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WorksheetsFinal Trimester Comprehensive Exam(Causes/Events/Effects)
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Diamonds were discovered on our traditional lands and we have been forced out of our Kalahari homeland.
Who are the San bushmen?
Who are the Maasai?
Who are the Bambuti?
______________, people came in contact with new people and shared news and ideas as they conducted the bartering of goods.
While being held in prison camps
Along trade routes
While out hunting woolly mammoths
In the supermarket
The Great Rift Valley's ecosystem has allowed this group to live a life as nomadic herders for centuries.
San
Bambuti
Massai
The arms race and the space race were parts of which event?
Cold War
Iranian Hostage Crisis
Zionism
the foundation of OPEC
These small (pygmy) hunter gatherers of the Congo Rainforest today are being affected by deforestation.
San
Bambuti
Massai
What "caused" WWII to come to an end with Japan?
Hilter's suicide
(atomic)bombed them
surrounded their capital
ended in a stalemate
Which ethnic group did Hitler blame for causing all of Germany's problems?
persian
arabs
jews
serbs
The Archduke of Austria Hungary was shot. This caused...
the Cold War
WWII
WWI
a civil war
Floodplains coated in silt is an effect of
raining
fertilizing
flooding
farming
The idea of the alphabet was spread along the Mediterranean as the Phoenicians traded their
salt
gold
iron weapons
purple cloth
What caused the agricultural revolution?
notice that seeds in scrap pile were sprouting
the need to grow more food
the convenience of machines over hand tools
Diaspora was caused by
WWII and WWI
Babylon captivity and Roman occupation
the Holocaust
Zionism
Where did the Cold War begin?
Berlin, Germany
Moscow, Russia
Jerusalem, Israel
Moscow, Russia
Who was the Cold War between?
Israelis and Palestinians
Africans and Europeans
Sunnis and Shiites
USA and USSR
The USA used a blockade to keep Soviet missile parts from arriving in
Florida
Cuba
Africa
Saudi Arabia
During the Cold War, the USA fought in 2 wars to stop the advancement of communism. Where were these 2 wars?
Bosnia and Libya
North Korea and Vietnam
The Gulf and Iraq
In Europe and the Pacifi
______ was a movement that called for Jews to re-establish a Jewish state in Palestine. It was a leading cause for the establishment of the nation of Israel after WWII.
Diaspora
Hammas
Zionism
The creation of Israel in 1948 resulted in mass migrations of Arabs that are called __________ ____________. This group continues to want the land back and a nation of their own.
Sunni Muslims
Palestinian Arabs
Persians
ISIS extremists
What caused 5 armies to attack the nation of Israel in 1948?
the UN's announcement that Israel was officially a nation
the capture of Saddam Hussein
college students stormed the embassy
the break up of Yugoslavia
What was the punishment for America not returning the Shah back to Iran to stand trial after the Iranian Revolution occurred and the Ayatollah took power?
The protesters burned down our embassy.
Local students held Americans hostage.
OPEC refused to sell us oil.
Their gov't placed trade embargo (restrictions) on the US.
Yugoslavia broke apart largely due to
economic prosperity
invasion by the Soviets
ethnic cleansing
Saudi Farming became self sufficient thanks to utilizing western irrigation methods. Which is NOT a method developed/utilized in the west?
pivot irrigation
modified seeds
chemical fertilizers
canal irrigation
What led to the development of a settlement which would become the coldest town in the world?
Bolshevik Boulevard
Lenin Lane
Stalin Street
the Road of Bones
Which was an effect of the Bolshevik Revolution?
The take over by the Ayatollah and the ousting of the Shah
Saddam Hussein would be captured and hanged.
Lenin would implement socialism; Stalin would take it to communism
Which is NOT an effect of the shrinking of the Aral Sea today?
increased health problems and alcoholism for locals.
Loss of employment in the fishing and shipping sectors.
Thriving cotton market and increased wealth for the people of Uzbekistan
Which county still has a grudge against the UNITED STATES from the Cold War era?
North Korea
Saudi Arabia
Ghana
Yugoslavia
From which of the following were the Syrian refugees fleeing?
Chemical warfare from their own government.
ISIS
all of the other 3
Supporters of President Bashar al-Assad, the president of Syria.
What is a republic?
A form of government ran by a single ruler.
