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6th grade World Geography Final Review
Russia has the world's largest forest, the
Peat is important because
6th grade World Geography Final Review
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Peat is important because
rich iron deposits are found in it
wheat grows well in it
it can be ground into flour for bread
it can be dried and used for fuel
2
Russia has the world's largest forest, the
steppe
tundra
taiga
oasis
3
On May Day, Russians honor
God
Russian workers
Peter the Great
Russian women
4
Julius Caesar was killed by
the Huns
supporters of the Roman Senate
a rival
his nephew Octavian
5
Much of Ukraine is a vast
steppe
forest
desert
swamp land
6
One of the most important industries in Poland is
tourism
automobile manufacturing
coal mining
bauxite mining
7
Czar Alexander II was known as the Czar-Liberator because he
conquered many neighboring lands
led Russia to victory over France
freed the serfs
drove out the Mongols
8
The total value of the imports and exports of the US is
second in the world
first in the world
below only China, Japan, and Germany
just below China and Japan
9
Hungary mines bauxite, a mineral used to make
tin
aluminum
plastic
steel
10
Great Lakes were formed by
ancient monsoons
volcanoes
faults
glaciers
11
Mnost of Turkmanistan is made up of the
Caucasus mountain range
Caspian Sea
Garagum desert
Ural mountain range
12
For trade and transportation, Hungary depends on the
Dnieper River
Black Sea
Adriatic Sea
Danube River
13
The leader who set up a communist state in 1917 was
Vladmir Putin
Boris Yeltsin
Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
14
An ethnic group that is trying to become independent from Russia is
Slavs
Monguls
Chechens
Serbians
15
The country called "breadbasket of Europe" is
Poland
Romania
Bulgaria
Ukraine
16
Nuclear energy is made from
the power of Russian water
underground sources of steam
coal fired electric plants
controlled atomic reactions
17
Sudan's main export is
oil
coffee
tea
cotton
18
The Trans-Siberian Railroad connects Moscow with
St. Petersburg
Kiev
Murmansk
Vladivostok
19
Fossils from the earliest human ancestors have been found in
Great Rift Valley
Lake Victoria
Kenya's coral reef
Mt. Kilmanjaro
20
The country with the world's largest economy is
Japan
China
Russia
US
21
Lake Baikal is the world's
oldest salt water lake
deepest salt water lake
deepest freshwater lake
largest inland body of water
22
About 80 percent of France's energy comes from its
hydroelectric power
nuclear power plants
pertoleum reserves
coal reserves
23
Congo and Gabon both won indepence from
Germany
Spain
France
Portugal
24
Whichof the following is NOT a former Yugoslav republic?
Croatia
Belarus
Macendonia
Slovenia
25
Sputnik I
was the first
American spacecraft
spacecraft to go to the moon
spacecraft to orbit the Earth
Soveit space station
26
Most of the people of Albania are
Eastern Orthodox Christians
Muslims
Roman Catholics
Protestants
27
A ridge that seperates river that flow west from those that flow east is the
Coastal Plain
Rocky Mountains
Continental Divide
coral reef
28
In the US free enterprise system businesses are privately owned and run
to make a profit
by the government
as nonprofit organizations
to make social changes
29
The Bulgarian language is written using
the Latin alphabet
the Arabic alphabet
the Roman alphabet
the Cyrillic alphabet
30
Early settlers who built towns and missions in FL and GA and from TX to California were from
Spain
Great Britian
France
Portugal
31
Jesus Christ was born in
Alexandria
Constantinople
Palestine
Athens
32
This American author portrayed the struggles people faced in settling the Great Plains
Mark Twain
William Faulkner
Willa Cather
Amy Tan
33
Two mountain ranges rise in western Russia, the Urals and the
Tian Shan
Caucasus
Ismail Samani
Eurasians
34
The only Russian port that remains free of ice year-round is
Murmansk
Vladivostok
St. Petersburg
Kaliningrad
35
The full name of the Soviet Union was the
United Soviet Socialist Republics
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
United Soviet Communist Republics
Union of Soviet Communist Republics
36
Ethopia has suffered famines because it often lacked
fertile soil
farm workers
fertilizers
rainfall
37
The pope lives and works in
San Marino
Vatican City
Rome
Venice
38
The Trans-Siberian Railroad linked Vladivostok with
St. Petersburg
the Caspian Sea
Europe
Moscow
39
In Belgium, tensions sometimes aride between the
Belgians and immigrants
Flemings and Walloons
Belgians and the Basques
Catholics and Protestants
40
During Age of Exploration the Portuguese explorer who sailed around Cape of Good Hope 2 India
Leonardo da Vinci
Vasco de Gama
Michelangelo Buonarotti
Bartholomeu Dias
41
In the Netherlands, drained lands that have rich farming soil are called
lochs
bogs
moors
polders
42
The Russian city called "Venice of the North" is
