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Study Guide Spring Final Exam World Geography
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The numbers on the map above indicate places where DNA samples were taken. Scientists have found
similarities between the DNA of many American Indians and the DNA of many Asians.
1. What kind of inference can you make about the relationship between the American Indians and Asians if there are similarities
between their DNA? (Hint: the way Native Americans arrived in the Americas)
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2. Why do humans modify the environment in the ways shown (building a bridge and/or cutting a tunnel through a
mountain)? (Hint: what do they have in common)
The photograph on the left shows the Confederation Bridge, which links Prince Edward Island with mainland Canada. The
photograph on the right shows the Guoliang Tunnel, which cuts through the Taihang Mountains in China.
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Air conditioning has had a dramatic effect on the way homes are built. Buildings no longer need wide eaves, deep
porches, thick walls, high ceilings, or windows with awnings to keep cool.
3. What is another important effect air conditioning has had on American society that is not mentioned in the passage? (Hint:
migration)
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Desertification directly affects 1.2 billion people, and more and more productive land is being lost year by year. It has presented a
challenge for governments and aid agencies in over 110 countries for some time, and is a contributing factor to poverty and regional
conflicts, such as in Sudan. It has also been a major issue in Egypt, where 90% of the country’s land mass is desert. Faced with a rising
population, the government has had to undertake a number of resettlement and irrigation projects to create additional living and working
space.
--Ute Schaeffer, “Deutsche Well Reporters on the Ground,”
Down to Earth: News & Views on Desertification, UNCD, June 2006, Volume 21.
4. According to this article, what has been an impact of desertification?
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Country
Country A
Country B
Country C
Country D
Country E
Socio-Economic Indicators for Selected Countries
GDP
Life Expectancy
Infant Mortality
Per Capita
(in years)
(per 1,000 births)
$52,561
80.2
3.3
$2,015
59.7
62.7
$2,661
65.5
67.5
$83,841
75.6
8.2
$11,888
79.1
7.7
Literacy
Rate
99%
76%
54%
93%
99%
Birth Rate
(per 1,000)
12.0
26.4
27.2
16.2
14.3
5. Which pair of countries in the chart would most likely be categorized as “more developed,” or as having “very high human
development” on the Human Development Index?
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6. What are some of the effects of Spanish-colonization still evident in Latin America today?
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7. Make a conclusion about the South African economy best supported by the sources above?
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A. Amish families farming without electricity
B. Native aborigines in Australia following the ways of their ancestors
C. Berbers in North Africa living in tents in the Sahara
8. Create a heading to complete the outline? (Hint: What do all three have in common?)
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9. Why has English emerged as an international second language?
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10. What supranational organization developed out of a desire to end a long history of economic rivalry and armed conflict between
neighboring countries?
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11. How did industrialization lead to changing uses of Earth’s physical features?
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12. Followers of Judaism, Islam, and Christianity share a belief in—
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Chile is located along the Pacific Ocean. Only
slightly more than 100 miles wide, Chile extends
2,600 miles in length from the middle latitudes
almost to Antarctica. The Andes Mountains run
along Chile’s western side.
13. Write a statement that best describes Chile’s climate.
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14. What physical process caused the formation of the Himalayan Mountains?
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No
government
interference
A
Some
government
interference
Government
owns many
businesses
B
Complete
government
ownership
C
D
15. Where on this spectrum would you place a country with a socialist economic system?
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16. Why do fewer people tend to live in the center of a typical modern city than in its residential and suburban areas?
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In 2002, 1,551 delegates to
Afghanistan’s Grand Council picked the
next national government. Two
hundred of these delegates were
women.
Female delegates at the Afghan Grand Council in Kabul read an official statement during the opening session in June 2002.
17. What does the photograph and the statement demonstrate?
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18. What process identifies the shift of major areas of human settlement from the countryside to towns and cities?
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19. What statement can you make supported by the evidence above?
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20. A study of population distribution around the world today would show that most people live in what hemisphere?
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21. Draw an inference about the distribution of political power between 1950 and 1965 from these maps.
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22. Despite advances in medicine, pandemics still occur today in part because of what type of travel?
