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WorksheetsWorld Culture - 3
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Why did many foreign nations want to control Eugypt in the late 1800's?
They wanted the riches that had been buried in the tombs of the pharaohs.
They hoped to gain control over Egypt's vast reserves of oil.
They wanted access to the recently built Suez Canal.
They prized the rich agricultural fields of the Nile River Delta.
Saudi Arabia has a large number of foreign workers who migrate to the country to
take jobs Saudis are not willing to do. This indicates that Saudi Arabia has a shortage
of which of the following factors of production?
Entrepreneurship
Capital
Labor
Natural resources
Which of the following BEST explains how scarcity can affect international trade?
Supply of the scarce item will exceed demand for the item.
Countries that produce the scarce item will be boycotted.
Prices of the scarce item will increase with growing demand for the item.
Competition to obtain the scarce item will decrease.
How has the scarcity of oil affected many countries in the Middle East, such as Iraq
and Kuwait?
They are dependent on the United States for oil.
They have used oil as their main trading commodity.
They trade their agricultural products to other countries for oil.
They have built oil pipelines across the Red Sea.
For the United States, the Persian Gulf is the most important waterway in
Southwestern Asia for which of the following reasons?
gold
religion
oil
fishing
After World War II, Israel was partitioned off by the United Nations for which group of
people?
Palestinians
Jews
Catholics
Muslim
If you were an African family needing to move to a new area for work, which of these
factors would attract you to an area?
desert
plentiful natural resources
dense rainforest
mountainous farmland
Which of the following was a South African anti-apartheid leader and politician who
served as president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999?
Margaret Thatcher
Fidel Castro
NelsonMandela
Golda Meir
Which of the following is a characteristic of an unlimited government?
Power is held by a few leaders.
Citizens have power to make changes.
There is a system of checks and balances.
Elected officials share power with appointed officials.
Which of these countries has a government limited by a constitution based on
Islamic law?
India
Turkey
South Korea
Saudi Arabia
Which of the following is a trait that defines a culture?
economic growth
climate
birth rate
styles of architecture
The pictures below show a Muslim mosque and a Christian church.
What do these pictures say about the relationship between religion and culture?
Religious buildings are made with whatever materials are locally available.
Religious buildings are always large and detailed.
Architecture is often used to show religious faith.
Architecture is a form of art.
Due to famine and warfare in the East African country of Somalia, many people have
fled their homes and migrated to other places within Somalia. This internal migration
leads to which of the following?
overuse of resources
delayed technology
cultural conflict
all three
In democratic and ___________ forms of government such as the United States
and India, citizens vote to choose between two or more candidates they want
in specific legislative offices.
communist
pre-selected
parliamentary
dictatorship
In other countries such as Russia and Iran, people may
be able to vote, but generally they have just one candidate from a specific party who
has been ___________________________ by the political party.
Pre-selected
communist
parliamentary
How are rights of people different in the U.S. and Iran?
In the U.S. individual rights do not cover choosing your own religion, but in Iran,
they do.
In the U.S. people have the right to work, but people in Iran cannot work.
In the U.S. people have voting and rights, but have no voting rights in Iran.
In the U.S. people have the right to a speedy trial, but in Iran, people are often
held for long time with no trial.
Which of the following is true of a free enterprise economic system, but not true of a
communist economic system?
Government has less control over the economy.
Supply of products and resources is controlled by the government.
There is no voluntary exchange of goods and services.
Demand for products does not affect the price.
Government owned oil and gas industry of Russia and the private owned business,
supply and demand, and a central plan for the economy are all characteristics of
Russia's newer ______________________ economy that began in 1991 after the
break-up of the communist Soviet Union.
Command economy
Free-market economy
Traditional economy
Mixed economy
Throughout history, many nomadic groups moved through Russia and the Eurasian
Republics. What is the lasting impact of these migrations?
People in the region all have the same religious beliefs.
People in the region belong to the same ethnic group.
People in the region speak many different languages.
People in the region all celebrate the same traditions.
