 - 1. How tall is Mt. Everest?
A) 29,053ft
B) 6,600ft
C) 13,100ft
D) 8,850ft
- 2. Most of Bangladesh is at what elevation?
A) 650ft
B) 1,600ft
C) 0ft
D) 6,600ft
- 3. What country is located directly north of Pakistan?
A) India
B) Afghanistan
C) Nepal
D) Bhutan
- 4. The Western Ghats are mostly at what elevation?
A) 4,000m
B) 500m
C) 0m
D) 2,000m
- 5. Which part of India is the Thar Desert located?
A) center
B) south
C) northereast
D) northwest
- 6. The belt of volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean is called the
A) subregion of Melanesia
B) Ring of Fire
C) Great Barrier Reef
D) the Outback
 - 7. Which country had the lowest per capita GDP in 1999?
A) Nepal
B) Afghanistan
C) Pakistan
D) Bhutan
- 8. Which country had the highest per capita GDP in 1999?
A) Sri Lanka
B) Maldives
C) Pakistan
D) Afghanistan
- 9. The per capita GDP in Bangladesh was approximately
A) $1,700
B) $1,000
C) $2,000
D) $1,400
- 10. Which country had a per capita GDP of about $1,800?
A) Maldives
B) Nepal
C) Sri Lanka
D) Pakistan
- 11. Which of the following is a form of Japanese Poetry?
A) ainu
B) diet
C) zither
D) haiku
 - 12. What is the capital of Indonesia?
A) Timor
B) Jakarta
C) Kuala Lumpur
D) Singapore
- 13. Which body of water lies due east of Vietnam?
A) Philippine Sea
B) South China Sea
C) Gulf of Thailand
D) Andaman Sea
- 14. Which country is partly on the equator?
A) Indonesia
B) Cambodia
C) Thailand
D) Vietnam
- 15. Manila is the capital of what country?
A) Indonesia
B) Combodia
C) Malaysia
D) the Philippines
 - 16. What was the total value of exports from Singapore in 1999?
A) $49 billion
B) $58 billion
C) $37 billion
D) $115 billion
- 17. Which country's exports had the highest total value?
A) Indonesia
B) Malaysia
C) Vietnam
D) Singapore
- 18. Which country had the lowest value of exports?
A) Malaysia
B) the Philippines
C) Vietnam
D) Brunei
- 19. The value of Malaysia's exports in 1999 was about
A) $96 billion
B) $102 billion
C) $90 billion
D) $84 billion
- 20. Which of these countries had a higher value of exports than Indonesia?
A) the Philippines
B) Brunei
C) Vietnam
D) Thailand
 - 21. What is the capital of South Korea?
A) Pusan
B) Seoul
C) Garland
D) Tokyo
- 22. Which river flows closest to Beijing, China?
A) Trinity
B) Rio Grande
C) Huang He
D) Gulf of Mexico
- 23. What country lies directly east of Guangzhou, China?
A) Taiwan
B) North Korea
C) Japan
D) Texas
- 24. Which Japanese city is on the island of Hokkaido?
A) Sapporo
B) Fukuoka
C) Tokyo
D) Yokohama
- 25. Which of these cities is farthest west?
A) Taipei
B) Lhasa
C) Hong Kong
D) Nanjing
 - 26. What is the capital of North Korea?
A) Seoul
B) Sinuiju
C) Pyongyang
D) Wonsan
- 27. The city of Seoul is located on which body of water?
A) Yellow Sea
B) Han River
C) Sea of Japan
D) Kum River
- 28. Which city is farthest north?
A) Inch'on
B) Dallas
C) Ch'ongjin
D) Austin
 - 29. Which city had the largest population in 1998?
A) Tianjin
B) Seoul
C) Beijing
D) Shanghai
- 30. in 1998, the population of Tokyo was about
A) 8 million
B) 6 million
C) 4 million
D) 10 million
- 31. Which of these cities had the smallest population?
A) Pyongyang
B) Pusan
C) Tianjin
D) Taipei
- 32. In 1998, what was the population of Beijing?
A) 10.8 million
B) 11.8 million
C) 9.8 million
D) 8.8 million
- 33. Which city had a population of about 10 million people?
A) Seoul
B) Shanghai
C) Tokyo
D) Pusan
 - 34. What is the capital of Australia?
A) Melbourne
B) Brisbane
C) Canberra
D) Sydney
- 35. Which body of water lies due east of Australia?
A) Indian Ocean
B) Timor Sea
C) Tasman Sea
D) Arafura Sea
- 36. Which island nation is located directly north of the Solomon Islands?
A) Vanuatu
B) Papua New Guinea
C) Kiribat
D) Nauru
- 37. Wellington is the capital of what country?
A) Fiji
B) New Zealand
C) Vanuatu
D) Tonga
 - 38. Which country had the most income from tourism?
A) Vanuata
B) Papua New Guinea1
C) Tongo
D) Fiji
- 39. Which country earned the least from tourism?
A) Solomon Islands
B) Tongo
C) Samoa
D) Marshall Islands
- 40. About how much income from tourism did Samoa earn?
A) $32 million
B) $22 million
C) $52 million
D) $42 million
- 41. Vanuatu's income from tourism was about
A) $46 million
B) $76 million
C) $66 million
D) $56 million
- 42. Which of these counties had more income from tourism than Vanuatu?
A) Tonga
B) Papua New Guinea
C) Solomon Islands
D) Samoa
 - 43. If it is noon in Cape Town, what time is it in Buenos Aires?
A) 8:00 am
B) 9:00 am
C) 4:00 pm
D) 2:00 pm
- 44. The Prime Meridian runs closes to which city?
A) New York
B) Dallas
C) Greenwich
D) Tokyo
- 45. Which city is in the same time zone as New York?
A) Chicago
B) Lima
C) Anchorage
D) Buenos Aires
- 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) Constitutional Monarchy
C) Communism
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) Taxi Cab
B) Apple Pie
C) Teacher
D) Wild Boar
- 49. Why does the Supreme court building look so much like the Ancient Greek Parthenon?
A) They both face east
B) The Parthenon's Columns have influenced architecture around the world.
C) the Parthenon is located at the Athenian Acropolis
D) they are both made of concrete
- 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) Catholics
B) Jewish
C) Indians
D) Americans
- 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) Push Factor
B) Pull 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) traditions
B) place
C) Cultural Diffusion
D) elections
- 54. What was Christopher Columbus searching for in 1492?
A) USA
B) Western trade route to Asia
C) North America
D) the new world
- 55. How are the them of place and region different?
A) Place describes things like deserts, mountains and the culutre of those people, Region describes places that have these things in common.
B) place is all about the atmosphere and region is about the areas attitude
C) place describes just the buildings and region describes just the land
D) place describes what an area looks like, region describes what it sounds like
- 56. In a limited government, the leader or group of leaders is required to do what?
A) have total government control
B) use cruel tactics to control the people
C) allow only one political party to exist
D) obey all of the laws
- 57. Technology, food, language, dress, tools, and beliefs are all examples of which of the following?
A) five themes of geography
B) aspects of culture
C) factors of production
D) physical characteristics
- 58. Select the answer that is not an example of the theme of movement.
A) wheels
B) twitter
C) emails
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) false
B) true
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