1. Review: Semester Final
Test Wednesday, December 14th

2. The countries have abundant mineral resources.
Why does South Africa have the highest standard of living in Sub-Saharan Africa?
The countries have abundant mineral resources.
Poor use of resources has made the soil less fertile in the Sahel. What type of activity has caused this?
human activity

3. What form of government does India have?
federal republic
What was one of the main problems with the borders that Europeans established in Africa?
They divided some cultural groups and grouped some rivals together.

4. What continent is A? A A A A A A Asia Europe North America Africa
South America
Australia

5. According to Hindu belief, what determines the form that a soul will take in the next life?
karma
Conflict over control of Kashmir has involved which two neighboring countries?
Pakistan and India
What was responsible for the formation of Africa’s major valleys, lakes, and volcanoes?
plate tectonics

6. How did Ghandi promote Indian independence?
civil disobedience
What region lies between desert and grasslands in sub-Saharan Africa?
the Sahel
What characteristic do Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all share?
belief in one god

7. What geologic process caused the Himilaya Mountains to form?
Which of the following is a belief of Buddhism? A. After death, a person’s soul is reborn into another physical life. B. There is one deity and all people are equal. C. There is a path to move beyond suffering. D. Every deity is part of one universal spirit.
What geologic process caused the Himilaya Mountains to form?
collision of tectonic plates

8. What has been a big part of India’s economic growth?
the outsourcing of U.S. service jobs
What is the main characteristic of arable land?
suitable for farming
What word best describes the climate of
N Africa and SW Asia?
arid

9. Are the following push or pull factors?
poverty in the countryside
cleaner water
more job opportunities
war with neighboring countries
more educational opportunities

10. Which process alters the land through the actions of humans?
deforestation
erosion
eruption
transition
What is true of the movement of tectonic plates?
It continues to shape Africa’s geography.
It has ceased to affect sub-Saharan Africa.
It has had little affect on Africa’s landforms.
It is responsible for desertification in Africa.

11. Why haven’t African nations benefitted more from their mineral wealth?
corrupt governments
What does the PLO want for Palestinians?
a state of their own
What term is used for a country in which government, economic institutions, and civil order have broken down?
failed state

12. Why is the Indian government working to improve infrastructure?
What is the name of the social structure that divided people based on ancestry, family ties, and a person’s occupation?
caste system
Why is the Indian government working to improve infrastructure?
India’s population is growing very quickly.
The government needs highways to retain military control of Kashmir.
India’s sewers were ruined by storms.
The government believes economic growth will reduce discrimination.

13. How has the caste system changed in the last 50 years?
An unofficial fifth group has been added.
Discrimination has been outlawed by the constitution.
Caste is based on region rather than job.
“Untouchables” have been ranked the third-highest caste.
Which of the monsoon seasons is wet, and which one is dry?
summer is wet and winter is dry

14. How does a growing population lead to pollution of the Ganges River?
more human waste
Into which body of water does the Ganges River empty?
Bay of Bengal
What divides Afghanistan as a country?
widely-scattered ethnic groups