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WorksheetsInterim Assessment 3
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
The equator is an imaginary line that divides the world in half, creating the northern and southern hemispheres. What's another way to describe the equator?
0 degrees latitude
0 degrees longitude
prime merididan
international dateline
Choose the resource that is NON-renewable:
Hydropower
Solar power
Coal
Wind energy
Jaime is standing at 120 degrees North of the equator, Mia is standing 80 degrees south of the equator, Mason is standing 70 degrees north of the equator. Who is closest?
Mason
Mia
Jaime
They are all the same distance away
Which of the following are examples of Cultural Diffusion:
Celebrating Cinco De Mayo in the United States
Drinking Coca-Cola in China
Spreading religions due to colonization
All of the above
Which of these is NOT an ethnic group:
Kurds
Slavs
Turks
Christians
Universalizing religions look to have as many followers as possible
True
False
The world's main monotheistic religions (Chrisianity, Islam and Judaism) all believe their religions began in this part of the world...
Middle East
Western Europe
Southeast Asia
Oceania
True/False: Israel was created after WWII, in part because of the atrocities of the Holocaust
True
False
Mesopotamia was located between which between rivers?
Yellow and Yangtze
Mississippi and Missouri
Nile and Congo
Tigris and Euphrates
Which mountain range in the largest in the EASTERN United States?
Rocky Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
Himalayan Mounains
Andes Mountains
This country has two official national languages- English and French
Canada
Greenland
Norway
Belgium
A land bridge connects two larger areas of land (for example- Central America connects North and South America). What's another word for land bridge?
plateau
escarpment
isthmus
glacier
Landlocked countries are a disadvantage when it comes to international trade. Which country would be least successful in international trade based on physical geography?
Bolivia
Chile
Argentina
Brazil
Due to their location near the equator, rainforests are hot, wet, and have lots of plant life. True or False
True
False
Romance languages (French, Spanish, Italian, and Romanian) are based on....
German
Persian
Irish
Latin
This region located between France and Spain wants their own country
Pyrenees
Basque
Slavs
Andorra
Yugoslavia broke up into many nations due to the fact that there were too many....
ethnicities
religions
languages
people
Most important river in Eastern Europe for trade, renewable energy, and transportation
Thames
Seine
Rhine
Danube
What is not true about the European Union?
People can move freely between the countries of the Union
There is a common currency
Goods that are traded amongst the EU countries are taxed
You don't have to go through customs when entering/leaving a country of the Union
Most people live in Western Russia and identify more with Europe than Asia. Why is that?
They like Europe better than Asia
The Ural Mountains separates Russia and Western Russia is in Europe
The European Plain is in Western Russia
people of Western Russia don't speak Asian languages
Which mountain is found in Asia?
Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount McKinley
Mount Everest
Mount Rushmore
The Partition of India resulted in boundary changes due in part from religious differences- India contained a majority of Hindus and Pakistan became a country for
Muslims
Christians
Buddhists
Catholics
This desert separates North Africa from the rest of the African continent
Sahel
Sahara
Kalahari
Namib
Most people in Egypt live near the
Nile River
Atlas Mountains
Sahara Desert
Congo River
He fought apartheid in South Africa and ended up becoming President of South Africa
Mandela
Ghandi
Hamilton
Napoleon
This is the only place on Earth where countries have an agreement says the land belongs to no one
North Pole
Antarctica
Polynesia
Galapagos
What do Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia comprise?
Oceania
Thailand
Indonesia
Australia
