World Cultures Final 2016
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  • 1. How tall is Mt. Everest?
A) 13,100ft
B) 6,600ft
C) 29,053ft
D) 8,850ft
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  • 2. Most of Bangladesh is at what elevation?
A) 1,600ft
B) 6,600ft
C) 0ft
D) 650ft
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  • 3. What country is located directly north of Pakistan?
A) Nepal
B) Bhutan
C) Afghanistan
D) India
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  • 4. The Western Ghats are mostly at what elevation?
A) 0m
B) 2,000m
C) 500m
D) 4,000m
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  • 5. Which part of India is the Thar Desert located?
A) northereast
B) northwest
C) south
D) center
  • 6. The belt of volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean is called the
A) subregion of Melanesia
B) the Outback
C) Ring of Fire
D) Great Barrier Reef
South Asian Nations
  • 7. Which country had the lowest per capita GDP in 1999?
A) Pakistan
B) Afghanistan
C) Bhutan
D) Nepal
South Asian Nations
  • 8. Which country had the highest per capita GDP in 1999?
A) Pakistan
B) Sri Lanka
C) Afghanistan
D) Maldives
South Asian Nations
  • 9. The per capita GDP in Bangladesh was approximately
A) $1,000
B) $1,700
C) $1,400
D) $2,000
South Asian Nations
  • 10. Which country had a per capita GDP of about $1,800?
A) Nepal
B) Pakistan
C) Maldives
D) Sri Lanka
  • 11. Which of the following is a form of Japanese Poetry?
A) haiku
B) zither
C) ainu
D) diet
Southeast Asia
  • 12. What is the capital of Indonesia?
A) Timor
B) Singapore
C) Kuala Lumpur
D) Jakarta
Southeast Asia
  • 13. Which body of water lies due east of Vietnam?
A) South China Sea
B) Philippine Sea
C) Gulf of Thailand
D) Andaman Sea
Southeast Asia
  • 14. Which country is partly on the equator?
A) Vietnam
B) Cambodia
C) Indonesia
D) Thailand
Southeast Asia
  • 15. Manila is the capital of what country?
A) the Philippines
B) Indonesia
C) Malaysia
D) Combodia
Exports SE Asia
  • 16. What was the total value of exports from Singapore in 1999?
A) $58 billion
B) $49 billion
C) $37 billion
D) $115 billion
Exports SE Asia
  • 17. Which country's exports had the highest total value?
A) Singapore
B) Indonesia
C) Vietnam
D) Malaysia
Exports SE Asia
  • 18. Which country had the lowest value of exports?
A) Malaysia
B) Brunei
C) Vietnam
D) the Philippines
Exports SE Asia
  • 19. The value of Malaysia's exports in 1999 was about
A) $96 billion
B) $84 billion
C) $102 billion
D) $90 billion
Exports SE Asia
  • 20. Which of these countries had a higher value of exports than Indonesia?
A) Vietnam
B) the Philippines
C) Thailand
D) Brunei
East Asia
  • 21. What is the capital of South Korea?
A) Garland
B) Tokyo
C) Pusan
D) Seoul
East Asia
  • 22. Which river flows closest to Beijing, China?
A) Huang He
B) Trinity
C) Rio Grande
D) Gulf of Mexico
East Asia
  • 23. What country lies directly east of Guangzhou, China?
A) North Korea
B) Japan
C) Texas
D) Taiwan
East Asia
  • 24. Which Japanese city is on the island of Hokkaido?
A) Fukuoka
B) Tokyo
C) Sapporo
D) Yokohama
East Asia
  • 25. Which of these cities is farthest west?
A) Nanjing
B) Taipei
C) Hong Kong
D) Lhasa
N and S Korea
  • 26. What is the capital of North Korea?
A) Sinuiju
B) Pyongyang
C) Wonsan
D) Seoul
N and S Korea
  • 27. The city of Seoul is located on which body of water?
A) Kum River
B) Sea of Japan
C) Han River
D) Yellow Sea
N and S Korea
  • 28. Which city is farthest north?
A) Inch'on
B) Austin
C) Ch'ongjin
D) Dallas
Pop in Asia
  • 29. Which city had the largest population in 1998?
A) Shanghai
B) Seoul
C) Tianjin
D) Beijing
Pop in Asia
  • 30. in 1998, the population of Tokyo was about
A) 10 million
B) 4 million
C) 8 million
D) 6 million
Pop in Asia
  • 31. Which of these cities had the smallest population?
A) Pyongyang
B) Taipei
C) Pusan
D) Tianjin
Pop in Asia
  • 32. In 1998, what was the population of Beijing?
