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World Geo S2 Final

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
When did history first begin?
a)
5,00 years ago
b)
1.75 million years ago
c)
4.5 million years ago
d)
3.2 million years ago
2.
What artifacts are examined to determine how early people lived?
a)
Tools
b)
Pottery
c)
Weapons
d)
All of the above
3.
Name one way fire helped early humans.
a)
Able to survive in warmer climates
b)
Cooked meat for easier digestion
c)
Brought animals closer
d)
None of these things
4.
How did people survive living along the Nile River Valley?
a)
Simple irrigation
b)
Simple fishing
c)
Simple farming
d)
Simple conquering
5.
Surplus crops were eventually used as:
a)
Salary
b)
Food
c)
Gold
d)
Taxes
6.
What helped the spread of Arabic and Islam in North Africa?
a)
Trading centers and mosques
b)
Only trading centers
c)
Only mosques
d)
Jews and Christians
7.
Ghana began a _________________________ trade with North Africa.
a)
Gold-camel
b)
Gold-salt
c)
Gold-slave
d)
Gold-Islam
8.
What European good did Africans get for selling enslaved people?
a)
More people
b)
Guns
c)
Food
d)
Gold
9.
Which African country was never colonized?
a)
Ethiopia
b)
Somalia
c)
Kenya
d)
Sudan
10.

What is the name of the political movement that helped bring Africans around the world together is called:

a)

Africanism

b)

Pan-Worldism

c)

Pan-Africanism

d)

Panism

11.

What did the Europeans do that caused so many conflicts in Africa?

a)

Drew country boundaries without regard to religions divisions

b)

Drew country boundaries without regard to ethnic divisions

c)

Drew country boundaries without regard to previous boundaries

d)

Drew country boundaries without regard to their opinion

12.
In 1948, ____________________ was enacted in South Africa, a strict seperation of races.
a)
Apartheid
b)
Segregation
c)
Seperation
d)
Absolutism
13.

What is the name of the recent movement that pushed for more democracy in African countries. (It began when a man set himself on fire in protest)

a)

Arab Waterfall

b)

African Spring

c)

Arab Spring

d)

Arab Protest

14.

These mountains are not only the tallest in Africa, but they're also volcanoes.

a)

Mount Kenya and Mount Kilimanjaro

b)

Mount Kenya and Atlas Mountains

c)

Mount Kilimanjaro and Altay Mountains

d)

Mountains are not volcanoes

15.

This desert is only about 20% sand, the rest consists of mountains, rock formations, and gravelly plains.

a)

Kalahari Desert

b)

Namib Desert

c)

Nubian Desert

d)

Sahara Desert

16.

What country is #1?

a)

Egypt

b)

Morocco

c)

South Africa

d)

Congo

17.

What country is #2?

a)

Egypt

b)

Morocco

c)

South Africa

d)

Congo

18.

What physical feature is #5?

a)

Sahara Desert

b)

Kalahari Desert

c)

Congo Basin

d)

Namib Desert

19.

What physical feature is #8?

a)

Nile River

b)

Lake Victoria

c)

Congo River

d)

Orange River

20.

The Arabian Peninsula is separated from Africa by the _________________ and Asia by the _________________.

a)

Red Sea and Persian Gulf

b)

Red Sea and Caspian Sea

c)

Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea

d)

Persian Gulf and Black Sea

21.

What is Southwest Asia's most abundant resource?

a)

Oil

b)

Minerals

c)

Textiles

d)

Forestry

22.
What is the time in history where people were introduced to agriculture and moved from nomadic to settled life?
a)
Neolithic Revolution
b)
Nomadic Revolution
c)
Farming Revolution
d)
Fertile Crescent Revolution
23.

