What is the MAIN difference between Sunni and Shia Muslims?

Who they believe should be the leader

What is the difference between ethnic groups and religions?

ethnicity shares common characteristics, religions may not

Reincarnation is the belief that

one's soul lives on after death and is reborn

The process of arable land becoming desert

What is Confucianism?

A philosophy that encourages use of the golden rule

Identify the countries at 1, 2, and 3

1-Nigeria 2-Democratic Republic of Congo 3-South Africa

Where is the Nile River?

North Africa, flowing through Egypt and Sudan

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1
What is the sacred river of Hindu people?
Indus
Himalaya
Ganges
Mekong
2
Which of the following religions are monotheistic?
Shintoism, Judaism, Islam
Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism
Confucianism, Islam, Christianity
Islam, Judaism, Christianity
3
What is one cause of poor soil in Africa?
Crop rotation
Too much rain
Deforestation
Monkey grazing
4
Name the countries at 1, 2, and 3
1-Iraq 2-Afghanistan 3-Iran
1-Iran 2-Afghanistan 3-Iraq
1-Iran 2-Iraq 3-Afghanistan
1-Saudi Arabia 2-Iraq 3-Afghanistan
5
What is the MAIN difference between Sunni and Shia Muslims?
Who they believe should be the leader
The language they speak
They aren't different
The clothes they wear
6
Which of the following rivers are in Africa?
Congo, Niger
Yellow, Yangtze
Mekong, Nile
Ganges, Indus
7
Are you ready for the final?
yes
yes
yes
yes
8
A monsoon can best be described as
A heavy thunderstorm
A terrible drought
A seasonal wind pattern
A tropical cyclone
9
Which Middle Eastern country is northwest of the Persian Gulf?
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Afghanistan
Iraq
10
What is one of the biggest causes of water pollution in India AND China?
Factory waste
Cremated remains
Animal remains
Car exhaust
11
Which religions believe in the 10 commandments?
Christianity only
Judaism, Christianity, Islam
Islam, Judaism, Shintoism
Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity
12
Deforestation can have an effect on which of the following?
climate change
loss of habitat
loss of arable land
all of the above
13
45* N, 75* W is an example of
latitude and longitude
all of the above
intermediate directions
map scale
14
To travel from China to India, you would go
Northeast
Northwest
Southeast
Southwest
15
The most arid region in Africa is
Sahara
Sahel
Savanna
Rainforest
16
Shintoism was founded in...
South Korea
China
Japan
Middle East
17
What is the difference between ethnic groups and religions?
religious groups can only share beliefs
ethnicity shares common characteristics, religions may not
they aren't different
religions share the same race, ethnicity does not
18
Name the countries at 1, 2, and 3
1-Russia 2-South Korea 3-India
1-Russia 2-Japan 3-India
1-China 2-Japan 3-India
1-China 2-North Korea 3-Vietnam
19
Reincarnation is the belief that
None of the above
Nirvana is not possible
Samsara has been reached
one's soul lives on after death and is reborn
20
To measure the distance on a map between Cairo and Beirut, you would most likely use the
table of contents
map scale
coordinates
compass rose
21
Desertification is
The process of desert becoming savanna
The process of cutting down trees in the rainforest
The process of arable land becoming desert
A farming method that encourages crop rotation
22
What is the most abundant resource in the Middle East?
Gold
Diamonds
Water
Oil
23
The Sahel is directly between the
Sahara, savanna
savanna, rainforest
rainforest, desert
Sahara, rainforest
24
What is Confucianism?
A religion formed in Asia
A philosophy that encourages use of the golden rule
A religion that has a holy book and a temple
A philosophy that encourages monotheism
25
Identify the countries at 1, 2, and 3
1-Egypt 2-Kenya 3-South Africa
1-Kenya 2-Democratic Republic of Congo 3-South Sudan
1-Nigeria 2-Democratic Republic of Congo 3-South Africa
1-Nigeria 2-South Africa 3-Sudan
26
Some causes of the Asian Brown Cloud are
Acid rain and car exhaust
car exhaust and factory smoke
Deforestation and desertification
Factory smoke and animal remains
27
What is the sacred text of Shintoism?
Torah
None
Vedas
Koran
28
Define monotheistic.
Belief in one god
Belief in no gods
none of the above
Belief in many gods
29
Where is the Nile River?
In India, flowing through the Gangetic Plain
Southern Africa, flowing through Kenya and Tanzania
In China, flowing to the Yellow Sea
North Africa, flowing through Egypt and Sudan
30
The savanna is _____________ of the Sahara.
south
north
west
east

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