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Semester 1 Review W. Geo

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The average course or condition of the weather at a place usually over a period of years as exhibited by temperature, wind velocity, and precipitation.

a)

Climate

b)

Weather

c)

Projection

d)

Axis

2.

a resource which can be used repeatedly and replaced naturally.

a)

Nonrenewable Resource

b)

Renewable Resource

c)

Time Zones

d)

Absolute Location

3.

A natural substance that is not replenished with the speed at which it is consumed.

a)

Non-Renewable Resource

b)

Renewable Resource

c)

Consumption Resource

d)

Time Zones

4.

The location of an object or place based on latitude and longitude.

a)

coordinates

b)

absolute location

c)

global grid system

d)

relative location

5.

The location of an object or place given in relation to another object or place.

a)

coordinates

b)

absolute location

c)

global grid system

d)

relative location

6.

Either the northern or southern half of the earth as divided by the equator or the eastern or western half as divided by a meridian.

a)

compass rose

b)

axis

c)

hemisphere

d)

global grid system

7.

_____ refers to the spread of people, things, ideas, cultural practices, disease, technology, weather, and other factors from place to place.

a)

Mobility

b)

Distribution

c)

Emigration

d)

Diffusion

8.

Characterized by belief in one God.

a)

Diversity

b)

Polytheism

c)

Pagan

d)

Monotheism

9.

Characterized by belief in many gods.

a)

Polytheism

b)

Monotheism

c)

Taboo

d)

Atheism

10.

The complete blending of an ethnic group into the host society. Loss of all defining cultural characteristics.

a)

Assimilation

b)

Acculturation

c)

Diversity

d)

Syncretism

11.

The statistical study of a human population, with attention to size and density and distribution.

a)

density

b)

distribution

c)

ethnicity

d)

demography

12.

A group of people that share common cultural traditions.

a)

race

b)

ethnicity

c)

indigenous

d)

refugee

13.

Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.

a)

Propaganda

b)

Yellow dog Writing

c)

Bias

d)

Heresy

14.

The state or fact of living or existing at the same time or in the same place.

a)

nationalism

b)

advocate

c)

coexistence

d)

racism

15.

A line separating two political or geographical areas, especially countries.

a)

Policy

b)

Coalition

c)

Borders

d)

Sovereignty

16.

Having or relating to a system of government in which several states form a unity but remain independent in internal affairs.

a)

Federal

b)

State

c)

Local

d)

Political

17.

The right to vote in political elections.

a)

Federal

b)

Entitlement

c)

Grace

d)

Suffrage

18.

The state of being subject to unjust treatment or control.

a)

Repression

b)

Harrassment

c)

Oppression

d)

Corruption

19.

A state of disorder due to absence or non-recognition of authority.

a)

Disillusionment

b)

Democracy

c)

Militarism

d)

Anarchy

20.

A sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city with its dependencies.

a)

Republic

b)

Unitary

c)

Administration

d)

City-State

21.

A union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations.

a)

Coalition

b)

Alliance

c)

Policy

d)

Unionizing

22.

A location that saw the origins of a culture from which it later spread.

a)

Cultural Hearth

b)

Cradle of Life

c)

Columbian Exchange

d)

Terraced Farming

23.

A religion merging the worship of Yoruba (African) deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban immigrants.

a)

Syncretized Religion

b)

Meztizos

c)

Santeria

d)

Missionary

24.

The blending together of two or more belief systems to create a new belief system.

a)

Mestizos

b)

Missionary

c)

Santeria

d)

Syncretized Religion

25.

The vast grassy plains of southern South America, especially in Argentina.

a)

Raggae

b)

Pampas

c)

Savanna

d)

Rainforest

26.

The process of clearing vegetation and setting fire to the waste in order to plant crops in the newly fertile soil.

a)

Slash and Burn

b)

Clear Cutting

c)

Pampas

d)

Savanna

27.

Responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment, sustains the well-being of the local people, and involves interpretation and education.

a)

Capoeira

b)

Ecotourism

c)

Vacationing

d)

Conservation

28.

Any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods.

a)

Socialism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Democracy

d)

Anarchy

29.

Refers to the rapid advances in European scientific, mathematical, and political thought, based on a new philosophy of empiricism and a faith in progress that defined Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries.

a)

Enlightenment

b)

Scientific Revolution

c)

Heliocentrism

d)

Renaissance

30.

The revival of art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th–16th centuries.

a)

Industrial Revolution

b)

Heliocentrism

c)

Enlightenment

d)

Renaissance

31.

A European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition.

a)

Enlightenment

b)

Renaissance

c)

Industrial Revolution

d)

Heliocentrism

32.