Who were the leaders of the first city-states in the Fertile Crescent?

a)

Priests

b)

Kings

c)

Gods

d)

Women

24.
The world's first writing sytem is called what?
a)
Cuneiform
b)
Hieroglyphics
c)
Cave drawings
d)
Cubism
25.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
a)
List of laws to live by
b)
List of principles to lives by
c)
List of actions to live by
d)
List of ideas to live by
26.
How did the Assyrians rule such a big empire?
a)
Divided the empite into 70 provinces
b)
Divided the empire into two provinces
c)
They just did
d)
They ended the empire
27.

What is the name of God in Islam?

a)

Allah

b)

God

c)

Adonai

d)

They don't have one

28.
What was the goal of the first crusade?
a)
Claim Jerusalem for the Christians
b)
Gain more territory
c)
Claim Jerusalem for Judaism
d)
Claim Jerusalem for Muslims
29.
Which trade routes linked the Muslim empire to China?
a)
Silk Road and Indian Ocean
b)
Silk Road and Mediterranean Sea
c)
Indian Ocean and Mongols
d)
Indian Ocean and Europeans
30.
The last, and largest, empire of Southwest Asia is called what?
a)
Ottoman Empire
b)
Persian Empire
c)
British Empire
d)
Roman Empire
31.
In 1980, this man decided to invade Iran for the oil-rich land.
a)
Saddam Hussein
b)
Ruhollah Khoemini
c)
Reza Pahlavi
d)
President Bush
32.
Which type of government is one in which citizens have power?
a)
Democratic
b)
Capitalism
c)
Socialism
d)
Autocratic
33.
Which type of government is one in which a single leader has the power?
a)
Autocratic
b)
Socialism
c)
Democratic
d)
Isolationism
34.
What number represents the country of Iran?
a)
13
b)
8
c)
14
d)
15
35.
What number represents the country of Saudi Arabia?
a)
1
b)
17
c)
8
d)
16
36.

Which landform is this?

a)

Red Sea

b)

Mediterranean Sea

c)

Persian Gulf

d)

Caspian Sea

37.

Which landforms are these?

a)

Danube and Rhine River

b)

Euphrates and Tigris River

c)

Nile and Congo River

d)

Ob and Lena River

38.

Which landform is this?

a)

Zagros Mts

b)

Elburz Mts

c)

Hindu Kush Mts

d)

Taurus Mts

39.

What is alluvial soil?

a)

enriched soil brought from the mountains

b)

useless soil that can grow nothing

c)

enriched soil from the ocean

d)

enriched soil from the volcanic islands of the Maldives

40.

The Ganges is often referred to as, Gangamai, which translates as...

a)

Mother Ganges

b)

Dirty River

c)

Ganges River

d)

Father Ganges

41.

Where did civilization begin in Indian?

a)

Indus River Valley

b)

Fertile Crescent

c)

Ganges River Valley

d)

Deccan Plateau

42.

What is the caste system?

a)

A system of social classes that divided people by occupation

b)

A system of social classes that divided people by religion

c)

A system of social classes that divided people by skin color

d)

A system of social classes that divided people by reincarnation

43.

How does one become joined forever with Brahman?

a)

Reincarnate until your soul is "clean and pure"

b)

Reincarnate until your soul is "without suffering"

c)

Reincarnate until your soul is "Brahman"

d)

Reincarnate until your soul is "reborn in the lowest caste"

44.

Who is Siddhartha Gautama?

a)

Brahman

b)

Vishnu

c)

Buddha

d)

Chandragupta

45.

What are the Four Noble Truths?

a)

From birth to death, life is filled with suffering

b)

From birth to death, life is filled with pleasure

c)

From birth to death, life is filled with Brahman

d)

From birth to death, life is filled with Buddha

46.

How did Asoka help spread Buddhism?

a)

Monasteries

b)

Missionaries

c)

Religious tolerance

d)

All of these answers

47.

What does Hinduism mean?

a)

The religion of the people of India

b)

The religion of the people of South Asia

c)

The religion of the people of Brahman

d)

The religion of the people of Buddha

48.

What company did the British use to gain control of India?

a)

East India Company

b)

West India Company

c)

British Army

d)

British Fur Trading

49.

