Review Guide for Unit III Test

Directions: Use the notes on Regions, How Regions are Linked or Divided, Religions, and Political Divisions to complete this study guide.

1. What country is the Taiga located in?

2. What type of climate zone do rainforests grow in?

3. Name three countries that have rainforests.

4. What two countries in Europe are called the 'Low Countries''?

5. What language unifies the region known as Hispanic America?

6. What language is spoken in Brazil?

7. What is the Francophone World?

8. What countries do Kurdish people live in?

9. What religion unifies North Africa and the Middle East?

10. What is the Rust Belt?

11. What invention has allowed the population of the Sun Belt to grow?

12. What is the unifying characteristic of the Arab World?

13. Why is Israel NOT part of the Arab World?

14. What language do most people in Quebec, Canada speak?

15. What language is spoken all over the world for business and politics?

16. List three areas that have experienced ethnic conflict.

17. What two ethnic groups live on the island of Cyprus?

18. List two countries that have homogeneous ethnic groups.

19. What two countries both claim a region called the Kashmir?

20. What two religions are fighting in Northern Ireland?

21. What three religions consider Jerusalem to be a sacred city?

22. What is the only Jewish country in the world?

23. What does monotheistic mean?

24. What is the holiest site in the religion of Judaism?

25. What direction to Muslims face when they pray?

26. List two religions that are found in China.

27. What is the purpose of NATO?

28. What is the name of the currency adopted by the EU?

29. What is the purpose of OPEC?

30. What three countries are part of NAFTA?

31. What is the Red Cross called in Muslim countries?

32. What organization sends peacekeepers to other countries?

33. List five countries in ASEAN.

34. What are three examples of a spatial division?

35. Is the United Nations an economic or political organization?