STUDY
GUIDE FOR
SEMESTER II
EXAM
1. Many Indonesian homes are built like
the picture below. How have homes been
adapted to the environment of region?
They are built on stilts to avoid
flooding.
2.During the recent Egyptian
revolution many protesters used
cameras on
mobile phones to record the
events of the revolution.
3.
Culture is
language,
religion,
food,
celebrations,
rules, music,
and many
other traits.
4. In
Sri Lanka, stilt fishing
is a way people adapt to
the environment.
5.
Based on the information in the table, which
country relies more on agricultural economic
activities that the other countries? North
Korea
Bollywood is the film production
6. industry in India that creates
movies that often reflect Indian
tradition and Hindu themes.
7.In
a market economy the
government exercises less
control of the economy.
8.
Article Twenty-nine – Any individual can address the public
authorities in writing and with his signature. Only duly constituted
organizations and corporate bodies shall have the right to address
the public authorities collectively.
—1983 Constitution of Bahrain, amended in 2001
First Amendment – Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;
or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of
the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government
for a
redress of grievances.
—Bill of Rights to the 1789 Constitution of the United States
The excerpts above give people the
opportunity to participate in the
government by giving them the right to
communicate with government officials.
9.
The Four Cardinal Principles followed by the Chinese
government are:
1. The principle of upholding the socialist path
2. The principle of upholding the people's democratic
dictatorship
3. The principle of upholding the leadership of the Communist
Party of China, and
4. The principle of upholding Marxist-Leninist-Mao Zedong
thought
China dismisses claims of human rights abuses
because they say that their guiding principles outweigh
certain rights.
10.
Country
Rate
Life Expectancy
Literacy
Ethiopia
55.4 years
35.9%
Kenya
57.9 years
87.0%
Nigeria
46.9 years
72.0%
Rwanda
50.9 years
70.7%
Uganda
52.7 years
73.7%
Source: UN and CIA Factbook
Which country is likely to have the most
developed economy? Kenya
11.
Trade accounts for most of the
cultural diffusion in East Asia.
12.
Epicenter of the Indian Ocean Earthquake
December 26, 2004
The earthquake led to coastlines along the
Indian Ocean to experience a severe tsunami.
13.
Australia has occasionally been subject to
ozone holes in the atmosphere.
14.
What part of China is Beijing? Northeast
15.
Rapids and waterfalls along the Nile River limited
Egyptian transportation and influence.
16.
Most cities in Russia are between 30°E and 60°E
longitude and 45°N and 60°N latitude.
17.
The English language was a cultural trait
introduced in Australia and New Zealand by
British colonists.
As a Hindu holiday, Diwali is
18. observed as an official holiday in
India.
19.
Japan has historically experienced more
diffusion of culture from Western nations
compared to other East Asian countries.
Yom Kippur is an important
20. observance in Judaism because it is a
day devoted to asking for forgiveness.
21. South Korea has an economy that
operated most like that of Japan.
Christianity
tradition
is
most
22.
common in the culture of
many European societies.
Genocide is the deliberate and
23. systematic destruction, in whole or in
part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or
national group.
Mountains and desert barriers
24.
have concentrated China’s
population along the east coast.
Hinduism guides the moral and
25.
social life of most people in India.