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Vlaivostok
Murmansk
43
The dividing line between Europe and Asia is formed by the
Caspian Sea
Ural Mountains
Volga River
Caucasus Mountains
44
The leader who introduced glasnost to the Soviet Union was
Vladimir Putin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Boris Yeltsin
Joseph Stalin
45
Compared to its Asian part, Russia's European part is
warmer
wetter
colder
drier
46
The euro is the currency of
the European Union
the Warsaw Pact
NATO
COMECON
47
The Berlin Airlift was done to
free Germany from communist control
free East Berlin from communist control
stop the spread of communism
defeat the Soviet blockade
48
The Romanian language is based on
English
Latin
Italian
Russian
49
Socrates was a great
Roman philospher
Greek general
Greek philospher
Roman general
50
Sudan's leading export is
tea
cassava
cotton
coffee
51
For two months out of the year in northern Siberia
snow falls continuously
no rain or snow falls at all
the sun stays visible most of the night
rain falls continuously
52
The "father of printing in the Western world" was
John Calvin
John Locke
Johannes Gutenberg
Geoffrey Chaucer
53
The branch of the US government that enforces the law is the
judicial branch
legislative branch
executive branch
legal branch
54
During WWII, the Axis Powers were Germany, Italy, and
Japan
the Soviet Union
Romania
Poland
55
The American author who wrote about life along the Mississippi River in the mid 1800s was
Amy Tan
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Mark Twain
William Faulkner
56
Neil Armstrong was the first person
to circle the Earth
to live on a space shuttle
to travel in space
to walk on the moon
57
The invention of the stirrup by the Huns allowed them to
stand in the saddle to see their enemies
use their weapons while riding horses
avoid falling off their horses
ride faster on their horses
58
The czar who used secret police force to tighten his grip on the people was
Nicholas II
Ivan III
Peter II
Ivan IV
59
The Industrial Revolution made consumer good, like clothing,
more expensive
less plentiful
less expensive
more unusual
60
The first major industry to emerge during the Industrial Revolution was
coal mining
steam engines
railroads
textiles
61
Which of the following was a member of the Non-Aligned Community?
Italy
Poland
Romania
Yugoslavia
62
Uganda largest export is
coffee
oil
tea
cassava
63
The Truman Doctrine was a plan to
help rebuild Europe
establish free trade
support countries fighting communism
promote peace
64
Millions of buffalo roamed the
Rocky Mountains
Gulf Coastal Plain
Atlantic Coastal Plain
Great Plains
65
Alexander the Great conquered and spread the culture of
the Byzantine Empire
Greece
Rome
the Ottoman Empire
66
A castle was often part of a
convent
church
manor
monastery
67
Which Nordic country is an island?
Ireland
Finland
Denmark
Iceland
68
The state formed by volcanoes are the ocean floor is
Washington State
California
Hawaii
Alaska
69
The only part of the contiguous US with a tropical climate is
California
Utah
Florida
Arizona
70
Renaissance writers reached a wider audience by writing in
the language of the educated
French
the language they spoke every day
Latin
71
Albania has a coastline on the
Mediterranean Sea
Baltic Sea
Black Sea
Adriatic Sea
72
What city in Italy has no cars but instead relies on boat for transportation on its many canals
Rome
Venice
San Marino
Barcelona
73
Most people of Tanzania speak
French
Swahili
Arabic
English
74
The largest part of the US economy is
manufacturing
farming
mining
service industries
75
Compared to an American president, Russian presidents have
to share more power
stronger power
the same powers
little power
76
Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir were famous
writers who lived in Ireland
composers who lived in Germany
composers who lived in Vienna
painters who lived in Paris
77
The oldest mountain range on the continent is the
Appalachian Mountains
Sierra Nevada
Rocky Mountains
Coastal Range
78
The tiny hot dry country located at the norhern tip of the Great Rift Valley is
Sudan
Djibouti
Somalia
Ethopia
79
the statue of the Little Mermaid is a famous attraction in
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Germany
80
Which country is a land of hot springs and geysers?
Iceland
Norway
Denmark
Finland
81
The Middle Ages ended and the pre-modern period began with the
Pax Romana
French Revolution
Napoleonic Wars
Renaissance
82
Most of the US lies in
the high-latitude region
the tropical climate region
a dry climate region
mid-latitude climate region
83
One of the world's largest wild animal populations lives in
Somalia
Uganda
Sudan
Tanzania
84
The only important industry in the Central African Reupublic is
diamond mining
fishing
cloth making
tourism
85
The leader responsible for the Holocaust was
Boris Yeltsin
Adolf Hitler
Yuri Gagarin
Mikhail Gorbachev