Download 1 - AP Human Geography

1. Which of the following is a movement to unite the Jewish people of the Diaspora and
to establish a national homeland for them in Palestine?
A.
Sikhism
C.
Zionism
B.
Confucianism
D.
Jainsim
2. Which of the following is the political head of the Muslim community or the person
who leads prayer services?
A.
Sikhism
C.
Sephardim
B.
Feng Shui
D.
Iman
3. Which of the following is one of the two main ethnic groups with Jewish culture? This
branch eventually settled in Central Europe after having been driven out of Jerusalem
early in the first millennium ad.
A.
Ashkenazim
C.
Sephardim
B.
Feng Shui
D.
Zionism
4. Which of the following describes the belief that inanimate objects, such as hills, rocks,
rivers, and other elements of the natural landscape (including trees), possess souls and
can helps as well as hinder human efforts on Earth?
A.
global religion
C.
animistic religion
B.
cultural religion
D.
traditional religion
5. In traditional societies, a shaman is deemed to possess religious and mystical powers,
acquired directly from supernatural sources. At times an especially strong shaman might
attraction a regional following; many shamans however, remain local figures. Which of
the following best describes this?
A.
secularism
C.
Shintoism
B.
Taoism
D.
Shamanism
6. Which of the following is one of the two main ethnic groups within Jewish culture?
This branch settled in Northern Africa and later in the Iberian Peninsula after having been
driven away from Jerusalem early in the first millennium ad.
A.
Sephardim
C.
Askenazim
B.
Imam
D.
Jainism
7. Which of the following is a belief system in which one supreme being is revered as
creator and arbiter of all that exists in the universe?
A.
monotheistic religion
C.
Chinese religion
B.
traditional religion
D.
Polytheistic relgion
8. Which of the following holds that ethical and moral standards should be formulated
and adhered to for life on Earth and not to accommodate the prescription of a deity and
promised of a comfortable afterlife?
A.
shintoism
C.
Shamanism
B.
Buddhism
D.
Secularism
9. Which of the following is the strict social segregation of people—specifically in
India's Hindu society—on the basis of ancestry and occupation?
A.
feng shui
C.
imam
B.
kama
D.
caste system
10. Which of the following is a bounded (non-island) piece of territory that is part of a
particular state but lies separated from it by the territory of another state?
A.
enclave
C.
exclave
B.
interfaith boundary
D.
interfaith boundary
11. Which of the following is the slaughter and/or forced removal of one ethnic group
from its homes and lands by another ethnic group?
A.
ethnic cleansing
C.
Islamic republic
B.
religious fundamentalism
D.
Sharia religious law
12. Adherents to the largest branch of Muslims, called the orthodox or traditionalist.
They believe in the effectiveness of family and community in the solutions of life's
problems and they differ from the Shiites in accepting as authoritative the traditions
(sunna) of Muhammad.
A.
Sephardim
C.
Imam
B.
Shiite
D.
Sunni
13. Which of the following is a belief system in which multiple deities are revered as
creators and arbiters of all that exists in the universe?
A.
monotheistic religion
C.
Animistic religion
B.
Chinese religion
D.
Polytheistic religion
14. A philosophy of ethics, education, and public service based on the writings of
Confucious and traditionally thought of as one of the core elements of Chinese culture.
A.
Hinduism
C.
Confucianism
B.
Buddhism
D.
shamanism
15. Literally “wind-water.” The Chinese art and science of placement and orientation of
tombs, dwellings, buildings, and cities. Structures and objects are positioned in an effort
to channel flows of sheng-chi (“life-breath”) in favorable ways.
A.
feng shui
C.
kama
B.
imam
D.
reincarnation
16. Which of the following is a Hindu of the highest caste, most often a priest, a person
believed to possess sacred knowledge and to be of the greatest purity?
A.
Ashkenazim
C.
Brahman
B.
sunni
D.
Shiite
17. Which of the following is the political head of the Muslim community or the person
who leads prayer services? In Shiite Islam this person is immune from sin or error.
A.
feng shui
C.
Sephardim
B.
imam
D.
Sikhism
18. Which of the following is a religious movement whose objectives are to return to the
foundations of the faith and to influence state policy?
