World Geography Semester Review
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| What is monotheism? | Belief in one god
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| What are the 3 main monotheistic religions of the world? | Christianity, Islam, and Judiaism
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| Shared boundaries between Palestine and Israel over the years has caused? | caused huge conflict
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| Is hair color a cultural trait? | is NOT a cultural trait, it is genetic
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| How did the Native Americans helped the Pilgrims? | by teaching them how to hunt, fish and farm
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| A culture with many immigrants | would borrow ideas from another culture and each other
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| What did Rome invent? | invented the dome
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| What are obligations and responsibilities of U.S. citizens? | Obeying laws, voting, paying taxes, serving on a jury, and respecting the rights of others.
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| Cultures with strict traditions would be shocked by what? | Would be shocked by the lack of respect of authority by teenagers
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| What type of government did the Greeks develop? | Established Democracy
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| Why did the United States became a strong democracy/ | because of the unfair treatment by Britain and wanted representation.
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| In an unilimited government, do citizens have freedom of speech? | citizens would NOT talk bad about the government
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| What should U.S. citizens do to ensure their rights? | they must vote, respect the rights of others and stay informed
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| What is a secondary source? | Textbooks
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| When there is a shortage of oil reserves? | the U.S. trades with oil rich countries
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| Why do we Build roads and airports, insult homes, and use sprinkler systems? | to adapt to our environment
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| What technology did Ancient Egypt use to control flooding of the Nile? | Building dams
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| Oil is and economic resource of what region of the world? | Middle East
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| What is not a benefit of Free Enterprise? | Central Regulation of Production
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| Kuwait and Iraq use oil as a what? | as a main trading commodity
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| Gas prices increase because? | oil rich countries stop or slow down exporting their oil to the U.S.
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| Iraq is located where? | between Syria and Iran
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| Rich farmlands in Egypt and Ancient Mesopotamia were created by what? | the flooding which deposits alluvial "superman" soil
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| What does the distribution of natural resources such as oil do for a region or country? | causes countries to maintain good relations with the Middle East
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| What is OPEC? | an organization that determines how crude oil is bought and sold
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| Who invaded Kuwait in the 1990's? | Iraq
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| The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand started which war? | WWI
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| What was NOT a result of the Treaty of Versailles? | Germany did NOT become a member of the Soviet Union
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| Who blamed the Jews for Germany's financial problems after WWI? | Hitler
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| What was the TENSE relations between the U.S. and the Soviet union called? | The Cold War
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| What region can you find the West Bank, Golan Heights and the Sinai Peninsula? | the Middle East Region
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| What is believing in many gods? | Polytheism
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| What 17th century economic theory supported European colonialism? | Mercantilism
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| The United States | EXPORTS very little oil
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| Interdependence | members are dependent on each other
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| Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt | developed and grew strong because of the rich soil to grow plentiful crops
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| Why did economy slow down in Iraq and Iran in the 1980s? | The Gulf War was occuring in these contries.
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| What symbolized the division between Western and Eastern Europe after WWII? | Iron Curtain
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| What are some characteristics of classical civilizations? | Moving from being Hunter and Gathers to having organized villages and farming
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| What is a characteristic of Polytheism? | Worshiping many gods
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| Economic freedoms are more likely to occur in what type of government? | Limited government
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