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Unit Test Study Guide          Southwest and Central Asia            Chapters 17 – 19          EXAM Friday, April 24, 2009

 

  1. You should be able to locate the following countries on a map:
    1. Turkey          b. Saudi Arabia         c. Iraq         

d. Iran          e. Afghanistan

 

  1. You should be able to locate the following bodies of water on a map:
    1. Caspian Sea   b. Black Sea   c. Persian Gulf                  

 d. Red Sea     e. Aral Sea

 

  1. Turkey makes up a region called _________________________.
  2. He formally dissolved the Ottoman Empire & created the nation of Turkey_____________________
  3. This is the term for keeping religion separate from government _________________________
  4. When the Roman Empire conquered Israel in the 60s BC, they called the area _________________
  5. This is believed to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world ______________________
  6. He was known as the “Humane King” of Jordan _________________________
  7. Followers of the largest branch of Islam are known as ________________________
  8. Saudi Arabia has this type of government __________________________
  9. What does OPEC stand for? __________________________________________________________
  10. Mesopotamia is located in ____________________
  11. Iraq invaded this country in 1990 ____________________ which led to the _______________________ war in 1991.
  12. The Syr Dar’ya and the Amu Dar’ya are _________________________
  13. The Kyzyl Kum and the Kara Kum are _________________________
  14. This once large sea is now divided into two smaller seas _________________________
  15. The best land route between the eastern Mediterranean and China ran through ________________________
  16. This route became known as the _______________________ because of the goods the merchants carried which included _______________ and ________________________.
  17. The merchants traveled in large groups called _________________________ for protection.
  18. Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan were republics of the _________________________ after the Russian Revolution.
  19. The five republics became independent in ____________________
  20. This may someday make some of the Central Asian countries rich _________________________
  21. Know the definitions/identities of the following words:

a. Secular           b. Muhammad            c. Embargo             d. Theocracy      e. Landlocked     f. Nomads    g. Oasis                  h. Mosques

 

 

 

 

Study Guide                           3rd Quarter Exam                             

                                    Exam Date: Monday, March 23, 2009

 

1.         Know the difference in latitude and longitude.

2.         Identify the equator and the prime meridian.

3.         Identify the seven continents and four oceans.

 

Chapter 11, Section 2

4.         Know the art form the Greeks are credited with inventing.

5.         The city-state of Athens was the first to have what form of government.

6.         Name the major holiday celebrated in Greece.

7.         Name the capital of Greece.

 

Chapter 11, Section 3

8.         Know who the head of the Roman Catholic Church is and where he lives.

9.         Know the name of the new era of learning that began in Italy in the 1300’s and what the             name means.

10.       Name the two major holidays celebrated in Italy.

 

Chapter 12, Section 2

11.        Give another name for the period known as the Middle Ages.

12.       Name the war in which the French overthrew their king and established an elected             government.

13.       Name the general who took power of France about 10 years after the overthrow of the            

            king.   

14.       Know what NATO stands for, when it was formed and why it was formed.

15.       Name the artistic movement that was centered in France.

 

Chapter 12, Section 3

16.       Name the movement to reform Christianity that was centered in Germany during the      1500’s.

17.       About 6 million Jews and millions of other people were murdered in a mass killing during             WWII called what?

18.       Name the capital of Germany.

 

Chapter 12, Section 4

19.       Name the three countries that make up the Benelux countries.

20.       Name the country that claims to have invented French Fries which they eat with             mayonnaise.

21.       Name the term for a city with many foreign influences.

 

Chapter 12, Section 5

22.       Name the country that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was from.

23.       Name the country that has remained neutral in the European wars of the last two           centuries.

Chapter 13, Section 2

24.       Name the four regions that make up the United Kingdom.

25.       By 1900, the British Empire covered approximately how much of the world’s land area?

26.       Name the writer who is perhaps the most famous British writer.

27.       Name the capital of the United Kingdom.

28.       Name the two items that the United Kingdom is a major producer of due to North Sea reserves.           

29.       Name the two groups whose bitter differences are still cause for violence in Northern   Ireland.

 

