GHW.1 Final

Religions using turbans as symbols derived from hot, dry locations. This is an example of what?

Which one of these religions does not believe in a God, just the teachings of a person?

Where did Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism begin?

What continent is highlighted?

"Melbourne, Australia is 37°S and 145°E" is an example of what?

The English explorer that discovered Hawaii, Australia, and New Zealand.

A country whose population shares cultural traits and is recognized as a political unit.

This international organization was created after WWII to maintain world peace and security.

Which of the below is an example of a centripetal force?

Which of the following is an example of a centrifugal force?

This explorer conquered the Incas in Peru.

Which two religions were influenced by Judaism?

What country is highlighted?

Which of the following is the oldest of the world's major religions?

Which of the following is NOT a reason for exploration of the world?

What is the Old World?

This civilization, in Mexico, was conquered by Cortes and wiped out by European diseases.

The line of 0° latitude that cuts the earth in half is called the what?

A political territory administered by a sovereign, internationally recognized government.

This French explorer searched for the Northwest Passage and discovered the St. Lawrence River. 

What is the term for the exchange of plants, animals, & diseases between the Old and New World.

The "Middle East" is an example of what?

Which country is highlighted?

An English explorer to Canada who has a bay, river, and strait in North America named for him. 

A belief that groups of people are united by cultural characteristics that can be extreme.

Two branches of Christianity.

The first explorer credited with circumnavigating the world. 

Which statement is true about Christianity? 

A group of people linked by language, ethnicity, religion, and other cultural characteristics. 

This item came to the New World and majorly impacted the way Native Americans hunted.

What country is highlighted?

What is considered the "New World"?

Pasta being brought to Europe from China, and then on to the USA is an example of what?

This civilization, located north of the Huang He River, built the Great Wall of China.

What country is the first to have someone land on the moon?

The man who searched for the Fountain of Youth and became the first European to explore Florida

A type of map that shows land forms and bodies of water. 

What country is highlighted?

This civilization is thought to have used the wheel first and wrote in cuneiform. 

What country is highlighted?

Sailing for both Portugal and Spain, this explorer had the Americas named after him. 

"Antarctica is in the southern hemisphere" is an example of what?

Why did the Europeans explore?

Which of the following is NOT one of the World's major cultural hearths?

Which of the following is NOT an obstacle to exploration?

A type of map that shows man-made features on earth's surface, such as boundaries of states.

This organization was created to promote political and economic cooperation on a continent.

All the things that make up a people's way of life is known as what?

A religion that believes in only one god is known as what?

Which continent is this?

Which of the following events was the most important in the development of the first cultures?

What are the two world religions with the most followers?

This civilization was known for building pyramids and mummification. 

Which of the following religions believe in only one god?

North and South America make up which hemisphere?

This culture hearth means "land between two rivers."

Indiana's Climate

This man explored for Spain and is credited with discovering the New World. 

Islam is found mainly in what parts of the world?

A cultural hearth can best be described as what?