world geo exam

What waterway separates England and France?

English Channel

Which option best describes Nirvana?

Enlightenment

Compared to other Central Asian countries, Afghanistan is more urban and developed.

False

The Azeri and Armenian ethnic groups historically lived peacefully together in Azerbaijan.

False

The nations of Central Asia have a long history of independence, as no foreign nations have successfully conquered the area

False

Today, most Russians live east of the Ural Mountains in Siberia.

False

What is the largest economic activity in Equatorial Africa?

Farming

Which mountain ranges run along the eastern and western sides of India

Ghats

A large desert in north-central China and southern Mongolia

Gobi

The _____________________ is an area of relatively flat land that is good for farming.

Great European Plain

what is true about West African griots.

Griots have had a major impact on American music. Griots are important story tellers that preserve tradition and heritage

Temperatures in the Scandinavian Peninsula and Finland are influenced by air warmed by the _________________ and its nearness to the Baltic Sea

Gulf Stream

Which of the following religions is the oldest?

Hinduism

Which of the following can affect a city's importance? Select all that apply

Human activity Location Access to resources Climate

Portugal and Spain are located on the ___________ Peninsula.

Iberian

Which of the following countries has the largest population

India

The Vatican City is located on the ___________ Peninsula.

Italian

Denmark's mainland is located on the ________________ Peninsula

Jutland

What is the capital of Afghanistan?

Kabul

Pakistan and India compete for control of which region

Kashmir

This international agreement seeks to reduce greenhouse gases

Kyoto Protocol

The rich soil and abundant fishing around _____________ and ______________ make these parts of East Africa among the most heavily populated areas on the continen

Lake Victoria; Lake Tanganyika

What is a Tibetan high monk called

Lama

What sea lies to the south of Western Europe?

Mediterranean Sea

These seasonal storms bring heavy winds and rain to India

Monsoons

What is the capital of Russia

Moscow

Which of the following is a major problem for India's major cities along the Ganges?

Overpopulation Pollution

What happened to Yugoslavia when the Soviet Union dissolved?

People who were in different ethnic groups in Yugoslavia wanted their original country back

Which of the following are principles for sustainable economic development

Promoting economic development Promoting social fairness Protecting the environment

The mountain range called the __________________ isolates Spain and Portugal from the rest of Europe.

Pyrenees

Which of the following have caused problems in West Africa

Religious differences Borders drawn by European powers Political corruption

East Asia sits along the edge of __________________, an area prone to high tectonic activity

Ring of Fire

Who currently controls Crimea?

Russia

The countries of Norway and Sweden are located on the ________________ Peninsula.

Scandinavian

The capital of France is located along the _______________ River.

Seine

Which two countries display the deepest cultural divergence

South Korea and North Korea

Which option describes a system of farming in which just enough food is produced to feed the family

Subsistence farming

Which option describes economic development that meets the needs of present populations without hampering the ability of people in the future to meet their own needs and that benefits people and societies

Sustainable Growth

What obstacles does Switzerland face as a result the many languages spoken in the country?

Switzerland needs to translate their languages ao everyone can understand eachother.

What group took control of Afghanistan after the Soviets invaded in 1979

Taliban

What caused the Himalayas to form

Tectonic activity

The city of London is located along the _______________ River.

Thames

What was the Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall was a wall bulit to keep the Soviets incrontroll of the East Germens.

what is true about the British colonial rule in India

The British dominated India's economy. The British established important infrastructure. The British promoted the English language.

Which defining physical feature formed by tectonic activity slices through East Africa

The Great Rift Valley

Northeast China has abundant deposits of ___________________, which is a source of cheap but highly polluting fuel.

coal

In the Netherlands, _________________ keep back the water and reclaim land from the sea.

dikes

During the last ice age, glacial ice carved out long, narrow, steep-sided ________________ along the coasts of Scandinavia. These are now filled with seawater.

fjord

Iceland is completely energy independent. It uses tectonic activity to produce ____________________.

geothermal energy

Iceland is completely energy independent. It uses its many rivers to produce ____________________.

hydroelectric power

Explain one way the Triangle Trade affected Africa.

it affected Africa by not having as many men in the country because they were getting traded for slavery.

