World Geography Semester Review

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North Korea has a communist government with a strong dictator. As a result it is one of the few economies in the world where the government -

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controls all major aspects of the economy

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Beijing is one of China's largest industrial and population centers. Because of this _________ is a major problem

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pollution

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Because of its location along the "Ring of Fire," Japan is particularly susceptible to which of the following hazards: monsoons and flooding, flooding and droughts, earthquakes and volcanoes, earthquakes and tornadoes?

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earthquakes and volcanoes

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Farming that provides the basic needs of a family with little surplus is known as

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subsistence farming

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Conflict diamonds have fueled brutal civil wars in all of the following countries except: Sierra Leone, Liberia, Angola, Egypt

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Egypt

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When Europeans drew colonial boundaries for Africa at the Berlin Conference-

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the most ignored existing African ethnic boundaries

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Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all share a belief in,

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monotheism

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Why do women in many Southwest Asian countries have fewer political and social rights than men?

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Religious and cultural beliefs are a part of the law in these countries.

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During the Vietnam war, the U.S. -

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fought against the south Vietnamese against the Communist North

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All of the following are environmental consequences of India's rapid population growth EXCEPT- polluted air, deforestation, unsanitary water, monsoon flooding

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monsoon flooding