Sp 25 Weekly Quiz 2- Days 13-16

Climate has an affect on:

• crops.
• clothing.
• housing.
• natural hazards

Which vegetation region is shaded in green?

• Tundra
• Middle Latitude Forest
• Desert
• Rain Forest

Which Latin American country has Portuguese as its national language?

• Columbia
• Brazil
• Portugal
• Venezuela

Which climates are paired correctly with the latitude belt where they are found?

• Low Latitude - Arid
• Middle Latitude - Tropical Wet and Dry
• High Latitude - Humid Continental
• None of the above are correctly matched

Below is a picture of the Aswan High Dam built to provide electricity and control flooding. Which of the following correctly identifies its location?

• Colorado River, Colorado
• Nile River, Egypt
• Amazon River, Brazil
• Yangtze River, China

What vegetation region is shown in this picture?

• Taiga
• Rain Forest
• Savanna
• Steppe
• Middle Latitude

Large populations of Arabic-speaking people would most likely be found-

• in South America.
• in North Africa.
• in Western Europe.
• in East Asia.

Which action would most likely be part of a federal act to improve air quality in the United States?

• Encouraging the development and sale of alternative fuels
• Encouraging citizens to use vehicles with diesel engines
• Raising taxes on companies that encourage employees to carpool
• Lowering the average cost of gasoline per gallon

Which of the following best describes the conflict that took place during the 1990s in the region highlighted on the map?

• Greek and Turkish Cypriots have divided the territory in the post-colonial era.
• War and ethnic cleansing took place. The region was broken into new states.
• India and Pakistan are in conflict over control of the region.
• The Albanians, Bosnians, Croats and Serbs in the region have always lived in peace.

The country highlighted on this map could be described as

• having a single ethnicity
• having a population that practices the religion of Islam
• having a history of ethnic cleansing
• remaining unified despite having multiple ethnic groups