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Social Studies Final Exam Study Guide (SW Asia)
Identify the following countries by placing
the number on the map in the correct
country.
1. China
2. Japan
3. North Korea
4. South Korea
5. Vietnam
6. India
7. Indonesia
Give the relative location of the
following physical features:
8. Ganges River
9. Yellow Sea
10. Huang He River
11. Gobi Desert
12. Mekong River
13. Taklimakan Desert
14. Yangtze River
15. Himalayan Mountains
16. Bay of Bengal
17. Korean Peninsula
18. Indian Ocean
19. Sea of Japan
20. South China Sea
Social Studies Final Exam Study Guide (SW Asia)
21. What are the causes of pollution in the Ganges River?
22. What are the effects of pollution on the Ganges River and the people who use it?
23. How do the religious beliefs of the Hindu people affect the Ganges River?
24. What are the causes of pollution in the Yangtze River?
25. What are the effects of pollution on the Yangtze River and the people who use it?
26. What are the causes of air pollution in China?
27. What are the effects of air pollution in China?
28. What are the causes of air pollution in India?
29. What are the effects of air pollution in India?
30. How has flooding affected the different regions of India and China?
31. What are monsoons?
32. How do monsoons affect the people of India?
33. People practicing Buddhism can be best described as what type of group?
34. This religion originated in India and follows the teachings of one man:
35. This religion is unique to Japan:
36. About 80 percent of India’s people follow this religion:
37. This religion is based on the teachings of Muhammad:
38. This philosophy is the foundation of modern Chinese culture:
39. What does monotheism mean?
40. What is a synonym for “god”?
41. Name two of the religions that are NOT monotheistic?
42. What does enlightenment mean?
43. What does the term “Buddha” mean?
44. Shintos build shrines to worship gods. What are these shrines called?
45. In a traditional economy, how are economic decision made?
46. In a command economy, how are economic decisions made?
47. In a market economy, how are economic decision made?
48. Why do most economies in the world today operate somewhere in between a market
economy and a command economy?
49. What is the definition of a tariff?
50. What is the definition of an embargo?
Federal
Confederation
Unitary
Democracy
Oligarchy
Autocracy
Presidential Democracy
Parliamentary Democracy
Social Studies Final Exam Study Guide (SW Asia)
Questions related to SW Asia (Middle East)
1. What type of economy does Israel have?
2. When a country invests in power plants and transportation systems, it is:
3. When a company educates and trains its people, it is:
4. This forbids trade with another country:
5. This is a tax on imported goods:
6. This person has an idea for a good or service and takes the risks to produce it:
7. Many major industries in Saudi Arabia have significant government involvement or
government control. Based solely on this information, which type of economic system would
BEST describe Saudi Arabia?
8. Which is a major similarity between the economies of Saudi Arabia and Iran?
9. Which statement describes the potential trading relationship between Saudi Arabia and Israel?
10.Which describes how MOST countries around the world answer basic economic questions?
11. Which explains the primary function of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
(OPEC)?
12. If Iran decided to invest several billion dollars in education and training how would their
GDP likely be affected?
13. Which describes entrepreneurship?
14.Under which economic system does the government make almost all of the economic
decisions?
15. What two challenges does Israel face in building its economy?
16. What are the 3 basic economic questions that all economic systems must answer?
17. Turkey, like most countries, has much economic freedom, but also a large amount
government involvement in the economy. Which term describes this economic system?
18. Tariffs are a useful trade barrier if the Government of the country placing the tariff wished to
achieve which goal?
19. Israel limits agricultural imports to no more than 16.1% of total agricultural GDP. Which
term describes this type of trade barrier?
20. Saudi Arabia and Iran both invest in capital at higher rates than Israel. Based on this fact,
which conclusion would be most logical?
21. Which natural resource plays a major role in the economies of Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Iran?
22. Iran’s currency is called the rial. China, however, uses a currency called the yuan. How are
China and Iran able to trade goods with each other if the goods they are trading are valued in
different currencies?
23. Why would one country place an embargo another?
24. How has Israel made up for its lack of natural resources?
25. What is the definition of economic specialization?
26. Why is it important for nations to have a system to convert from one currency to another?
27. The economy of Saudi Arabia is based on which of the following?
Use the information in the following passage for questions 28 and 29:
The OPEC nations control about 40% of the world’s oil output. The OPEC countries work
together to control prices for oil and to keep profits flowing to their countries. Onr eway that
they control prices is to limit production. Each member country is given a maximum amount
of oil that they can sell in a given time.
Social Studies Final Exam Study Guide (SW Asia)
28. What describes the limit that OPEC puts on its members’ production of oil?
29. What happens to the price of oil when OPEC countries decide to reduce production of
oil?
30.
Israel has made heavy investment in capital goods in all of the following EXCEPT
31.
Why do most countries in the world today operate somewhere in between a market
economy and a command economy?