A narrow body of water that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Europe from Morocco in Africa.

a)

Straits of Gibraltar

b)

Iberian Peninsula

c)

English Channel

d)

Bay of Biscay

33.

The belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military.

a)

Oligarchy

b)

Democracy

c)

Communism

d)

Militarism

34.

A form of political organization under which a relatively homogeneous people inhabits a sovereign state.

a)

Nation State

b)

City State

c)

Republic

d)

Democracy

35.

A policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.

a)

Assimilation

b)

Isolationism

c)

Neutrality

d)

Treaty

36.

What continent is #9

a)

Europe

b)

Asia

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Australia

37.

What is #3?

a)

Asia

b)

Europe

c)

Africa

d)

Australia

38.

What is #7?

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

Australia

39.

What is # 14?

a)

Australia

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Sea of Japan

d)

Pacific Ocean

40.

What is #13?

a)

Arctic Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Southern Sea

d)

Antarctica

41.

What is #15?

a)

Arctic Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Southern Sea

d)

Norwegian Sea

42.

What is # 5?

a)

Equator

b)

Tropic of Cancer

c)

Tropic of Capricorn

d)

Atlantic Ocean

43.

What is #6?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

North Pole

44.

What is #16?

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Tropic of Capricorn

c)

Equator

d)

Prime Meridian

45.

What is #17?

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Tropic of Capricorn

c)

Equator

d)

Prime Meridian

46.

What is #1?

a)

Amazon

b)

Nile

c)

Danube

d)

Mississippi

47.

What is #5?

a)

Nile

b)

Amazon

c)

Danube

d)

Rhine

48.

What is #3?

a)

Rio Grande

b)

Red River

c)

Mississippi River

d)

Colorado River

49.

What is #2?

a)

Rio Grande

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Colorado River

d)

Red River

50.

What is # 4?

a)

Danube River

b)

Amazon River

c)

Nile River

d)

Congo River

51.

What is #3?

a)

El Salvador

b)

Guatemala

c)

Honduras

d)

Nicaragua

52.

What is #5?

a)

Puerto Rico

b)

Costa Rica

c)

Nicaragua

d)

Honduras

53.

What is # 6?

a)

Paraguay

b)

Nicaragua

c)

Panama

d)

Honduras

54.

What is #9?

a)

Jamaica

b)

Haiti

c)

Cuba

d)

Puerto Rico

55.

What is #10?

a)

Jamaica

b)

Cuba

c)

Haiti

d)

Dominican Republic

56.

What is #1?

a)

Bolivia

b)

Venezuela

c)

Columbia

d)

Chile

57.

What is #5?

a)

Bolivia

b)

Columbia

c)

Peru

d)

Chile

58.

What is #7?

a)

Bolivia

b)

Paraguay

c)

Chile

d)

Uruguay

59.

What is #9?

a)

Bolivia

b)

Ecuador

c)

Paraguay

d)

Argentina

60.

What is #10?

a)

Paraguay

b)

Chile

c)

Brazil

d)

Bolivia

61.

What is #2?

a)

U.K.

b)

Spain

c)

Ireland

d)

France

62.

What is #4?

a)

U.K.

b)

France

c)

Ireland

d)

Germany

63.

What is #5?

a)

Italy

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

U.K.

64.

What is #6?

a)

Andora

b)

France

c)

Portugal

d)

Spain

65.

What is #7?

a)

Germany

b)

Greece

c)

Italy

d)

Spain

66.

What is # 8?

a)

Greece

b)

Italy

c)

France

d)

Spain

67.

What is #9?

a)

Austria

b)

Switzerland

c)

Germany

d)

France

68.

What is # 15?

a)

Norway

b)

Sweden

c)

Finland

d)

The Netherlands

69.

What is # 13?

a)

Norway

b)

Sweden

c)

Finland

d)

Deutschland

70.

What is # 14?

a)

Norway

b)

Sweden

c)

Finland

d)

Hungary

71.

What is #3?

a)

North Sea

b)

Baltic Sea

c)

English Channel

d)

Atlantic Ocean

72.

What is #1?

a)

Norwegian Sea

b)

North Sea

c)

Arctic Ocean

d)

Baltic Sea

73.

What is #4?

a)

North Atlantic Sea

b)

Norwegian Sea

c)

Baltic Sea

d)

Arctic Ocean

74.

What is #2?

a)

N. Atlantic Ocean

b)

Baltic Sea

c)

Norwegian Sea

d)

Arctic Ocean

75.

What is #5?

a)

English Channel

b)

Baltic Sea

c)

Norwegian Sea

d)

Arctic Ocean