World Cultures Semester Test Study QUIZ

The world's oldest religion is...

In_____,  war broke out in the early 1970s supported by French & U.S vs. China.

_________measures distance north and south of the Equator

______diffusion when culture is spread through a "middle man" or another culture

The largest desert in Africa and the world is the___________ desert

A genocide occured between the______ and the_______ in 1994 in Rwanda

Name this MOVIE

The body of water that sits between Japan and Korea is the....

In Hinduism, the perfect peace Hindus are seaching for is called....

What commodity did the British REALLy want from China in the 16th and 17th century?

The founder of Islam is...

The longest river in the world is the....

The most widely spoken languages in Latin America are______________

A__________map shows where certain plants and crops grow in specific regions of the world

Most people in Latin America are descended from a mix of native and Spanish ancestry called___

The________mainly lived in Peru in South America...

A vast majority of people in East and SE Asia eat what grain in their diet?

Generally, most of the Middle East is dominated by what geographic feature?

What nation is in almost constant conflict concerning Arab Palestinians and Jewish Israelis?

A_____________map shows elevation and landform features of an area

Who is this famous person?

The____is a mixed native and Spanish celebration that is observed mainly in Mexico

A war in____split the country into two separate nations (Communist vs. Democracy)

Name the MOVIE

The study of how a society makes and enforces its own laws is____________________-

A geographic area in which people share common cultural traits, such as language or religion

Seasonal winds that cause very rainy weather in East and SE Asia are called.....

Name this MOVIE

A____________map shows concentrations of population and population densities

The movement of people, goods, and ideas from one place to another is called____________

Most people in Japan eat a lot of______ because of Japan's location and geography

____________diffusion is when two cultures close to each other pass ideas around to each other

A________is the "heartland" of a particular culture

_______measures the distance east or west of the Prime Meridian

A great deal of conflict in the Middle East is a result of fighting for______resources

Much of Latin America has it's cultural roots from native cultures and....

The study of how people manage scarce resources is called_____________

_____diffusion when one culture takes over another and forces their culture on conquered people

Which is NOT a characteristic of a cultural hearth?

The holy book of Islam is the______

The social studies that focuses on people, places, and events is called______________

System that was used in India to divide society into classes of people....

The tallest mountain in Japan is...

The longest and widest river in mainland Southeast Asia is the...

Name this MOVIE

In the 1800s, the British managed to get 1/3 of Chinese people addicted to...

The____was built during the Ming Dynasty in China to keep out invaders.

The most important river in Eastern India and Bangledesh is the...

The largest mountain range in the world is the______________

The enormous hydroelectric dam that sits on the Yangtze River in China is the____

Which was not a MAJOR native civilization in Latin America (aka MesoAmerica)

The study of customs, beliefs, traditions, and other aspects of peoples' lives is called...

The Chinese port island of_______was once controlled by Great Britain

Which is NOT one of the major rivers in China?

The study of past people and events is called___________________