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1
What country is the Volga River located?
Saudi Arabia
Russia
Switzerland
Turkey
2
What was an ancient egyptian ruler called ?
Servant
Scribe
Pharaohs
Papyrus
3
What is the religion used by most people in the world?
Christianity
Islam
Buddhism
Hinduism
4
Growth of industrialization led to all except what?
More people left the farm and moved to factories
People left the city and began farming
Big businesses created millions of jobs
New technologies to make everyday activities easier
5
How many major religions are there in the world?
5
3
4
2
6
what currency did the Indus river valley civilization use?
Bitcoin
shells and coins
Silver and gold
USD (US Dollar)
7
What are some similarities between the Abrahamic Religons of Judaism,Christianity and Islam?
All of the above
A and C
All Believe in karma and reincarnation
They don't believe in Jesus
8
Who settled along the Huang He River?
Aztecs
Mayas
Incas
Chinese
9
Which is considered surface culture?
Your gestures
The type of games you partake in
The type of music you listen to
The kind of friends you hang out with
10
In which country did the Meso-american civilization form?
China
Columbia
Brazil
Mexico
11
_______ is the way of life of people, including their beliefs, customs, and practices.
customs
beliefs
culture
social classes
12
What occurs when a person moves into a new culture that is different from where they came from ?
Mesopotamia
Invention
Ethnocentrism
Assimilation
13
What is Earth’s crust made out of?
Convergent Boundaries
Fossils
Tectonic Plates
Divergent Boundaries
14
What are latitude and longitude measured in ?
degrees
feet
grams
inches
15
What is 0 degrees latitude?
south pole
north pole
equator
prime meridian
16
What desert is shown?
Sahara
Arabian
Gobi
Syria
17
What does geography include?
Geology
History
Anthropology
All of the above
18
A common way of doing things by culture, usually handed down from ancestors, is called what?
Religion
Tradition
Heritage
Ethnicity
19
Who settled in Meso-America?
Egyptians
Aztecs
Harappa
Chineese
20
Which of the following is the biggest body of water?
Arctic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
21
Urban areas functions as centers of all but one
Education
Employment
Residential
Farming
22
What is the
Old Stone Age
referred to as?
Relative Location
Paleolithic Age
Monotheistic
Neolithic Age
23
What is the 0 degree line that divides the eastern and western hemispheres ?
equator
meridian
paralell
prime meridian
24
Convergent, Divergent, and Transform boundaries are all examples of what?
Development
Modification
External forces
Internal forces
25
What are some flaws of the homo sapiens sapiens (subspecies of the homo sapien)?
They had a variety of facial expressions
Aggressive towards other humans
Not dependent on 1 type of food
They had brains
26
Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism are examples of what?
Cultural Convergence
The Caste System
Dharmic Religions
Cultural Divergence
27
What mountain range is shown?
Urals
Alps
Andes
Rockies
28
What is an urban land used for?
Farming
Ranching
Logging
Commercial
29
When an immigrant group takes on some of the dominant cultures' traits in order to function in society.
assimilation
acculturation
syncretism
convergence
30
Where is the oldest known civilization (hint: the fertile crecent)
Mesopotamia
Australia
Ancient egypt
North america
31
What is the benefit of using a cylindrical projection map (such as the mercator projection)
Preserves direction
Preserves shape
Preserves specific area
Distorts direction
32
The blending of two or more religion belief systems into a new system is called what?
Belief System
Innovation
Religious Syncretism
Cultural Development
33
In which country did the Nile River civilization form?
Russia
Japan
Korea
Egypt
34
What part of the world uses Buddhism the most?
Middle east
Europe
Asia
South America
35
is a program of redeveloping land in a inner city area, often in an effort to improve the area
Mesopotamia
Urban Renewal
Development
Gentrification
36
What does the conical projection distort
Just the distance
Shape, area, distance, direction
Just the distance
angles
37
What are the imaginary lines that run from the north pole to the south pole ?
lines of latitude
lines of longitude
time zones
parallels
38
Where did Judaism originate?
Turkey
Saudi Arabia
Kazakhstan.
Moden-day Israel
39
The compromise projection is the best style of map for showing what?
A specific country
The whole globe
One hemisphere
The oceans
40
Which is consider deep culture?
The clothes you wear
The food you eat
The holiday's you celebrate
Your manners
41
The totality of physical objects made by people for the satisfaction of their needs.
Culture trait
Non-material Culture
Material Culture
Innovation
42
Food is an example of...
Something that is culture created
What a culture values
The way the culture is organized
A culture's heritage
43
What was the first country to adopt Christianity
Spain
Greece
Ethipoia
Armenia
44
is when humans change the environment around them to meet their needs.
Human modification
Neolithic Revolution
Development
Human adaptation
45
What is geography?
The study of where things are found on the Earth’s surface
The study of animal classification on Earth’s surface (or underground)
The study of why things are there on Earth’s surface
Both A and C
46
Which of the four major dharmic religions believe in the caste system?
Sikhism
Jainism
Buddhism
Hinduism
47
Why regions and not continents?
All of the above
They have historical connections
They have physical geographic barriers
Because they are overlapping
48
a controversial term for the arrival of wealthier people in a urban area
Evolution
Gentrification
Industrialization
Urbanization
49
What does each of the four dharmic religions all roughly follow?
monotheism
The path to righteousness
vegetarianism
The caste system
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What is Cultural diffusion ?
