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S2 Final exam Review
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1
Where do Monsoons take Place?
North America
South Asia
South America
Europe
2
Which term best describes hiring someone outside a company to do work for cheaper?
smart growth
In sourcing
Division of Labor
Outsourcing
3
The Bantu Migration spread language and new technologies around Africa. This is an example of…
Desertification
Diffusion
Brain Drain
Colonization
4
Which country had built a global colonial empire by the 1800’s?
United Kingdom
Italy
France
Spain
5
Which economy is controlled by the Government?
Traditional
Market
Democratic
Command
6
Why did the U.S get Involved in the Vietnam War?
To stop nuclear weapons
To stop the communist North from taking over the free south
7
Which of the following is the best definition of arable land?
Land that can be mined
Land that can be farmed
8
Which South Asian island nation is severely threatened by global warming and rising sea levels?
Sri Lanka
The Maldives
Kolkata
Taiwan
9
Which of the following describes the mass killing of a single ethnic group?
Murder
Pandemic
Homicide
Genocide
10
The Himalayas were created by
the collision of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates.
Monsoon Winds
11
Japan has small capsule hotels because of what
Increased bullet trains
Increase in Wetlands
Decrease of large families
Scarcity of Land
12
What is the Euro?
The monetary currency of the European Union
The greatest rock band ever
An English toy
A Mexican soccer team
13
What are the two main religions that developed from China?It also shaped China's poltical state
Islam and Judaism
Marxism and Christianity
Daoism and Confucianism
Buddhism and Hinduism
14
The Three Gorges Dam is expected to provide all of these benefits except
flood control
More steel production
Clean energy
continue river shipping
15
What word describes when a company in China doesn't pay tariffs or taxes on goods?
Free Trade
vertical trade
Commercial Agriculture
command economy
16
The largest desert in the World is:
Kalahari
The Sahara
The Gobi
Death Valley
17
Why is it so hard to get natural resources from Siberia/Russia?
The Harsh Climate
Limited access to supplies
Severe Drought
Reduced number of laborers
18
What is the government in which a ruler's powers are limited by a constitution?
Democracy
Dictatorship
Communism
Constitutional Monarchy
19
What causes major earthquakes in East Asia and around the world?
The gravity pull of the moon
Plate Tectonic movement
The sun's rays
The tides
20
Mao Zedong is best remembered as
Communist Leader of China
President of Japan
Asian Baseball Player
Leader of Taiwan
21
The conflict between the U.S and Russia that never officially had fighting was called
Hot War
Silent War
Us/Russian War
The Cold War
22
Which two regions have the same culture?
North Africa and Middle East
North Africa and Asia
North America and Asia
Europe and the Middle East
23
What is the danger of constructing a nuclear plant?
The use of fossil fuels
The demand for electric power is very high
Limited number of Renewable resources
The risk of radiation exposure
24
Which of these describes the process known as the "brain drain"?
When educated people get Aids
Females increase their education
Destruction of Schools
the departure of African professionals to Western countries
25
The Industrial Revolution changed England by:
Increase commercial agriculture usage
Growth of Urban Areas
Decrease the use of natural resources
The amount of manufactured products decreased
26
Based on the chart, which economic system is associated with a large GDP Per Capita?
Traditional
Dictatorship
Free Enterprise/Market
Command
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What is the main purpose of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)?
It controls the distribution and price of a natural resource
Stores water
Offers Military assistance
Provides loan assistance to countries
28
Which of the following products is mainly being used to fund bloody civil wars across Africa?
Gold
Salt
Oil
diamonds
29
What can be used to describe the use of Subsistence Agriculture?
Working on large state run farms
Growing crops for personal/family use
Growing Crops for stores
Using Slave labor
30
India's population is now
One Million
Smaller than Pakistan
Over one billion
The same as the U.S
31
A piece of land with water surrounding three of its four sides is called a-
Peninsula
Fjord
Strait
Mountain
32
Who created the philosophy of Communism?
Adolf Hitler
Albert Einstein
Joseph Stalin
Karl Marx
33
What is called when you have a strong belief in your country?
Imperialism
Nationalism
Colonization
Humanism
34
The religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam share a common belief in
Monotheism
animism
Reincarnation
Polytheism
35
Which of these best states the purpose of the Berlin Conference?
To divide Africa among European Nations
To Stop Civil War
36
What does China have a One Child policy?
To have zero population growth
to decrease infant mortality
to increase life expectancy
to reduce lower economic inequality
37
The Middle East is considered a single cultural region by most geographers because—
Its people share a common history and heritage
Fertile Water valleys
38
The Korean War resulted in?
The separation into Communist South and Free North
The creation/division of North and South Korea
The Soviet Union controlling the whole area
Japanese controlling the area
