Global History and Geography Regents - Jan 2016

Question 1

Which statement about the Middle Eastregion in the 20th century is most accurate?

Accepted Answer

The uneven distribution of resources has ledto conflict.

Question 2

Which region was the birthplace of Confucianism,Buddhism, and Hinduism?

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Asia

Question 3

In the 16th and 17th centuries, the heliocentrictheory became the centerpiece for debatebetween

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science and religion

Question 4

A geographer attempts to understand andinterpret patterns and processes primarily by

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analyzing spatial data at different scales

Question 5

Which country is located in the region known asLatin America?

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Argentina

Question 6

A major obstacle to creating policies that address global warming is the conflictbetween

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economic development and environmentalprotection

Question 7

Which area served as a cultural bridge betweenearly China and Japan?

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Korea

Question 8

Soviet Union’s response to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)was to create

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Warsaw Pact

Question 9

Asoka andAkbar the Great are similar in that they are bothbest known for promoting

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religious toleration

Question 10

Which social scientists focus their studies onscarcity, resources, and profit motives?

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economists

Question 11

The European system of manorialism is mostclosely associated with

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maintaining economic self-sufficiency

Question 12

1 way the voyages of Zheng He and Christopher Columbus were similar is that they resulted in

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trade and cultural diffusion

Question 13

Which leaders are most directly associated withthe Cuban Revolution of 1959?

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Fidel Castro and Che Guevara

Question 14

Which best describes a consequence ofNapoleon’s failure to understand Russiangeography?

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A harsh winter cut off his army from neededsupplies.

Question 15

Which situation was an unintended consequenceof Spain’s colonization of the Americas?

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transmission of communicable diseases

Question 16

Austria-Hungary’s ultimatum to Serbia in 1914and USA in Afghanistan in 2001 are reactions to

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terrorism

Question 17

The kingdoms of Ghana and Mali becameprosperous and powerful because of

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their participation in the gold and salt trade

Question 18

What was the main goal of Zionism?

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establishing a Jewish homeland in the regionof Palestine

Question 19

The Chinese belief that China was the MiddleKingdom is an example of

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ethnocentrism

Question 20

One way in which Suleiman the Magnificent andLouis XIV are similar is that they both

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centralized political power

Question 21

Which of these events that occurred in the SovietUnion was a direct cause of the other three?

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implementation of five-year plans

Question 22

In which way did the geographic diversity ofLatin America affect newly independentcountries?

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making political unity difficult

Question 23

In which way did the ideas of the Enlightenmentinfluence the French Revolution?

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The divine right theory of kings waschallenged.

Question 24

The Abbasid and Ummayad empires are mostclosely associated with

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creating an Islamic Golden Age

Question 25

Allowing animals to overgrazegrasses and of clearing trees to use forfuel have led to

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desertification

Question 26

During the Cold War, India’s decision to supportneither the US nor the Soviet Union =

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nonalignment

Question 27

The Russian adoption of Orthodox Christianityand of the Cyrillic alphabet demonstrates the

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influence of the Byzantine Empire

Question 28

The Ottoman Turks viewed Constantinople asbeing strategically important because it

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was a crossroads between Europe and Asia

Question 29

Nationalism, state>individual, & unquestioning loyalty to leader are characteristics of

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fascism

Question 30

The Haitian Revolution and the Sepoy Rebellionhappened in response to

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European colonial policies

Question 31

The role of Muslim religious leaders in Africa wasto

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introduce the teachings of the Qur’an (Koran)

Question 32

Which geographic feature was central in helpingthe Romans unify their empire?

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Mediterranean Sea

Global History and Geography Regents - Jan 2016

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Global History and Geography Regents - Jan 2016

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