GEO Final Exam Review

Question 1

The Andes Mountains of Peru were the cultural hearth for the ___ people

Accepted Answer

Inca

Question 2

What is the most popular faith practiced in North Africa?

Accepted Answer

Islam

Question 3

The British mostly fought against which of the following native African people in Southern Africa?

Accepted Answer

Zulu

Question 4

Which major religion can be considered monotheistic and polytheistic?

Accepted Answer

Hinduism

Question 5

Why were enslaved Africans initially brought to the Caribbean by force?

Accepted Answer

to replace the Native population as slaves

Question 6

Which of these marks the spot where Muslims believe Muhammad rose up to heaven?

Accepted Answer

Dome of the Rock

Question 7

What is the North African economy focused on?

Accepted Answer

Oil

Question 8

Which of the following names the holiest Jewish site in Jerusalem?

Accepted Answer

Western Wall

Question 9

Which of the following is not true about the Taliban?

Accepted Answer

The Taliban are a fundamentalist Sikh political group.

Question 10

Which climate subregion is suitable for growing rice?

Accepted Answer

humid subtropical

Question 11

Which of the following is the principal resource in the economy of the Arabian Peninsula?

Accepted Answer

oil

Question 12

Which of the following was an effect of industrialism in Europe?

Accepted Answer

colonialism

Question 13

What did trading kingdoms like Ghana, Mali, and the Songhai mostly focus on?

Accepted Answer

gold

Question 14

Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland are known as the __ countries.

Accepted Answer

Nordic

Question 15

Why do many African nations have trouble developing their mineral resources?

Accepted Answer

They lack infrastructure to develop the industries.

Question 16

Which East African nation was able to defeat a colonial power?

Accepted Answer

Ethiopia

Question 17

In a _____ economy, the govt determines and regulates the production of goods and services.

Accepted Answer

command

Question 18

What was the reason why the Portuguese brought enslaved Africans by force to the colony of Brazil?

Accepted Answer

to work on the sugar plantations

Question 19

Which of the following people was NOT a leader of Mexico after it gained independence from Spain?

Accepted Answer

Hernando Cortés

Question 20

Which region of Europe has great diversity because of its history as a cultural crossroads?

Accepted Answer

Eastern

Question 21

Which of the following people was the leader of al-Qaeda assassinated by the US in 2011?

Accepted Answer

Osama bin Laden

Question 22

Which of the following may result from overly rapid urbanization?

Accepted Answer

Homelessness and unemployment

Question 23

Why do human beings alter their environment?

Accepted Answer

to meet their needs

Question 24

Which of these dominated a large region in Eastern Europe after World War II?

Accepted Answer

Soviet Union

Question 25

Approximately how much of the world’s oil reserves are located in Southwest Asia?

Accepted Answer

1/2

Question 26

Which of the following two cultures blended to shape the development of Mexico?

Accepted Answer

native peoples and Spanish

Question 27

Why is Europe able to produce an abundance of food?

Accepted Answer

33% of its landmass is suitable for agriculture.

Question 28

Jobs like street vending, shoe shining, and babysitting would all be examples of jobs that take place in the __ economy.

Accepted Answer

informal

Question 29

Which European country developed an interest in the Congo in order to open the African interior to trade?

Accepted Answer

Belgium

Question 30

What is the result of changes in altitude, land on either side of the equator, and ocean currents?

Accepted Answer

varied climate and vegetation

Question 31

Which of the following is NOT one of the vertical climate zones?

Accepted Answer

Tierra enferma

Question 32

Which country occupies the Anatolian Peninsula, which marks the beginning of the Asian continent?

Accepted Answer

Turkey

Question 33

Which question refers to place?

Accepted Answer

What is it like there?

Question 34

Which of these best states the purpose of the Berlin Conference?

Accepted Answer

divide Africa among European nations

Question 35

How was Greece different from other territories that were conquered by Rome?

Accepted Answer

It retained its own language.

Question 36

What is one location where tropical wet climates are found?

Accepted Answer

Africa

Question 37

Which percentage of Africa lies between the tropics of Capricorn and Cancer?

Accepted Answer

nearly 80

Question 38

What is the name for the area in between the Tigris and Euphrates River?

Accepted Answer

Fertile Crescent

Question 39

Which of these is the purpose of OPEC?

Accepted Answer

controlling worldwide oil prices

Question 40

Cuba, Hispaniola, and Jamaica are a part of which group of islands?

Accepted Answer

Greater Antilles

Question 41

Which of the following can be artificial boundaries?

Accepted Answer

latitude lines

Question 42

What body of water connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Central America?

Accepted Answer

Panama Canal

Question 43

Which mountains cut Italy off from the rest of Europe?

Accepted Answer

the Alps

Question 44

What is an advantage of tourism?

Accepted Answer

Creates jobs for residents of tourism spots

Question 45

Which of the following mountain ranges runs down the Pacific coast of South America

Accepted Answer

Andes

Question 46

Hindus worship _____ is one form or many forms

Accepted Answer

Brahman

Question 47

Which of the following was the name of the capital of the Aztec Empire?

Accepted Answer

Tenochtitlán

Question 48

What is the most important economic activity on the continent of Africa today?

Accepted Answer

Agriculture

Question 49

The linguistic and religious differences in Western Europe can be traced to

Accepted Answer

the Roman Empire and the Reformation.

Question 50

Which of the following is an example of a tertiary economic activity?

Accepted Answer

selling electronics

Question 51

Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg are known as the ___ countries.

Accepted Answer

Benelux

Question 52

Which caused international sanctions in South Africa?

Accepted Answer

apartheid

Question 53

Which religion do the majority of people who live in the nations of the Eastern Mediterranean follow?

Accepted Answer

Islam

Question 54

Which of the following is an example of a functional region?

Accepted Answer

a city and its suburbs

Question 55

Which factor has enabled Brazil to emerge as an economic power?

Accepted Answer

its wealth of natural resources

Question 56

Which of the following is an example of a primary economic activity?

Accepted Answer

mining copper

Question 57

Which of the following is a major economic activity for the Caribbean?

Accepted Answer

Tourism

Question 58

Which of the following is an example of a secondary economic activity?

Accepted Answer

making clothing

Question 59

Which two countries gained control of the land in South America as a result of the Treaty of Tordesillas?

Accepted Answer

Spain and Portugal

Question 60

The _____ of an area might be expressed as 82.9 people per square kilometer.

Accepted Answer

population density

Question 61

Which of the following is the holy city to which all Muslims hope to make a pilgrimage?

Accepted Answer

Mecca

Question 62

Most Muslims are which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Sunni

Question 63

Which nation was established on May 14, 1948?

Accepted Answer

Israel

Question 64

The "Land of the Midnight Sun" includes which of these countries?

Accepted Answer

Finland

GEO Final Exam Review

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GEO Final Exam Review

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