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WHMS geography for life final review part 2
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1
What are monsoons?
Torrential Floods
Seasonal Winds
Giant Ocean Waves
Seasonal dust storms
2
What does a population pyramid predict?
Death Rate
Distribution
Growth Rate
Density
3
OPEC controls the ___________ of petroleum
usage
price
discovery
importance
4
What gulf is famous for exporting petroleum?
Gulf of Oman
Gulf of Aden
Persian Gulf
Iraqi Gulf
5
In what year did Israel become an Independent country?
1967
1982
1973
1948
6
What is one of the rivers that forms the Fertile Crescent in Iraq?
Jordan
Rhine
Yangtze
Tigris
7
Where the continental plates collide with the pacific plate causing volcanoes and earthquakes
Ring of Fire
Atoll
Typhoon
Tsunami
8
Which region of China has developed Special Economic Zones
Northeast
Southwest
Northwest
Southeast
9
The Aborigines are the native people to New Zealand
False
True
10
The Seine River flows through the middle of Paris, France
False
True
11
What is the tallest mountain peak in the world?
Aconcagua
Everest
Fuji
Pikes
12
Israel and Palestine are fighting over what?
Money
Power
Land
Religion
13
The most populated country in the world is...
Indonesia
India
China
USA
14
A trust territory is an independent island country
False
True
15
What causes monsoons to change directions ?
Moons gravitational pull
heat from the sun
air pressure
ocean currents
16
What is one of the three major reasons for the high death rate in Africa?
desertification
malaria
AIDS
poverty
17
Communism began with the philosophies of Karl Marx
False
True
18
The Great Barrier Reef in Australia is the smallest reef in the world.
False
True
19
Who was considered the father of communism in China?
Confucius
Dalai Lama
Chaing Kai Shek
Mao Zedong
20
A 17 syllable poem about nature that originated in Japan
Calligraphy
Origami
Haiku
Tae Kwon Do
21
Adolf Hitler was the oppressive communist dictator of the U.S.S.R. during the mid 1900s.
True
False
22
An atoll is a ring-shaped island formed by volcano
True
False
23
What is another name for the verbal passing of history through stories?
journals
religion
oral history
books
24
Twenty eight countries countries are currently members of the European Union
True
False
25
What are the highest mountains in the world?
Andes
Himalayas
Alps
Rockies
26
A moral code of conduct
Sudra
Dharma
Karma
Veda
27
Who was an advocate for Peace and Non-Violence?
Sarojini Naidu
Mohandas Ghandi
Vladimir Putin
Joseph Stalin
28
What is the longest river in the world?
Chang Jiang
Nile
Mississippi
Amazon
29
The goal of communism is that everyone is wealthy
False
True
30
What river is holy to Hinduism?
Tigris
Bramaputra
Indus
Ganges
31
The Rhine River is known as the "Main street of Europe"
True
False
32
Antarctica is the driest, coldest, and highest continent in the world.
False
True
33
Common name for large waterfalls
Victoria
Cataracts
Cascades
Niagra
34
What is the largest desert in the world?
Sierra
Rub 'al Kali
Gobi
Sahara
35
Major religion of India
Buddhism
Daoism
Hinduism
Confucianism
36
Who founded Buddhism?
Mohandas Gandhi
Confucius
Dalai Lama
Siddhartha Gautama
37
What is the holy book for Judaism?
Torah
Koran
Bible
Vedas
38
Which of the following religions did NOT begin in the Middle East?
Islam
Judaism
Christianity
Hinduism
39
Segregation of blacks and whites in South Africa
segregation
apartheid
apathy
separation
40
Major religion of Nepal, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka
Taoism
Shintoism
Islam
Buddhism
41
Who is the spiritual leader of Tibet
Mao Zedong
Gandhi
Buddha
Dalai Lama
42
The Alps mountain range separates Europe from Asia
True
False
43
What cultural religion originated in Japan?
Buddhism
Shintoism
Confucianism
Taoism
44
The Celtic language family is widespread and well established in Europe
True
False
45
Idea that there is an equal and opposite reaction for every action
Dharma
Karma
Veda
Brahmin
46
Who colonized most of Africa?
Asians
Europeans
Americans
native tribes
47
The growth or spreading of the desert
Drought
Desalination
Deforrestation
Desertification
48
A large sea wave that crashes into land causing destruction
Typhoon
Monsoon
Tsunami
Hurricane
49
Balkanization is the unification of smaller countries into one super-nation
False
True
50
What is the saltiest water body on earth?
Mediterranean
Dead Sea
Aral Sea
Red Sea
