Study Guide

Geography Final Exam.

Earth in General Chapters 1-4

  1. A narrow piece of land that connects two larger pieces of land.
  2. Steep-sided lowland formed by a river cutting through a plateau.
  3. flat area at a high elevation.
  4. Human’s natural surroundings.
  5. Tools and pottery from the past.
  6. Evergreen trees with cones and needles.
  7. Climate region at low latitudes.
  8. Layers of soil that remains frozen year-round.
  9. Seasonal winds that bring rain to South Asia.
  10. The sun’s heat turns water into vapor.
  11. Elevation above which no trees will grow.
  12. Partly dry grasslands that surround many deserts.
  13. Energy generated by falling water.
  14. Average number of people living per square mile.
  15. Countries that are industrialized.
  16. Lack of food.
  17. tax added to imported goods.
  18. Follow the Eightfold Path.
  19. Duties that you owe to other citizens and your government.
  20. Unwritten laws that come from local customs.
  21. Direct rule of the people.
  22. Freed Catholics of punishment for their sins.
  23. Worker’s organization.
  24. Christian “Holy War.”
  25. Time of ancient Greece and Rome

IRELAND

  1. Low swampy lands.
  2. Wet decaying plants that can be dried and used for fuel.
  3. The nickname of Ireland.

NORTH KOREA/ SOUTH KOREA

  1. Kingdom of early Korea.
  2. System of writing in the Korean Language.
  3. The major religions of South Korea are: (3)
  4. In 1910 this country conquered Korea.
  5. The Korean War ended in 1953 with no what?
  6. Which martial art originated in Korea?
  7. The division of North and South Korea.

EGYPT

  1. The kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt grew around the?
  2. Introduced the Egyptians to bronze and iron weapons and horse-drawn chariots.
  3. Land formed from soil deposited by a river at its mouth.
  4. Small particles of rich soil.
  5. Marketplace
  6. Egyptian peasant farmers.
  7. Type of climate Egypt has.
  8. What makes up almost half of the value of Egypt’s exports?

ISRAEL

  1. A settlement where people share but own private property too.
  2. A farm settlement where property is shared.
  3. Mass killing of Jews in World War II.
  4. What year did Israel become an independent republic?
  5. 80% of Israel’s people are what ethnic group?

RUSSIA

  1. The Soviet Union leader during WWII.
  2. The early rulers of Russia called themselves.
  3. Competition for world influence between the Soviet Union and the United States.
  4. Farm laborer who could be bought and sold with the land.
  5. Russia is spread across the continents of…

FRANCE

  1. Capital city of France.
  2. In France is one of the world’s most famous art museums, called
  3. France is the world’s second-largest exporter of?
  4. The nickname of Paris
  5. Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir were famous?

ITALY

  1. Headquarters o the Roman Catholic Church.
  2. The Italian peninsula sticks out from Europe into the

GREECE

  1. In what city is the Parthenon located?

GERMANY

  1. German superhighway.
  2. The Black forest got its name because
  3. An area in western Germany called the Ruhr is one of Europe’s most important?

JAPAN

  1. Huge wave caused by undersea earthquakes.
  2. Powerful land-owning warrior.
  3. military leader.
  4. The Japanese attack on PearHarbor caused the United States to enter…
  5. Capital city of Japan
  6. Japan experiences many earthquakes because
  7. Japan’s form of government is

INDIA

  1. Home or village-based industry involving family members of all ages.
  2. Social class based on a person’s ancestry.
  3. 80% of Indians practice what religion.
  4. Of India’s 18 official languages, the most widely used language is
  5. Capital city of India

KENYA

  1. Illegal hunting of protected animals
  2. Kenya’s two official languages are Swahili and
  3. One of the fastest-growing industries in Kenya is

SAUDIA ARABIA

  1. Dry riverbeds filled by rainwater from rare downpours
  2. The monarchy in Saudi Arabia is ruled by what family

IRAQ

82.The Persian Gulf War of 1991 began after Iraq invaded what country?

83. In March 2003, Iraq was invaded by what country?

DENMARK

84.Peninsula that makes up most of Denmark?

AUSTRALIA

85. Mammals that carry their young in a pouch.

86. Australia’s large sheep ranches have made it the world’s largest producer of

87. The boomerang is a

Antarctica

88. Tiny shrimp-like creatures

89. Prohibits any nation from taking resources from Antarctica

90. Many nations have set up research stations in Antarctica to…

POLAND

91. Capital city of Poland

92. The Poles belong to a larger ethnic group called

93. What do Poland’s farmers grow more of than any other European country?

PHILIPPINES

94. What island country of Southeast Asia was once a colony of Spain and then the US?

95. The Philippines spent more than 300 years as a colony of what country?

96. Capital city of the Philippines.

MEXICO

97. The capital of Mexico is

98. Piece of land surrounded by water on three sides.

99. A business that provides a service instead of goods.

100. Small plots where farmers grow only enough food to feed their families.