Geography semester exam

1.

1 point

Where did Hinduism begin?

Mecca

Israel

Indus River Valley

Nepal

2.

1 point

Where did Christianity begin?

Nepal

Israel

Mecca

Indus River Valley

3.

1 point

What is longitude?

Measured at 0 degrees latitude

Lines that circle the earth going north to south pole to pole

0 and 180 degrees longitude

Lines that circle the earth parallel to the equator

4.

1 point

What is the difference between absolute location and relative location?

relative is the exact location and absolute is the location of one place as it relates to another

Absolute location is better than relative

Relative is larger in scale and scope as it compares to absolute

Relative is the location of one place as it relates to another and absolute is the exact location

5.

1 point

Where did Islam Spread to?

United States, Africa and Australia

Africa, Europe, Japan, and Australia

Indonesia, Middle East, and North Africa

Americas, Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, Australia

6.

1 point

Which religion does not claim Abraham as the "father" of their religion?

Hinduism

Islam

Judaism

Christianity

7.

1 point

What is the name of the cowboys in South America?

Gaucho

Vaquero

Cowboy

Buckaroo

8.

1 point

What is birthrate?

Number of births per year for every 1000 people location

How many people are born every minute in a given country

Number of deaths per year for every 1000 people

the amount of people after you subtract deaths and births

9.

1 point

What are Mestizos?

The most dominant culture group conquered by Spain

Class of people created by the marriage between natives and Europeans

What the Spanish called natives in South America

The people that had control over the slaves before the slaves fought for their freedom

10.

1 point

Where did Islam begin?

Mecca

Nepal

Israel

Indus River Valley

11.

1 point

What was the Treaty of Tordesillas?

Treaty that divided North and South America

Treaty that established a line of demarcation which gave all the land west of the line to Spain and East to Portugal

Treaty after the Cold War between Portugal, Spain and the United States

Treaty that gave certain land to Spain and Great Britain

12.

1 point

What is the Prime Meridian and the International Date Line?

Lines that circle the earth parallel to the equator

0 and 180 degrees longitude

Lines that circle the earth going north to south pole to pole

Measured at 0 degrees latitude

13.

1 point

What is destroying the unique biomes of South America?

overpopulation

Urbanization and industrialization

farmers trying to make money off the land

American companies drilling for oil

14.

1 point

What is the equator?

Measured at 0 degrees latitude

0 and 180 degrees longitude

Lines that circle the earth parallel to the equator

Lines that circle the earth going north to south pole to pole

15.

1 point

What is a compass rose?

Shows the boundaries and locations of political units such as cities or countries

Shows the physical characteristics such as mountains, rivers, etc

Indicates direction

shows the relationship between the map measurement and the actual distance

16.

1 point

Why did the U.S. back several dictators to overthrow the governments of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay?

the U.S. did it as a power move to show the rest of the world that they were really in control

Because they were afraid of the mestizo uprisings

It happened during the Cold War and they were trying to keep them from going communist like Cuba.

The dictators were actually good people and this was the best move for these countries

17.

1 point

What is the most well known indigenous culture in South America?

the Hopi

the Myan

the Inca

the Mestizoes

18.

1 point

Which of the following religion is not monotheistic?

Judaism

Hinduism

Islam

Christianity

19.

1 point

What is a physical map?

shows the relationship between the map measurement and the actual distance

Indicates direction

Shows the physical characteristics such as mountains, rivers, etc

Shows the boundaries and locations of political units such as cities or countries

20.

1 point

What is a scale bar?

Shows the physical characteristics such as mountains, rivers, etc

Indicates direction

Shows the boundaries and locations of political units such as cities or countries

shows the relationship between the map measurement and the actual distance

21.

1 point

What is a political map?

shows the relationship between the map measurement and the actual distance

Indicates direction

Shows the boundaries and locations of political units such as cities or countries

Shows the physical characteristics such as mountains, rivers, etc

22.

1 point

Which two countries colonized South America?

Spain and Portugal

Spain and Great Britain

Spain and France

Portugal and Colombia

23.

1 point

What represented a major shift in the cultural landscape of South America?

the burning of the rain forest

Rio de Janeiro

African Slaves

introduction of the Mestizoes

24.

1 point

What is latitude?

Lines that circle the earth going north to south pole to pole

Measured at 0 degrees latitude

0 and 180 degrees longitude

Lines that circle the earth parallel to the equator

25.

1 point

Where did Buddhism begin?

Nepal

Indus River Valley

Israel

Mecca