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GeographyMidTerm2025
| 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? | flood |
| 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? | civilization |
| The center of Egyptian life was the? | The Pharoah |
| The Quran contains revelations made to the prophet? | Muhammad |
| The holiest day in Judaism is? | Rosh Hashana |
| 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 sight in? | Athens |
| About 80 percent 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 leader 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 right of kings |
| The mural on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was painted by? | Michelangelo Buonarotti |
| Languages, religion, customs, and beliefs are part of a(n)? | culture |
| An example of a 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 another body of water is called its? | 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 summer in the? | Southern Hemisphere |
| What is a human characteristic of a place? | Languages spoken |