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World Geography Final Hartley

Total questions: 106

Worksheet time: 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which two cultures blended to shape the development of Mexico?

a)

Spanish and Portuguese

b)

native people and Spanish

c)

Maya and Aztec

d)

Spanish and African

2.

Which was the primary language of the Inca Empire

a)

Quechua

b)

Spanish

c)

Portuguese

d)

English

3.

The Panama Canal was built

a)

to create a shorter distance that ships had to travel when going for the east coast of the United States to the west coast of the United States

b)

to increase tourism between the United States and South America

c)

to connect to countries of Panama and Columbia

d)

all of the above

4.

Panama was an excellent choice of location to build a canal to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans because of its

a)

history

b)

culture

c)

economy

d)

geography

5.

Hernando Cortez built Mexico City over

a)

all of the above

b)

Texas

c)

Tenochtitlan

d)

Cuba

6.

Factories along the U.S.-Mexican border that assemble important materials into finished goods to be exported are called

a)

maquiladoras

b)

samba

c)

cultural health

d)

reggae

7.

This was an economic principle that believed that a colony was to be used for the sole benefit of the mother country

a)

favelas

b)

NAFTA

c)

mercosur

d)

mercantilism

8.

Two forms of music that started in the Caribbean and spread to other parts of the world are calypso and

a)

NAFTA

b)

reggae

c)

capoera

d)

Mercosur

9.

The people who built a great empire high in the Andes Mountains were the

a)

Inca

b)

Spanish

c)

Brazilians

d)

Cubans

10.

A dance that developed in Brazil with an African influence

a)

Samba

b)

Mercosur

c)

Reggae

d)

Capoera

11.

Slums in Brazil are called

a)

Cuba

b)

Spanish conquest

c)

Samba

d)

Favelas

12.

The British brought the Protestant religion to some of the Caribbean islands

a)

True

b)

False

13.

According to the Treaty of Tordesillas, Brazil became a possession of Spain

a)

True

b)

False

14.

The Panama Canal is 51 wide and 10 miles long

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Which of these landforms is a peninsula

a)

Balkan

b)

Terpen

c)

Polder

d)

Enclave

16.

Which of these is part of the area of "The land of the Midnight Sun"?

a)

Barcelona

b)

Venice

c)

Sweden

d)

London

17.

Which of these is prone to floods because much of it reclaimed land lies below the sea?

a)

North Sea

b)

Black Forest

c)

Sweden

d)

The Netherlands

18.

Which of these was changed form an arm of the sea into a freshwater lake?

a)

Meseta

b)

Zuider Zee

c)

Mistral

d)

Polder

19.

Where would you most likely find gondolas, waterbuses, and motorboat taxis on canals

a)

Venice

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Germany

20.

Which of these is a cold, dry wind from the north?

a)

Fjord

b)

Meseta

c)

Sirocco

d)

Mistral

21.

Which of these has a nickname of "City of Lights"

a)

Portugal

b)

Paris

c)

Venice

d)

Sweden

22.

Which of these has been seriously damaged by acid rain

a)

Paris

b)

Black forest

c)

The Netherlands

d)

Venice

23.

Which of these is a U-shaped valleys that connect to the sea?

a)

Enclave

b)

Sirocco

c)

Fjord

d)

Meseta

24.

Which of these was created to reclaim land from the sea?

a)

Mistral

b)

Meseta

c)

Samba

d)

Polder

25.

Which of these is located on the Thames River?

a)

Spain

b)

London

c)

Paris

d)

Venice

26.

The Alps cut off western Italy from eastern Italy

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Spain is in the

a)

Jutland Peninsula

b)

Balkan Peninsula

c)

Scandinavian Peninsula

d)

Iberian Peninsula

e)

None of these

28.

Netherlands is in the

a)

Jutland Peninsula

b)

Balkan Peninsula

c)

Scandinavian Peninsula

d)

Iberian Peninsula

e)

None of these

29.

Norway is in the

a)

Jutland Peninsula

b)

Balkan Peninsula

c)

Scandinavian Peninsula

d)

Iberian Peninsula

e)

None of these

30.

Finland is in the

a)

Jutland Peninsula

b)

Balkan Peninsula

c)

Scandinavian Peninsula

d)

Iberian Peninsula

e)

None of these

31.

Denmark is in the

a)

Jutland Peninsula

b)

Balkan Peninsula

c)

Scandinavian Peninsula

d)

Iberian Peninsula

e)

None of these

32.

Germany is in the

a)

Jutland Peninsula

b)

Balkan Peninsula

c)

Scandinavian Peninsula

d)

Iberian Peninsula

e)

None of these

33.

Greece is in the

a)

Jutland Peninsula

b)

Balkan Peninsula

c)

Scandinavian Peninsula

d)

Iberian Peninsula

e)

None of these

34.

Portugal is in the

a)

Jutland Peninsula

b)

Balkan Peninsula

c)

Scandinavian Peninsula

d)

Iberian Peninsula

e)

None of these

35.

France is in the

a)

Jutland Peninsula

b)

Balkan Peninsula

c)

Scandinavian Peninsula

d)

Iberian Peninsula

e)

None of these

36.

