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Tri 2 Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a system of government where hereditary titles are passed down through a family (kings, queens, princess, etc.)

a)

Democracy

b)

Dictatorship

c)

Monarchy

d)

Oligarchy

2.

What is a form of government where people either vote directly on something or elect people to represent them?

a)

Dictatorship

b)

Democracy

c)

Monarchy

d)

Oligarchy

3.

What economic system is Karl Marx associated with?

a)

Communism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Beardism

d)

Marksmanship

4.

What economic system is Adam Smith associated with?

a)

Communism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Whigism

d)

Adamism

5.

What key economic concept is described: if there is not a lot of something and many people want it, then people will pay more for it.

a)

Supply and Demand

b)

Reaganomics

c)

Bourgeoise

d)

Competition

6.

*Trivia loosely related to Tri 2 work* What was the first national park in the United States?

a)

Yosemite

b)

Yellowstone

c)

Shenandoah

d)

Voyageurs

7.

Who is officially the head of state in Canada (although they do not actually do anything).

a)

The President of the United States

b)

Santa Claus

c)

The Queen of England

d)

The Prime Minister

8.

Who actually leads Canada's government (from Parliament)

a)

Prime Minister

b)

Wayne Gretzky

c)

President

d)

Czar

9.

What country is pictured (hint: it's directly north of Costa Rica)

a)

Honduras

b)

Belize

c)

Mexico

d)

Nicaragua

10.

What country is pictured?

a)

Belize

b)

Costa Rica

c)

El Salvador

d)

Cuba

11.

What country is island number 1?

a)

Cuba

b)

Jamaica

c)

Haiti

d)

Puerto Rico

12.

What is country number 5?

a)

Cuba

b)

Dominican Republic

c)

Puerto Rico

d)

Jamaica

13.

What body of water is pictured (the land is Mexico)

a)

Gulf of Mexico

b)

Gulf of California

c)

Caribbean Sea

d)

Atlantic Ocean

14.

What ancient civilization occupied the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico and were known for their calendar?

a)

Aztec

b)

Olmec

c)

Maya

d)

Inca

15.

What European country colonized much of Latin America?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Italy

16.

What conquistador invaded and conquered the Aztecs?

a)

Pizarro

b)

Cortez

c)

Columbus

d)

Washington

17.

What long mountain range runs along the Pacific Coast of South America?

a)

Alps

b)

Andes

c)

Sierra Madre Oriental

d)

Atlas

18.

What is the name of the rugged region of southern Argentina and Chile (also a nice outdoor clothing brand)

a)

Pampas

b)

Patagonia

c)

Llanos

d)

Amazon Rainforest

19.

What is the world's 2nd longest river that runs through Brazil and has a large rainforest?

a)

Nile

b)

Mississippi

c)

Yangtze

d)

Amazon

20.

What is country #2?

a)

Venezuela

b)

Chile

c)

Colombia

d)

Peru

21.

What is country #12?

a)

Chile

b)

Argentina

c)

Ecuador

d)

Bolivia

22.

What mountain range is in central Europe, in parts of Italy, Switzerland, France, Austria, and Germany?

a)

Andes

b)

Alps

c)

Himalaya

d)

Pyrenees

23.

What is country #49 (the bigger one in the middle)?

a)

France

b)

United Kingdom

c)

Norway

d)

Germany

24.

What is country #34 (on the western edge)?

a)

Spain

b)

Portugal

c)

France

d)

Italy

25.

What's the name of the peninsula that Portugal and Spain are on?

a)

Scandinavian Peninsula

b)

Iberian Peninsula

c)

Balkan Peninsula

d)

Jutland Peninsula

26.

What Middle Eastern country has been in a civil war and has seen many refugees migrating to Europe?

a)

China

b)

Syria

c)

Israel

d)

Egypt

27.

What region of Europe features ruins of the Greek and Roman civilizations?

a)

Mediterranean

b)

Western Europe

c)

Northern Europe

d)

Eastern Europe

28.

In which region of Europe did the Reformation (Christians breaking away from the Catholic Church) begin?

a)

Mediterranean

b)

Northern Europe

c)

Western Europe

d)

Eastern Europe

29.

The sun never sets on the __________ Empire.

a)

German

b)

French

c)

British

d)

Belarusian

30.

What was created originally to keep peace between European nations (i.e. France and Germany)?

a)

North American Free Trade Agreement

b)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

c)

European Union

d)

Justice League

31.

What currency does most members of the European Union use?

a)

Pound

b)

Dollar

c)

Deutsche Mark

d)

Euro

32.

What is the largest country in the world (found in Europe and Asia

a)

Brazil

b)

China

c)

Russia

d)

Canada

33.

What desert, found in northern Africa, is the world's largest?

a)

Kalahari

b)

Gobi

c)

Sonora

d)

Sahara

34.

What mountains, pictured here, are found in northern Africa?

a)

Andes

b)

Alps

c)

Atlas

d)

Azores

35.

What's the tallest mountain in Africa?

a)

Mt. McKinley

b)

Mt. Everest

c)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

d)

Mt. Doom

36.

What's the world's longest river?

a)

Amazon River

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Niger River

d)

Nile River

37.

What is country #1 (at the bottom)

a)

Egypt

b)

Nigeria

c)

Somalia

d)

South Africa

38.

What is the large island off the east coast of Africa? (country #4)

a)

Somalia

b)

Hawaii

c)

Madagascar

d)

Grey Cloud Island

39.

What was the name of the system of segregation in South Africa that existed until the early 1990s?

a)

Jim Crow

b)

Apartheid

c)

Pogrom

d)

Holocaust

40.

Who was the anti-apartheid leader that spend many years in jail but later became the first Black president of South Africa?

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Gandhi

c)

Nelson Mandela

d)

Barack Obama