A form of government ran by a small elite group.
A form of government ran by elected representatives.
A form of government ran by a religious leader.
What is a movement?
A movement is a group of refugees fleeing to the same location.
It occurs when a person moves from one country to another due to political persecution.
A movement occurs when activists are trying to make a change.
How does the Suez Canal collect $5 Billion a year for Egypt?
taxes
tolls
piracy
How is a democracy different from an autocracy?
they are like synonyms
they are like antonyms
the single ruler has all of the power in both
in an autocracy, the people have all the power
Why did the Arab Spring occur?
Some people in north Africa and the middle east want more representation.
It was a movement only for women's rights in west Africa that occurred in May.
The Arabs wanted religious freedom from the extremist rulers.
first form of writing in Mesopotamia using a stylus and wet clay
cuneiform
pictographs
hieroglyphics
emojis
What caused a guy like Stalin to fight with the USA and Allied Powers in WWII?
Hitler was Stalin's childhood friend.
Stalin knew the US side would win; he wanted to be on the winning side too.
Hitler made Stalin mad after he lied and invaded Russia anyway.
Secretly, Stalin loved the USA.
In an effort to prevent the Domino Theory and enact the Containment Policy, America entered this war to halt the spread of communism on the Indochina Peninsula.
Iraqi War
The Vietnam War
The Crusades
The Palestinian-Israeli Conflct
This was signed to ensure "In the interests of all mankind, (this region) shall continue forever to be used exclusively for peaceful purposes and shall not become the scene or object of international discord."
Berlin Conference
Geneva Accords
Oceania Constitution
Antarctic Treaty
The Huang He is also referred to as the Yellow River. The nickname is the result of the caused by
alluvial deposition
acculturation
cultural diffusion
polders
Which was the first major Japanese company that contributed to Japan becoming a huge part of the global market after ending their 200 year period of isolationism?
Honda
Sony
Toyota
Mitsubishi
Kashmir's ongoing border dispute was the result of
British creating Pakistan for Muslims to separate them from India's Hindus.
The UN creating a nation for Jews to return to after the Holocaust
The pact to leave Antarctica as unclaimed land in which continuous research may be conducted.
The Rwandan genocide has roots from the Scramble For Africa. Who was this ethnic cleansing between?
farmers and herders
Arabs and Christians
Tutsis and Hutus
Belgians and Africans
Blacks were treated as inferior citizens in South Africa. Nelson Mandela was jailed for 27 years for speaking out against the legalized discrimination known as
genocide
zionism
apartheid
diaspora
Why are the Palestinian Arabs still fighting with the nation of Israel to this day?
Palestinians want the land back and to create their own nation.
Israelis are without a country and are trying to re-take the promised land.
It's a war to become the dominant region.
In the Sahel, overgrazing and drought have led to
the growth of industry
the ecological issue of desertification
a cooperation among herders and farmers
an increased supply of firewood
Culture was diffused along "this" region as merchants like the Berbers traveled from the middle east to western Africa to trade for salt and gold. What was this vast region?
the Kalahari
the Gobi
the Iberian Peninsula
the Sahara
Indonesia has some amazing tropical scenery, however, because it is composed of a lot of rainforest, the government is dealing with illegal ____ which is resulting in the loss of habitats for orangutans and tigers.
dumping
pollution
deforestation
poaching
Why is it difficult to extract resources out of Siberia?
the rivers run south
the railroad is centrally located
the temperate soil is good for digging
all of these
none of these
Devout Hindus accept being treated as inferior to those in higher social classes because this is their
dharma
way of gaining good karma
they believe it is the place they earned in their last life
all of these
If one follows the Eightfold Path and lives in the middle way (not being deprived; not over-indulging) they are possibly a
Muslim
Buddhist
Hindu
Jew
In Uzbekistan, there is a body of water that has relied on the Sry Darya and Amu Darya rivers as tributaries. During the Soviets' occupation of this region, much of the water was used to irrigate Soviet cotton field. Plus, since the Soviet occupation countries upstream have built dams. This has resulted in ...
the pollution of the Ganges
Arab Spring Confrontation
the shrinking of the Aral Sea
disappearance of the Indus from their cities
Which is NOT a result of movement along the Ring of Fire in the Pacific?
typhoons
tsunamis
volcanoes
earthquakes