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Socio-Economic Indicators for Latin American Nations, 2011
GNI
Education
Life Expectancy
Percent of Female Seats
Per Capita
Index
At Birth (in years) In National Parliament
Chile
$13,329
0.797
79.1
13.9%
Mexico
$13,245
0.726
77.0
25.5%
Venezuela
$10,656
0.692
74.4
17.0%
Brazil
$10,162
0.663
73.5
9.6%
Argentina
$14,527
0.806
75.5
37.8%
Panama
$12,335
0.743
76.1
8.5%
Ecuador
$7,589
0.686
75.6
32.3%
Nation
23. In 2011, which pair of Latin American nations are ranked as having “Very High Human Development”—the highest classification?
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Major Events in Juan’s Life
Juan graduates from high
school in Dallas Texas.
Juan moves to Austin for a job
with a large national bank.
2006
2010
2011
Juan graduates from Texas Tech in
Lubbock with a Bachelor’s Degree in
Business.
Use the diagram below and your knowledge of Social Studies to answer the
following question.
24. What type of push or pull factor best explains why Juan has migrated to Austin? (Hint: use of cultural, political, environmental,
economic, etc.)
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25. Based on the population pyramid, which services are probably in greatest demand in Mexico today?
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26. Why have most Latin American immigrants come to the United States during the past two decades?
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Ancient Egyptians wrote on
papyrus, a reed found growing
near the Nile River.
The Chinese eat large amounts of rice,
which grows well in warm, wet areas of
China.
Many of Africa’s traditional
musical instruments are made of
local gourds and shells.
27. Which concept is best illustrated by these examples?
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$$$
$$$
Cameras
Fruit
UNITED STATES
JAPAJAPAN
TV’s
JAPAN
JAPAJAPAN
SAUDI ARABIA
JAPAJAPAN
Oil
28. Based on this chart, how have current trade patterns affected globalization? (Hint: What is going where)
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29. Why did the earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010 cause more devastation than the more severe earthquake that struck San
Francisco in 1989?
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30. A key principle of the economic theory of communism is—
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Germany sells cheeses
to the United States.
The United States
exports wheat to Oman.
Oman exports oil to
Germany.
31. Write a conclusion supported by this diagram.
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32. Give an example of sustainable development?
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33. Explain why the highlighted area constitutes a region.
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34. Based on this passage, popular views of the Sahara Desert define what type of region?
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35. Which conclusion can be drawn from a comparison of these three maps?
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36. What is a common goal of both the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the European Union (EU)?
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37. In which area of the map above is economic activity most affected by the presence of a majority of the world’s known oil
reserves?
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Brazil has a population of almost 200 million people. It exports coffee, orange juice, textiles, beef, shoes, steel, automobiles
and aircraft. Brazil is one of the world’s fastest growing economies. On average, Brazilians attend school for 7 years, and 10%
of the country is still illiterate. However, Brazil is building more universities and sending an increasing proportion of its
population into higher education.
38. What impact will improving educational opportunity most likely have on the economic activities of this country?
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39. What modern innovation has had the greatest impact on the physical environment?
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“Most dramatically, hydropolitics, or the interplay of water resource issues and politics has raised tensions between countries that share
drainage basins. For example, Sudan’s plans to expand its irrigation networks along the upper Nile and Ethiopia’s Blue Nile Dam project are
causes of concern in Egypt. Hydropolitics has also played into negotiations between Israel, the Palestinians, and other neighboring states,
particularly in the disputed lands. Israelis fear Palestinian and Syrian pollution; Jordanians argue for more water from Syria; and all regional
residents must deal with the uncomfortable reality that, regardless of their political differences, they must drink from the same limited supplies
of freshwater…”
--Les Rowntree et al., Diversity amid Globalization (2003) adapted
40. What impact of “hydropolitics” is identified in this passage?
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A family buys
raw wool from
a sheep herder.
The family cleans,
sorts and spins the
wool into yarn.
The family weaves the
yarn into a carpet on a
hand loom.
The family sells
the carpet to a
merchant.