How culture is made
a shared way of life
The blocking of culture from one place to another
the spread of culture
51
is how the culture trait is adopted by other cultures
Ethnocentrism
Cultural Region
Innovation
Acculturation
52
Why would someone use a compromise projection
It is the best view of the whole globe with minimal distortion
It creates minimal distortion on all aspects
It is (in general) more accurate than the other two projections
All of the above
53
Enables industry to move goods into, out of, and around a country
Transportation
None of the Above
Infrastructure
Urbanization
54
The conical projection is best to show one [___] at a time
globe
continent
hemisphere
country
55
This religion believes that everybody is completely equal
Hinduism
Buddhism
Jainism
Sikhism
56
The movement of people from rural to urban areas
Infrastructure
Evolution
Urbanization
Human Modification
57
What is the New Stone Age referred to as?
Animism
Paleolithic Age
Neolithic Age
Acculturation
58
Where is a cylindrical map most distorted, and distortion of what?
Around the edges, direction
In the northern hemisphere, area
Close to the equator, shape
At the poles, size and distance
59
Weathering, erosion and deposition are all examples of what?
Relative Location
External Forces
Internal forces
External Forces
60
A hemisphere is what fraction of the globe ?
1/3
1/8
1/2
1/4
61
What inspired the Biblical of the Tower of Babel
Ten commandments
None of the above
The Bible
Ancient like Temples
62
The process by which a less-dominant culture adopts some of the traits of a dominant culture is called _____________.
acculturation
assimilation
diffusion
transculturation
63
What is a rural area?
A land covered with forests and crops
A land covered with parking lots
A land covered mostly with water
The opposite of an urban area
64
What are the world’s five major religions?
Chritianity, Atheist, Agnostic,Spirtism, and Islam
Islam, Taoism,Sikhism,polytheism, and athesit
Judaism,Christianity, Islam,Hinduism, and Buddism
Judaism, Atheist polytheism, and Christianity
65
The compromise projection distorts everything in exchange for what
A more accurate northern hemisphere
Minimal distortion of everything
More accurate longitude
Exact shape
66
a region in a country area
Rural Area
Urban Area
city
Suburban
67
________ are customs, beliefs, opinions, and stories passed from one generation to another.
tradition
initiations
customs
institution
68
What is the Jainsim concept of god?
monotheism
Polytheism
Every soul is divine
Every living soul is potentially divine
69
What major body of water is East of North America?
Atlantic Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
70
What country uses Hinduism the most?:
India
China
Saudi Arabia
Brazil
71
What is the area of land called where people share a common culture ?
history
region
Cultural diffusion
Cultural region
72
Dharma is defined as what?
Belief that when one dies they are reborn into another physical being
Destiny or fate based on one’s past actions
the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth
fulfilling your caste’s duty
73
What is the most famous king in egypt?
King Tutankhamun (king tut)
Ra
Thutmose III
Ramses II
74
What is an urban area?
A land that includes beaches, woods, and crops
An area with many forests
An area filled with shopping malls
A land covered with roads and buildings
75
All are a part of the 5 major religion of the world, except one
Christianity
Sikhism
Buddhism
Judaism
76
How many large River civilizations are shown?
5
6
3
4
77
In which country did the Indus river civilization form?
Africa
India
Spain
Korea.
78
What is the largest continent?
Africa
Antarctica
Europe
Asia
79
What was the time period when these river civilizations formed?
Hundereds of years after the Ice Age
Before the Ice age
During the Ice Age
A few years after the ice age
80
What did NOT lead to an increase in urbanization?
Popution decrease
Population growth
From farming to industry
industrialization
81
Who invented the wheel?
Egyptians
Egyptians
Romans
Sumarians
82
What do the four noble truths in Buddhism consist of?
To rid oneself of desire, one must follow the Eight-Fold Path
All of the above
All life is suffering
The cause of suffering is desire
83
Where/When/who is culture NOT learned from?
Peers
At birth
Parents
Churches
84
What do latitude and longitude form when lined together ?
global grid
global map
global course
global world
85
What river is shown?
Nile River
Rio Grande River
Congo River
Amazon River
86
The race that one belongs to is their...
Tradition
Ehtnicity
Social Structure
Heritage
87
How many hemispheres does the equator divide Earth into ?
6
2
8
4
88
What does geography include?
Anthropology
History
Geology
All of the above
89
Why is it so hard to make a good map?
Because any map you make would at least have a slight bit of distortion
Because no human can draw a map that precisely
All of the above
Any flat map you make wouldn't translate well in a round object
90
What were pyramids of Egypt used for?
Tombs for the gods
Tombs for the cats
palaces
Tombs for the kings
91
What was the economy of the Indus valley river civilization?
Traditional economy (Barter/trade)
Mixed economy
Mixed economy
communism
92
What did ancient china use silk for?
hats
jump rope
Trade, paper, cloth
Clothing
93
A region surrounding a city is a ?
None of the above
Urban area
Rural Area
Suburban
94
Where did Islam originate?
India
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Iraq
95
_____________ is an assumption that is made that everyone in a particular group is the same.
Prejudice
Cultural assimilation
stereotypes
Bias
96
What helps limit map distortion?
Straight edges
No edges
Curved edges
Just don't make a map at all
97
What the major river that was in Ancient Egypt?
The amazon river
Tiber river
Mississippi river
The Nile river
98
What happened as America shifted from a farming nation to an industrial nation?
It led to a higher crop production
A lot of people moved to the city to make more money
A ton of carbon dioxide from factories
All of the above
99
is a theory that states that the earth’s solid outer crust - the lithosphere - is
Developed Countries
Developing Countries
Map Projection
Tectonic Plates
100
Which of the following is a continent?
Australia
Greenland
Canada
Russia
