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Worksheets2021 - World Geography Spring Final Review pt. 2
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
India has many highly educated, English-speaking computer scientists. American technology companies have established offices where these scientists develop computer software for export to the United States. This is an example of
Outsourcing
Microcredit
Commercial Industrial Activities
Economic profit sharing
What body of water is considered “Holy” or “Sacred” to the Hindus and provides drinking water for the region?
Indus
Ganges
Brahmaputra
Tigris
The Huang He is also called _____ because _____.
The Rice River; it provides the irrigation for rice farmers.
China’s Sorrow; frequent and terrible floods have caused so much destruction.
The River of Joy; it brings needed flooding for crops.
The Golden River; people believed gold could be found at the bottom.
Which statement is true concerning the governments of the Koreas?
The government of North Korea is democratic and the government of South Korea is a communist.
Both countries are democratic.
The government of North Korea is communist and the government of South Korea is a democracy.
Both countries have communist governments.
The main problem resulting from the rapid industrialization of China has been?
Pollution of the soil from chemical fertilizers.
Not enough space to dispose of all the waste produced by consumers.
Toxic wastes from plastic factories.
Serious air pollution, especially in industrial cities, resulting in acid rain.
What is the significance of the 38th parallel?
Line of Demarcation
Indicates change in the climate zone.
Separates North and South Korea.
Most productive agricultural area in the Koreas.
Historically, the Chinese have resisted globalization from western markets stemming from a desire to preserve Chinese culture. Modern China is making strides to appeal to western businesses by which of the following?
Requiring Chinese students to take English classes and study American pop-culture to create a more sustainable consumer market for foreign companies.
Drastically cutting military personnel to allow a greater labor force.
Creating Special Economic Zones for foreign business investment.
Encouraging highly-skilled professionals to migrate to China from Europe and the U.S.
Which of the following countries is an archipelago?
Japan
China
Taiwan
North and South Korea
Which of the following explain why Japan and North Korea have the same 99% literacy rate, but Japan is much more economically developed?
Japan’s government has been much less oppressive and controlling than North Korea’s.
North Korea’s population has grown faster than Japan’s.
Japan’s physical proximity to China has helped.
Japan has had more diverse environmental change.
Small geographical areas are subject to different economic regulations and attract foreign investment are known as ---
Industrial zones
Duty-free zones
Special Economic zones
Export Processing zones
What belief system is most closely associated with the terms Eight-Fold Path, Four Noble Truths, and nirvana? (
Shintoism
Buddhism
Christianity
Judaism
A goal common to Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism is to –
provide the basis for democratic government.
promote individual artistic creativity.
establish peace and harmony.
return power to emperors.
Today the Chinese government…
punishes those people who have small families.
encourages larger families.
attempts to keep families together.
encourages smaller families through economic gain.
The Western nations are concerned about North Korea’s…
growing population problems.
inability to feed its population.
nuclear weapon’s capability and their desire to reunite the countries by force.
desire to become part of the People’s Republic of China.
This is the most urbanized country in Southeast Asia –
Singapore
Brunei
Thailand
Indonesia
Pol Pot may be compared in history to
Adolph Hitler because of his targeting of certain groups for extermination.
Franklin D. Roosevelt because of the formation of public works programs.
Czar Nicholas II because his countryman killed him in order to establish a democratic government
Boris Yeltsin because he tried to bring about positive economic reforms.
A Southeast Asian country, which earns most of its income from oil production is
Brunei
Laos
Vietnam
Philippines
Which of the countries above would you expect to be primarily agricultural?
Vietnam
Thailand
Philippines
Laos
Which 3 European countries had the biggest colonial influence on Southeast Asia prior to World War II?
France, Great Britain, and Germany
Spain, Great Britain, and Japan
Japan, Spain, and France
Spain, Great Britain, and France
People in Australia, New Zealand, Mauritius, and South Africa all drive on the left-hand side of the road. This is because…
people drive on the left in Britain and each of these countries was once a British colony.
it is more convenient to drive on the left in the Southern Hemisphere
safety studies have shown that it is less dangerous to drive on the left-hand side.
by international agreement all countries must eventually drive of the left-hand side.
The key to Antarctica’s scientific value is its
location/isolation
climate/vegetation
population/cultures
mineral/energy resources
Which of the following best fits the following description:
“A ring-shaped reef, island, or chain of islands formed of coral”
Aleuti
Aquacano
Atcholli
Atoll
Which of the following best describes the impact that ASEAN has had on Southeast Asia?
As a mutual defense pact, ASEAN was developed to guarantee that foreign colonial powers would not return.
As a mutual defense pact, ASEAN holds that should nuclear war break out, member countries will be defended.
As a trade organization, it has benefited member countries by developing primary and secondary levels of economic activity.
As a trade organization, it has fostered international relations, economic growth, and regional stability.
What environmental damage is caused by CO2 emissions being released into the atmosphere which causes rising temperatures to the water damaging the reef.
Pacific Garbage patch
Tsunami
Over fishing
Coral Bleaching
Globalization can have many benefits for societies working together. However, which of the following is the best example of a negative result of globalization?
Political entities may grow from encounters with other countries.
Environmental awareness is lost to the desire for more goods.
Economies freely trading with each other may be harmful to farming.
Cultural identity may be undermined and lead to loss of local morals.
How is the Australian Aborigine society an example of a traditional economy?
Economic decisions are based on communal need.
Economic decisions are based on customs and beliefs.
Economic decisions are made by the government.
Economic decisions are made by the elders of the community.
