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Global Perspectives Final
Global Perspectives Final
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A review for Global Perspectives
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1
The River Thames is located in what region?
Middle East
Asia
Europe
Africa
2
The "slash and burn" technique to remove trees in a forest in Ghana is an example of:
Overfishing
Deforestation
Positive environmental practices
Pollution
3
The Gross National Product (GNP) is
Only found in developed countries
Number of people living in a country
Imposing trade barriers
Total goods produced by a country per year
4
For what reason do most minority groups fight against their government?
To strengthen their army
Because history repeats itself
To kill the president or dictator
To obtain land and self-rule
5
Which ancient civilizations can be found in Latin America?
Christopher Columbus
Incas and Aztecs
Mayans and Creoles
Mayans and Conquistadors
6
Mecca is in what country?
Iraq
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
7
Behaviors and customs passed from one generation to the next:
Culture
Language
Religion
Climate
8
Africa's economy is centered around what type of resources?
Agriculture
Manufactured goods
Natural Resources
Fishing
9
In terms of economics, Western European countries generally follow:
Traditional Economic Systems
Capitalism
Socialism
Communism
10
The Amazon Rainforest is at threat due to:
Displacement of indigenous people
Pollution
All of the above
Deforestation
11
When new jobs attract people to immigrate to a new country:
Push factor
Pull factor
Nativism
Person becomes refugee
12
Child Soldiers are used in conflict because:
They make up the entire population of a country
They are stronger than adults
They are hard to manipulate
They make up half the population of a country
13
A developing country has:
strong government, high literacy
trade barriers
high poverty, low literacy, unstable government
a communist economy
14
Developing states generally have
lower literacy rates
higher literacy rates
15
Economic hardship and religious diversity lead to:
Nothing changes
Anarchy
Political instability
Communism
16
Developing states are considered
Weak and unstable
Strong and wealthy
Stable and poor
Wealthy and unstable
17
Leader of Cambodia who killed off educated people and implemented the "Year Zero" campaign
Pol Pot
Kim Jong II
Ho Chi Minh
Confucius
18
What is a refugee ?
a terrorist
someone moving to seek opportunities
someone who flees their country
someone who flees their city
19
Where did the Arab Spring begin?
Syria
Tunisia
Saudi Arabia
Algeria
20
Most states are considered
Developed
Developing
21
What is apartheid?
Policy of separation and segregation
Process of choosing a president in an election
Apartheid doesn't exist
A way to defend a country during a cold war
22
What do minority groups such as the Palestinians and Kurds struggle to obtain?
Wealth
A constitution
Land and self-rule
Power
23
What is the Arab Spring?
An unsuccessful movement
The conflict between Israel and Palastine
A wave of protests throughout the Middle East
An Arabic term meaning "rebirth"
24
What are the two main branches of Islam?
Roman, Eastern Orthodox
Sunni, Shiite
Holistic, Conservative
Zen, Tibetan
25
The Middle East's economy depends on
Manufactured goods
Fishing
Gold
Oil
26
The current leader of North Korea is:
Horatio
Kim Il Sung
Kim Jong-Un
Kim Jong-Il
27
Western European economies generally have:
Are the same
More government influences
Have lower taxes
Less government influences
28
The European Union (EU) is a:
Trade organization of European countries
Trade organization of 100 plus countries
Organization that regulates oil prices
Political organization for a Palestinian independent state
29
Who was Nelson Mandela?
All of the above
Imprisoned for 27 years
First black president of South Africa
Known for fighting against apartheid
30
Pyrenees Mountains are located in what region?
Middle East
Asia
Europe
Africa
31
What social structure do the people of India follow?
caste system
social network
social hierarchy
pyramid
32
Which factor would NOT help classify a country as developed or developing?
Good medical care
Stable/Unstable Economies
Language of a country
Level of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
33
International businesses do not want to invest in Latin America because:
The government is unstable
Drug cartels control many businesses
The economy is unstable
All of the above
34
The main goal of ISIS is to
take over the world
destroy other religions
establish a caliph
create an Islamic caliphate
35
What does A-R-E stand for?
Assertion, Reasoning, Emotion
Answers, Reviews, Errors
Claim, Reasoning, Evidence
Assertion, Reasoning, Evidence
36
Who is the current president of Syria?
Kim Jon-Un
Bashar Al Assad
Pol Pot
Ho Chi Minh
37
The biggest problem in Latin America is
Political instability
Being poor
Corruption
Not hosting the Olympics
38
This form of currency is accepted in most European countries who are in the European Union:
The Euro
The Dollar
The Yen
The Pound
39
Countries in Africa suffer from political and economic instability because:
Kids can't contribute to society because they are soldiers
All of the above
Colonizers have profited heavily from their lands
They recently gained independence
40
Israel was founded to:
reduce Arab influence in Palestine
give Jews a homeland
end conflict between Arabs and Jews in Palastine
all of the above