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Social Studies Final Exam

Total questions: 64

Worksheet time: 5hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What physical feature is highlighted?
a)
Zambezi River
b)
Congo Basin
c)
Sahara Desert
d)
Nile River
2.

What are the two deserts in Africa?

a)

Sahara and Rub'al-Khali

b)

Death Valley and Sahara

c)

Sahara and Kalahari

d)

Kalahari and Death Valley

3.

This physical feature is in between the Middle East and Africa.

a)

Persian Gulf

b)

Gulf of Aden

c)

Strait of Hormuz

d)

Red Sea

4.

This is the largest hot desert in the world.

a)

Sahara

b)

Kalahari

c)

Kilimanjaro

d)

Sahel

5.

This physical features connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.

a)

Panama Canal

b)

Suez Canal

c)

Strait of Hormuz

d)

Gulf of Aden

6.

What ocean lies to the west of Africa?

a)

Indian

b)

Pacific

c)

Atlantic

d)

Arctic

7.

What type of climate does the middle of Africa have along the equator?

a)

Savanna

b)

Desert

c)

Tropical Rainforest

d)

Humid Continental

8.

A direct result of the European colonization of Africa is...

a)

Large urban cities

b)

Civil war/ instabilities

c)

Equal distribution of wealth

d)

Industrialized countries

9.
What did F.W. de Klerk do for South Africa?
a)
He started apartheid.
b)
He put Nelson Mandella in jail.
c)
He fought for South Africa's independence.
d)
He helped to end apartheid.
10.
Who was the first black president of South Africa?
a)
F.W. de Klerk
b)
Nelson Mandela
c)
Jomo Kenyatta
d)
Kwame Nkrumah
11.

To treat someone different because of the person's sex, religion, nationality, ethnicity (culture), race, or other personal traits.


This definition describes what term?

a)

Racism

b)

Discrimination

c)

Segregation

d)

Stereotype

12.

Imperialism is a system where

a)

a strong country takes wealth and raw materials from another country.

b)

taking from the rich an giving to the poor

c)

encouraging free trade

d)

development of world-wide educational systems

13.

The four main European countries that colonized Africa in the 1800's were

a)

Great Britain, United States, France, & Russia

b)

Great Britain, Germany, France, & Belgium

c)

India, China, Japan, and France

d)

Mexico. Canada, Britain, & Germany

14.

What three religions began in the Middle East?

a)

Judaism

b)

Islam

c)

Buddhism

d)

Christianity

15.

This city is considered holy for many religions.

a)

Mecca, Saudi Arabia

b)

Bombay, India

c)

Jerusalem, Israel

d)

Tokyo, Japan

16.

What important natural resource can be found throughout the Persian Gulf area?

a)

water

b)

oil/petroleum

c)

diamonds

d)

arable cropland

17.

What is this area called that allows 20% of the world's oil to be shipped out of the Persian Gulf?

a)

Suez Canal

b)

Panama Canal

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Strait of Hormuz

18.

What is the name of the largest country on the Arabian Peninsula?

a)

Yemen

b)

Saudi Arabia

c)

Oman

d)

United Arab Emirates

19.

Which Middle Eastern country is in both Asia and Europe?

a)

Turkey

b)

Romania

c)

Somalia

d)

Israel

20.

These Palestinian territories are inside the borders of Israel.

a)

Gaza Strip

b)

Bethlehem

c)

West Bank

d)

Golan Heights

21.

The source of a major conflict in the Middle East is the 1947 U.N. decision to give an area known as Palestine to Jews leaving Europe after the...

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Holocaust

c)

pogroms targeting them

22.

What is the name of the Islamic Holy Book?

a)

Koran

b)

New York Times

c)

The Bible

d)

They don't have one

23.

What is currently taking place in Syria?

a)

Government is progressing towards a democracy

b)

Flooding

c)

They are electing a president

d)

Civil War

24.

Define Monotheism

a)

Belief in one God

b)

Belief in no God

c)

Belief in Multiple Gods

25.
Which religions all began in the Middle East and consider Israel a holy place?
a)
Judaism, Christianity, Islam
b)
Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism
c)
Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism
d)
Judaism, Islam, and Sikhism
26.
A Muslim is a follower of what religion?
a)
Islam
b)
Judaism 
c)
Christianity
d)
None 
27.
Saudi Arabia uses desalination. What is desalination?
a)
the process of adding salt to fresh water.
b)
the process of removing oil from the ground 
c)
the process of removing salt from seawater.
d)
process of making crude oil into gasoline for cars
28.
Definition:
Arabic word for God
a)
Prophet
b)
Islam
c)
Allah
d)
Qur'an
29.
Which river do Syria, Israel, and Jordan share?
a)
Nile River
b)
Tigris River
c)
Jordan River
d)
Euphrates River
30.

___________ is the most common religion in the Middle East.

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Judaism

d)

Buddhism

31.

The Middle East has a similar climate and culture to _______.

a)

Southeast Asia

b)

Eastern Europe

c)

North Africa

d)

Australia

32.

