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CAT 9 TEST REVIEW
1. The main religion practiced in North Africa/Southwest Asia is: Islam
2. The populations that live across the deserts of SW Asia/N. Africa are
characterized how? They move to find resources that are thinly dispersed
across a vast area
3. Conflicts, some violent, in SW Asia, are mainly about what? The many
different religions and ethnic groups
4. What is the large physical feature in N. Africa causing limited movement by
the people who live there? Sahara Desert
5. What is OPEC? It manages oil supply in an effort to set the price of oil in
the world market
6. What does OPEC stand for? Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
7. Why is Saudi Arabia/Arabian Peninsula so important to many people
around the world? Religious sites, oil resources, petroleum reserves
8. What is desertification? Human and natural impacts on the land; it is a
process in which land loses its fertility because of droughts and over
grazing of animals
9. What are 3 monotheistic religions (belief in 1 God) that recognize Jerusalem
as its holy city? Judaism; Islam; Christianity
10.What country produces the most oil? Saudi Arabia
11.List 5 countries in North Africa: Algeria; Libya; Egypt; Morocco; Sudan
12.List 5 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa: Kenya; South Africa; Congo; Zambia;
Madagascar
13.Who was Nelson Mandela? First black president of South Africa; helped to
end apartheid; he made legal discrimination on the basis of race come to
an end
14.What was apartheid? A system set up in South Africa in 1948 that
separated whites from non-whites; no-whites had hardly any rights and
freedoms
15.The boy named Djibrilla from Niger is part of a NOMADIC tribe called the
Tuaregs.
16.Explain the meaning of the type of tribe in #16. They move around a lot,
taking all belongings with them
17.Why are many large cities built along waterways? TRADE WAS EASIER
18.Who was Mohandas Gandhi and what is something he did NOT believe in?
fought for freedom in India from Great Britain; he did NOT believe in
violence; encouraged people to practice civil disobedience
19.How did desertification begin in the Sahel? Cutting down trees; livestock
grazing; demands on the land (farming, etc.)
20.What is an industrialized country? Give an example. A country with a lot of
manufacturing; USA
21.What is the largest African mammal? elephant
22.What is a township? Neighborhoods outside cities in South Africa
23.Why is Australia linked to another country’s monarch? It was originally
used in prison colonies by the British
24.What country has a great influence on Australia and New Zealand? Great
Britain
25.What is the least densely populated part of Australia? Why? Interior area
because the climate is hot and dry so it’s hard to farm; it is mainly desert
26.What economic activities are possible in Australia and New Zealand?
Farming, fishing, mining
27.The main language of Australia is English.
28.The inland regions of Australia are called the outback.
29.Tourist attraction off of the NE coast of Australia: The Great Barrier Reef
30.What makes up the Pacific Realm? Thousands of small islands and coral
reefs
31.Tourism in Oceania is good for the economy but how is it bad? Causes
damage to coral reefs
32.What are the 2 kinds of Pacific islands and how are each of them formed?
Low islands-from skeletons of millions of tiny sea creatures; High islandsvolcanic cones push up from under water
33.What threatens the coral reefs? Warm water, pollution, over-fishing
34.What is the capital of Australia? Canberra
35.What is the capital of New Zealand? Wellington.
36.Australia is divided into 6 states and 2 territories.
37.What takes up nearly 1/5 of Australia’s land mass? deserts
38.New Zealand is made up of 2 large islands.
39.What are the main crops of Oceania? Bananas, sugar cane, yams
40.Why has the Great Barrier Reef become a national park? To protect it from
tourists harming it
41.Why the Great Barrier Reef is called “the rain forest of the sea”? many
plant and animal species live there
42.Describe Australia’s wild life. It is home to the most unique and diverse
animals on the planet, such as kangaroos.
43.Who are the Aborigines? Descendants of the first people to come to
Australia
44.Who are the Maoris? The original people who settled in New Zealand
45.Where in Antarctica would you find most living things? Along the coast
46.Why do scientists come to Antarctica? To study the plants, animals, and
resources there
47.What are your summer plans? Whatever they are, be safe and enjoy!