Geography 150

Quiz: Post-Semester Assessment

World Regional Geography

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Quiz Table
Question	Answer	Letter	Questions and Answer Options
1.	Answer 1:	1.	South Africa has one of the densest clusters of human population.
		a.	True
		b.	False

2.	Answer 2:	2.	Nigeria is the main _______ producing country of Western Africa.
		a.	Sorghum.
		b.	Rice
		c.	Oil
		d.	Gold
3.	Answer 3:	3.	This river supports a very dense population along its northern reaches
		a.	The Nile river
		b.	The Amazon River
		c.	The Congo River
		d.	The Mississippi River
4.	Answer 4:	4.	What river is sacred to many Hindus?
		a.	Hindis River
		b.	Ganges
		c.	Brahmaputra
		d.	Indus River
5.	Answer 5:	5.	What do OPEC nations export?
		a.	post consumer goods
		b.	open port cargo
		c.	optical (fiber) technologies
		d.	oil and petroleum products
6.	Answer 6:	6	In 1997 Great Britain formally returned possession of Hong Kong to what other country?
		a.	Japan
		b.	China
		c.	Taiwan
		d.	South Korea
7.	Answer 7:	7.	Portuguese is spoken in the eastern regions of this Latin American country:
		a.	Argentina
		b.	Brazil
		c.	Columbia
		d.	Portugal
8.	Answer 8:	8	This political group was responsible for killing almost two million people in Cambodia
		a.	Khmer Rouge
		b.	PRI
		c.	Shining Path
		d.	Viet Cong
9.	Answer 9:	9.	Venezuela is a charter member of this organization:
		a.	OPEC
		b.	NAFTA
		c.	ECOWAS
		d.	SAFTA
10.	Answer 10:	10.	An unresolved border dispute in South Asia involves:
		a.	The Maldives
		b.	The Indus River valley
		c.	Kashmir.
		d.	Nepal and Bhutan
11.	Answer 11:	11.	North Korea causes major concern in the international community because:
		a.	its refusal to export its oil
		b.	massive output of acid rain producing pollutants
		c.	its nuclear weapons program
		d.	its slave economy
12.	Answer 12:	12.	South Africa is characterized by the following:
		a.	It still suffers from political system known as apartheid
		b.	it is the most fully developed economic power in Africa
		c.	it has been witness to many years of civil war in the outer provinces
		d.	all of these are true
13.	Answer 13:	13.	Shi'ites are the main ethnic group in which of the following countries
		a.	Iran
		b.	Saudi Arabia
		c.	Turkey
		d.	Egypt
14.	Answer 14:	14.	Where is the climate most often hot and rainy?
		a.	In the mid-latitudes
		b.	Along the tropics of cancer and capricorn
		c.	In coastal regions of the tropics only
		d.	Along the equator
15.	Answer 15:	15.	Mao Zedong was the leader of which country from 1949 until his death in 1976?
		a.	Japan
		b.	China
		c.	Taiwan
		d.	North Korea
16.	Answer 16:	16.	In the map below (or click here), what country is identified by the number 16?
		a.	China
		b.	India
		c.	Iraq
		d.	Pakistan

17.	Answer 17:	17.	In the map above (or click here), what city is identified by the number 17?
		a.	London
		b.	Moscow
		c.	Cairo
		d.	Paris
18.	Answer 18:	18.	In the map above (or click here), what country is identified by the number 18?
		a.	Vietnam
		b.	China
		c.	Japan
		d.	Indonesia
19.	Answer 19:	19.	In the map above (or click here), what country is identified by the number 19?
		a.	Egypt
		b.	Pakistan
		c.	Iraq
		d.	Saudi Arabia
20.	Answer 20:	20.	In the map above (or click here), what river is identified by the number 20?
		a.	Indus
		b.	Nile
		c.	Ganges
		d.	Congo

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