A.
sharia religious law
C.
interfaith boundary
B.
religious fundamentalism
D.
ethnic cleansing
19. The system of Islamic law, sometimes called Qu'ranic law. Unlike most western
systems of law that are based on legal precedence, this is based in varying degrees of
interpretation of the Qu'ran.
A.
Islamic republic
C.
Ethnic cleansing
B.
Sharia religious law
D.
Religious fundamentalism
20. Adherents of the one of the two main divisions of Islam. This group represents that
Persian (Iranian) variation of Islam and believe in the infallibility and divine right to
authority of the Imams, descendants of Ali.
A.
sunni
C.
Shiite (shiah)
B.
imam
D.
Untouchable
21. The vote to partition Palestine was taken by.
A.
Isreal
D.
B.
The United Nations
E.
C.
Britain
the Ottoman Empire
League of Nations
22. Which of the following Balkan association is incorrect?
A.
Slovenian – Catholic
D.
Montenegrans – Orthodox
B.
Croat – Orthodox
E.
Bosnian – Muslim
C.
Serbian – Cyrillic alphabet
23. The ideology of Zionism has as it goal
A.
the merger of Judaism with other religions
B.
the merger of the 3 modern divisions of Judaism
C.
a homeland for the Jewish people
D.
the elimination of the Orthodox division within the faith
E.
the search for the true Mount Zion where the Ten Commandments were revealed
24. The youngest major religion is
A.
Hinduism
C.
B.
Judaism
D.
Islam
Christianity
25. Modern day Shiah Islam dominates a region centered on
A.
Pakistan
C.
Armenia
B.
Arabia
D.
Indonesia
E.
Bahá’í Faith
E.
Iran
26. The Hajj, one of the “pillars of Islam” is?
A.
charitable giving
B.
fasting during the holy month
C.
the veil worn by Muslim women
D.
E.
the pilgrimage to Mecca
the 5 daily prayers
27. The world’s largest dominantly Islamic State is?.
A.
Iran
C.
Egypt
B.
Pakistan
D.
Indonesia
E.
India
28. The Jews of Central Europe are known as?.
A.
Ashkenazim
C.
Zionists
B.
Sephardim
D.
Orthodox
E.
Reformed
29. The faith that is most widely dispersed over the world is?
A.
Christianity
C.
Shamanism
B.
Islam
D.
Buddhism
E.
Bahá’í Faith
30. Sikhism is a small compromise religion that arose from the confrontation between
Hinduism and?
A.
Buddhism
D.
British colonial officials
B.
Jainism
E.
Islam
C.
Christianity
31. Persuasion will not lead people to change the language they speak, but it can induce
them to.
A.
profess adherence to a new faith
D.
move to a new region
B.
abandon their culture
E.
watch Fear Factor
C.
abandon their economic
activities
32. Zoroastrianism is similar to Islam and Christianity in that it is.
A.
a world religion
D.
polytheistic
B.
monotheistic
E.
a desert faith in origin
C.
a missionary religion
33. Hinduism has not spread by expansion diffusion in modern times, but at one time it
did spread by relocation diffusion a result of
A.
the transportation of Indian workers abroad during the colonial period
B.
conquest by military groups
C.
forced relocation by Islamic invaders
D.
missionary activities overseas
E.
the Beatles visit to India in 1966
34. The diaspora of the Jews resulted from.
A.
Moses’ decision to leave Egypt
B.
the Arab-Israeli conflict
C.
the European holocaust of the Nazis
D.
the Roman destruction of Jerusalem
E.
disagreements between the Sadducees and the Pharisees
35. Which is NOT a feature of Islamic sacred architecture?.
A.
minarets
B.
adoption of Roman models of design
C.
influenced by the architecture of other civilizations
D.
geometric and calligraphic ornamentation
E.
frescoes depicting the life of the prophet
ESSAY – due in Jan 7th for ALL CLASSES!!! (500 words max)
Secularism began to arise with the separation of church and state in Europe. Why is this
so? What effects has this had today in changes of the role of tradition and the choice of
personal lifestyles? In what way could it be argued that Islamic fundamentalism is a
reaction against liberal secularism? What geographic concepts can be used to understand
the tension between an Islamic East and a secular West?