Geography Finals Review Quiz

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The Ural Mountains are the physical dividing line between Asia and the Middle East.

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What are the regions of Europe? Select all that apply.

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Which one doesn't belong?

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Europe mainly has a mild climate

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Europe's harsher climates are in the lower latitudes.

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Which one doesn't belong in Europe?

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The westerlies are one of the factors in why Europe always has a mild climate.

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Select the three major language families in Europe.

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Secularized means that the government is very religious.

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The rival plan to the Warsaw pact was the NATO alliance.

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Sikh is a religion that fuses Christianity and Islam together

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The caste system is a governmental hierarchy in India

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The goal in buddhism is to attain nirvana.

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Wet rice cultivation supports only small populations for a small amount of time.

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Shifting cultivation is capable of 2-3 crops per year and can sustain large crops for a long time.

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During a monsoon the wind is land to water

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Asia has many different climates

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Globalization is the interconnecting of all the economies of the world and is a huge controversy

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Which one doesn't belong.

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The green revolution used science to increase food yields and biotechnology.

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Pakistan is a potential new hearth for Al-qaida

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What were the things that the Taliban has done? Select all that apply.

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China joined the world trade organization in 1999.

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Kashmir is...(select all that apply)

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The two major ethnic groups in Sri Lanka are the sinhalese and the tamils.

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The tamils are the majority at 75% of the population

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70% of India is "abjectly poor"

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50% of India's population is under the age of 25

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Which one doesn't belong?

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which one doesn't belong?

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Rising sea levels are a huge problem is which two countries?

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Myanmar was formerly called Burma.

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Indonesia has a strictly regulated internet and is very repressive.

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Aceh is a primarily muslim province in indonesia that wanted independence but was not granted it.

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Papua is a province in indonesia that also wants independence and it was granted the ability to adopt islamic sharia law.

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Which one doesn't belong?

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Name this country

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Name this country.

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Name this country.

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Select all that apply to the three gorges dam.

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The chiang-jiang water project was an attempt at evening out the distributions of water in Japan.

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Taiwan was Asia's 1st urban-industrial country

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Japan has a small middle class and a large lower class

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Japan is extremely homogenous

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The DMZ is a line a the 50th parallel and was a permanent boundary between North and South Korea that was put in place by the US.

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75% of population of Peru lives in the altiplano.

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Which are the Andean countries? Select all that apply.

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Bolivia is the poorest andean country.

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Uruguay was created as a...

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Which one doesn't belong.

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What were the tribes in latin america prior to the europeans? Select all that apply.

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Mestizo is a person who is african and european.

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A mulatto is a person who is spanish and native american.

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Select all that are true about minifundia farms.

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the Panama canal is a critical chokepoint.

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select all that is true about Latifundia land

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tepuis are marble outcrops

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angel falls in the second highest water fall in the world

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El niño is when the winds blow east to west

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During El Niño ocean upwelling is suppressed

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Marginalization is the movement of poorer people to more rural, flat areas.

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haciendas are communal farmlands (for indian village farmlands)

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Belize is part of central america

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French Guyana is part of central america

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Middle america includes all of the central american countries and south america, but not mexico

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What are the four greater Antilles islands. Select all that apply.

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Brazil is the worlds leader in Oil Production

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North Africa is from Western Sahara/Morocco to egypt

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Middle East is from the Arabian Peninsula to Afghanistan.

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The Malthusian Scenario apply to Africa because...

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Fallow land is when you are not farming on the land

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The Berlin conference carved up Africa, but took in to account the old borders.

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The Russian Taiga is a dry, barren, plain

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USSR stands for

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Permafrost is when the ground is frozen

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Most of Russia has a tundra climate

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Region spans ___ time zones

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The Russian cross relates to Alcoholism

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Rivers formed natural passageways used for... (select all that apply)

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The Volga-Don canal...

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The west Siberian plain is one of the worlds flattest land areas.

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Scorched earth is when a country is willing to destroy their own land in order to get invaders to move

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The term glasnost refers to a restructuring economy

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The term perestroika refers to a open economy

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What were the 3 concentric spheres of geopolitical concern(select all that apply)

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CIS stands for the common independent structure, referring to how Russia controls its economy

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"Loose nukes" refers to the theft of nuclear weapons

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Ukraine means "on the front"

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Chernobyl was the site of a nuclear power plant station explosion.

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Lake Baikal...(select all that apply)

a practice test for the geography honors semester 2 final

Geography Finals Review Quiz

The Ural Mountains are the physical dividing line between Asia and the Middle East.

What are the regions of Europe? Select all that apply.

Which one doesn't belong?

Europe mainly has a mild climate

Europe's harsher climates are in the lower latitudes.

Which one doesn't belong in Europe?

The westerlies are one of the factors in why Europe always has a mild climate.

Select the three major language families in Europe.

Secularized means that the government is very religious.

The rival plan to the Warsaw pact was the NATO alliance.

Sikh is a religion that fuses Christianity and Islam together

The caste system is a governmental hierarchy in India

The goal in buddhism is to attain nirvana.

Wet rice cultivation supports only small populations for a small amount of time.

Shifting cultivation is capable of 2-3 crops per year and can sustain large crops for a long time.

During a monsoon the wind is land to water

Asia has many different climates

Globalization is the interconnecting of all the economies of the world and is a huge controversy

Which one doesn't belong.

The green revolution used science to increase food yields and biotechnology.