STI201 STUDY

Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand rank among the world’s top gold producers.

• True

• False

The seas that surround Southeast Asia have a moderating effect on air temperatures in the region.

• True

• False

New Zealand is located within the Pacific Ocean’s Ring of Fire

• True

• False

During the 1850s, thousands of people went to Australia in search of gold.

• True

• False

The practice of growing just enough food to feed one’s family is called

• Growing cash crops

• Survival extremes

• Subsistence farming

• 1st world living

A Government in which a ruler has ultimate governing power over a country is known as a

• Constitutional monarchy

• Communist state

• Democracy

• Absolute monarchy

A Government in which a ruler’s powers are limited by laws is known as

• Absolute monarchy

• Constitutional monarchy

• Democracy

• Communist state

A business that draws visitors to rain forests and coral reefs

• Sports therpay

• Speech pathology

• Ecotourism

• Waste management

A Type of energy produced by extremely hot liquid rock in Earth’s upper mantle

• Kinetic

• Geothermal

• Mechanical

• Chemical

One of Australia’s largest cities

• Paris

• New York

• Singapore

• Sydney