Fall of the Western Roman Empire

a)

476

b)

1215

c)

1939

d)

70

37.

Jerusalem burned by Romans

a)

1917

b)

1789

c)

70

d)

1096

38.

Reformation begins

a)

476

b)

1945

c)

1066

d)

1517

39.

Crusades begin

a)

1096

b)

476

c)

1917

d)

70

40.

WWII begins

a)

70

b)

1939

c)

476

d)

1789

41.

Beginning of the Cold War

a)

1054

b)

1945

c)

1917

d)

1939

42.

Which of these developed the first democracy?

a)

Rome

b)

Sparta

c)

Athens

d)

Persia

43.

Which of these dominated a large region in Eastern Europe after World War II?

a)

France

b)

United States

c)

Great Britain

d)

Soviet Union

44.

___________ began when Spain and Portugal started colonizing

a)

Crusades

b)

Renaissance

c)

Reformation

d)

Age of Exploration

45.

Which of these are two dominant countries of Western Europe?

a)

Switzerland and France

b)

Germany and the Netherlands

c)

Germany and France

d)

the Netherlands and Austria

46.

Which of these had built a global empire by the 1800s?

a)

Spain

b)

Italy

c)

United Kingdom

d)

Sweden

47.

Which region of Europe has great diversity because of its history as a cultural crossroads?

a)

Mediterranean Europe

b)

Western Europe

c)

Northern Europe

d)

Eastern Europe

48.

What spread from Asia to Europe and caused the deaths of millions of people?

a)

smallpox

b)

bubonic plague

c)

Vikings

d)

Ottomans

49.

Which country does not belong to the region of Western Europe?

a)

France

b)

UK

c)

Belgium

d)

Germany

50.

Several Italian city-states grew wealthy from selling supplies to ships during the ______

a)

Crusades

b)

France

c)

Spanish

d)

Ireland

51.

The country that is famous for its high-speed trains, high-fashion clothes, and gourmet foods is _____

a)

UK

b)

Norway

c)

France

d)

Germany

52.

The country that was formed after England took over Wales, Scotland, and Ireland is the ______

a)

France

b)

Italy

c)

Spain

d)

UK

53.

Begun in the 1500s, the movement to correct problems in the Catholic Church was the ______

a)

Reformation

b)

Catholic

c)

Albania

d)

Renaissance

54.

After World War II, this country was divided into East and West, but in 1990, the two nations reunified into one nation called ______

a)

Italy

b)

France

c)

Greece

d)

Germany

55.

Martin Luther posted his 95 thesis on the doors of the ___

a)

Catholic

b)

Protestant

c)

Renaissance

d)

Crusades

56.

A country of eastern Europe is ___

a)

Germany

b)

Albania

c)

Greece

d)

France

57.

The capital of the eastern Roman Empire before the takeover of the Ottoman Empire was ____

a)

Catholics

b)

Crusades

c)

Constantinople

d)

Soviet Union

58.

Martin Luther is the founder of the _________ religions

a)

Christians

b)

Catholic

c)

Protestant

d)

Crusades

59.

Nationalism is the belief that people should be loyal to their nation, the people with whom they share land, culture, and history.

a)

True

b)

False

60.

Cultural crossroads is a term that refers to the process of a region breaking up into small, mutually hostile units.

a)

True

b)

False

61.

The fertile soil found on the Northern European Plain is known as

a)

tundra

b)

permafrost

c)

chernozem

d)

plain

62.

The oldest and deepest lake in the world is

a)

Czar lake

b)

Lake Caspian

c)

Aral Sea

d)

Lake Baikal

63.

A region known for frigid temperature as well as its its many natural resources is

a)

Siberia

b)

Georgia

c)

Russia

d)

Uzbekistan

64.

________ is the term used to describe a region's distance away from the moderating influence of the sea.

a)

Continentality

b)

taiga

c)

tundra

d)

precipitation

65.

The world's largest forest is found is Russia. It is called the

a)

tundra

b)

taiga

c)

steppe

d)

tropical

66.

One type of vegetation that is NOT found in Russia and Republics is

a)

forest

b)

steppe

c)

tundra

d)

tropical

67.

The _______ was damaged by efforts to use its waters for irrigation of nearby farms

a)

Caspian Sea

b)

Aral Sea

c)

Black Sea

d)

White Sea

68.

The term that is used to describe the permanently frozen subsoil in Siberia is

a)

frosted

b)

frozen

c)

permafrost

d)

tundra frost

69.

Which is NOT one of the largest cities in Russia?

a)

Kiev

b)

Moscow

c)

Berlin

d)

St. Petersburg

70.

Which is that capital of the Ukraine?

a)

Kiev

b)

Moscow

c)

Berlin

d)

St. Petersburg

71.

Once permafrost melts, what problems does it create in Siberia?

a)

Black flies and Mosquitos

b)

Lean buildings and Black flies

c)

Mosquitos and leaning buildings

d)

All of these

72.

A mobile home for nomads of Central Asia

a)

Yurt

b)

Semey

c)

Banyas

d)

Supra

73.