A) 9.8 million
B) 11.8 million
C) 8.8 million
D) 10.8 million
Pop in Asia
  • 33. Which city had a population of about 10 million people?
A) Shanghai
B) Seoul
C) Tokyo
D) Pusan
Australia
  • 34. What is the capital of Australia?
A) Canberra
B) Melbourne
C) Brisbane
D) Sydney
Australia
  • 35. Which body of water lies due east of Australia?
A) Indian Ocean
B) Timor Sea
C) Arafura Sea
D) Tasman Sea
Australia
  • 36. Which island nation is located directly north of the Solomon Islands?
A) Vanuatu
B) Nauru
C) Kiribat
D) Papua New Guinea
Australia
  • 37. Wellington is the capital of what country?
A) Fiji
B) Tonga
C) Vanuatu
D) New Zealand
Tourism
  • 38. Which country had the most income from tourism?
A) Vanuata
B) Papua New Guinea1
C) Fiji
D) Tongo
Tourism
  • 39. Which country earned the least from tourism?
A) Marshall Islands
B) Tongo
C) Samoa
D) Solomon Islands
Tourism
  • 40. About how much income from tourism did Samoa earn?
A) $22 million
B) $42 million
C) $32 million
D) $52 million
Tourism
  • 41. Vanuatu's income from tourism was about
A) $46 million
B) $56 million
C) $66 million
D) $76 million
Tourism
  • 42. Which of these counties had more income from tourism than Vanuatu?
A) Samoa
B) Papua New Guinea
C) Solomon Islands
D) Tonga
Time Zones
  • 43. If it is noon in Cape Town, what time is it in Buenos Aires?
A) 8:00 am
B) 2:00 pm
C) 9:00 am
D) 4:00 pm
Time Zones
  • 44. The Prime Meridian runs closes to which city?
A) Greenwich
B) Dallas
C) Tokyo
D) New York
Time Zones
  • 45. Which city is in the same time zone as New York?
A) Anchorage
B) Chicago
C) Buenos Aires
D) Lima
  • 46. In Greece, men meet at an assembly to discuss politics and participate in government by voting. What form of government did this lead to?
A) Totalitarian
B) Communism
C) Constitutional Monarchy
D) Democracy
  • 47. Materials from the earth that have economic value such as water, timber, or minerals is which of the following factors of production?
A) Land
B) Location
C) Capitol
D) Labor
  • 48. Which of the following would be considered capital?
A) Apple Pie
B) Teacher
C) Wild Boar
D) Taxi Cab
  • 49. Why does the Supreme court building look so much like the Ancient Greek Parthenon?
A) they are both made of concrete
B) the Parthenon is located at the Athenian Acropolis
C) The Parthenon's Columns have influenced architecture around the world.
D) They both face east
  • 50. In a mixed economby, the production of goods and services is determined and planned by the central government.
A) True
B) False
  • 51. Which group of people did Hitler target during World War II to exterminate?
A) Jewish
B) Americans
C) Indians
D) Catholics
  • 52. My name is Marcel Durand, and I am from Paris, France. I have been reading stoies in the newspapter for week about how the Americans have found gold in the mountains of California. I am heading to California to strike it rich!
A) Pull Factor
B) Push Factor
  • 53. While on his many expiditions Alexander the Great adopted many customs and clothing from places as far as Syria. Alexander the Great also helped spread Greek culture to many other cities that have this name. This is a result of what?
A) elections
B) traditions
C) Cultural Diffusion
D) place
  • 54. What was Christopher Columbus searching for in 1492?
A) Western trade route to Asia
B) the new world
C) North America
D) USA
  • 55. How are the them of place and region different?
A) place is all about the atmosphere and region is about the areas attitude
B) place describes just the buildings and region describes just the land
C) place describes what an area looks like, region describes what it sounds like
D) Place describes things like deserts, mountains and the culutre of those people, Region describes places that have these things in common.
  • 56. In a limited government, the leader or group of leaders is required to do what?
A) allow only one political party to exist
B) obey all of the laws
C) use cruel tactics to control the people
D) have total government control
  • 57. Technology, food, language, dress, tools, and beliefs are all examples of which of the following?
A) factors of production
B) physical characteristics
C) five themes of geography
D) aspects of culture
  • 58. Select the answer that is not an example of the theme of movement.
A) emails
B) twitter
C) wheels
D) trains
  • 59. My pizza order should arrive at my house because I gave the pizza guy my -
A) human geography
B) digits
C) relative location
D) absolute location
  • 60. In a traditional economy, the economy is based on customs where goods and services are often exchanged without the use of money through bartering.
A) true
B) false
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