Why is the region immediately south of the Sahara called the Transition Zone?

it is called the Transition Zone because it transitions from desert land to rainforest.

Most of the population in China

lives in the easter portion of the country

Why are pastoralist people so harshly affected by drought?

pastoralist people rely on their farm animals to sustain life. Those animals require water and food. Of course, that food (crops) requires water, as well.

In the Netherlands, a _________________ is land that has been reclaimed from the sea.

polder

Which of the following crops is the most important for feeding people in East Asia?

rice

The archipelago known as Japan was formed as a result of

tectonic activity

What mountains separate China from South Asia?

the Himalayas

How did the occupation of Japan by the United States after World War II impact Japan

the US helped Japan form a democracy and rebuild its economy.

What is the caste system? What is its relationship to society and reincarnation in India?

the caste system is a ranking. When the Indians get reincarnate they are judge from the caste system. The bad action you did when you were alive will casue you to become a bad thing when you come back to life. Whe you do good thing you will be higher on the caste system.

Political and ethnic struggles have shaped Eastern Europe's borders.

true

Wars, migration, and changing political borders have influenced the population patterns of Eastern Europe

true

In 2011, tectonic activity cause a(n) _________________ that damaged the Fukushima nuclear power plant.

tsunami

What was the Cold War

was when a war broke out between capitalist and communist

Like Beijing, Mongolia's capital, Ulaanbataar, is among the cities with the __________________ in the world

worst air pollution

Trade restrictions"

Economic sanctions

___________________ are Finland's most important resources, as shown by their world-leading paper exports.

Trees

Afghanistan's population is ethnically diverse.

True

Eastern Europe today still feels the effects of being part of the Soviets' sphere of influence.

True

Powerful nations often try to extend their spheres of influence.

True

A huge wave resulting from an underwater earthquake

Tsunami

This type of Pacific Ocean storm is a tropic cyclone similar to a hurricane.

Typhoon

Which option best describes racial relations between white and black people in South Africa and Zimbabwe throughout the 1900s?

Violent

Which word most accurately describes the relationship between the Hutu and the Tutsi people living in Rwanda and Burundi

Violent

Which option best describes Cecil Rhodes?

A British imperialist and politician in South Africa.

Adapting or borrowing traits from another group or society

Acculturation

A tall, jagged mountain range called the __________________ runs across the southeast region of Western Europe, by Switzerland and Northern Italy.

Alps

This range called the __________________ runs north and south along the Italian Peninsula.

Apennines

The Greece is located on the ___________ Peninsula.

Balkan

What is are Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia collectively called?

Baltic States

What did European colonial powers export from West Africa and Equatorial Africa

Cash Crops Gold Ivory Slave

Produce that is grown for sale, not for a farmer's personal food supply

Cash crops

which two nations have the largest population

China Japan

which two nations have the strongest economies?

China Japan

This term describes a refusal to follow rules. This was a preferred tactic of Gandhi.

Civil Disobedience

What landforms dominate Central Africa

Congo River Basin Rain Forests

What major peninsula on the Black Sea has been a recent area of conflict between Russia and the Ukraine?

Crimea

Which describes an often triangular-shaped section of land formed as the waters of a river slow down and split into many channels as they deposit silt and sediment?

Delta

Which option describes an alluvial deposit at a river's mouth?

Delta

Which option describes a change of land from arable to arid and unusable

Desertification

How have droughts led to conflict between people in Africa?

Droughts have cause conflict between people becuase where their is a city with some water people will mirgate their and cause them to lose water quicker.

How has the climate of the Sahel affected Lake Chad

The lake is drying out

What are the two largest language families in spoken in Western Europe?

The two largest language are Romantic and Germanic.

How did the early Aryans influence the Indian Subcontinent?

They established the caste system.

Identify three languages that evolved from Latin.

Three languages that Latin are Spanish, Italian, and French.

The capital of Italy is located along the _______________ River.

Tiber

What is a shatter belt

When a country is divided from different ethnic groups fighting.

Define ethnic cleansing

When people make a ethnic group get out if the country.

A chain of islands

archipelago

In general, areas along China's coast

are wealthier than the interior regions