W. Geography TIA Review PT 1

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Based on the map, how does the location of China today reflect the history of the region?

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Much of modern China contains the cultural hearth of its ancient past.

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Why has Singapore served as an important location for globalization in the world?

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It is an international port city, connecting trade across the Indian and Pacific oceans.

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What is one way the governments of China and the United States operate differently?

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In China the electorate only has one party to choose from and in the United States there are multiple political parties.

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Which condition most affects the average rainfall in Birdsville, Australia? Options: Its corresponding latitude, Its position on the continent, Its location in the Southern Hemisphere, Its close proximity to a political border

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Its position on the continent

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The distribution of climate regions in Australia has created settlement patterns characterized by —

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a concentration of urban centers along the eastern coast

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Which factor most contributed to the change in the settlement patterns of the original inhabitants of Australia shown on the maps?

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Climate changes led many original inhabitants to move away from increasingly violent storms along the coastline.

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Large segments of the population of Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands meet their basic economic needs by —

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practicing subsistence farming

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Which Islamic religious practice reflects the importance of Mecca?

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Muslims pray facing Mecca and make a pilgrimage to Mecca.

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How does the spatial diffusion of Islam compare to that of Christianity?

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Both originated in Southwest Asia yet Christianity spread from the region to dominate in Europe.

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Based on the information in the excerpt, the United States' government has attributed the cause of the conflict in Syria to-

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the authoritarian policies of the Syrian government