8A/8B MIDTERM REVIEW

What is the oldest parliamentary assembly in the world?

An area of political uncertainty, constant tension, and frequent changes in political boundaries

The poorest region in Mexico is the

Instead of a vice president, Russia’s executive branch has a

Ferdinand Magellan was the first to

Nazis killed more than 2.5 million Jews/Poles in the death camp thirty-three miles west of Kraków, Poland, known

The national government of the Netherlands’s constitutional monarchy meets in

Coffea arabica is popular for its

The official records of births, marriages, divorces, and deaths are called

The proponent of the heliocentric theory was

The art of mapmaking is called

Hurricane-like storms are

Which city is a famous source of spices?

Hindu society is divided into different classes called

What term is used to refer to the rulers of Russia from 1547 to 1917?

Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortés conquered the

The language with the most speakers today is

Copper Canyon has been named

Denmark has territory on the

The Andes Mountains are

Another name for Russia during the period of Communist rule was the

The Pampas are

What entity is the foundation of society?

What man in the Old Testament received a promise that included a geographic location?

Brenner Pass is the

A large group of people with a common history and language who have developed a strong sense of identity is called a

Cotopaxi is

Sherpas, known for their strength and endurance, live in

The highest waterfall in the world is

The swift and peaceful overthrow of communism in Czechoslovakia was called the

Norway’s longest fjord is ______ Fjord.

A Uralic language is spoken in

What is the dominant religion in Russia?

The system of customs, traditions, and habits that a group of people use

Tepuis are

Which religion says that humans can become gods?

Which three countries lie on the eastern plains?

The apostle Paul was shipwrecked on

Which country was nicknamed the “banana republic”?

Explorers discovered what group of Christians in India?

Countries with dictatorial governments force their people to revere and worship their supreme dictator are said to

What island chain forms the eastern boundary of the Caribbean Sea?

What Indian civilization’s name means “children of the sun”?

A public square in the center of a Mexican village is a(n)

Whose map became the standard during the age of exploration?

Paris lies on the __________ River.

The Russian political unit similar to a state in the United States is the

What Italian city, the second largest in the country, is a banking center in the Po River Valley?

The view that all cultures are equally good and that each culture has its own truths and values

The capital of Bangladesh is

The main problem with any flat map is

Which three countries were the first of the fifteen republics in the Soviet Union to declare independence?

Contras were

What movement is motivated by a concern to protect the natural environment?

The number of years a person can expect to live is called his

Mountain ranges and rivers are examples of geographic features that often form

The Bahamas, the Greater Antilles, and the Lesser Antilles combine to form the __________.

The Russian ruler who was responsible for reforms that led eventually to the fall of the Soviet Empire was

A typical globe is covered by twelve strips of paper called

The capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina is

Hipparchus’s contribution to geography was the

What country is the largest of the Baltic States and the home of the Hill of the Crosses?

Who was the head of the first trade union and later became the first president of free Poland?

The capital of Cuba is

Cantons are

Sikhism unites

Detailed land features—such as mountains, hills, elevations, rivers, and swamps—are referred to as

What verse is generally cited when discussing the Creation Mandate?

The highest mountain in Europe is

What are the two main branches of geography?

The first writer to use the term geography was

Which mountain range has historically been the natural dividing line between northern and southern India?

All of the following rivers were in the Garden of Eden except

The term glasnost means

The mapmaker whose system is still used today is

Mount Everest is in

A unique pattern of speech within a single language family is a(n)

The second most important river in Russia is the

What is the most widely spoken native language in South America?

In the Geography student text, how are the four rivers that flow from the Garden of Eden described?

Christ’s command for believers to spread the gospel throughout the earth's peoples is the

What can be used to find the exact geographic location of a ship?

tendency of a region made up of ethnically and religiously diverse minorities to break into small, hostile countries

The second-largest city in Russia is

Which of the Baltic States is partially composed of fifteen hundred islands?

People of mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry are

Which of the following cultural achievements is not listed in Genesis 4?

Quechua is spoken by

The most prominent of the ten major language families is the

The basic tool of geography is a