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