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WorksheetsWorld Geography SOL 3 Regions
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 30mins
The cultural characteristics of a region change as time passes due to:
changes in animal life & natural vegetation
human innovation & cultural diffusion
mountain building & volcanoes
wind & ocean currents
Which is NOT a way that cultural regions have changed around the world?
Many regions have become part of economic & political unions
Megacities have developed in many regions
Political boundaries have changed in many regions
The greenhouse effect has killed millions in many regions
Which is an example of a cultural region that has changed over time?
USA adopting a national religion
All people of Latin America are now mestizos
All Western European nations have adopted a common language
Although Islam began on the Arabian Peninsula it has spread throughout North Africa & the Middle East.
Which group of characteristics can be used to label a physical region?
climate, vegetation & landforms
farming techniques, landforms, climates
government, religion, major products
language, religion, ethnic groups
Which group of characteristics would best define a cultural region?
climate, vegetation, water bodies
farming techniques, landforms, vegetation
government, natural hazards, language
religion, major products, ethnic groups
Which is a cultural region?
Latin America
Great Plains
Nile Delta
Sahara
A cultural region is an area with:
a common climate & common landforms
conflict created by cultural diffusion
one or more common culture traits
people who have a wide variety of unrelated cultural traits
Religion creates the greatest division among people in:
Latin America
Northern Ireland
Saudi Arabia
USA
Most common type of houses in Europe during medieval times:
thatched roof houses
castles
tents or yurts
homes on stilts
Thatched roof homes are common in:
Switzerland
nomadic areas of Southwest Asia & Mongolia
in the SW portion of the US
on the Pacific Islands
Cultural differences within a region:
always create bitter divisions among people of that region
rarely have any effect on the interaction of people within that region
may cause social, political or economic divisions among people
usually cause people to unite together behind a common cause
Which religion links the people of North & South America?
Christianity
Buddhism
Islam
Hinduism
Judaism
Canada & the US have similar forms of government based on
communism
democracy
feudalism
socialism
Which cultural characteristic most unites people in Korea & Japan?
single ethnicity
clothing styles
democratic governments
Islamic faith
Which region with multiple ethnic groups is most unified?
USA
Yugoslavia
India
Pakistan/India
