PRCC (World Geography) Final Exam
Questions and Answers
The _____ were a people who ruled the largest pre-Columbian state in the
Americas; their empire stretched from Colombia to Chile and Argentina. - Answer-
Incas
A _____ claims absolute authority, governing with little respect for the law of rights of
the citizens. - Answer-dictator
A coup d-etat (koo day-ta) is the _____ forced takeover of a government. - Answer-
military or civilian
In the Americas, _____ are winds that sweep toward the Equator from the northeast
and from the southwest, causing heavy seasonal rains. - Answer-trade winds
The climate-altering changes in the circulation of the Pacific Ocean and its air
masses is known as _____. - Answer-El Nino
The Secoya people are indigenous in Ecuador, meaning they are _____. - Answer-
native
Pineapple, avocado, and tomato originally came from _____. - Answer-the Americas.
Seeds and tubers that originated from the Americas include maize/corn, peanuts,
and _____. - Answer-potatoes
The _____ is the massive killing by Nazis of 6,000,000 Jewish persons and
5,000,000 non-Jewish persons during World War II. - Answer-Holocaust
A person who flees their home because of war, violence, or discrimination is a
_____. - Answer-refugee
The North Atlantic Drift is _____. - Answer-a warm water current of the Gulf Stream
that brings warm water to European coasts
The official currency (monetary unit) of the European Union is called a _____. -
Answer-euro
A climate pattern in which summers are fairly hot and moist and winters become
colder and longer deeper into the interior of a continent is a _____ climate. - Answer-
continental
Allegiance to the state, _____, is marked by a strong devotion and loyalty to interests
or culture of a particular country. - Answer-nationalism
, Refugees who left their homes because of violence and persecution to seek new
legal status in an adopted country are known as _____. - Answer-asylum seekers
The fortified border zone that separated western Europe from eastern Europe during
the Cold War was called the _____. - Answer-Iron Curtain
_____ is a military alliance of European and North American countries created
during the Cold War. - Answer-NATO
Implemented in 1995, this allows free movement across borders inside the EU:
_____. - Answer-Schengen Agreement
____ is to give up one's home culture and adopt the lifestyle of a new country or
culture - Answer-Assimilation
The Cold War was a period of conflict, tension, and competition from 1945 to 1991
between _____ & _____. - Answer-United States & Soviet Union
A _____ is a wealthy minority who owns the majority of factories, farms, businesses,
and other means of production. - Answer-capitalist
Genghis Khan, their most famous leader, led the _____ armies to conquer Ukraine
and Russia whom they ruled until 1552. - Answer-Mongol
One outcome of the Gorbachev administration in the USSR was _____, or a
restructuring of the economic system in the 1980s. - Answer-perestroika
_____ refers to the idea that calls on workers to overthrow capitalism and share what
the workers produce. - Answer-Communism
For centuries, the dominant people of the area that is Russia today were _____living
on the milk and the meat of their herds while moving seasonally to access pasture
land. - Answer-nomadic pastoralists
The openness policies of USSR's Gorbachev in the 1980's that encouraged
openness in government are referred to by the term _____. - Answer-glasnost
The recruiting, transporting, and harboring of people though coercion for the purpose
of exploiting them for profit is _____ - Answer-trafficking
A cold, treeless area to the extreme north but just short of the ice cap is a zone of
permafrost called the _____ - Answer-tundra
Often synonymous with harsh conditions, the territories of Russia located east of the
Ural Mountains are named _____. - Answer-Siberia
In an effort to improve the economy and make industry more efficient and
competitive, government industries and utilities were sold to individual citizens in a
move called _____. - Answer-privitization
Questions and Answers
The _____ were a people who ruled the largest pre-Columbian state in the
Americas; their empire stretched from Colombia to Chile and Argentina. - Answer-
Incas
A _____ claims absolute authority, governing with little respect for the law of rights of
the citizens. - Answer-dictator
A coup d-etat (koo day-ta) is the _____ forced takeover of a government. - Answer-
military or civilian
In the Americas, _____ are winds that sweep toward the Equator from the northeast
and from the southwest, causing heavy seasonal rains. - Answer-trade winds
The climate-altering changes in the circulation of the Pacific Ocean and its air
masses is known as _____. - Answer-El Nino
The Secoya people are indigenous in Ecuador, meaning they are _____. - Answer-
native
Pineapple, avocado, and tomato originally came from _____. - Answer-the Americas.
Seeds and tubers that originated from the Americas include maize/corn, peanuts,
and _____. - Answer-potatoes
The _____ is the massive killing by Nazis of 6,000,000 Jewish persons and
5,000,000 non-Jewish persons during World War II. - Answer-Holocaust
A person who flees their home because of war, violence, or discrimination is a
_____. - Answer-refugee
The North Atlantic Drift is _____. - Answer-a warm water current of the Gulf Stream
that brings warm water to European coasts
The official currency (monetary unit) of the European Union is called a _____. -
Answer-euro
A climate pattern in which summers are fairly hot and moist and winters become
colder and longer deeper into the interior of a continent is a _____ climate. - Answer-
continental
Allegiance to the state, _____, is marked by a strong devotion and loyalty to interests
or culture of a particular country. - Answer-nationalism
, Refugees who left their homes because of violence and persecution to seek new
legal status in an adopted country are known as _____. - Answer-asylum seekers
The fortified border zone that separated western Europe from eastern Europe during
the Cold War was called the _____. - Answer-Iron Curtain
_____ is a military alliance of European and North American countries created
during the Cold War. - Answer-NATO
Implemented in 1995, this allows free movement across borders inside the EU:
_____. - Answer-Schengen Agreement
____ is to give up one's home culture and adopt the lifestyle of a new country or
culture - Answer-Assimilation
The Cold War was a period of conflict, tension, and competition from 1945 to 1991
between _____ & _____. - Answer-United States & Soviet Union
A _____ is a wealthy minority who owns the majority of factories, farms, businesses,
and other means of production. - Answer-capitalist
Genghis Khan, their most famous leader, led the _____ armies to conquer Ukraine
and Russia whom they ruled until 1552. - Answer-Mongol
One outcome of the Gorbachev administration in the USSR was _____, or a
restructuring of the economic system in the 1980s. - Answer-perestroika
_____ refers to the idea that calls on workers to overthrow capitalism and share what
the workers produce. - Answer-Communism
For centuries, the dominant people of the area that is Russia today were _____living
on the milk and the meat of their herds while moving seasonally to access pasture
land. - Answer-nomadic pastoralists
The openness policies of USSR's Gorbachev in the 1980's that encouraged
openness in government are referred to by the term _____. - Answer-glasnost
The recruiting, transporting, and harboring of people though coercion for the purpose
of exploiting them for profit is _____ - Answer-trafficking
A cold, treeless area to the extreme north but just short of the ice cap is a zone of
permafrost called the _____ - Answer-tundra
Often synonymous with harsh conditions, the territories of Russia located east of the
Ural Mountains are named _____. - Answer-Siberia
In an effort to improve the economy and make industry more efficient and
competitive, government industries and utilities were sold to individual citizens in a
move called _____. - Answer-privitization
