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Worksheets2nd Semester Final Exam
Total questions: 75
Worksheet time: 38mins
What type of government is South Africa?
parliamentary democracy
presidential democracy
What type of government is Nigeria?
parliamentary democracy
presidential democracy
What type of government is Kenya?
parliamentary democracy
presidential democracy
In a ___ democracy, citizens elect representatives. The leader is chosen from these representatives by his/her peers.
parliamentary
presidential
In a ___ democracy, the citizens directly elect the leader.
parliamentary
presidential
Which country is considered a communist state?
China
Japan
South Korea
Which country is NOT a parliamentary democracy?
Japan
China
South Korea
What is the name of Japan's legislative branch (like parliament)?
Hutong
Kuomintang
Diet
Emperor
Which country is an autocracy?
North Korea
Japan
China
Vietnam
Which country is a presidential democracy?
South Korea
North Korea
Japan
China
What type of government is India?
parliamentary democracy
presidential democracy
Government instability can result in...
limited access to education
unequal distribution of medicine
unequal distribution of food
limited ability to combat disease and famine
Civil war often leads to
government instability
increased GDP
peaceful changes in leadership
South Africa's GDP relies heavily upon its ___ resources
gold
oil
Nigeria's GDP relies heavily upon its ___ resources.
gold
oil
Kenya has limited natural resources, so it relies on ___ to increase its GDP.
tourism at national parks
oil reserves
gold and diamond mining
A ___ economy has some government control and some free market opportunities.
command
market
mixed
Education and training is part of
human capital
infrastructure
capital goods
Improving the literacy rate can also improve a country's
standard of living
human capital
GDP
The amount of money a country earns per year is
gross domestic product
GDP per capita
An educated workforce can produce more high-quality goods. Investment in this workforce is an example of investment in...
human capital
capital goods
infrastructure
If oil production is disrupted in Nigeria, the GDP will most likely...
increase
decrease
If a tariff is placed on South Africa's diamond exports by the USA, the GDP in South Africa will...
decrease
increase
The time period when Europeans were grabbing up territory in Africa for natural resources is known as the...
Great Migration
Scramble for Africa
Communist Revolution
European partitioning across Africa contributed to...
conflict between ethnic and religious groups
civil war
creating artificial boundaries between countries
Nigeria experienced ___ because some ethnic groups wanted to separate away from others after Europeans drew boundary lines.
civil war
economic growth
Europeans divided Africa based upon the location of ___.
natural resources
ethnic groups
religious groups
What is the name of the movement to unite Africans living outside of Africa?
Pan-Africanism
Partitioning
Apartheid
Increased nationalism in Kenya, led by Jomo Kenyatta, eventually resulted in...
independence from the British
civil war
European colonization
Nigeria gained independence from ___ following an increase in nationalism.
Great Britain
France
Germany
Which of the following is a Pan-African celebration?
Kwanzaa
Ramadan
Easter
What is the term for the legal separation of races in South Africa?
Apartheid
Pan-Africanism
Nationalism
What 2 leaders worked to end apartheid in South Africa?
Nelson Mandela
Jomo Kenyatta
FW DeKlerk
A/n ___ against South African exports helped lead to the end of apartheid.
embargo
subsidy
currency exchange
A penalty placed against a country is called a
sanction
subsidy
A bonus paid to encourage something is a ___
sanction
subsidy
The Chang Jiang is also known as
the Yangtze River
the Yellow River
the Huang He
The Yellow River is also known as
the Huang He
the Yangtze River
Chang Jiang
The ___ River is polluted by chemical waste, sewage, and human remains from cremated bodies.
Ganges
Yangtze
Huang He
Rivers in southern and eastern Asia are polluted by
industrial run-off and waste
chemical fertilizers
The Three Gorges Dam produces
hydroelectricity
pollution
flooding
The Three Gorges Dam helps control ___
destructive flooding
earthquakes
Fertile silt left along the banks of the Huang He/Yellow River after flooding is known as
yuan
loess
diet
Air pollution was a problem in this city when it was hosting the 2008 Olympics:
Beijing
Shanghai
Xian
Why do some countries ignore air and water pollution problems?
The government would rather grow businesses to increase GDP
The government doesn't know pollution is a problem
The government does not want to protect the environment
Physical features like the Himalayas and Taklamakan Desert and Plateau of Tibet kept China ___ other countries for centuries.
popular with
isolated from
competing with
Indian and Chinese culture did not mix for centuries because of physical barriers like the
Pacific Ocean
Huang He
Himalayas
Because western China does not have much arable land, most people live ... (pick 3)
along the northern border
in the North China Plain
along China's rivers
along the coast
How can farmers develop arable land in the mountainous areas?
Terrace farming
Irrigation
Because Japan is made up of mountainous islands, most people rely on __ for a food source.
Fishing
Agriculture
Mining
Which 2 religions include a belief in living so that one can end the cycle of rebirth?
Islam
Christianity
Buddhism
Hinduism
Which religion includes the social structure known as the caste system?
Hinduism
Shintoism
Confucianism
Buddhism
Which of the following is a philosophy concerning order, respect, and right living?
Buddhism
Shintoism
Hinduism
Confucianism
Where did Shintoism originate?
Japan
China
India
Kami are nature spirits in
Buddhism
Confucianism
Hinduism
Shintoism
Hindus and Buddhists believe in ___, or a cycle of rebirth into a new life.
reincarnation
deforestation
communication
Which 2 countries have more of a command economy?
China
North Korea
India
Japan
Which country's citizens have the most economic freedom?
North Korea
South Korea
China
Japan's government invests in __ so that its workforce can manufacture high-tech products.
infrastructure
human capital
natural resources
Sewage systems, electrical grids, highways, and airports are all a part of
human capital
infrastructure
entrepreneurship
Japan's emphasis on __ is an example of investment in human capital.
infrastructure
education
agriculture
China's construction of factories and improvements in technology are examples of investment in
capital goods
human capital
entrepreneurship
Countries who invest in developing and investing in infrastructure usually have a higher
GDP
standard of living
risk of death
___ encourages trade between countries that have products the other country needs.
Specialization
Partitioning
Japan specializes in technology and automobiles due to the lack of __.
natural resources
fishing areas
population density
What Vietnamese communist led the independence movement against France?
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Zedong
Chiang Kai Shek
Gandhi led India to independence from
Great Britain
the United States
France
China
This leader encouraged non-violent non-cooperation such as the Salt March and various boycotts:
Gandhi
Mandela
Ho Chi Minh
Kenyatta
Another term for non-violent protest is
partitioning
civil disobedience
guerrilla warfare
After WWII, the United States helped Japan restructure its government into a democracy called a
constitutional monarchy
communist dictatorship
autocratic oligarchy
What is the role of the Emperor of Japan?
Simply a ceremonial leader
Controls the Diet (legislature)
Is now elected by the citizens
Which event included organizing citizens into communes and quickly manufacturing steel (while neglecting agriculture)?
Great Leap Forward
Long March
Cultural Revolution
Which event includes eliminating ties to old China, encouraging communism, the Red Guard, and Mao's Little Red Book?
Great Leap Forward
Tiananmen Square Protest
Cultural Revolution
Which event was a student protest for more political freedoms, but ended in the deaths of many students?
Long March
Cultural Revolution
Tiananmen Square Uprising
What is the term for trying to prevent countries from becoming communist, like according to the Domino Theory?
containment
partitioning
colonization
nationalism
