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2nd Semester Geography Final Exam Study Guide

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 6hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Many Europeans now work in the tertiary sector, which includes what?

a)

Retail sales

b)

Cotton Factories

c)

House Building

2.

The Industrial Revolution resulted in the Migration of people from rural areas to cities

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The system of land ownership and farming during the Middle Ages was called?

a)

Feudalism

b)

Communism

c)

Nonfeudalism

d)

Nonagricultural

4.

In which Western European country did the Industrial Revolution begin?

a)

Great Britain

b)

America

c)

China

d)

Asia

5.

Which two mountain ranges separate Western Europe from Southern Europe? (Click 2)

a)

The Smokey Mountains

b)

Pyrenees

c)

The Southern Hemisphere

d)

Alps

6.

People in the Netherlands build dikes and reclaim land from the sea that they call?

a)

Polders

b)

Wetlands

c)

Everglades

7.

Geothermal DOES NOT power all the homes and most of the businesses in Reykjavik, Iceland.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Most of Southern Europe has a Mediterranean climate, which is much like the climate along the Chesapeake Bay

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What weakened Greece’s city-states and eventually led to the fall of Greek civilization?

a)

Year of war

b)

World War III

c)

American Indian war

d)

Civil war

10.

The Vikings were NOT the Scandinavian warriors and pirates who eventually became better known for exploring and trading

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Most people in Northern and Southern Europe live in?

a)

Sewers

b)

Cities

c)

Neighborhoods

d)

Barns

12.

The Basques, one of the oldest minority groups in Europe, live in and around the Pyrenees mountains in? (Click 2)

a)

Italy

b)

Greece

c)

Antarctica

d)

Rome

e)

England

13.

The Urals form a boundary between Europe and Asia

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Although Russia is the largest country globally, it has a relatively small percentage of land available for farming, its main crop is what?

a)

Grain

b)

Beans

c)

Mangos

d)

Corn

15.

What did Czar Alexander II abolish in Russia in 1861?

a)

Serfdom

b)

Paperclips

c)

Private Farming

d)

Oranges

16.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), created in 1949, is an alliance with The United States and its allies.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

The dominant religion in most of Eastern Europe and Western Russia is Eastern Orthdox

a)

True

b)

False

18.

The difference in experience and viewpoints between those who grew up in the Communist USSR and Russians of the post-Soviet era is referred to as?

a)

A Generation gap

b)

A Brain gap

c)

A Family gap

19.

What is Canada’s highest Mountain?

a)

Mount Logan

b)

Mount Saint Elias

c)

Mount Fair weather

d)

Mount Lucania

20.

What is the imaginary line that runs through the Rocky Mountains?

a)

Continental Divide

b)

Compass rose

c)

North Hemisphere

d)

Hydrosphere

21.

New York is known as the?

a)

The Empire State

b)

The Golden State

c)

Heart of Dixie

d)

The Aloha State

22.

Which planet is nearest to the sun?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Mars

d)

Neptune

23.

The study of Earth and its people, places, and environments is called Geography

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Which is a human characteristic of a place?

a)

The language spoken

b)

The farms

c)

The races of the people

d)

The families

25.

Which two planets are nearest to the earth?

a)

Mars

b)

Venus

c)

The moon

d)

Mercury