Review Guide for Unit III Test
Directions: Use the notes on Regions, How Regions are Linked or Divided, Religions, and
Political Divisions to complete this study guide.
1. What country is the Taiga located in?
Siberia, Russia
2. What type of climate zone do rainforests grow in?
Tropical Wet
3. Name three countries that have rainforests.
Brazil, Congo, Indonesia
4. What two countries in Europe are called the 'Low Countries''?
Belgium, the Netherlands
5. What language unifies the region known as Hispanic America?
Spanish
6. What language is spoken in Brazil?
Portuguese
7. What is the Francophone World?
Countries with a shared French culture and language (colonized by France)
8. What countries do Kurdish people live in?
Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Syria
9. What religion unifies North Africa and the Middle East?
Islam
10. What is the Rust Belt?
Area where many factories closed down in the northeast U.S.
11. What invention has allowed the population of the Sun Belt to grow?
Air conditioner
12. What is the unifying characteristic of the Arab World?
Language: Arabic; Religion: Islam
13. Why is Israel NOT part of the Arab World?
People in Israel are Jewish and they speak Hebrew
14. What language do most people in Quebec, Canada speak?
French
15. What language is spoken all over the world for business and politics?
English
16. List three areas that have experienced ethnic conflict.
Balkan Peninsula (Bosnia), Rwanda, Sudan
17. What two ethnic groups live on the island of Cyprus?
Greeks and Turks
18. List two countries that have homogeneous ethnic groups.
Japan, Korea
19. What two countries both claim a region called the Kashmir?
Pakistan and India
20. What two religions are fighting in Northern Ireland?
Catholics and Protestants
21. What three religions consider Jerusalem to be a sacred city?
Islam, Christianity, Judaism
22. What is the only Jewish country in the world?
Israel
23. What does monotheistic mean?
One god
24. What is the holiest site in the religion of Judaism?
Western Wall
25. What direction to Muslims face when they pray?
Towards Mecca in Saudi Arabia
26. List two religions that are found in China.
Taoism and Confucianism
27. What is the purpose of NATO?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (political organization in Europe to protect democracy)
28. What is the name of the currency adopted by the EU?
Euro
29. What is the purpose of OPEC?
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (sets the price and production of oil)
30. What three countries are part of NAFTA?
United States, Canada, Mexico
31. What is the Red Cross called in Muslim countries?
Red Crescent
32. What organization sends peacekeepers to other countries?
United Nations
33. List five countries in ASEAN.
Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia
34. What are three examples of a spatial division?
Neighborhood, state, county, voting district, school district, election district
35. Is the United Nations an economic or political organization?
Political