Geography 2nd Sem. Exam Review

What is the holiest site in Jerusalem for the Jewish faith?

What extremist group has control over most of Afghanistan today?

What region of Ukraine did Russia annex in 2014?

Where did pro-democracy protests take place in China in 1989?

The shaded area on the map below is showing...

The Soviet goal of Autarky was for the USSR to be

Muslim houses of worship are known as...

What currency is used by most European Union countries?

___________ is the world's largest and busiest port.

What crop is grown in the region surrounding what is left of the Aral Sea?

What event caused the "Russian Cross"?

What region of Europe has most recently seen countries join the European Union?

Based on the cartoon below, what would a fish head represent?

Which Christian Church is the youngest?

What is the largest landlocked country in the world?

Which of the following is not a cash crop?

The following picture is showing what type of agricultural technique?

What are deep ocean inlets formed by glaciation?

Which country is found on an island off the southeast coast of Africa?

All of the following countries dictators were overthrown in the Arab Spring, EXCEPT:

What types of jobs are U.S. companies outsourcing to India?

What Arab country has the largest proven oil reserves?

What impact has the lack of education, from the Berlin Conference, had on African countries?

Which of the following is not a cause of desertification in the Sahel?

A widespread shortage of food is known as a...

Who is the United States #1 trading partner?

What is found at the lowest point on the dry surface of the Earth?

What solution do the U.S., Israel, and Palestinians all want for the conflict in Israel?

What river flows through West Africa?

The Native people of Australia are known as...

What is created with the Indian plate crashing into the Eurasian Plate?

What ethnic group is a stateless nation found in Iraq, Iran, Turkey, & Syria?

Due to the commusist legacy, many Eastern European countries are considered

Who controls Antarctica?

The building of McDonalds in Moscow before the end of the USSR, was to be part of...

What organization does Putin see as a threat to Russian military interests in former Republics?

What factor affecting climate creates the pattern shown on the map below?

The U.S. has a trade __________ with China.

What economic activity do most Sub-Saharan Africans do?

What was the site of the first recorded civilization, found between the Tigris & Euphrates?

The ability of a region to self-govern is to have...

Covering most of Siberia, the Taiga is the largest ________ forest.

What individual is viewed as the true prophet of God/Allah in Islam?

What lead to the rise of Russia's Oligarchs?

What resource is the most important in determining population distribution in MENA?

What landform holds the majority of India's population?

The _________ Movement's goal was to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine.

When the British "Partitioned" British India, they...

What country instituted the discriminatory policy of Apartheid until 1989?

What recent event has hurt Russia's economy?

Romance languages all derive from what dead language that was spoken by the Roman Empire? 

What factor contributed to the breakdown of Yugoslavia?

What did China use to gradually open up parts of the country foreign investment/capitalism?

The diverse cultural geography found on the Balkan Peninsula is a result of the region being 

What has lead to the shrinking of the Aral Sea?

A small business run out of someone's home is known as a...

Which Islamic sect accounts for approximately 80% of the world's Muslims?

Reincarnation and the Caste System are a part of what religion?

What are the two occupied territories that people feel should be come an independent Palestine?

The vast majority of China's population lives in the _________ part of China.

What did early European traders trade for with Africans?

The separation of religion and government is known as...

What physical feature divides Russia between Europe and Asia?

A ________ is a quantitative restriction on an imported good.

What city is become the financial, trade, and tourist center for the Middle East?

All of the following are physical characteristics for why Bangladesh floods so bad, EXCEPT:

What type of colony is used for the extraction of natural resources?

What is the world's most populated Muslim country?

What was the official purpose for building the Three Gorges Dam?

What type of government do the "Islamists"/extremists want to create in this region?

China's Two-Child Policy is a type of ____________ population policy.

Which of the following is not one of the five pillars of Islam?

What EU country have refugees from Syria's civil war first arrived in seeking safety?

In which East African country did a genocide occur in 1994?

What country has the largest economy in the world?

What is the oil paradox that many oil rich MENA countries find themselves in?

Bashir al-Assad is/was the dictator of...

In The Netherlands, land reclaimed from the sea is known as a...

Where do all the major rivers of South & East Asia form?