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Georgraphy Final
| 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 | i |
| 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 |
| Accoding 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 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 percent of France's energy comes from | nuclear power plants |
| The pope lives and works in | Vatican City |
| Which county was once split into communist and democratic parts but it s now reunited | Germany |
| The euro is the currency of | The European |
| The leader responsible for the Holocaust was | Adolf Hitler |
| Groups formed to bargain with factory oweners for better working conditions and higher pay for workers are called | unions |
| The idea that 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 | Michaelangelo Buonarotti |
| Language, religion, customs and beliefs are part of a | culture |
| An example of a nonrenewable resource is | Nuclear energy |
| Trees, fertile soil, and clean water are examples of | Natural resources |
| Most of the earths's saltwater 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 |
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