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Spring Final Exam Review

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Governments that operate some basic services such as electrical power and hospitals can be found in...

a)

Most European Countries

b)

in China and North Korea

c)

The United States

d)

Cuba

2.

Which of the following best describes a constitutional monarchy?

a)

There is a king in charge of the government.

b)

A dictator controls the government.

c)

There is a King/Queen but elected officials run the government

d)

one political party runs the government

3.

Which of the following best describes the European Union.

a)

A trade organization in North America

b)

A government entity controlling military weapons in Asia

c)

A population policy that controls how many kids people can have in China.

d)

It eliminated tariffs and made it possible for citizens and goods to travel freely across borders.

4.

Which country has the largest land area?

a)

Brazil

b)

The United States

c)

Russia

d)

The UK

5.

Russia has a ton of resources that they could use for profit, however something is stopping them. What is it?

a)

The resources are located where many countries claim the land. Exploiting the resources would cause World War II.

b)

It is too cold in some parts of the country where resources are located and it would cost too much money to travel and exploit them because of the distance.

c)

The government restricts them.

d)

They are located where nuclear waste is.

6.

Ethnic Violence still prevalent in areas wanting independence in Russia is an effect from?

a)

The Cold War

b)

World War II

c)

War in the Pacific Theater

d)

Puppet Governments in Eastern Europe are losing control of their populations.

7.

Infer why was the North European Plain such an inviting target for the armies of the past?

a)

It was an easy target because of the flat terrain and had the ability to feed the armies.

b)

There is a lot of transportation routes for armies to conquer other places

c)

This is where they put the puppet governments' headquarters.

d)

The breadbasket was used by armies to export food for profit.

8.

Numerous languages spoken and division by landforms such as mountains causes what to be difficult in Eastern European countries?

a)

Regional unification

b)

Transportation networks

c)

Absolute Monarchies

d)

Command Economic Systems

9.

What started after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand?

a)

The Cold War

b)

World War I

c)

The bombing of Pearl Harbor

d)

World War II

10.

A sovereign state whose citizens or subjects are relatively homogeneous in factors such as language or common descent is known as...

a)

A nation-state

b)

A puppet government

c)

fragmentation

d)

nationalism

11.

Identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations is known as...

a)

Balkanization

b)

Fragmentation

c)

Nationalism

d)

Ethnic Conflict

12.

Which of the following describes a mixed economic system?

a)

Governments control all aspects of the economic system

b)

supply and demand

c)

Consumers are in control of the market

d)

Governments operate some basic services such as electrical power and hospitals.

13.

A long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs, as in Norway and Iceland, typically formed by submergence of a glaciated valley is known as a...

a)

Fjord

b)

Peninsula

c)

Island

d)

Lake

14.

Hypothesize why migration from Africa and the Middle East would cause cultural tension in Europe...

a)

Conflict over religion, language, and jobs

b)

Migration into Africa and the Middle East from Europe

c)

Imperialism is getting its second wave in Africa

d)

It has caused an increase in cultural convergence

15.

Christianity has the largest number of followers.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Which of the following best describes an ethnic religion?

a)

A religion that actively seeks new followers.

b)

A religion that believes in more than one god

c)

A religion that DOES NOT seek new followers

d)

A religion that believes in only one God

17.

The total number of people divided by the total number of land area describes which type of population density?

a)

Agricultural Density

b)

Physiological Density

c)

Distortion

d)

Arithmetic Density

18.

What is a theocracy?

a)

A government controlled by a dictator

b)

A government controlled by a king/queen

c)

A government controlled by a religious leader

d)

A government full of elected officials

19.

Dams and irrigation systems would help North African countries to expand farmland into the desert regions.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Which religions believe in the concept of monotheism?

a)

Buddhism and Hinduism

b)

Christianity, Judaism, and Buddhism

c)

Islam, Judaism, Christianity

d)

Islam and Hinduism

21.

Tourism is what level of economic activity?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Quaternary

22.

Why was the Arab Spring movement so successful?

a)

Social Media

b)

Oil resource shortages

c)

Religious conflicts

d)

Constitutional Monarchies were emerging in the region.

23.

Lack of arable land in North Africa causes countries to...

a)

Export food

b)

Import food

c)

Grow crops in the desert

d)

Migrate to more fertile land

24.

Which religion is the most practiced religion in the SW Asia/N. Africa region?

a)

Christianity

b)

Buddhism

c)

Islam

d)

Judaism

25.

This animal was easily domesticated, suited for arid climates and could carry a moderate load along the Silk Road.

a)

Dog

b)

Elephant

c)

Horse

d)

Camel

26.

The Strait of Hormuz is used to ship oil from the Persian Gulf.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

The Israeli/Palestinian conflict is a conflict over...

a)

Water rights

b)

Religion

c)

Government

d)

Territory

28.

