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2nd Semester Final Exam

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of government is South Africa?

a)

parliamentary democracy

b)

presidential democracy

2.

What type of government is Nigeria?

a)

parliamentary democracy

b)

presidential democracy

3.

What type of government is Kenya?

a)

parliamentary democracy

b)

presidential democracy

4.

In a ___ democracy, citizens elect representatives. The leader is chosen from these representatives by his/her peers.

a)

parliamentary

b)

presidential

5.

In a ___ democracy, the citizens directly elect the leader.

a)

parliamentary

b)

presidential

6.

Which country is considered a communist state?

a)

China

b)

Japan

c)

South Korea

7.

Which country is NOT a parliamentary democracy?

a)

Japan

b)

China

c)

South Korea

8.

What is the name of Japan's legislative branch (like parliament)?

a)

Hutong

b)

Kuomintang

c)

Diet

d)

Emperor

9.

Which country is an autocracy?

a)

North Korea

b)

Japan

c)

China

d)

Vietnam

10.

Which country is a presidential democracy?

a)

South Korea

b)

North Korea

c)

Japan

d)

China

11.

What type of government is India?

a)

parliamentary democracy

b)

presidential democracy

12.

Government instability can result in...

a)

limited access to education

b)

unequal distribution of medicine

c)

unequal distribution of food

d)

limited ability to combat disease and famine

13.

Civil war often leads to

a)

government instability

b)

increased GDP

c)

peaceful changes in leadership

14.

South Africa's GDP relies heavily upon its ___ resources

a)

gold

b)

oil

15.

Nigeria's GDP relies heavily upon its ___ resources.

a)

gold

b)

oil

16.

Kenya has limited natural resources, so it relies on ___ to increase its GDP.

a)

tourism at national parks

b)

oil reserves

c)

gold and diamond mining

17.

A ___ economy has some government control and some free market opportunities.

a)

command

b)

market

c)

mixed

18.

Education and training is part of

a)

human capital

b)

infrastructure

c)

capital goods

19.

Improving the literacy rate can also improve a country's

a)

standard of living

b)

human capital

c)

GDP

20.

The amount of money a country earns per year is

a)

gross domestic product

b)

GDP per capita

21.

An educated workforce can produce more high-quality goods. Investment in this workforce is an example of investment in...

a)

human capital

b)

capital goods

c)

infrastructure

22.

If oil production is disrupted in Nigeria, the GDP will most likely...

a)

increase

b)

decrease

23.

If a tariff is placed on South Africa's diamond exports by the USA, the GDP in South Africa will...

a)

decrease

b)

increase

24.

The time period when Europeans were grabbing up territory in Africa for natural resources is known as the...

a)

Great Migration

b)

Scramble for Africa

c)

Communist Revolution

25.

European partitioning across Africa contributed to...

a)

conflict between ethnic and religious groups

b)

civil war

c)

creating artificial boundaries between countries

26.

Nigeria experienced ___ because some ethnic groups wanted to separate away from others after Europeans drew boundary lines.

a)

civil war

b)

economic growth

27.

Europeans divided Africa based upon the location of ___.

a)

natural resources

b)

ethnic groups

c)

religious groups

28.

What is the name of the movement to unite Africans living outside of Africa?

a)

Pan-Africanism

b)

Partitioning

c)

Apartheid

29.

Increased nationalism in Kenya, led by Jomo Kenyatta, eventually resulted in...

a)

independence from the British

b)

civil war

c)

European colonization

30.

Nigeria gained independence from ___ following an increase in nationalism.

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

Germany

31.

Which of the following is a Pan-African celebration?

a)

Kwanzaa

b)

Ramadan

c)

Easter

32.

What is the term for the legal separation of races in South Africa?

a)

Apartheid

b)

Pan-Africanism

c)

Nationalism

33.

What 2 leaders worked to end apartheid in South Africa?

a)

Nelson Mandela

b)

Jomo Kenyatta

c)

FW DeKlerk

34.

A/n ___ against South African exports helped lead to the end of apartheid.

a)

embargo

b)

subsidy

c)

currency exchange

35.

A penalty placed against a country is called a

a)

sanction

b)

subsidy

36.

A bonus paid to encourage something is a ___

a)

sanction

b)

subsidy

37.

The Chang Jiang is also known as

a)

the Yangtze River

b)

the Yellow River

c)

the Huang He

38.

The Yellow River is also known as

a)

the Huang He

b)

the Yangtze River

c)

Chang Jiang

39.

The ___ River is polluted by chemical waste, sewage, and human remains from cremated bodies.

a)

Ganges

b)

Yangtze

c)

Huang He

40.

Rivers in southern and eastern Asia are polluted by

a)

industrial run-off and waste

b)

chemical fertilizers

41.