Who promoted the removal of the British Empire from India?

a)

Mohandas Ghandi

b)

Siddhartha Gautama

c)

Chandragupta

d)

Brahman

50.

What new religion was born as Islam spread into South Asia?

a)

Sikhism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Daoism

d)

Hinduism

51.

_______________ - a person's actions have consequences in this or future lives.

a)

Karma

b)

Reincarnation

c)

Upanishads

d)

Nirvana

52.

Buddhist reach ________________ at the end of their reincarnations.

a)

Nirvana

b)

Heaven

c)

Brahman

d)

Valhalla

53.

Which country is letter G?

a)

India

b)

Pakistan

c)

Bangladesh

d)

Bhutan

54.

Which country is letter F?

a)

Pakistan

b)

Afghanistan

c)

Bangladesh

d)

Sri Lanka

55.

Which country is letter C?

a)

Nepal

b)

Maldives

c)

Bangladesh

d)

Bhutan

56.

What landform is this?

a)

Indus River

b)

Ganges River

c)

Tigris River

d)

Euphrates River

57.

What landform is this?

a)

Ganges River

b)

Indus River

c)

Tigris River

d)

Euphrates River

58.

What landform is this?

a)

Himalaya Mts

b)

Karakoram Mts

c)

Hindu Kush Mts

d)

Zagor Mts

59.

What desert stretches from northwest China into Mongolia?

a)

Gobi Desert

b)

Taklimakan Desert

c)

Thar Desert

d)

There is no desert there

60.

What limits the amount of land for agriculture in East Asia?

a)

Several mountain ranges

b)

Several rivers

c)

Several deserts

d)

Several rain forests

61.

When heaven supports your dynasty and the conquering of new lands, what is this called?

a)

Mandate of Heaven

b)

Mandate of God

c)

Mandate of Zhou

d)

Mandate of Brahman

62.

What do ethnic Chinese still call themselves today?

a)

Han

b)

Zhou

c)

Shang

d)

Qin

63.

What did the Yayoi introduce in Japan?

a)

Rice farming

b)

Wheat farming

c)

Shinto

d)

Mahayana Buddhism

64.

Which Chinese philosopher believed in the idea of filial piety?

a)

Confucius

b)

Han Fei Zu

c)

Laozi

d)

None of these

65.

Which Chinese philosopher believed that all humans are naturally evil?

a)

Confucius

b)

Han Fei Zu

c)

Laozi

d)

None of these

66.

What helped make China so wealthy?

a)

Trade along the Silk Road

b)

Trade along the Grand Canal

c)

Trade along the Silk Road AND Grand Canal

d)

Trade along the Silk Road AND Indian Ocean Trade

67.

What were the Mongols good at?

a)

Archery and riding horses

b)

Archery and spreading disease

c)

Riding horses and spreading disease

d)

They were good at nothing

68.

Who defeated the Mongols?

a)

Ming dynasty

b)

Song dynasty

c)

Tang dynasty

d)

Zhou dynasty

69.

What did the Koreans invent during the 1200's?

a)

Moveable-type printing

b)

Paper

c)

Alphabet Hangul

d)

Common currency

70.

Who controlled Japan's government for most of its history?

a)

Shoguns

b)

Mongols

c)

Manchus

d)

Emperors

71.

What religion was founded in Japan?

a)

Mahayana Buddhism

b)

Daoism

c)

Confucianism

d)

Shinto

72.

What specific resource did the British force China to trade?

a)

Opium

b)

Silk

c)

Timber

d)

Tea

73.

What happened during the Great Leap Forward?

a)

China industrialized

b)

Millions starved to death

c)

Millions fled China

d)

China improved their government

74.

Occurring under the sea cause huge waves which flood coastal plains, what is this called?

a)

Water tornado

b)

Hurricane

c)

Tsunami

d)

Tidal wave

75.

Which country in #8?

a)

Mongolia

b)

China

c)

Japan

d)

Korean Peninsula

76.