The merchant takes
the carpet to market
to resell
41. What type of economic activity is the family engaged in? (Hint: primary, secondary, etc.)
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1997
1999
2000
2002
Islamic
extremists kill 8
foreign tourists
at a temple in
Luxor, Egypt
Scheme to attack
tourist sites during
millennium celebrations
foiled by Jordanian
authorities
A Basque
Nationalist
group (ETA) sets
off car bombs in
Madrid, Spain
About 200 tourists
are killed in a carbombing at two
nightclubs in Bali,
Indonesia
42. Which conclusion can best be drawn from these examples?
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After the attack on the World Trade Center in 2001, many Americans volunteered for military service. Some fought in
Afghanistan and others later fought in Iraq.
43. What was an important reason for this surge in enlistment?
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44. During which period was the increase in world population growth the greatest?
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45. Which resource has most contributed to China’s role as an important world power, influencing international relations in the
twenty-first century?
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46. Write a conclusion best supported by this
evidence? (Hint: where parties did well)
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“Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq since coming to power in 1979. Whenever elections were held for President of Iraq, Hussein ran as a member of
the Baath Party and was always the only candidate. In 2002, Iraq held a referendum on whether Saddam Hussein should be allowed to rule
Iraq for the next seven years. 11,445,638 votes were cast—100% of the votes cast favored allowing Hussein to rule for more than seven
years. There was not one vote against the referendum.”
47. Based on this description, the government of Iraq under President Saddam Hussein could best be classified as—
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48. Based on these maps, which two areas of North
America most likely have similar forms of vegetation?
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49. During the winter months (December – February) in Texas, which hemisphere is tilted toward the son?
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50. What is the direct effect of each type of tectonic plate movement?
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51. Which conclusion about China is best supported by the map?
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“Since ancient times the Japanese have had a great reverence
for the beauty of nature. The wonder nature inspires is
expressed in Japanese writing and paintings. Although Japan
has sacrificed some of its natural environment to
modernization, the Japanese people continue to have a great
respect for natural beauty.”
52. Based on this nineteenth-century Japanese woodcut and the comments of a modern expert on Japan, create a statement that
best describes a view held in traditional Japanese culture.
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53. What is a useful benefit of Global Positioning System (GPS) technology?
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54. Mrs. Smith’s class is investigating the recent conflict between Chechen nationalists and the Russian government in Chechnya.
Which real-world challenge did this conflict present?
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55. Write a conclusion about the Silk Road supported by this map?
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56. The development of democracy in India and the establishment of Portuguese as the official language of Brazil both indicate that
European colonizers—
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Between 1915 and 1918, the Ottoman Empire
massacred a million innocent Armenians.
In 1988, Saddam Hussein ordered his army to
use chemical weapons to murder 5,000 Kurds.
57. What general conclusion do the two examples above demonstrate?
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Marseilles is a large port city in southern France. Its
population includes people whose ancestors lived in
Marseilles for hundreds of years, as well as immigrants
from North Africa (especially Tunisia, Algeria, and
Morocco) and newcomers from many other parts of
the world.
58. The population of Marseilles could best be described as— (Hint: homogeneous, traditional, etc.)
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59. Write a conclusion about trade supported by the map.
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60. The Columbian Exchange introduced potatoes and corn to Europe. One major drawback of the Columbian Exchange was that—
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61. Which type of biome has grasses and grazing animals, like goats, and develops in areas with some rainfall but now enough to
support many trees?
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Steven and Maria are conducting a research project on the Middle East. They are considered the advantages and
disadvantages of stationing American troops in Afghanistan for an extended period of time.
62. Which argument might be used by those opposed to this option?
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following question.
63. This diagram represents the organization of groups in traditional
Hindu India based on—
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64. Based on the information above, create a statement comparing area, GDP, and percentage of homes that are owner-occupied?
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65. Advances in motorized farm equipment and irrigation have resulted in—
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66. The process of cultural divergence most often occurs when—
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67. What geographic feature do points A, B, C. and D share?
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68. A peasant in Western Africa and a rice farmer in the Philippines both practice subsistence agriculture because they
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