Geography Semester Test

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Geography Semester Test
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Q The Indian subcontinent was once part of what
other continent?

• A Africa

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Q Most people in India live along this river
valley?

• A Ganges

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Q What is predicted to happen to the population
of South Asia by 2050?

• A Double

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Q Two main beliefs of Ghandi?

• A Non-violence and truth.

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Q Dharma and Karma are two of the main beliefs
of what religion?

• A Hinduism

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Q Term for seasonal winds that bring rains in
the summer and dry air in the winter?

• A Monsoons

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Q White marble tomb located in India built in
the late 1600s?

• A Taj Mahal

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Q Two South Asian countries that have nuclear
capabilities?

• A India and Pakistan

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Q Disputed area located between Pakistan and
India?

• A Kashmir

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Q Throughout the 1800s and early 1900s India
was a colony of which European country?

• A Great Britain

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Q Most people of Pakistan today worship which
religion?

• A Islam

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Q Term for follower of Islam?

• A Muslim

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Q South Asia consists of how many countries?

• A 7

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Q Country made up of several islands located in
the Arabian Sea?

• A Maldives

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Q Hindus believe what river is sacred?

• A Ganges

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Q The Indus River flows mainly through which
country?

• A Pakistan

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Q Located in the Himalaya, what is the tallest
mountain in the world?

• A Mt. Everest

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Q Hindu term that describes social position?

• A Jati

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Q Name the three main religions of the Indian
Subcontinent?

• A Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism

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Q Three main Indo-European languages in South
Asia?

• A Hindi, Urdu, Bengali

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Q The eastern part of Pakistan became what
country in 1971?

• A Bangladesh

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Q The population density of India is highest in
what location?

• A Along the fertile rural areas next to the
  Ganges.

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Q Name of the large desert located in Pakistan?

• A The Great Indian Desert

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Q Largest religious group in India?

• A Hinduism

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Q Most of the Ganges Plain is farmed to produce
what crops?

• A Rice, Sesame, Sugarcane, Jute

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Q South Asias earliest civilizations developed
along what river?

• A Indus River

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Q Religion founded by the awakened one?

• A Buddhism

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Q Religion that most people follow in North
Africa, Southwest Asia, and Central Asia?

• A Islam

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Q Main religion of the countries of Pakistan
and Bangladesh?

• A Islam

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Q How many pillars must the Muslims complete in
their lifetime?

• A 5 Pillars

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Q Islamic Holy City in Saudi Arabia?

• A Mecca

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Q What must Muslims worldwide do five times
daily?

• A Face Mecca and Pray

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Q Ancient capital of the Israelites?

• A Jerusalem

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Q Two groups fighting over the Gaza Strip and
West Bank?

• A Israelis and Palestinians

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Q Saudi Arabias economy is based mainly on
what product?

• A oil

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Q Process of taking seawater and removing the
salt?

• A desalination

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Q The Middle East holds what percent of the
worlds oil reserves?

• A 67

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Q The Aswan High Dam is located on what river?

• A Nile

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Q Saudi Arabia depends on other countries for
what item needed to survive?

• A Agricultural Products/Food

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Q Name of the area in the Middle East where the
Romans expelled the Jews?

• A Palestine

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Q Name of the Islamic Holy Book?

• A Koran

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Q Ethnic group in the Middle East that wants
independence/separate country?

• A Kurds

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Q Name of the prophet who started Islam?

• A Muhammed

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Q Dam built in Turkey to help irrigate crops
and create hydroelectricity?

• A Ataturk Dam

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Q The ________Sea is the worlds largest inland
body of water?

• A Caspian Sea

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Q What is the worlds longest river?

• A Nile

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Q Deserts cover what percent of the Middle East
and North Africa?

• A 50

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Q The Tigris and Euphrates rivers run mainly
through what Middle Eastern countries?

• A Iraq

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Q Name the dam located on the Nile River in
Egypt?

• A Aswan High Dam

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Q Group of countries that control world oil
prices based on supply and demand?

• A OPEC

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Q Term for land suitable for growing crops?

• A arable

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Q The majority of the people in the Middle East
are involved in this Economic Activity?

• A farming

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Q Percent of freshwater available world wide?

• A 3

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Q Term for removal of salt from seawater to
make it usable for drinking and farming?

• A Desalination

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Q What is the 1 cause of death in sub-Saharan
Africa?

• A Aids