Russian vacation home

a)

Yurt

b)

Supra

c)

Dachas

d)

Chernobyl

74.

Land of Flames

a)

Russia

b)

Transcaucasia

c)

Armenia

d)

Azerbaijan

75.

Bathhouse

a)

Yurt

b)

Banyas

c)

Dachas

d)

Semey

76.

The Russian leader who put an end to Mongol rule was

a)

Ivan the Great

b)

Catherine the Great

c)

Peter the Great

d)

Joseph Stalin

77.

An economy in which the central government makes all the decisions about a country's economic policies

a)

Command economy

b)

Communist economy

c)

Labor economy

d)

Collective economy

78.

After the Russian Revolution, the Soviet military became known as the

a)

Red Army

b)

USSR Army

c)

Russian Army

d)

Revolutionary Army

79.

The decision about whether to consider the Caspian a sea or a lake will help to determine

a)

whether it contains fresh water or salt water.

b)

how the region's maps will be drawn

c)

how oil resources are divided

d)

where the states' boundaries will be drawn

80.

People who have no permanent home and move according to the seasons in search of food, water, and grazing land are known as

a)

wanderers

b)

yurters

c)

herders

d)

nomads

81.

Which of the following is a cause for the regional conflicts in Caucasus?

a)

an increase in tourism

b)

demands for more Western goods

c)

the presence of more than 50 different ethnic groups

d)

the Communist form of government

82.

Which of the following terms includes large teams of laborers who gathered together to work.

a)

collective farms

b)

public domain

c)

nuclear power

d)

privatization

83.

Which of the following is the term for long, thin valleys that formed as a result of continental plates pulling apart

a)

aquifer

b)

canopy

c)

rift valleys

d)

oil

84.

Which of these is the name of the longest river in the world?

a)

The Danube

b)

The Mississippi

c)

The NIle

d)

The Amazon

85.

Which of these supports wildlife and vegetation in a desert?

a)

desertification

b)

oasis

c)

canopy

d)

aquifer

86.

Which of these is the name of the tropical grassland in north central Tanzania?

a)

Namib

b)

Somalia

c)

Sahel

d)

Serengeti

87.

Which of these is a place where you would find most animals in a rain forest?

a)

coffee

b)

canopy

c)

aquifer

d)

lineage

88.

Lake Tanganyika is the world's deepest lake.

a)

True

b)

False

89.

Mt. Kilimanjaro is really a volcano

a)

True

b)

False

90.

Which of these rivers provides more than 95 percent of Egyptians with waters?

a)

Congo RIver

b)

Niger River

c)

Sahara RIver

d)

Nile River

91.

Which of the following names a location where temperatures can reach 136 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer and fall below freezing at night in winter?

a)

Great Drakensberg escarpment

b)

Mount Kilimanjaro

c)

the Sahara

d)

Serengeti

92.

Which of these identifies the climate area that comprises the smallest area in Africa?

a)

hot, dry deserts

b)

rain forests

c)

tropical grasslands

d)

snow-capped mountains

93.

If you were gazing at a wild beast through tall grass, in which of these places would you be?

a)

The Serengeti

b)

The Sahara

c)

the canopy of a rain forests

d)

Mount Kilimanjaro

94.

Which of the following is a problem created by the construction of Aswan High Dam?

a)

regular water supply

b)

increased irrigation

c)

decreased occurrence of drought

d)

decreased silt deposits on the surrounding farmland

95.

The source of the Nile is

a)

Lake Victoria

b)

Lake Tanganyika

c)

Lake Baikal

d)

Lake Borne

96.

Which of the following countries does the Nile NOT flow through?

a)

Sudan

b)

Ethiopia

c)

Egypt

d)

Uganda

97.

Which of these best states the purpose of the Berlin Conference?

a)

stop civil war in Africa

b)

divide Africa among ethnic groups

c)

divide Africa among Europeans nations

d)

bring together African and European rulers

98.

Which of these was used to express displeasure with European colonizers?

a)

rai

b)

medina

c)

souks

d)

pandemic

99.

Which of the following best describes a stateless society?

a)

different lineages elect a central power

b)

all people are descended from a common ancestor

c)

families elect a monarch

d)

people use lineages to govern themselves

100.

Which of these is called the Cradle of Hummanity

a)

North Africa

b)

East Africa

c)

West Africa

d)

South Africa

101.

Mary and Louis Leake Found fossils from creatures that first made stone in what area of Africa?

a)

Nile River

b)

Sahara Desert

c)

Congo Basin

d)

Olduvai Gorge

102.

How many different ethnic groups are located in East Africa?

a)

150

b)

160

c)

170

d)

180

103.

Why is Nelson Mandela a hero to many South Africans?

a)

led a long struggle to end apartheid

b)

promoted rai as a tool for protest

c)

led the movement to ban Western influences in African art

d)

opened the African interior to European trade

104.

The religion of Islam has the foundations of its religion based on the teachings of the prophet Muhammed.

a)

True

b)

False

105.

A stateless society is a family or group that has descended from a common ancestor.

a)

True

b)

False

106.

King Leopold III is the minister of enjoyment from the country of Nigeria

a)

True

b)

False