Where do most people live in Egypt?

a)

Along the Nile River because it has fertile land

b)

in the desert region

c)

In the eastern region

d)

Outside of the Nile river valley

29.

Egypt has a very _______ arithmetic density and a very _______ physiological density.

a)

LOW, HIGH

b)

LOW, LOW

c)

HIGH, HIGH

d)

HIGH, LOW

30.

Staying away from other cultures' traditions and keeping your own is a form of...

a)

Cultural Divergence

b)

Hinduism

c)

Cultural Convergence

d)

Literacy

31.

What does it mean to be a polytheistic religion?

a)

Believing in many gods

b)

Not seeking new followers

c)

Believing in one god

d)

Actively seeking new followers

32.

Hinduism is practiced by most people who live in India.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

Mount Everest is the highest mountain peak in the world.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

Seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia that brings flooding and drought is called..

a)

Monsoons

b)

Cyclones

c)

Trade Winds

d)

Westerlies

35.

Which country had control over India?

a)

China

b)

Portugal

c)

Spain

d)

Britain

36.

Mahatma Gandhi led his Indian country to independence.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

Gandhi was a revolutionist through...

a)

Nonviolent resistance

b)

Violent treaties

c)

Elections

d)

Green Revolutions

38.

How did India implement the Green Revolution?

a)

Better yielding crop seeds, drought resistant plants, irrigation systems.

b)

Desalination techniques

c)

Brought foreign crops to the country

d)

Relieving its neighbors of agricultural tariffs.

39.

___________________ is a strategic practice in which a business moves pieces of its business, workforce or location to that of another country for purposes of cheaper labor.

a)

Offshoring

b)

Human Development Index

c)

Outsourcing

d)

Economics Activities

40.

Subsistence farming is what level of economic activity?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Quaternary

41.

The caste system caused division between which two religions?

a)

Hinduism and Buddhism

b)

Islam and Judaism

c)

Buddhism and Christianity

d)

Hinduism and Islam

42.

Why do Sherpas risk their lives to climb Mount Everest?

a)

They love the scenery

b)

That is their only job option

c)

Sherpas don't die on the mountain

d)

The job pays 10x more than the average income

43.

The boundary of Pakistan and India was divided along which lines?

a)

Longitude and Latitude

b)

Muslim and Hindu

c)

Hindu and Buddhist

d)

Equator and Prime Meridian

44.

The untouchable class had to do jobs such as..

a)

Merchant

b)

Subsistence farming

c)

Handling the dead people and animals

d)

Religious leaders

45.

The Indian caste system is an example of a...

a)

Climate change map

b)

Language family

c)

Economic system

d)

Social Order/Hierarchy

46.

A chain of islands is known as...

a)

an archipelago

b)

a peninsula

c)

a mountain range in the ocean

d)

a tsunami caused by an earthquake

47.

Mao Zedong founded what in China?

a)

Marxism

b)

Communism

c)

Dictatorship

d)

Theocracy

48.

The protesters in Tiananmen Square in 1989 were supporters of what?

a)

Democracy

b)

A strong military

c)

Better schools for girls

d)

Climate Change

49.

The One Child Policy slowed the rate of population growth in what country?

a)

Japan

b)

India

c)

China

d)

Russia

50.

Japan does not have a lot of land, so to have enough food for their population they farm on...

a)

terraces

b)

steep mountain sides

c)

greenhouses

d)

ships in the sea

51.

What was an effect of China's Great Leap Forward?

a)

Millions of pro-capitalist people were placed in re-education camps to fully realize Mao's communist utopia.

b)

Millions of peasant farmers had no idea how to run factories. Famines on a grand scale ensued killing tens of millions of people.

c)

Millions migrated to cities to work in factories. China has seen a massive boom in their economy in the last few decades.

d)

Millions of peasant farmers were given loans to expand farms and this resulted in a massive population boom.

52.

Hong Kong was formally British owned and the city is semi-independent. Capitalist tendencies and has its own legal system and economic system.

a)

True

b)

False

53.

The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separates which two countries?

a)

India and Pakistan

b)

North and South Korea

c)

Russia and China

d)

United States and Canada

54.

Which of the following were direct results of the One Child Policy in China?

a)

More men than women

b)

Too few young workers to support older generations

c)

A generation of only children who have "little emperor syndrome"

d)

ALL OF THE ABOVE

55.

North Korea has an Absolute Dictatorship type of government.

a)

True

b)

False

56.

Through use of North Korean propaganda, North Korea is able to control its population.

a)

True

b)

False

57.

A thickly populated region or city is called...

a)

A megalopolis

b)

Metropolitan subway

c)

A sparse population outside of the big city

d)

Areas of terrace farms

58.

What is located in the Pacific Ring of Fire?

a)

Volcanoes and Earthquakes

b)

Wild fires happen here

c)

Tsunamis are created here because of continental drift theory

d)

Glaciers a melting here because of the high heat