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100

Wind, Solar, and Geothermal energy are all considered what type of energy?

Renewable

100

The transfer of power from a higher government to a another government is known as?

Devolution

100

In this type of government, one person rules but refuses to relinquish power, such as Hitler and Fidel Castro.

Totalitarian (Dictatorship)

100

A language that was spoken at one time but no longer exists is known as?

Extinct Language

100

Identity of a group of people who share a common cultural traditions and ancestry is known as?

Ethnicity

100

Who is the founder of Islam?

Muhammed

200

Oil, Natural Gas, and Nuclear energy are all considered what type of energy?

Nonrenewable

200

The Japanese people make up 99% of the population of Japan. Because one people group makes up almost all of the population, Japan is considered a what?    

Nation-State

200

In China, the central government holds the power and exercises total control. What political system does China have?

Unitary

200

Which language family does Spanish belong to?

Indo-European

200

A categorization of humans based on physical appearance is known as?

Race

200

What is the largest polytheistic religion currently in the world?

Hinduism

300

Which industry sector is involved in the extraction of raw material from the Earth's surface?

Primary Sector

300

When a country can govern themselves and they have the ability to create and enforce laws in their political borders, this is known as?

Sovereignty

300

In the United States the power is split between the local governments and central governments. What type of political system is this?

Federal

300

A language that is created as a result of mixing 2 or more languages and has a group of people that have learned this as their first language.

Creole Language

300

What are generalizations one makes about an individual or group of people based on their culture known as?

Cultural Stereotypes

300

The Ten Commandments is part of the core beliefs of which religion?

Christianity

400

Which industry sector is involved in turning raw materials into a finished good?

Secondary Sector

400

The Hmong people group stretches across China and Vietnam. Since the Hmong are spread across more than one country, they would be considered a...

Multistate Nation

400

In the United States, citizens vote for representatives that then vote on their behalf. This is an example of what type of government?

A Republic (Representative Democracy)

400

A regional variation of a language that has different terminology, slang, syntax, cadence, pronunciation, etc. such as American, British, Australian.

Dialect

400

When one uses and element of another's culture out of context and uses it in a way it was not intended, this is known as?

Cultural Appropriation

400

What is the concept of doing good or bad things will affect you positively or negatively in the future called?

Karma

500

This sector of the economy is also known as the service sector?

Tertiary Sector

500

A country that has a portion of its land that is physically distant, usually separated by land, like Alaska from contiguous US is known as?

Political Exclave

500
What type of political system is in use when the central government is very weak the the local governments have all the power?

Confederal System

500

What is it called when because of time a separation a language divides into several languages?

Language Divergence

500

The concept that all cultures have merit and deserve to be respected is known as?

Cultural Relativism

500

What city is sacred and a sacred site to Christianity, Islam, & Judaism?

Jerusalem