1st Semester Test 2021 - 2022 Question Preview (ID: 58311)


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What geographic feature required people to develop terrace farming?
a) rivers
b) mountains
c) oceans
d) peninsulas

Europe is diverse and may Europeans speak multiple languages. One reason for this is----
a) because many migations took place across Europe over the centuries and languages and cultures spread.
b) because many people take classes to learn the languages of their neighboring countries.
c) because many of the European nations are so far from one another.
d) because many of the European nations are not yet industrialized.

I. Colonization, II. Conquest, III. Immigration: Which is the correct sequence for factors that developed South America?
a) I, II, III
b) I, III, II
c) II, I, III
d) III, II, I

The level of economic development in Europe is best described as ---
a) none developed
b) less developed
c) newly developed
d) more developed

The following cultural descriptions best completes the diagram?
a) newly-blended culture
b) Spanish - speaking culture
c) highly - segregated culture
d) Mestizo - dominated culture

The location of the Isthmus of Panama is ----
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D

Images of architecture are examples of how Mexico and Canada have been influenced by ---
a) concepts of equality
b) free enterprise economics
c) cultural diffusion of religion
d) ideas of limited government

What factors most contributed to creating the human geographic characteristics of Canada and the United States?
a) Cultural diffusion resulting from manifest destiny
b) Migration of people from South America to North America.
c) Colonization of the region in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
d) Spanish conquest of the region in the early half of the sixteenth century.

Mayan cities have been uncovered in the Yucatan Peninsula near Cancun. Mayan villages still exist today near the mountains of Northern Guatemala. Why?
a) Mexico and Guatemala have the same government.
b) The border of Guatemala was a barrier to cultural diffusion.
c) Mexico and Guatemala are important trading partners of the Maya.
d) The Maya culture spread throughout a large section of Central America.

An important civic duty being performed in the drawing above allows, individuals to influence the way their country is governed?
a) paying taxes
b) volunteering
c) voting
d) serving on a jury

Building houses, planting crops, and building roads which would be the BEST title of the list shown below?
a) methods of farming
b) reasons for taxation
c) ways people establish Industrial Centers
d) Ways people modify the Physical Environment

A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have. Given the statement , it is likely that President Ford believed in which of the following?
a) limited government
b) communist government
c) totalitarian government
d) socialist government

Europe has a history characterized by instance of conflict and cooperation between cultures. Most recently many European nations have been working to cooperate by ----
a) isolating the United States
b) forming the European Union
c) reducing stockpiles of weapons
d) limiting immigration to the region

In a representative democracy, the main responsibility of the citizens is to -----
a) elect government officials that represent the people
b) elect government officials that have absolute rule
c) elect government officials that share power with business
d) elect government officials that represent the monarchy

The approximate latitude and longitude of the capital of Texas is ---
a) 40 degrees North ; 110 degrees West
b) 50 degrees North; 80 degrees West
c) 20 degrees North; 90 degrees West
d) 30 degrees North; 100 degrees West

The Major city closest to 40 degrees ; 80 degrees West
a) New York, New York
b) Chicago, Illinois
c) Washington, D.C.
d) Boston, Massachusetts

Mexico is located on the Southern border of Texas.
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D

According to the United States Constitution, the power to govern comes from which source?
a) the judiciary
b) the people
c) the president
d) the congress

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