Final Reveiw

Question 1

From where did the ancestors of modern American Indians migrate

Answer 1

Beringia

Question 2

What technological innovation have allowed more people to move to the sunbelt states?

Answer 2

Air conditioning

Question 3

What method could humans use to sustain life areas suffering from desertification?

Answer 3

Irrigation

Question 4

What are some legacies left from Spanish colonization in Latin America

Answer 4

Langue, religion

Question 5

True or False: since the end of apartheid, all races in the South Africa have gained equality

Answer 5

False

Question 6

What are some traits of traditional societies

Answer 6

Kinship, governed by customs, simple economy

Question 7

What’s the worlds major monotheistic religions?

Answer 7

Judaism, Christianity, Islamic

Question 8

This organization of traditional Hindu groups is based on …..

Answer 8

Hereditary

Question 9

Discuss the climate of chile

Answer 9

Chile crosses many latitudes causing wide variations in its climate

Question 10

How were the Himalayan Mountains formed

Answer 10

The collision of tectonic plates

Question 11

A shift in human settlement from the countryside to cities

Answer 11

Urbanization

Question 12

Why do pandemics still exist today, despite medical advances

Answer 12

The spread of diesels between nations had become easier with air travel

Question 13

Discuss pull factored leading to Latin American immigration to the United States

Answer 13

Economic opportunities

Question 14

Discuss pull factors that may be causing austin’s massive population growth

Answer 14

Economic opportunities and high tech businesses

Question 15

Compare ways cultural innovations are influenced by their environment

Answer 15

Rice cultivation in Asia, papyrus in Egypt , gourds as instruments in Africa

Question 16

What constitutes a region?

Answer 16

Functional, formal, perceptual

Question 17

Give an example of sustainable development

Answer 17

Solar energy, a lumber company plants more trees than it cuts down, reuse/ recycling

Question 18

Compare NAFTA AND THE EU

Answer 18

Free trade zones

Question 19

Who owns the means of production in a communist country?

Answer 19

The government

Question 20

Which technological innovations have had the greatest impact on the environment

Answer 20

The combustion engine

Question 21

How have the long practiced Hindu rituals in and along the Ganges affected the river

Answer 21

The Ganges has become one of the most polluted rivers in the world

Question 22

What is terrorism

Answer 22

Attacks against civilians for a political purposes

Question 23

What has most contributed to China’s influence and power in the world?

Answer 23

Having the worlds largest population

Question 24

In what areas would you likely find similar vegetation

Answer 24

West Texas and northwest Mexico

Question 25

When it is winter in London, which hemisphere is tilted towards the sun

Answer 25

The Southern Hemisphere

Question 26

What has been a useful benefit of GPS

Answer 26

Navigation

Question 27

Why is there conflict by between Chechen nationals and the Russians government

Answer 27

Should an ethic minority be given its independence

Question 28

Describe the biome found in the steppes

Answer 28

Grasses, grazing animals, some rain, not many trees

Question 29

Who is genocide often directed against

Answer 29

Ethic minority groups

Question 30

What happened in Japan in 2011

Answer 30

Earthquake, tsunami, nuclear disaster

Question 31

Which major world religion likely spread along this trade route

Answer 31

Islam

Question 32

Name a negative effect of the Columbian exchange

Answer 32

Introduced deadly diseases to the Americas

Question 33

How had the motorized farm equipment effect agriculture

Answer 33

More production by fewer people