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2015 World Geo Final Exam Review
2015 World Geo Final Exam Review
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1
Which country experiences seasonal monsoons?
Italy
Ivory Coast
India
Vietnam
2
Which set of words best describes a MONARCHY?
voting, president, Congress
king, absolute, inherited
Dictator, voting, limited
president, free will, unlimited
3
Which of the following is NOT a consequence of the Columbian Exchange?
Colombia's drug trafficking problem
Bacon for breakfast in the US
Tobacco becoming a staple for England's upper class
The death of most Native Americans due to disease
4
What does relative location tell you?
Where a place is compared to another
The map projection being used
The latitude/longitude of a place
Which symbol shows a place on a map
5
What do geographers use to pinpoint the absolute location of a place on Earth?
map scale
map legend
compass rose
latitude & longitude
6
Which of the following is NOT one of the five themes of geograpy?
movement
language
place
human-environment interaction
7
Which of the following will you find on a physical map?
businesses
Landforms
GDP
main exports
8
Which physical process caused the formation of the Himalaya Mountains?
sea-floor spreading
meteorite activity
buildup of sediment
tectonic plate collision
9
What is imperialism?
When Madagascar separated from mainland Africa
When Africa was split North and South of the Equator
When European nations split up Africa for itself
When France and Britain fought for pieces of Africa
10
What is the name of the ocean between North America and Europe?
The Atlantic Ocean
The Indian Ocean
The Southern Ocean
The Pacific Ocean
11
80% of the people in India practice which polytheistic religion?
Islam
Animism
Hinduism
Buddhism
12
A map that shows population density is a --
political map
thematic map
regional map
physical map
13
This continent contains the Andes Mountains, the Amazon River and the latest erupted volcano.
C
D
B
A
14
Which feature might appear on a map showing cultural differences?
mountain ranges
religious groups
river systems
climate zones
15
Which of the following typically occurs in the biosphere?
recycling of continental crust
Circulation of ocean currents
regulation of thermal energy
interaction of plants and animals
16
Which citizenship practice best describes a dictatorship?
joining a political party opposing the government
voting to elect a leader
writing letters attacking government practices
attending a march in support of the government
17
Which line of latitude is located at 66 1/2°N?
The Tropic of Capricorn
The Tropic of Cancer
The Antarctic Circle
The Arctic Circle
18
What kind of accident occured in Chernobyl in 1986 and Fukushima in 2011?
an oil spill
a hurricane
a nuclear accident
an atomic bomb
19
Which feature would appear on a physical map of Africa?
The Gobi Desert
The Amazon River
Sahara Desert
Tundra
20
What is the name of the horizontal line that circles the globe?
International Date Line
Prime Meridian
Tropic of Lorenzo
Equator
21
Some things a dictator might do include --
setting up commercial TV stations with varied content
allowing people to vote in a popular election
controlling all the content in the media
airing a private radio broadcast owned by the opposition
22
What is an open area with a low population density called?
rural
continent
country
urban
23
A line of longitude is an imaginary line that runs --
From the North to the South Pole
parallel to the Arctic Circle
From the Prime Meridian to the International Date Line
Parallel to the Tropic of Cancer
24
In the Giver, the Community stripped its people of --
memories
uniqueness
emotions
all of these
25
Any resource that comes from the Earth is called --
oil
manufactured resources
natural resources
real resources
26
One major drawback of the Columbian Exchange was --
Europeans abandoned Christiantiy
Europeans didn't know how to cook the new food
The new crops died in European soil
diseases were introducted to the New World
27
True or false: Smallpox were transported from the New World to the Old World.
True
False
28
The hydrosphere is most affected by --
deforestation
the water cycle
plate tectonics
volcanoes
29
Latitude measures distance --
North/South of the Equator
East/West of the Equator
North/South of the Prime Meridian
East/West of the Prime Meridian
30
Northwest, Southwest, Northeast and Southeast are examples of --
cardinal directions
a compass rose
intermediate directions
directions
