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World Geography Spring Final (2024)
World Geography Spring Final (2024)
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1
The most common branch of Islam is Sunni
True
False
2
In a Constitutional Monarchy the monarch has absolute power.
False
True
3
The Kurds represent a nation because they have their own country
True
False
4
What line of latitude or longitude creates the majority of the border between Canada and the USA?
38o N Longitude
49o N Latitude
38o N Latitude
49o N Longitude
5
How is the history of colonialism related to challenges Africa still faces today?
Colonialism used up all of Africa's natural resources
Colonial powers drew borders without any care for local customs or cultures
Colonial powers tried to help African develop.
Colonial governance style was based on local cultures
6
What has been an ongoing problem between Palestine & Israel?
Water Rights
Blood Diamonds
Child Soldiers
Deforestation
7
The desire for cultural/ethnic purity can often lead to massacres or genocide
False
True
8
The UN Security Council uses travel bans, economic sanctions, and weapons embargos to push countries to resolve conflict
False
True
9
Belief in one god is called Monotheism
True
False
10
Which of the following is NOT a branch of Christianity?
Protestantism
Shia
Eastern Orthodox
Catholicism
11
One solution to gerrymandering is to allow AI to draw voting districts, what is another possible solution?
Allow the Mayor of each city to draw the voting districts
hire a for-profit company specializing in data to draw the voting districts
Allow whatever political party in control to draw the voting districts
Bring together a bipartisan group of citizens to draw the voting districts
12
An overwhelming majority of people who live in the Western Hemisphere follow what religion?
Judaism
Christianity
Hinduism
Islam
13
Which of the following is an example of a Constitutional Monarchy?
Uganda
United Kingdom
United States
Brazil
14
The Strait of Malacca is located in what region of the world?
Southeast Asia
Russia
Europe
Africa
15
Muslims are mostly concentrated in what regions?
North Africa, North America, & Asia
Europe, North America, and Africa
Africa, Southeast Asia, Central Asia
Southwestern Asia, North Africa, & parts of South Asia & Southeastern Asia.
16
The Suez Canal is located in South America
True
False
17
When women have more access to education and economic opportunities they typically______________
have more economic opportunities outside the home
leave school early
have more children
get married younger
18
To liberalize trade means to:
eliminate trade
make trade more progressive
increase barriers to trade
reduce barriers to trade
19
In a Representative Democracy the people have all the power and have a say in all the decisions.
False
True
20
A person's ethnicity is defined as
their citizenship in a state
the social & cultural characteristics shared by a group of people
their race
a group's religious and moral beliefs
21
Cultural Diffusion is defined as:
when one culture appropriates another culture
when cultural values, ideas or concepts are adopted by other cultures
when two cultures combine to form a new culture
when one culture disappears
22
A language family is a group languages that share a common ancestor before recorded history.
True
False
23
Throughout history the most important unit of African society has been
the Kingdom
the nation
the state
the tribe
24
In Yemen's civil war Saudi Arabia supported the government while Iran supported the Rebels. This is an example of ______
A regional war
An international war
A nuclear war
A proxy war
25
The two largest language families are
Balto-Slavic & Sino-Tibetan
Afro-Asiatic & Indo-European
Sino-Tibetan & Indo-European
Afro-Asiatic & Balto-Slavic
26
Which of the following is an example of a Theocracy (rule by religion)?
Saudi Arabia
Spain
Mexico
Morocco
27
In Hinduism the distinct classification of people by class is known as:
the class system
the socioeconomic status
The caste system
the social system
28
A person's culture includes the following elements:
beliefs, food, entertainment, government, housing, and language
government, religion, language, roads, and schools
religion, dates, buildings, and social groups
language, religion, social groups, buildings, and music
29
Palestine and Israel have been fighting over
land and resources
women's rights
oil
religion
30
Cultural regions are grouped together by similarities in
government, language, religion, & level of development
history, landforms, climate, & government
government, education, climate, physical features
language, geographic features, & climate
31
For MOST people in the world globalization has made their lives worse.
True
False
32
According to this map Europe is divided into what?
States
Nations
Territories
Provinces
