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Geography exam
Semester exam study guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why was the Great Wall of China built? | to stop northern invaders |
| In China people’s lives are controlled in many ways by the | government |
| India is the world’s second largest producer of what crop? | Rice |
| Monsoons in India and Bangladesh often cause many deaths from | floods |
| Iraq’s economy is based on | oil |
| What body of water in Southwest Asia is the saltiest and lowest. In the world | dead sea |
| Saudi Arabia is the largest country in | Southwest Asia |
| The Law of Return brought an increase in Israel’s | Jewish population |
| The most industrialized country in Southwest Asia is | Turkey |
| According to Christians, the Messiah is | Jesus |
| Muslims must fulfill obligations called the | Five Pillars of Faith |
| What term do historians use to describe the cultures that have organized governments, religion, and use technology and metals? | Civilizations |
| The center of Egyptian life was | The Pharaoh |
| The Quran contains revelations made to the prophet | Muhammad |
| The holiest day in Judaism is | Rosh Hashanah |
| Muslims call God | Allah |
| Christians celebrate the day that Jesus rose from the dead as | Easter |
| Judaism was first practiced by a small group of people called | Israelites |
| Much of the Ukraine is a vast | Steppe |
| Many tourists visit the Parthenon, a famous historic site in | Athens |
| About 80% of France’s energy comes from | Nuclear power plants |
| The pope lives and works in | Vatican City |
| Which country was once split into communist and democratic parts but is now reunited | Germany |
| The euro is the currency of | The European Union |
| The elder responsible for the Holocaust was | Adolf Hitler |
| Groups formed to bargain with factory owners for better working conditions and higher pay for workers are called | unions |
| The idea that the kings and queens ruled by the will of God was called the | divine rights of the kings |
| The mural on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was painted by | Michelangelo Buonarotti |
| Language, religion, customs, and beliefs are part of a(n) | culture |
| an example of nonrenewable resource is | nuclear energy |
| Trees, fertile soil, and clean water are examples of | Natural resources |
| Most of the earth’s salt water is found in | oceans |
| about 70 percent of the earth’s surface is | water |
| the point where a river empties into a body of water is called it’s | mouth |
| dangerous rays from the sun are screened out on earth by the | atmosphere |
| the earth’s 1,000 mile cushion of gases is called the | atmosphere |
| water, wind, and ice move weathered material through a process called | erosion |
| which 2 gases form about 99 percent of the atmosphere | Nitrogen and oxygen |
| when it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, it is the summer in the | Southern Hemisphere |
| What is a human characteristic of a place | languages spoken |
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Emmalyn Cruse
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