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WorksheetsGeography Final
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
The movement about which geographers talk usually refers to...
People, goods, and ideas.
Relative locations of places on the earth.
Birthrates and death rates and family size.
environmental changes.
Which of the following is not used by geographers to determine absolute location?
the Equator
distance from the ocean
latitude
the Prime Meridian
The building of dams and canals to irrigate desert regions is an example of the geographic theme of:
Place
Location
Region
Human-environment interaction
Longitude is measured in degrees east or west of the
Prime Meridian
Equator
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
A Developed Country would most likely have all of the following EXCEPT
Skilled workers
High economic diversity
High infant mortality
High literacy rate
A Less Developed Country would most likely have all of the following EXCEPT
High infant mortality
High Tech Medical Equipment
High population growth
Unskilled workers
Approximately how many people were killed during the ,”Hundred Days of Slaughter”?
800
800,000
90,000
100,000
Lines of Latitude run ____________ and measure _____________ .
N/S : N/S
N/S : E/W
E/W : E/W
E/W : N/S
Converting land used for farming into land used for a housing development is an example of which of the following?
Perceptual region
Relative location
Human-environment interaction
Type of ecosystem
Which of the following are part of a country’s nonmaterial culture?
arts and technology
religion and language
styles of food and clothing
food and architecture
All of the following are examples of non-material culture EXCEPT
Religion
Music
Food
Language
All of the following are examples of physical characteristics of a place EXCEPT
Trees
Schools
Rivers
Mountains
What was the Hutu militia called during the Rwandan Genocide?
Rwandan Patriotic Forces (RPF)
Rwandan Armed Forces (RAF)
Rosesabaginians
Interhamwe
All of the following are examples of diffusion except
the spread of Christianity from Europe to the Americas.
the introduction of horses to the Americas by the Spanish.
prohibiting native Indian tribes from teaching their tribal languages.
bringing movies made in the United States to a worldwide audience.
latitude : ____ :: longitude : ____
Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn
not parallel, parallel
Equator, Prime Meridian
North Pole, South Pole
Which measure shows the average number of people living in a square mile (square kilometer)?
Death rate
Birth rate
Population density
Demography
A __________ is someone who moves from one place to another.
Bum
Immigrant
Emigrant
Migrant
All of the following are “push” factors or reasons why someone might emigrate from a place except:
Not enough jobs
Good education
Poor medical care
Poor housing
Which of the following is the BEST legal definition of genocide?
The elimination (or attempted elimination) of an entire population of people based on religion, race, ethnicity, or culture.
The elimination of an African tribe by another African tribe
An isolated incident of mass killing based on religion, race, ethnicity or culture
The taking over of one country by a stronger, more powerful country
Which of the following is the BEST definition of imperialism?
When a powerful country takes over another powerful country through war.
When a weaker country asks to be part of the empire of an stronger country
When a powerful country exerts their power over a weaker country by taking over
When a powerful country wipes out an entire native population to use the land
What was the “Scramble for Africa” in the late 19th century and early 20th century?
The European countries began to give up control of the African nations they conquered.
The European countries divided up the African nations among themselves.
The African nations redrew their borders to make everything more even.
The African nations divided themselves up into new tribes based on their physical characteristics.
Which of the following was NOT a negative consequence of imperialism in Africa?
The African people lost control of their governments which were replaced with European controlled governments.
The Rwandan people were divided up into new tribes, which later resulted in genocide
The African people were introduced to modern medicines which extended their life expectancy
The European countries usually abruptly left Africa leaving the African countries in a state of chaos and political turmoil.
Which of the following was NOT a reason that the European Powers wanted to colonize/imperialize in Africa?
More natural resources to exploit
Spreading Christianity
More land made them more powerful
The cost of imperializing African Nations
The perpetrators (killers) in Rwanda were:
The Hutu
The Tutsi
The Belgian Colonizers
The Janjaweed
The army that fought against the Hutu was known as:
RPF (Rwandan Patriotic Forces)
Janjaweed
The RAF (Rwandan Armed Forces)
Interhamwe
According to the 1948 United Nations Genocide Convention, in the case of a declared genocide the United Nations must:
Send in peace-keeping troops to be a presence
Send in troops who actively stop the genocide
Send a letter to the perpetrators asking them to stop killing
Send in peace-keeping troops to neighboring countries urging intervention
In 1994, The United States called Rwanda all of the following except:
Civil War
Tribal Warfare
Acts of Genocide
Genocide
In 1994 ____________________ people were slaughtered by machetes, clubs and other crude weapons over the course of ___________________.
800,000 Hutu; 100 days
100,000 Tutsi; 1,000 days
800,000 Tutsi; 100 days
100,000 Hutu; 1,000 days
