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What were the Crusades?
a) military effort by Catholic Church to remove Muslims from the Holy Land
b) an era of cultural and philosophical rebirth
c) the time period when no significant scientific advancements were made
d) a wide scale movement to build more elaborate cathedrals

What was the Iron Curtain during the Cold War?
a) a concrete wall that separated East and West Berlin
b) the boundary dividing eastern communist Europe from western Europe
c) a type of sheet metal used as protection during the twentieth century
d) a symbol for the feeling of desperation by many in Europe after 1945

What mountain range creates a natural boundary along Italy’s northern border?
a) The Alps
b) Pyrenees Mountains
c) The Ural Mountains
d) Caucasus Mountains

In a command economy all decisions are made by-
a) voters
b) consumers
c) business owners
d) government

The origins of calypso music in the Caribbean region can be traced to the contributions of--
a) Spanish conquistadors
b) Mayans
c) British Colonists
d) Africans brought as slaves

What is the greatest threat to the Amazon rainforest at this time?
a) Drought
b) Deforestation
c) Tourism
d) chemical warfare

What was the primary subject of Frida Kahlo’s paintings?
a) Animals
b) Mexican food
c) her family
d) herself

What is the biggest environmental problem facing Mexico City?
a) Logging
b) Pollution
c) Overfishing
d) Tourism

What waterway allowed a direct connection between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean?
a) Panama Canal
b) Coco River
c) Lempa River
d) San Juan River

What important geographic line crosses through several of the countries in South America?
a) Equator
b) Prime Meridian
c) Tropic of Cancer
d) Tropic of Capricorn

What was the Holocaust in World War II?
a) the American invasion of German-held France
b) the German bombing campaign of London
c) the joined countries of Germany, Italy, and Japan
d) the German effort to destroy the Jews of Europe

Which of the following is true about American culture?
a) Christianity is the official religion of the country.
b) American culture reflects the diversity of the country’s residents.
c) About 50 languages are spoken in the U.S.
d) Americans are the only people in the world who wear jeans

Which of the following is a responsibility expected of U.S. citizens?
a) voting in elections
b) joining a political party
c) joining a political party
d) visiting Washington D.C.

Which of the following is limited in limited government?
a) the power of the leaders of the government
b) the rights of the citizens
c) The number of elections
d) the power of political parties

Who created a strong culture region in Canada?
a) The German
b) The French
c) The Italian
d) The Polish

What geographic feature is shared by the U.S. and Canada?
a) Great Plains
b) Rocky Mountains
c) Great Lakes
d) All the above

One way a society shows its religious traditions or ethnic heritage is by--
a) The patterns of settlements
b) Their perceptions about immigrants
c) The celebrations and holidays it observes
d) The types of jobs people have

When a geographer wants to find where something is located on a map they use--
a) Artifacts
b) Fossils
c) Scale
d) Longitude and latitude lines

Which of the following geographic factors has the greatest influence on where people live?
a) Water access
b) Shared cultures
c) Public transportation
d) Highways and roads

What kind of map shows the surface of the earth?
a) Political
b) Physical
c) Cultural
d) Thematic

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