Second Semester Geography

Question 1

Country with a revolution and Ayatollah Khomeini took over and hostage crisis occurred

Accepted Answer

Iran

Question 2

Country in Africa known for diamonds and gold?

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South Africa

Question 3

Tectonic activity is to physical geography what ___________ is to human geography?

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cultural

Question 4

What climate do we live in?

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Humid continental

Question 5

Country divided by the DMZ

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Korea

Question 6

Free elections and choice

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Democracy

Question 7

All of the following have hindered Russia’s economic growth EXCEPT

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the increase in the development of natural resources

Question 8

Sub-Saharan Africa is plagued by?

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Political and Ethnic Strife

Question 9

Growing for self

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Subsistent

Question 10

Most people in less developed countries practice what type of industries?

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Primary

Question 11

War, lack of resources, corruption that make people want to leave a country are called?

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Push Factors

Question 12

Region that India and Pakistan are fighting over?

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Kashmir

Question 13

Muslims fled to this country after the assassination of Gandhi

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Pakistan

Question 14

Which of the following is an example of climate?

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Hot Summers and Cold Winters

Question 15

Which of the following has the most significant impact on global warming

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Emissions of carbon dioxide

Question 16

All of the following are consequences of European colonialism in Sub-Saharan Africa except:

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Overpopulation in cites

Question 17

Which of the following is an example of globalization?

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Soccer in North America

Question 18

The country with the largest Muslim population on Earth?

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Indonesia

Question 19

Government controlled economy

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Command

Question 20

The high number of refugees throughout Sub-Saharan Africa is mainly the result of

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Ethnic conflict

Question 21

Trade and barter--limited economic mobility

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Traditional

Question 22

All of the following are true of Scandinavia?

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Poverty

Question 23

Country that broke from Slovakia in the Velvet Revolution

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Czech Republic

Question 24

The reason the Netherlands is unique?

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25% of it is below sea level

Question 25

Why does Eastern Europe trail behind Western Europe in regards to economic development?

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Soviet Occupation

Question 26

Growth in Central Asia is dependent upon?

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Minerals and Cash Crops

Question 27

Bedouins

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Nomadic Herders

Question 28

Private ownership, supply and demand...

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Capitalist/Free Market

Question 29

Organizations that allow for economic growth and lowers tariffs include all, EXCEPT?

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Nato

Question 30

Which of the following allows OPEC to have a lot of authority worldwide

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Control of oil reserves

Question 31

The study of the human and physical systems on Earth is...

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Geography

Question 32

Which group was left out of the Berlin Conference

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Africans

Question 33

The country in West Africa considered a symbol of hope and freedom?

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Liberia

Question 34

A system in South Africa that creates a white separatists government

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Apartheid

Question 35

All of the following define the U.S. as a superpower except

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Aging infrastructure

Question 36

The Khmer Rouge existed in which country?

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Cambodia

Question 37

Movement from a rural area to a city is called?

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Urbanization

Question 38

Growing for profit

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Commercial

Question 39

Islam spread across Arabia is an example of?

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Diffusion

Question 40

Government makes decisions for the people

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Communism

Question 41

The Soviet Union--USSR was established after...

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Bolshevik Revolution

Question 42

Country in East Asia colonized by Spain and mainly Roman Catholic

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Philippines

Question 43

As a result of WATER ACCESS, which continent dominated colonization?

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Europe

Question 44

People that exit a country

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Emigrant

Question 45

Factors that make people want to immigrant to the United States are called?

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Pull Factors

Second Semester Geography

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Second Semester Geography

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