Chapter 13, Section 3

30.       Name the capital of the Republic of Ireland.

31.       Name the cause of the Great Famine in Ireland and describe the result.

32.       Name the most famous of Irish saints.

 

Chapter 13, Section 4

33.       Name the two countries that make up the Scandinavian Peninsula.

34.       Name the Scandinavian country that remained neutral during WWI and WWII.

35.       Name the Scandinavian country that uses the heat from geysers for energy.

 

Chapter 14, Section 2

36.       Name northeastern Europe’s largest country.

37.       Name the two countries that formed when Czechoslovakia split.

 

Chapter 14, Section 3

38.       Name the region that is the most diverse regionof Europe n terms of language, ethnicity           and religion.

 

Be able to identify the following countries on a map of Europe:

 

39.       Spain

40.       Portugal

41.       Italy

42.       Greece

43.       France

44.       Germany        

45.       United Kingdom

46.       Ireland          

47.       Norway

48.       Sweden

49.       Finland

50.       Poland

           

 

 

Unit 2 Review Worksheet                Chapters 4 & 5                     

 

1. Where will you find the following cities, East Coast, Interior US, or West Coast?

      a. New York City  - East Coast          b. San Diego  - West Coast

      c. Denver – Interior United State    d. Washington DC – East Coast

      e. Chicago – Interior United States  f. San Francisco – West Coast

      g. Los Angeles – West Coast         h. Dallas – Interior United States

 

2. What five climate types are found in the interior United States?

      a. Steppe               b. Humid Continental  

      c. Highland            d. Humid Subtropical

       e. Desert

 

3. Name the five regions of the United States.

            a. Northeast                                                   b. South

            c. Midwest                                                      d. Interior West

            e. Pacific States

 

4. Name seven important industries in California.

            a. Entertainment                                       b. Software

            c. Tourism                                                  d. Construction

            e. Aerospace                                             f. Agriculture/Farming

            g. Computers

 

5. Alaska’s economy is largely based on what three things?

            a. Oil                                                                           b. Fish

            c. Forests

 

6. Name six natural resources in the United States and where they are found.

a. Fertile Soil – Plains States         b. Gold & Silver – Appalachians, western states

 

c. Oil – Texas, California, Alaska      d. Fish – Atlantic & Pacific Oceans

 

e. Natural Gas – Texas, California, Alaska      f. Vegetables, fruit, cotton – Florida, Texas, California

 

 

7. The major farming regions in Canada can be found in which three provinces?

            a. Manitoba                                                                b. Alberta

            c. Saskatchewan      

 

8. The industrial and financial center of Quebec is Montreal.

 

9. What five climate types are found in southern Canada?

            a. Highland                                                 b. Marine West Coast

            c. Steppe                                                    d. Humid Continental

            e. Subarctic

 

10. What are the four regions of Canada?

            a. Eastern Provinces                                  b. Heartland

            c. Western Provinces                                 d. Canadian North

 

11. Name three resources in the Prairie Provinces.

            a. Wheat                                                                    b. Oil

            c. Natural Gas

 

 

 

Unit 2 Test                             Study Guide                           United States and Canada

Know where the following physical features of the United States are: Atlantic Coastal Plain, Gulf Coastal Plain, Appalachian Mountains, Mississippi River, the Great Lakes, the Great Plains, the Rockies, the Continental Divide, the Cascade Range, the Coast Ranges, the Sierra Nevada.

Know the history time-line of the United States.

Know where the following US cities are located: New York City, Washington DC, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco.

Know the climate types found in the interior of the United States.

Know the five major regions of the United States.

Know the important parts of California’s economy.

Know the important parts of the Interior United States economy.

Know the important parts of Alaska’s economy.

Know the definition of megalopolis, contiguous, regionalism, and potash.

Know at least four important natural resources in the United States and where they are found.

Know how the United States government is organized.

Know where the major farming regions in Canada are.

Know where the industrial and financial center of Quebec is.

Know the climate types found in southern Canada.

Know the climate types found in northern Canada.

Know the major province areas of Canada.

Know the items produced in the Prairie Provinces.

Know the history time-line of Canada














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