Paper
Compass
Gunpowder
The items in the above list were all invented
by which ancient culture?
1. Egyptians
2. Chinese
3. Greeks
4. Indians
The Dalai Lama continues to influence Tibet
by —
1. leading the Tibetan government as a
  representative for China
2. leading the government from within
  the boundaries of Tibet
3. working with the Tibetan people and
  government to help them accept
  Chinese rule
4. acting as the spiritual and political
  leader for the Tibetan government
  while he is in exile
Galileo Galilei influenced 17th-century
Europe by —
1. writing a famous play
2. inventing the telescope
3. fighting an invading army
4. developing the metric system
Which country has a population of
approximately 225 million?
1. Brazil
2. Indonesia
3. Great Britain
4. United States
According to the information in the graph,
which of the following countries is the MOST
heavily populated country in Southeast Asia?
1. Indonesia
2. Thailand
3. Vietnam
4. Philippines
Which of the following nations became part of
China in 1958?
1. Bhutan
2. Burma
3. Laos
4. Tibet
Which map shows where the Aztec society
was located?
The countries shown on the map are among
the least densely populated countries in the
world. Which of the following is a geographic
explanation for this population distribution?
1. They have a cold climate.
2. They are arid regions.
3. They are volcanic regions.
4. They have mountainous terrain.
According to the graphs, which countries have
the highest literacy rates in Asia and Africa?
1. Afghanistan and Egypt
2. Bangladesh and Algeria
3. Cambodia and Botswana
4. South Korea and Kenya
Which of the following questions would a
geographer ask to better understand the
information in the map above?
1. What types of government do the top
  coffee-producing countries have?
2. Where were coffee plants first
  discovered?
3. Why are the top coffee-producing
  countries in the tropics?
4. What countries import coffee from the
  top coffee-producing countries?
Australia's interior is the least densely
populated part of the country, which is mostly
due to —
1. climate
2. altitude
3. conflict
4. distance
All of the following are ways people have
adapted to the Arctic environment
EXCEPT —
1. burning oil from seals and whales
2. building homes from ice and sod
3. raising cattle and horses on grasslands
4. hunting whales and seals as a food
  source
Which of the following BEST explains how
Pueblo Indians adapted to their environment?
1. They caught fish from the ocean.
2. They wore animal furs to keep warm.
3. They constructed adobe homes with
  flat roofs.
4. They built temporary homes of animal
  skins.
Why have dykes and canals been built in the
Netherlands?
1. To enrich the soil
2. To attract more tourists
3. To reclaim land from the sea
4. To gain access to shipping routes
Why do people living in coastal regions build
retaining walls?
1. To conserve water
2. To prevent erosion
3. To create cropland
4. To irrigate deserts
Which of the following BEST describes the
list above?
1. Effective ways to construct cities
2. Jobs developed during the 20th
  century
3. Methods of adapting to the
  environment
4. Responsibilities of free-enterprise
  economies
Which of the following BEST shows how
technology helped agricultural development in
ancient Egypt?
1. Using steel to create aqueducts
2. Designing pyramids to store food
3. Making paper bags to hold seeds
4. Building dams to control flooding
Societies may use all of the following systems
to organize the production and distribution of
goods and services EXCEPT a —
1. market system
2. purchase system
3. command system
4. traditional system
Benefits of the free enterprise system in the
United States include all of the following
EXCEPT —
1. higher quality of goods
2. ownership of private property
3. central regulation of production
4. variety of consumer goods
Which of the following countries has an
economy MOST like the one described
above?
1. Cuba
2. China
3. United States
4. North Korea
How has the scarcity of oil affected many
countries in the Middle East, such as Iraq and
Kuwait?
1. They are dependent on the United
  States for oil.
2. They have used oil as their main
  trading commodity.
3. They trade their agricultural products
  to other countries for oil.
4. They have built oil pipelines across
  the Red Sea.
In what way do the United States and Cuba
differ in the production of goods?
1. Goods are produced according to
  abundance in the United States and
  according to scarcity in Cuba.
2. Decisions regarding goods are made
  by market demand in the United States and by the central government in Cuba.
3. Goods are produced according to
  entrepreneurs' wishes in the United
  States and according to supply and
  demand in Cuba.
4. Decisions regarding goods are made
  by state governments in the United
  States and by the central government
  in Cuba.
A shortage of oil in Japan would likely lead to
Japan becoming —
1. less dependent on its natural resources
2. more dependent on its electronic
  products
3. less dependent on China and the
  United States
4. more dependent on the countries of the Middle East
Which of the following factors of production
was the major difference between the United
States and the Soviet Union?
1. Labor
2. Capital
3. Land
4. Entrepreneurs
Fewer farm workers are employed today on
farms in the United States. This is mainly a
result of —
1. a major decline in agriculture
2. the desire of people to live in cities
3. a greater mechanization of farm tasks
4. the movement of workers to farms in
  other countries

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