3.

What is subsistence farming?

a)

Growing enough food for your family

b)

Growing enough food for just you

c)

farming food subsistences

d)

farming with your family

4.

Where is the Atacama Desert located?

a)

Northern Chile

b)

Southern Chile

c)

Spain

d)

Texas

5.

How often does an El Nino occur?

a)

On its birthday

b)

at least once every 12 years

c)

every month

d)

once a year

6.

When did the Portuguese begin to colonize present day Brazil?

a)

in the 1500s

b)

2018

c)

in the 1800s

d)

1994

7.

When did Brazil declare its independence from Portugal?

a)

1892

b)

1991

c)

2015

d)

1860

8.

Define rain shadow-

a)

a dry region on both sides of a mountain

b)

a dry region on one side of a mountain range

c)

a wet area in a shadow

d)

the shadow a cloud makes where there is rain

9.

Who was called the Liberator?

a)

Simon Bolivar

b)

Francisco Pizarro

c)

Christina Conlee

d)

Emperor Constantine

10.

What is a coup?

a)

a sudden overthrow of the government not using force

b)

a sudden overthrow of the government using force

c)

the government taking over

d)

the government having a party

11.

After WWII which two countries were most powerful?

a)

US and Soviet Union

b)

US and Italy

c)

Germany and US

d)

Japan and Italy

12.

When did Napoleon invade Russia?

a)

summer of 1812

b)

winter of 1815

c)

summer of 1918

d)

fall of 1896

13.

What is the scorched earth policy?

a)

where troops retreat in front of the advancing army and destroy crops and other resources that might supply the enemy

b)

where troops stay in front of the advancing armies burn grass

c)

where troops retreat in front of the advancing army and grow crops to help the other side that is fighting

d)

where armies burn the ground before planting crops

14.

Why did Portugal bring African slaves to Brazil?

a)

they wanted people to work on their plantations and mines

b)

they didn't want people to work on their plantations and mines

c)

to take them shopping

d)

so that they didn't have to do anything

15.

What is the Great Depression?

a)

a severe downturn in the worlds economy

b)

when everyone got sad

c)

a severe uprising in the worlds economy

d)

a severe downturn of the environment

16.

What was the Holocaust in WWII?

a)

the killing of 6 million jews

b)

the killing of 2 million americans

c)

the killing of animals

d)

a happy experience

17.

When did textile manufacturers begin?

a)

1769

b)

1756

c)

1856

d)

1897

18.

The textile machines were ran by ___________

a)

coal

b)

wood

c)

fire

d)

water

19.

Why did Europeans want to explore the world?

a)

To find money and gems

b)

To find gold and trade with Asia for spices, silk, and gems

c)

To trade with Russia

d)

To find silver and work with Russians

20.

What is a colony?

a)

an area controlled by a distant country

b)

a group of people

c)

an area with lots of plants and animals

d)

a large group of humans commanded by a chief