Benchmark 4 Review

Use the map to answer the following question: What physical feature is located at #20?

• Sahara Desert

• Tropical Rainforest

• Sahel

• Great Rift Valley

Use the map to answer the following question: What physical feature is located at #13?

• Niger River

• Nile River

• Congo River

• Euphrates River

What environmental issue is affecting the Sahel?

• air pollution

• flooding

• desertification

Which is the biggest threat to the tropical rainforests in Africa?

• logging/deforestation

• overgrazing

• drought

• monsoons

A group of people who share a common culture, language, and history

• religious group

• human capital

• entrepreneur

• ethnic group

What type of government do the people vote for members of legislature and then the legislature chooses the leader?

• Absolute Monarchy

• Theocracy

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Autocracy

What is apartheid?

• reuniting Jews from around the world; Israel

• guerilla warfare; Vietnam

• separation of classes based on the caste system; India

• segregation in South Africa

What ethnic group lives in the mountains of Turkey and wants their own country?

• Kurds

• Persians

• Jews

• Arabs

Most people in the Middle East and North Africa belong to this ethnic group (SS7G4, SS7G8):

• Arabs

• Jews

• Kurds

• Swahili

When you invest in the education, skills, training, and healthcare of people, you are investing in what? (SS7E3b, SS7E6b, SS7E9b):

• human capital

• capital resources

• infrastructure

• specialization