Geography Final

Question 1

Which mountain chain is located in South Europe and is the largest in Europe?

Accepted Answer

Alps

Question 2

What type of Economy involves private ownership and decision making based on supply and demand?

Accepted Answer

Market Economy

Question 3

Which of these would be considered a Push Factor

Accepted Answer

War

Question 4

Which of the following is considered a Monotheistic Religion?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 5

One of the main challenges when it comes to the War on Terror is?

Accepted Answer

Balancing Freedom and Security

Question 6

What is the term for the belief your country is superior to others in all aspects?

Accepted Answer

Nationalism

Question 7

An Oligarchy is what type of government?

Accepted Answer

Government by the few

Question 8

Which climate zone is cold year around and is located furthest from the Equator?

Accepted Answer

Polar

Question 9

The people in Northern Europe known for sailing and raiding coastal towns were:

Accepted Answer

Vikings

Question 10

Which of these are true of Ancient Greece?

Accepted Answer

All of the Above

Question 11

Which type of plate boundary involves plates tearing apart in opposite directions?

Accepted Answer

Divergent Boundary

Question 12

Rain Forests do all of these except?

Accepted Answer

Add to pollution

Question 13

Which climate zone is hot year round and is located closest to the Equator?

Accepted Answer

Tropical

Question 14

What type of Economy involves complete government ownership and decision making?

Accepted Answer

Command Economy

Question 15

Which of the following is an aspect of culture?

Accepted Answer

All of the Above

Question 16

These people move from place to place, having no permanent dwelling:

Accepted Answer

Nomads

Question 17

How did Native Americans originally get to North and South America?

Accepted Answer

By land bridge Beringia

Question 18

What were the three indigenous civilizations of Latin America that we talked about in class?

Accepted Answer

Maya, Aztec, and Inca

Question 19

Germany’s leader during World War 2 was who?

Accepted Answer

Adolf Hitler

Question 20

Which of the following would best fit within the theme of Human-Environment Interaction:

Accepted Answer

Pollution

Question 21

If members of one society decide to adopt a custom that they observe in another society, this process is called

Accepted Answer

Acculturation

Question 22

The total of knowledge, shared attitudes, and behaviors of the members of a specific groups of people is their

Accepted Answer

Culture

Question 23

What is the term for goods sold to another country?

Accepted Answer

Export

Question 24

Which best explains why Canada’s population is lower than the United States despite being larger in size?

Accepted Answer

Canada has a harsher climate than the United States.

Question 25

This is a major mountain chain located in South America:

Accepted Answer

Andes

Question 26

Which of the following are true about the European Union?

Accepted Answer

They invented the common currency the Euro

Question 27

Which of these is the outermost layer of the Earth?

Accepted Answer

Crust

Question 28

What revolution ended the hunter-gatherer societies and kickstarted civilizations.

Accepted Answer

Agricultural Revolution

Question 29

Japan is a hot zone for volcanoes and earthquakes because of its location

Accepted Answer

In the Ring of Fire

Question 30

What is the term for the increased interest in art and learning that occurred in Europe during the 1300’s?

Accepted Answer

Renaissance

Question 31

What is the term for discrimination against Jews?

Accepted Answer

Anti-Semitism

Question 32

What execution device was used and became infamous during the French Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Guillotine

Question 33

Which statements best explains why New York City, San Francisco, and St. Louis all have big shipping industries?

Accepted Answer

They are all located near large bodies of water.

Question 34

Which type of plate boundary involves plates rubbing against each other causing earthquakes?

Accepted Answer

Transform Boundary

Question 35

Which of the following is true about lines of Longitude?

Accepted Answer

All of the Above

Question 36

What is the name of the rainforest which resides over much of South America?

Accepted Answer

The Amazon Rainforest

Question 37

Geography is the study of

Accepted Answer

The distribution and interaction of Earth’s physical and human features

Question 38

The exchange of goods between North/South America and Europe/Africa was known as the:

Accepted Answer

Columbian Exchange

Question 39

Term for the historical event in which many Christians left the Catholic Church and formed Protestant churches?

Accepted Answer

Reformation

Question 40

Which of the following is NOT true about lines of Latitude?

Accepted Answer

They measure a location’s degrees East or West

Geography Final

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Geography Final

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