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Geography Final Review

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 57mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which economy is family/agricultural based?

a)

traditional

b)

market

c)

mixed

d)

command

2.

Which economy is privately owned so everyone can participate?

a)

traditional

b)

market

c)

mixed

d)

command

3.

Which economy is a mix of all 3 other types?

a)

traditional

b)

market

c)

mixed

d)

command

4.
What type of government is based on the power of religious authority?
a)
Theocracy
b)
Democracy
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Junta
5.
Which government type exists where there are actually no existing government structures or laws in society. People live under absolute freedom. 
a)
Autocracy
b)
Anarchy
c)
Theocracy
d)
Hinduism
6.

Which government type exists where citizens vote on every law and policy and the majority always wins?

a)

Representative Democracy

b)

Democratic Republic

c)

Direct Democracy

d)

Theocratic Democracy

7.
Which government type allowed people to vote for officials to represent them in government?
a)
Direct Democracy
b)
Judicial System
c)
Representative Democracy
d)
Executive Branch
8.

True or False: Theocracies are any government that recognizes the ultimate authority of their God as leader of government.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Rule by one

a)

Dictatorship and Constitutional Monarchy

b)

Dictatorship & Communism

c)

Dictatorship & Absolute Monarchy

d)

Absolute Monarchy & Republic

10.

People elect leaders who then vote on the laws for society.

a)

Dictatorship

b)

Absolute Monarchy

c)

Communism

d)

Republic

11.

Power is not inherited, but usually taken by force. A leader has absolute power.

a)

Constitutional Monarchy

b)

Republic

c)

Dictatorship

d)

Absolute Monarchy

12.

What guarantees the rights of the people in a constitutional monarchy or a republic?

a)

A composition

b)

A constitution

c)

a parliament/congress

d)

a strong army

13.

Indigenous people means ________

a)

Old people

b)

Originating in a place

c)

more people

14.
Anything from nature that living things use is called a ______________.
a)
energy
b)
pollution
c)
food
d)
natural resource
15.

Which are ways we use fossil fuels?

a)

eating and drinking

b)

arts and crafts

c)

paper and building

d)

cars and heat

16.

Resources that are not able to be reproduced as quickly as they are used are called _____.

a)

renewable resources

b)

replaceable resources

c)

non renewable resources

d)

non replaceable resources

17.

An extreme form of ethnocentrism has led to

a)

genocide

b)

war

c)

discrimination

d)

all of these

18.

Where is the Great Barrier Reef located?

a)

Africa

b)

America

c)

Australia

19.

Bright and colorful animals that look like plants are called as___________

a)

sea plant

b)

coral

c)

flowers

20.

Why did the United States send troops to Vietnam?

a)

To stop the spread of NATO

b)

To stop the spread of communism

c)

To stop the spread of capitalism

d)

To stop the spread of democracy

21.

The Cold War was a war between the United States and the Soviet Union, but there was not actual combat involved. The war between these two countries was a rivalry between which of the following?

a)

capitalism vs. facism

b)

communism vs. dictatorship

c)

socialism vs. communism

d)

communism vs. capitalism

22.
At the end of of World War II, conflict arose between the United States and the Soviet Union.  This was because the two countries wanted to promote their forms of government.  This conflict was called:
a)
isolationism
b)
Cold War
c)
Iron Curtain
d)
conflict
23.

What is climate?

a)

the condition of the atmosphere at any given time and place

b)

cloud cover and temperature

c)

precipitation and humidity at a given time and place

d)

weather conditions in an area over a long period of time

24.

At which latitude would you expect to find the coldest air temperatures?

a)

66.5°N

b)

c)

23.5° S

d)

23.5°N

25.

At which latitude would you expect to find the warmest air temperatures?

a)

23.5° S

b)

c)

66.5°N

d)

66.5°S

26.

Monotheism is

a)

A belief in one god

b)

A belief that natural objects possess souls/divine powers

c)

A belief in more than one god

27.

Polytheism is

a)

A belief in one god

b)

A belief that natural objects possess souls/divine powers

c)

A belief in more than one god

28.

Who was the president of South Africa who ended Apartheid?

a)

Desmond Tutu

b)

FW De Klerk

c)

Stephen Biko

d)

Nelson Mandela

29.
What led to Nelson Mandela's election as president of South Africa? 
a)
the end of apartheid
b)
the South African War
c)
the Pan African movement
d)
civil war
30.
Which of the following was NOT an effect of apartheid laws? 
a)
separate homelands
b)
black South Africans and white South Africans worked together
c)
black South Africans being forced to carry pass books
d)
use of separate services and buildings
31.
Which of these is one cause of deforestation?
a)
Urbanization
b)
Buying a chirstmas tree during the holidays
c)
Overbreeding birds in the wild
d)
Cutting down the tree in your backyard
32.
What is deforestation?
a)
Clearing Earth's forests on a massive scale
b)
Eating too much vegetables
c)
Going to a forest and pulling weeds
d)
Clearing the five trees in my backyard
33.
How much forest is lost every minute?
a)
20 football fields
b)
20 feet
c)
20 centimenters
d)
20 inches
34.

What is this?

a)

scale

b)

map

c)

compass rose

35.

Which of the following is an Intermediate Direction?

a)

North

b)

East

c)

Northeast

d)

South

36.

What word describes a poor country with an economy based on farming?

a)

standard of living

b)

dependent population

c)

less developed nation

d)

more developed nation

37.

What word describes a pyramid shaped diagram that shows the age and gender of a population?

a)

population map

b)

standard of living

c)

population pyramid

d)

pyramid graph

38.

The silk road starts in

a)

Wakanda

b)

China

c)

India

d)

Egypt

39.

Where does the silk road ends?

a)

Peru

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Europe

d)

Mediterranean Sea

40.
 The Silk Road led to what shared throughout societies?
a)
 A. horse trading and trading baseball cards
b)
 B. goods and knowledge
c)
 C. cars and motorcycles
d)
D. ideas and stock market tips
41.
The Silk Road crossed___________
a)
A. North and South America
b)
B. Europe, South America, and Africa
c)
C. Asia, Europe, and Antarctica
d)
D. Africa, Europe, and Asia
42.

Which nation controlled India until after World War II?

a)

India

b)

England

c)

USA

d)

China

43.

When Gandhi was in south Africa, he experienced _________ as an Indian immigrant.

a)

Discrimination

b)

exposure

c)

unity

d)

enlightenment

44.

What religion did Gandhi follow?

a)

Christian

b)

Buddhist

c)

Muslim

d)

Hindu

45.

Which event was used by Mohandas Gandhi to bring world attention to the injustices of British colonialism?

a)

Sepoy Rebellion

b)

Partition of India

c)

Salt March

d)

Daily prayers

46.
Divided India's society into groups?
a)
Social Hierarchy
b)
Caste System
c)
Social Classes
d)
Hinduism
47.

Where is the Ring of Fire located?

a)

Atlantic Plate

b)

Pacific Plate

c)

Japanese Plate

d)

North American Plate

48.
Who is the current leader in North Korea?
a)
Kim Jong-Un
b)
Kim IL-Sung
c)
Kim Jong-IL
d)
Ho Chi Minh
49.

What is the capital of South Korea?

a)

Pyongyang

b)

Pyeonchang

c)

Seoul

d)

Busan

50.
What is the latitude line that separates North Korea and South Korea?
a)
41st parallel
b)
31st parallel
c)
38th parallel
d)
48th parallel
51.

How are the indegenious people of Australia named?

(a)