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WorksheetsGG 4MP Benchmark Review
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
True or False: Rich dark soil made up of sand and mud that is deposited by moving water is called alluvial soil.
True
False
Seasonal winds that affect the weather patterns of South Asia.
tsunami
monsoon
cyclone
Huge waves caused by underwater earthquakes.
tsunami
monsoon
cyclone
The Equator is the imaginary line at 0* Latitude on globe. It divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
True
False
The science of map-making is referred to as
cartography
mapology
meteorology
What mark the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia?
Sayan mountains
Volga River
Ural Mountains
The frigid __________ climate region dominates the landscape in Russia’s far north.
Tundra
Taiga
Temperate Forest
______ location describes the exact location of a place on the Earth.
Relative
Absolute
Approximate
The majority of Russian people live on the Northern European Plain.
True
False
When attacking Russia in 1941, German forces ____
were defeated in part by Russia’s harsh winter.
were defeated with very little loss of life.
were very well prepared for the harsh winter to come.
A permanently frozen layer of soil that lies beneath the surface of the ground is known as
chernozem.
permafrost.
loess.
The Russian Revolution in 1917
forced Czar Nicholas II to give up his power.
made Peter the Great the leader of the country’s new government.
installed the Eastern Orthodox Church as the center of power in Russia.
______ is a process that occurs when long periods of drought and destructive land use destroy vegetation and change a region into a desert.
monsoon
desertification
desalination
The belief in or worship of ONE God is known as
monotheism
polytheism
atheism
A belief that no god exists is known as
monotheism
polytheism
atheism
Another name for a tropical wet climate is a tropical rainforest.
True
False
Which statement about Lake Baikal is TRUE?
It holds one-fifth of the world’s freshwater.
It was formed by a human-made dam.
It is located in European Russia.
True or False: Universal suffrage refers to when all adult citizens in a country have the right to vote.
True
False
Most of West Africa's population is concentrated around coastal plains and rivers because people tend to settle near sources of water.
True
False
Soviets developed and stockpiled ____________ throughout the Cold War.
communications technology
nuclear weapons
automobiles
When something or someone is native to a region, they are considered to be
indigenous
domesticated
transient
______ is the process of taming a species of plant or animal for human use.
Indigenous
Domestication
Assimilation
A group of people who move from place to place in search of water and grass for grazing are known as
mosques.
nomads.
refugees.
Where are the Caucasus Mountains located?
Between the Black Sea & Caspian Sea
Between the Black Sea & Barents Sea
Between the Baltic Sea & Arctic Ocean
The disposal of waste products is known as
sanitation
apartheid
dessalination
The Europeans who claim parts of the Americas for Spain were called
conquistadors
chinampas
caudillos
The movement of people from rural areas to cities is a process called
cultural diffusion
assimilation
urbanization
The Columbian Exchange involved plants, animals, and the transmission of infectious diseases.
True
False
The Native American empires of Latin America were the
Aztec, Cortez, Baltic
Maya, Inca, Cahokia
Maya, Aztec, and Inca
The _________ in Mexico are a continuation of the Rocky Mountains of North America.
Andes
Sierra Madre
Appalachian
The raising and grazing of livestock is known as
hunting & gathering
pastoralism
apartheid
A steppe is a
dry sandy region that receives less than 4 inches of rain a year.
large area of flat unforested grassland that is semi-arid.
layer of Earth that is permanently frozen.
The Rio Grande forms part of the border between
The US & Canada
Bolivia & Peru
The US & Mexico
The Nile River is the longest river in the world.
True
False
The period of time that began after the fall of the Roman Empire and marked the period of time between ancient and modern times is known as the Middle Ages.
True
False
Under the system of ____, monarchs gave nobles land in exchange for loyalty.
feudalism
federalism
capitalism
The ____ was a 300-year period of discovery, learning, art and culture that was centered in Italy.
Reformation
Renaissance
Middle Ages
A _____ is a center from which early ideas and practices spread to surrounding areas causing the growth of other early cultures.
culture hearth
dynasty
clan
The idea or belief that people are born again in a different body after death.
reincarnation
dharma
nirvana
This is the force created by a person's good or bad actions that is believed in Hinduism and Buddhism to determine what a person's next life will be like.
dharma
stupa
karma
The _____ were the warrior class of medieval Japan. They were hired by the powerful shogun to protect his land.
Han
samurai
Zhou
If a population does not have a lot of diversity, it is said to be ethnically
homogenous
indigenous
heterogenous
A chain of volcanic islands is called an
fault line
archipelago
peninsula
The _______ is made up of various fault lines, tectonic plate boundaries, and volcanoes. It circles the Pacific Ocean.
Ring of Fire
Great Rift Valley
Turan Basin
The largest country in East Asia, taking up roughly 80% of the land area in the region is
Japan
Mongolia
China
