World Geography End of Semester Test
Questions and Answers
1.How have physical features effected the development of Japanese culture?-
Answer High population density and being an island promotes social
closeness, it also has been naturally protected from conquest
2.What is a potential effect of ice melting in the Arctic Ocean?
Answer Rising sea levels
3.Why do people move from rural areas to urban areas?
Answer Increasing use of automobiles
4.Growing just enough food for your family to survive is called what?
Answer Subsis- tence farming
5.How did the Himalayan Mountains form?
Answer Collision of Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates
6.Describe the human geography of India (religion)
Answer Hindu religion with muslim minority
7.Describe the human geography of India (population)
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, Answer Large population
8.Describe the human geography of India (government)
Answer Former British colony
9.Describe the human geography of India (climate)
Answer Tropical climate in sought to temperate in north
10.What are the characteristics of soil?
Answer Contains sand, clay and organic matter, varies in Texture, ability
to hold water, and the ability to support plant life
11.What type of economic activities occur in a developed country?
Answer Tertiary and Quaternary
12.What is biggest consequence of China's "one child" policy?
Answer India will soon take over as the worlds most populous country,
economic downturn, less girls born, psychological issues
13.What process helped form Africa's Great Rift Valley?
Answer Plate tectonic move- ment
14. Why is coal mining primarily done in the northeastern part of the
U.S.?
Answer Has easy access to large Coal deposits
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Questions and Answers
1.How have physical features effected the development of Japanese culture?-
Answer High population density and being an island promotes social
closeness, it also has been naturally protected from conquest
2.What is a potential effect of ice melting in the Arctic Ocean?
Answer Rising sea levels
3.Why do people move from rural areas to urban areas?
Answer Increasing use of automobiles
4.Growing just enough food for your family to survive is called what?
Answer Subsis- tence farming
5.How did the Himalayan Mountains form?
Answer Collision of Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates
6.Describe the human geography of India (religion)
Answer Hindu religion with muslim minority
7.Describe the human geography of India (population)
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, Answer Large population
8.Describe the human geography of India (government)
Answer Former British colony
9.Describe the human geography of India (climate)
Answer Tropical climate in sought to temperate in north
10.What are the characteristics of soil?
Answer Contains sand, clay and organic matter, varies in Texture, ability
to hold water, and the ability to support plant life
11.What type of economic activities occur in a developed country?
Answer Tertiary and Quaternary
12.What is biggest consequence of China's "one child" policy?
Answer India will soon take over as the worlds most populous country,
economic downturn, less girls born, psychological issues
13.What process helped form Africa's Great Rift Valley?
Answer Plate tectonic move- ment
14. Why is coal mining primarily done in the northeastern part of the
U.S.?
Answer Has easy access to large Coal deposits
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