The people of Israel are mostly Jewish and speak a language called _________.

a)

Hindi

b)

Arabic

c)

Hebrew

d)

Egyptian

33.

The United States fought two wars in 1991 and 2003 in which Middle Eastern country?

a)

Iraq

b)

Iran

c)

Afghanistan

d)

Saudi Arabia

34.

Who started the religion called Islam in 610AD?

a)

John the Baptist

b)

Muhammad

c)

Siddhartha Guatama

d)

Jesus Christ

35.

Which country is NOT in the Middle East region?

a)

Jordan

b)

Lebanon

c)

Kuwait

d)

India

36.

The total amount of goods and services produced by people and businesses is called __________. It is the best way to measure how strong the economy is.

a)

stock market

b)

standard of living

c)

population

d)

GDP

37.

The measure of how crowded a place is is known as __________.

a)

economic recovery

b)

population density

c)

demographics

d)

worldwide census

38.

How do you know that a country is more developed?

a)

large cities and low GDP per capita

b)

a very large military and police force with a low literacy rate

c)

large farming population and high birthrate

d)

more factories and industries and higher GDP

39.
What does OPEC do?
a)
Controls fruit costs
b)
Controls the value of the American dollar
c)
Controls cost of oil
d)
Controls the Olympics
40.

This religion emphasizes karma and reincarnation.

a)

Buddhism

b)

Catholicism

c)

Christianity

d)

Hinduism

41.

Hindus believe in...

a)

rebirth

b)

the caste system

c)

their status is based on how they used to act

d)

all of the above

42.

What two deserts are found in China?

a)

Gobi and Ganges

b)

Huang He and Yangtze

c)

Gobi and Taklimakan

d)

Mekong and Arabia

43.

Seasonal winds that affect India and China are called:

a)

tornados

b)

hurricanes

c)

monsoons

44.

True or False: Hinduism is monotheistic.

a)

true

b)

false

45.

Which religion is mainly practiced in Japan?

a)

Shintoism

b)

Islam

c)

Judaism

46.

In what country was Confucianism founded?

a)

India

b)

China

c)

North Korea

47.

Who was the leader of India that believed in peaceful protest?

a)

Mohandas Ghandi

b)

Mao Zedong

c)

Nelson Mandela

d)

F.W. de Klerk

48.
What river is featured in red here?
a)
Yangtze River
b)
Ganges River
c)
Huang He River
d)
Indus River 
49.
This river is sacred to the Hindu religion.
a)
Yangtze
b)
Ganges
c)
Huang He
d)
Indus
50.
What is the world's highest mountain region?
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Himalayan Mountains
c)
Andes Mountains
d)
Ural Mountains
51.

Which religion in Southern and Eastern Asia is the oldest?

a)

Confucianism

b)

Shintoism

c)

Buddhism

d)

Hinduism

52.
Who was Mao Zedong?
a)
The religious leader of an anti-communism religion
b)
A Chinese leader that help China's economy grow and gain power over other countries
c)
A Chinese Communist revolutionary and the founding father of the People's Republic of China
d)
A small figure in China's Communist party that had very little involement
53.
What was the Great Leap Forward's result on China?
a)
20 million people died of starvation or diseases related to starvation
b)
Gained power over Japan and its supply of food, rubber, and oil
c)
Caused many people to leave China throughout the year
d)
Made a new religion that was based on stoping communism
54.
What was the Great Leap Forward?
a)
To help other neighboring countries with their scarcity of food
b)
To transform China into a society capable of competing with other industrialized nations
c)
To end communism in all continents around the world
d)
To stop the scarcity of their supply of rubber, oil, minerals, and 
55.
What was the Cultural Revolution?
a)
Mao Zedong wanting complete power over China to turn it into a communist country
b)
Other continents wanting China and the United States to get along
c)
Independence in India for the first time
d)
The struggle for power within the Democratic party of the U.S
56.
Why did the United States get involved with Korean conflict?
a)
To stop the spread of communism
b)
To encourage communism in Korea
c)
To make trade deals
d)
To help Korea win a war against China
57.
Gandhi's non-violent methods included...
a)
Strikes
b)
Boycotts
c)
Fasting
d)
All of the Above
58.
a)
China
b)
India
c)
Pakistan
d)
Sri Lanka
59.
Japan is located in which ocean?
a)
Indian Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean
d)
Arctic Ocean
60.
Which of these belief systems is a philosophy, not a religion?
a)
Hinduism
b)
Shintoism
c)
Confucianism
d)
Buddhism
61.
This area is known as: 
a)
Euphrates River
b)
Ganges River 
c)
Nile River
d)
Indus River
62.
Where did Hinduism begin?
a)
India
b)
Islam
c)
Mecca
d)
Indonesia
63.
Anything that slows down or prevents one country from exchanging goods with another is called a 
a)
ban
b)
trade barrier
c)
specialization
64.
The Japanese parliament is called 
a)
Congress
b)
House of Representatives
c)
The Diet

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