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1
What is the primary religion in India?
Buddhist
Daoism
Hindu
Islam
2
What is the highest mountain range in the world?
Karakoram Mountains
Pamir Mountains
Himalayan Mountains
Hindu Kush Mountains
3
What is Karma and how does it relate to reincarnation in Hindu beliefs?
Concepts that suggests individuals can escape reincarnation
Rituals that have no impact on future lives.
Actions have consequences & picks next life in the cycle of reincarnation
Deeds performed during life, without connections to future reincarnations
4
This waterfall in Africa has the largest sheet of continuous falling water in the world (named after a British queen).
Tugela Falls
Angel Falls
Elizabeth Falls
Victoria Falls
5
What theme of geography specifically focuses on both human and physical geography,
independent
of each other?
Place
Location
Human/Environment interaction
Region
6
Who led the Communist Revolution in Russia and became the first Communist leader in world history?
Stalin
Rasputin
Trotsky
Lenin
7
Russia currently has what type of government?
Communist
Dictatorship
Federal
Monarchy
8
This famous leader helped India reach independence:
Nelson Mandela
Dali Lama
Mohandas Gandhi
Genghis Kahn
9
Who is the founder of Buddhism
Has not come to Earth yet
Mahammad
Jesus Christ
Siddhartha Gautama
10
What country lies in Northern Asia?
Russia
India
China
Uzbekistan
11
Which Communist leader is responsible for the deaths of millions of Russians, through starvation, imprisonment, ect.
Stalin
Peter the Great
Lenin
Trotsky
12
Apartheid was the practice of segregation in what country?
Zimbabwe
Nigeria
South Africa
Congo
13
78% of Russia's population lives where?
South Asia
European Russia
Asian Russia
Moscow
14
Arable land is?
Arid desert
Worthless
Forested
Farmable
15
Who is the Messiah for the Judaism faith?
Jesus Christ
Mahammad
Has not come to Earth yet
Siddhartha Gautama
16
Today's Israel-Palestine situation is a complex issue. However, at it's core, what is this a dispute over?
Oil
Religion
Land
Water
17
What deadly disease affects a huge population of the Sub Saharan people?
Smallpox
Poverty
HIV/AIDS
Polio
18
What is the highest rank in the caste system that is traditionally made up of priests and scholars.
Brahmin
Untouchables
Kshatriya
Shudra
19
What kind of map shows a particular subject area such as population density, climate, or economic activities.
Topographic Map
Physical Map
Political Map
Thematic Map
20
This is one of the most religiously sacred and most polluted rivers in the world
Ganges
Euphrates
Indus
Nile
21
What are the two main sects of Islam?
Sunni and Shia
Sunni and Hebrews
Sunni and Christians
Shia and Hebrews
22
During the Chinese Cultural Revolution, the politically indoctrinated youth were instructed to destroy the 4 ______.
Seniors
Elders
Evils
Olds
23
Which religion does not have a single founder?
Christianity
Islam
Buddhism
Hinduism
24
What naturally occurring phenomenon regularly affects agriculture, politics, economy, and average people in India?
Tornadoes
Seasonal monsoons
Soil leaching
Typhoons
25
What are the two most important resources in the Middle East?
Oil and Water
Oil and natural gas
Water and natural gas
Fish and oysters
26
Russian emperors were known as
Ceaser
Czars
Fuhrer
Gulag
27
Who took over the USSR after the death of their first leader and helped win WWII?
Stalin
Rasputin
Trotsky
Lenin
28
What is the group outside the traditional caste hierarchy, historically subjected to discrimination and social exclusion
Brahmin
Untouchables
Shudra
Kshatriya
29
What is NOT a common natural disaster in the Ring of Fire?
Earthquake
Volcano
Tsunami
Tornado
30
The ____ is the largest hot desert in the world.
Sahara
Namib
Kalahari
Arabian
31
It took Europeans a long time to finally explore Africa because _____
All of the above
Uninviting physical features
Valuable minerals were not discovered until much later
Difficulty of travel in Africa
32
This is the longest river in the world
Nile
Ganges
Chinese Yellow River
Euphrates
33
What kind of map illustrates an area such as mountains, rivers, and lakes.
Physical Map
Thematic Map
Political Map
Topographic Map
34
The organization of 13 countries that have 2/3 of the world's oil reserves and controls 1/2 of the world's exported oil?
PLO
NATO
OMAN
OPEC
35
This wall was built to keep Germans from escaping communism?
Great Wall
Berlin Wall
Iron Curtain
West Wall
36
These mountains in
central
Russia divide Europe from Asia
Urals
Caucasus
Hindu Kush
Himalayas
37
What was the name of the prison system that Stalin established during the Communist Era?
NKVD
Auschwitz
Czar
Gulag
38
Who is the Messiah for the Christian faith?
Moses
Jesus Christ
Mahammad
Has not come to Earth yet
39
What kind of map shows the boundaries and locations such as countries, states, and cities.
Political Map
Topographic Map
Thematic Map
Physical Map
40
Of the 98.4 million people living in Egypt, what percentage of them live within 12 miles of the Nile river?
95%
75%
98%
87%
41
What is the highest mountain in Africa?
Mt. Kenya
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Mt. Everest
Mt. Fuji
42
Who is the profit for the Islamic faith?
Moses
Jesus Christ
Has not come to Earth yet
Mahammad
43
Over 95% of China's population lives where?
Eastern River Lowlands
Northern Arid Region
Western Highlands
Gobi Region
44
How does reincarnation relate to the caste system in Hindu beliefs?
Reincarnation determines a persons caste based on their accumulated karma
Reincarnation has no connection to the caste system
The caste system is only concerned with economic status
Reincarnation allows individuals to change their caste freely in each life
45
Which country is
currently
Communist?
North Korea
Russia
Japan
Indonesia