Which country is #9?

a)

China

b)

Mongolia

c)

Japan

d)

Korean Peninsula

77.

What is landform #1?

a)

Yellow River

b)

Yangze River

c)

Yellow Sea

d)

China

78.

What landform is #5?

a)

Yangze River

b)

Yellow River

c)

Tigris River

d)

Nile River

79.

The _______________________ migrated across maritime Southeast Asia and the Malay Peninsula around 2000 BCE.

a)

Austronesians

b)

Chinese

c)

Khmer

d)

Polynesians

80.

What attracted traders to the mainland of Southeast Asia?

a)

Timber

b)

Gems

c)

Ivory

d)

All are correct

81.

What attracted traders to the Spice Islands?

a)

Nutmeg and other spices

b)

The heat and beaches

c)

Super spicy peppers

d)

Salt and pepper

82.

These were the first two colonizers in Southeast Asia:

a)

Portuguese and Dutch

b)

Portuguese and British

c)

Dutch and British

d)

British and French

83.

In 1898, the Philippines became a _____________________ colony.

a)

United States

b)

French

c)

Spanish

d)

British

84.

The U.S. began supporting the repressive regime of _____________________________, who was against communism.

a)

Ngo Dinh Diem

b)

Hun Sen

c)

Sankaro

d)

Ho Chi Min

85.

What was the Golf of Tonkin incident?

a)

Korean boats attacked the United States

b)

President Johnson asked Congress to strike back

c)

The incident never actually occured

d)

All are correct

86.

The war continued between North and South Vietnam until 1975 when the North finally conquered the South and created a single, __________________ Vietnam.

a)

Communist

b)

Democratic

c)

Authortarian

d)

Parliamentary

87.

How have political parties in Malaysia and Singapore managed to stay in power for so long?

a)

enacting laws that limit democratic freedoms

b)

enacting laws that limit autocratic freedoms

c)

enacting laws that limit communist freedoms

d)

enacting laws that limit parliamentary freedoms

88.

What is the "sudden seizure of the government" called?

a)

coup d’etat

b)

hostile takeover

c)

insurrection

d)

opposition

89.

What is an imposed constitution?

a)

military can veto the actions of the democratic elected government

b)

military can veto the actions of the parliamentary elected government

c)

military can veto the actions of the authoritarian leader

d)

military can veto the actions of the sultanate

90.

Pol Pot became the party chief of what group?

a)

Khmer Rouge guerilla army

b)

Cambodia Rouge guerilla army

c)

Phnom Penh guerilla army

d)

Pol Pot guerilla army

91.

The area of geology that surrounds that Pacific Ocean is called the

a)

Ring of Fire

b)

Ring of Volcanoes

c)

Ring of Tectonic Plates

d)

Ring of Destruction

92.

Choose the correct country.

a)

Philippines

b)

Indonesia

c)

Cambodia

d)

Myanmar

93.

Choose the correct country.

a)

Myanmar

b)

Thailand

c)

Vietnam

d)

Malaysia

94.

Choose the correct country.

a)

Philippines

b)

Indonesia

c)

Laos

d)

Myanmar

95.

Choose the correct country.

a)

Thailand

b)

Laos

c)

Philippines

d)

Vietnam

96.

What body of water is this?

a)

South China Sea

b)

Andaman Sea

c)

Gulf of Thailand

d)

Indian Ocean

97.

What body of water is this?

a)

South China Sea

b)

Andaman Sea

c)

Gulf of Thailand

d)

Indian Ocean

98.

What river is this?

a)

Mekong River

b)

Irrawaddy River

c)

Chao Phraya River

d)

Yangze River

99.

What body of water is this?

a)

South China Sea

b)

Andaman Sea

c)

Gulf of Thailand

d)

Indian Ocean

100.

What river is this?

a)

Mekong River

b)

Irrawaddy River

c)

Chao Phraya River

d)

Yangze River

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