Most people in Latin America speak Spanish or:
A) Portuguese
B) French
C) English
D) Italian
E) German
Portuguese
100
What is permafrost?
A) permanently frozen subsurface material
B) cold-resistant vegetation
C) a food preservation technique used by Siberian natives
D) the soil in the steppes
E) none of these
Permanently frozen subsurface material
100
A belief system that focuses on the souls and spirits of non-humans objects in the natural world is called:
A) Buddhism
B) Sikhism
C) Animism
D) Hinduism
E) Confucianism
Animism
100
To connect the Amazon River basin to the Pacific Ocean, the last section of the transoceanic highway is being built through which country?
A) Bolivia
B) Ecuador
C) Peru
D) Chile
Peru
100
The most massive migration in Latin America during the 20th century has been a(n) ________ migration.
A) rural to urban
B) urban to rural
C) rural to suburban
D) Caribbean to Europe
E) Latin America to Europe
Rural to urban
200
Most people in China speak this Chinese language.
A) Mandarin
B) Cantonese
C) Pinyin
D) Hui
E) Wu
Mandarin
200
Which of the following concepts involves a violent effort by one ethnic group to remove another from a particular territory?
A) despotism
B) irredentism
C) ethnic cleansing
D) secession
E) nationalism
Ethnic Cleansing
200
Which of the following is the dominant religion in the Middle East and North Africa?
A) Judaism
B) Christianity
C) Islam
D) Zoroastrianism
E) none of these
Islam
200
Which country in the Western Hemisphere still has a communist form of government?
A) Nicaragua
B) Cuba
C) Haiti
D) El Salvador
Cuba
200
After World War II, this German city was divided between two countries, one under democratic rule, the other under Communist rule.
A) Bonn
B) Dortmund
C) Berlin
D) Amsterdam
E) Munich
Berlin
300
What is the new system of spelling Chinese words and names using the Latin alphabet of 26 letters called?
A) Wade-Giles system
B) Feng Shui system
C) Pinyin system
D) Falun Gong system
E) none of these
Pinyin System
300
An area where several large cities have grown together so that they form a single urban complex:
A) megafundia
B) multifundia
C) megalopolis
D) multilopolis
Megalopolis
300
Which of the following religions was born in the Middle East and North Africa region?
A) Islam
B) Christianity
C) Judaism
D) Islam, Christianity, and Judaism
E) none of these
Islam, Christianity, and Judaism
300
In the 1990s, the most extreme example of ethnic cleansing occurred in the ________ region.
A) Kosovo
B) Serbia
C) Croatia
D) Latvia
E) Estonia
Kosovo
300
Which of these countries never had a Communist government?
A) Italy
B) Spain
C) Greece
D) United Kingdom
E) None of these countries ever had a Communist government.
None of these countries ever had a Communist government.
400
The two major language groups in Canada are:
A) English and Spanish
B) English and French
C) English and Canadian
D) French and Canadian
English and French
400
The study of landforms is called:
A) biogeography
B) cartography
C) geomorphology
D) zoogeography
Geomorphology
400
Which of the following is the oldest monotheistic religion?
A) Judaism
B) Christianity
C) Islam
D) Druse (Druze)
E) none of these
Judaism
400
Taiwan is claimed by this country.
A) China
B) South Korea
C) Hong Kong
D) Japan
E) the United States
China
400
According to the video “Human Development Report 2013- Rise of the South”, the three drivers to change in the southern hemisphere include:
A) women empowerment
B) technology
C) poverty reduction
D) all of the above
E) none of the above
All of the above.
500
Most people in Oceania speak:
A) English
B) French
C) Papuan
D) Spanish
E) Dutch
English
500
When geographic realms meet, __________ mark their contacts.
A) lines
B) areas
C) transition zones
D) boundaries
Transition Zones
500
________ is a pilgrimage to Mecca.
A) Sunna
B) Jihad
C) Hajj
D) Haditha
Hajj
500
What region was described as the "breadbasket of India"?
A) Punjab
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Kerala
D) Bengal
E) Karnataka
Punjab
500
What parallel was agreed to as the border between North Korea and South Korea?
A) 28th parallel
B) 38th parallel
C) 48th parallel
D) A parallel is not the basis for the border between North Korea and South Korea.
E) none of these