W. Geography end of Semester Test

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

• It is a center of agriculture production, exporting rice and wheat to the region.
• It has the world's busiest airport, providing connections to Australia and the Asian mainland.
• It serves as a major center for education, with many people traveling from across Asia to attend its schools and universities.
• It is a international port city, connecting trade across the Indian and Pacific Oceans

Answer explanation

Jupiter is a gas giant made primarily of hydrogen and helium. Unlike terrestrial planets that have solid surfaces, gas giants like Jupiter don't have a well-defined solid surface, allowing them to accumulate more mass in a gaseous form. This composition has allowed Jupiter to grow significantly larger than planets with solid surfaces.

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

• In China elections are only conducted on the provincial level and in the United States elections are held on the national level.
• In China the executive leader is elected by a legislative body and in the United States the executive leader is chosen by popular vote.
• In China legislative representatives are chosen from groups of local leaders and in the United States legislative representatives generally have served as state governors.
• In China the electorate only has one party to choose from and in the United States there are multiple political parties.

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

• Modern China is located at a crossroad of invasion routes.
• The location of Chinese culture has steadily moved eastward to the coastline.
• Chinese culture has become more concentrated in a smaller region over time.
• Much of modern China contains the cultural hearth of its ancient past.

Which condition most affects the average rainfall in Birdsville, Australia?

• Its location in the Southern Hemisphere
• Its close proximity to a political border
• Its corresponding latitude
• It's position on the continent.

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

• densely populated areas located along major rivers
• an even split of the population living in villages and in cities
• a majority of people living in villages scattered across the continent
• a concentration of urban centers along the eastern coast

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

• Better irrigation techniques led many original inhabitants to move to land that previously had not been farmed.
• Climate changes led many original inhabitants to move away from increasingly violent storms along the coastline.
• Changing employment opportunities forced many original inhabitants to work for large farms and ranches in the interior.
• Population increases among European colonists pushed many original settlements from the coast to the interior.

Islam originated in Saudi Arabia in the seventh century in the city of Mecca. Which Islamic religious practice reflects the importance of Mecca?

• Once in a lifetime a Muslim must celebrate Ramadan in Mecca.
• Mecca is home to the famous Muslim Dome of the Rock mosque.
• Islamic law requires Muslims to help feed and clothe the poor in Mecca.
• Muslims pray facing Mecca and make a pilgrimage to Mecca.

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

• Islamic leaders faced fewer physical geographic barriers than did Christian missionaries.
• Both did not spread

• Most Christians living in Southwest Asia today migrated to the region after the formation of Israel.
• Both originated in Southwest Asia yet Christianity spread from the region to dominate in Europe

Many societies in Southwest Asia have adapted to the scarcity of water in this region by —

• constructing levees and canals
• creating policies to fine individuals who waste water
• converting dams to produce water rather than electricity
• building desalinization facilities

The Great Rift Valley is home to many villages and settlements in Africa because —

• political stability has made the area very safe
• diamond mines in the region provide employment
• major roadways and rail systems crisscross the region
• volcanic activity in the area has produced fertile soil