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WorksheetsTest 2 World Geo
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of the following is a characteristic of a winter monsoon?
A. It carries little moisture.
B. It blows from the southwest across the Indian Ocean.
C. It brings heavy rains and floods.
Which of the following is the founder of Buddhism?
A. Siddhartha
B. Muhammad
C. Rabindranath Tagore
A holy place of worship for followers of Islam is called a
A. pilgrimage.
B. mosque.
C. nomad.
Which of the following is the best description of a storm surge?
A. a sudden downpour
B. a storm that begins in a mountainous region
C. high water that swamps low-lying areas
An area located on the edge of a desert, with a semiarid climate, is known as a
A. plateau.
B. oasis.
C. steppe.
Which of the following cities was designated as an international city after World War II?
A. Berlin
B. Cairo
C. Jerusalem
Which of these is a protest movement that does not use violence?
A. nonviolent resistance
B. caste system
C. land reform
Also known as the Empty Quarter, the most famous desert in the Southwest Asia region is the
A. Syrian.
B. Rub al-Khali.
C. An-Nafud.
Which of the following names a group of people living in areas of Turkey, Iraq, and Iran for the past 1,000
years?
A. Farsi
B. Zionism
C. Kurds
Which of the following is the religion of most people who live in India?
A. Catholicism
B. Islam
C. Hinduism
Which of the following is the name given to the skills and talents of the people of a nation?
A. brain drain
B. guest workers
C. human resources
Which of the following is the purpose of a refinery?
A. to remove crude oil from the earth
B. to transport crude oil
C. to convert crude oil into useful products
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Which of the following is a definition of illiteracy?
A. the inability to spell well
B. the inability to solve math problems
C. the inability to read or write
Which of the following groups has tried unsuccessfully to establish a nation since the breakup of the Ottoman
Empire after World War I?
A. Iraqis
B. Kurds
C. Arabs
Which of the following caused Palestinians to begin to flee what is now known as Israel?
A. the end of World War I
B. the Palestine Liberation Organization
C. the war during 1948-1949
Which of these means "separation" and refers to the division of India in 1947 into two countries, India and East
and West Pakistan?
A. microcredit
B. entrepreneur
C. partition
D. None of the above
Which of the following territories is involved in the conflict between India and Pakistan?
A. Bangladesh
B. Sri Lanka
C. Kashmir
Which of the following is the lowest place on the exposed crust of the earth?
A. Dead Sea
B. Persian Gulf
C. Golan Heights
Which of these is the purpose of OPEC?
A. controlling worldwide oil prices
B. teaching Arabic language
C. providing charity
Which of the following is the Muslim name for the holy site referred to as the Temple Mount by the Jews?
A. Haram ash-Sharif
B. Mecca
C. Western Wall
