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S2 Final exam Review
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What is the main purpose of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)?
Stores water
It controls the distribution and price of a natural resource
Provides loan assistance to countries
Offers Military assistance
2
What is the government in which a ruler's powers are limited by a constitution?
Democracy
Dictatorship
Constitutional Monarchy
Communism
3
The conflict between the U.S and Russia that never officially had fighting was called
Silent War
Hot War
Us vs Them War
The Cold War
4
The Bantu Migration spread language and new technologies around Africa. This is an example of…
Colonization
Diffusion
Brain Drain
Desertification
5
Which of these best states the purpose of the Berlin Conference?
Showing off knife skills
Sharing cheesecake amongst the countries
To divide Africa among European Nations
To Stop Civil War
6
What causes major earthquakes in East Asia and around the world?
The gravity pull of the moon
The tides
Plate Tectonic movement
The sun's rays
7
Which of these describes the process known as the "brain drain"?
Destruction of Schools
Females increase their education
the departure of African professionals to Western countries
When educated people get Aids
8
The religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam share a common belief in
Reincarnation
animism
Polytheism
Monotheism
9
Which South Asian island nation is severely threatened by global warming and rising sea levels?
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
The Maldives
Kolkata
10
The Korean War resulted in?
The creation/division of North and South Korea
The separation into Communist South and Free North
The Soviet Union controlling the whole area
Japanese controlling the area
11
Which of the following is the best definition of arable land?
Land that can be farmed
Land that can be mined
Land that is underground
Land in the Air
12
What are the two main religions that developed from China?It also shaped China's poltical state
Buddhism and Hinduism
Daoism and Confucianism
Islam and Judaism
Marxism and Christianity
13
Why is it so hard to get natural resources from Siberia/Russia?
The Harsh Climate
Reduced number of laborers
Limited access to supplies
Severe Drought
14
Why did China have a One Child policy?
to reduce lower economic inequality
to decrease infant mortality
to increase life expectancy
To have slow and lower population growth
15
Which country had built a global colonial empire by the 1800’s?
France
Spain
Italy
United Kingdom
16
Which of the following products is mainly being used to fund bloody civil wars across Africa?
Gold
diamonds
Salt
Oil
17
India's population is now
Smaller than Pakistan
One Million
The same as the U.S
Over one billion
18
What is the danger of constructing a nuclear plant?
The risk of radiation exposure
The use of fossil fuels
Limited number of Renewable resources
The demand for electric power is very high
19
The Himalayas were created by
Faulting
The collision of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates.
Tectonic plate subduction
Monsoon Winds
20
A piece of land with water surrounding three of its four sides is called a-
Strait
Peninsula
Fjord
Mountain
21
Which term best describes hiring someone outside a company to do work for cheaper?
Outsourcing
Division of Labor
In sourcing
smart growth
22
Who created the philosophy of Communism?
Karl Marx
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Albert Einstein
23
Mao Zedong is best remembered as
Leader of Taiwan
President of Japan
Communist Leader of China
Asian Baseball Player
24
What is called when you have a strong belief in your country?
Nationalism
Imperialism
Colonization
Humanism
25
The Three Gorges Dam is expected to provide all of these benefits except
flood control
continue river shipping
More steel production
Clean energy
26
The Industrial Revolution changed England by:
Increase commercial agriculture usage
Growth of Urban Areas
The amount of manufactured products decreased
Decrease the use of natural resources
27
Where do Monsoons take Place?
North America
South Asia
South America
Europe
28
What is the Euro?
The monetary currency of the European Union
The greatest rock band ever
A Mexican soccer team
An English toy
29
Which of the following describes the mass killing of a single ethnic group?
Homicide
Pandemic
Genocide
Murder
30
Which two regions have the same culture?
North Africa and Middle East
North America and Asia
Europe and the Middle East
North Africa and Asia
31
What word describes when a company in China doesn't pay tariffs or taxes on goods?
vertical trade
Commercial Agriculture
command economy
Free Trade
32
The largest desert in the World is:
The Gobi
Kalahari
Death Valley
The Sahara
33
The Middle East is considered a single cultural region by most geographers because—
They all have cool names
Fertile Water valleys
Its people share a common history and heritage
Sounds better than Lower Europe
34
Japan has small capsule hotels because of what
Increased bullet trains
Increase in Wetlands
Decrease of large families
Scarcity of Land
35
What can be used to describe the use of Subsistence Agriculture?
Growing Crops for stores
Working on large state run farms
Growing crops for personal/family use
Using Slave labor
36
Based on the chart, which economic system is associated with a large GDP Per Capita?
Free Enterprise/Market
Dictatorship
Command
Traditional
37
Which economy is controlled by the Government?
Traditional
Market
Command
Democratic
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Why did the U.S get Involved in the Vietnam War?
To stop the communist North from taking over the free south
To increase jobs in America
To get free food
To stop nuclear weapons