The Three Gorges Dam produces

a)

hydroelectricity

b)

pollution

c)

flooding

42.

The Three Gorges Dam helps control ___

a)

destructive flooding

b)

earthquakes

43.

Fertile silt left along the banks of the Huang He/Yellow River after flooding is known as

a)

yuan

b)

loess

c)

diet

44.

Air pollution was a problem in this city when it was hosting the 2008 Olympics:

a)

Beijing

b)

Shanghai

c)

Xian

45.

Why do some countries ignore air and water pollution problems?

a)

The government would rather grow businesses to increase GDP

b)

The government doesn't know pollution is a problem

c)

The government does not want to protect the environment

46.

Physical features like the Himalayas and Taklamakan Desert and Plateau of Tibet kept China ___ other countries for centuries.

a)

popular with

b)

isolated from

c)

competing with

47.

Indian and Chinese culture did not mix for centuries because of physical barriers like the

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Huang He

c)

Himalayas

48.

Because western China does not have much arable land, most people live ... (pick 3)

a)

along the northern border

b)

in the North China Plain

c)

along China's rivers

d)

along the coast

49.

How can farmers develop arable land in the mountainous areas?

a)

Terrace farming

b)

Irrigation

50.

Because Japan is made up of mountainous islands, most people rely on __ for a food source.

a)

Fishing

b)

Agriculture

c)

Mining

51.

Which 2 religions include a belief in living so that one can end the cycle of rebirth?

a)

Islam

b)

Christianity

c)

Buddhism

d)

Hinduism

52.

Which religion includes the social structure known as the caste system?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Shintoism

c)

Confucianism

d)

Buddhism

53.

Which of the following is a philosophy concerning order, respect, and right living?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Shintoism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Confucianism

54.

Where did Shintoism originate?

a)

Japan

b)

China

c)

India

55.

Kami are nature spirits in

a)

Buddhism

b)

Confucianism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Shintoism

56.

Hindus and Buddhists believe in ___, or a cycle of rebirth into a new life.

a)

reincarnation

b)

deforestation

c)

communication

57.

Which 2 countries have more of a command economy?

a)

China

b)

North Korea

c)

India

d)

Japan

58.

Which country's citizens have the most economic freedom?

a)

North Korea

b)

South Korea

c)

China

59.

Japan's government invests in __ so that its workforce can manufacture high-tech products.

a)

infrastructure

b)

human capital

c)

natural resources

60.

Sewage systems, electrical grids, highways, and airports are all a part of

a)

human capital

b)

infrastructure

c)

entrepreneurship

61.

Japan's emphasis on __ is an example of investment in human capital.

a)

infrastructure

b)

education

c)

agriculture

62.

China's construction of factories and improvements in technology are examples of investment in

a)

capital goods

b)

human capital

c)

entrepreneurship

63.

Countries who invest in developing and investing in infrastructure usually have a higher

a)

GDP

b)

standard of living

c)

risk of death

64.

___ encourages trade between countries that have products the other country needs.

a)

Specialization

b)

Partitioning

65.

Japan specializes in technology and automobiles due to the lack of __.

a)

natural resources

b)

fishing areas

c)

population density

66.

What Vietnamese communist led the independence movement against France?

a)

Ho Chi Minh

b)

Mao Zedong

c)

Chiang Kai Shek

67.

Gandhi led India to independence from

a)

Great Britain

b)

the United States

c)

France

d)

China

68.

This leader encouraged non-violent non-cooperation such as the Salt March and various boycotts:

a)

Gandhi

b)

Mandela

c)

Ho Chi Minh

d)

Kenyatta

69.

Another term for non-violent protest is

a)

partitioning

b)

civil disobedience

c)

guerrilla warfare

70.

After WWII, the United States helped Japan restructure its government into a democracy called a

a)

constitutional monarchy

b)

communist dictatorship

c)

autocratic oligarchy

71.

What is the role of the Emperor of Japan?

a)

Simply a ceremonial leader

b)

Controls the Diet (legislature)

c)

Is now elected by the citizens

72.

Which event included organizing citizens into communes and quickly manufacturing steel (while neglecting agriculture)?

a)

Great Leap Forward

b)

Long March

c)

Cultural Revolution

73.

Which event includes eliminating ties to old China, encouraging communism, the Red Guard, and Mao's Little Red Book?

a)

Great Leap Forward

b)

Tiananmen Square Protest

c)

Cultural Revolution

74.

Which event was a student protest for more political freedoms, but ended in the deaths of many students?

a)

Long March

b)

Cultural Revolution

c)

Tiananmen Square Uprising

75.

What is the term for trying to prevent countries from becoming communist, like according to the Domino Theory?

a)

containment

b)

partitioning

c)

colonization

d)

nationalism