World Geography, Comprehensive Fall Final, Study Guide
Which religion is headquartered in Mecca?
Which religions are monotheistic?
Which religions are polytheistic?
Which three religions believe Abraham was a
prophet?
What are the 5 major world religions?
Which three religions believe Abraham was a
prophet?
What is the Hindu belief of dharma?
What is the Hindu idea of karma?
What is the Hindu belief of samsara?
What is the Hindu belief of moksha?
Where do most Hindus live?
What do the Buddhists believe about suffering? Suffering comes because we desire things. To
Where do most Buddhists live?
What is the first Pillar of Islam?
What is the 2nd Pillar of Islam?
What is the 3rd Pillar of Islam?
What is the 4th Pillar of Islam?
What is the 5th Pillar of Islam?
Where do most Muslims live?
What do the Jews belief about a messiah?
What do Jews believe about the Sabbath?
What do the Jews believe they are chosen to
do?
Where do the Jews mostly live?
What are the three major divisions of
Christianity?
Which denomination of Christianity is
headquartered in the Vatican?
Islam
Judaism, Islam, Christianity
Hinduism, Buddhism
Judaism, Islam, Christianity
Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity,
Islam.
Judaism, Islam, Christianity
The moral balance of the universe, people have
their own dharma too.
The idea that people are rewarded for good
deeds and punished for bad deeds.
The idea that people are reincarnated and given
multiple chances to live a good life.
The release from the cycle of samsara and a
state of peace and happiness.
India
end suffering be less attached to things of this
world.
East Asia (China, the Koreas, Japan)
Profession of faith: saying there is only one
God, and Muhammad is God's prophet.
Prayer: pray toward Mecca 5 times a day.
Almsgiving: give some of your money to the
poor.
Fasting: fast during the day and only eat snacks
at night during the month of Ramadan.
Hajj: Muslims must travel to Mecca once in
their life and pray at the Kaaba.
The Middle East
He will be a political leader, a descendant of
King David, Jesus was not the messiah.
A day of rest that begins on Friday at sundown
and ends Saturday at sundown.
Teach the world about the moral teachings in
the Torah.
United States and Israel
Protestant, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox
The Catholic Church
Which parts of the Earth are mostly Christian? The Americas, Europe, Australia
What did Martin Luther do in 1517? Split Northern Europe off from the Catholic
Church, beginning the Protestant Reformation.
Which way do longitude lines run on the map? Up and down
Which way do latitude lines run on the map? sideways
What is absolute monarchy? When there is a king that inherited power from
his father and there are no limits on his power.
What is constitutional monarchy? When there is a king that inherited power from
his father that has to follow laws that limit his
power.
What is representative democracy? (republic) When the people elect representatives to run
the government.
What is direct democracy? When the people directly run the government.
Who makes the laws and decisions in a The people's elected representatives.
representative democracy? (republic)
Who makes the laws and decisions in a direct The people.
democracy?
What is a dictatorship? When one person rules through force and
terror.
What happens during the precipitation phase of Water droplets in the clouds combine and fall
the water cycle? to the Earth.
What happens during the condensation phase of Water vapor sticks to particles of the dust in the
the water cycle? air forming a cloud.
What happens during the evaporation phase of Water evaporates off the ocean and turns into
the water cycle? vapor.
What are the four phases of the water cycle? evaporation, condensation, precipitation,
collection
Why do earthquakes happen? Tectonic plates grind against each other and
cause shaking.
What causes tsunamis? Earthquakes on the ocean floor cause tsunamis.
What are tsunamis? Huge ocean waves that cause flooding when
they hit land.
Define weather. Day to day changes in the air.
Define climate. What the weather is like most of the time in an
area.
What is it called when the Earth orbits the sun A year.
once?
What do we call it when the Earth spins around A day.
once?
In what year was the US Constitution written? 1787
On what date did the United States declare July 4, 1776
independence from Great Britain?
Where does the US rank in physical size? 3rd
Where does the US rank in population? 3rd
Where does the US rank in GDP? 1st
(gross domestic product)
How many people live in the United States? 320 million
In our federal republic, power is shared Between the states and the central government.
between the three branches of the central
government. How else is power shared in our
federal system?
What are the three branches of the US executive, legislative, judicial
government?
Who runs the executive branch? The President.
What are the two parts of the legislative House of Representatives and Senate.
branch?
How many original states were there? 13
What does "continental United States" mean? The 48 states not including Alaska and Hawaii.
What is unique about the Great Lakes? They are the biggest group of connected
freshwater lakes in the world.
What kind of republic does the United States A federal republic.
have?
What kind of economic system does the United A free enterprise system.
States have?
Why did Madison think a large republic would Rights are protected in a large republic because
be better than a small republic? no single faction can take over.
Be able to identify these landforms. strait
(we will practice in class, but you can google isthmus
images of them at home to practice.) plateau
peninsula
cliff
mesa
bay
archipelago
Be able to identify the oceans. Arctic
Atlantic
Indian
Pacific
Southern
Be able to identify the continents. Antarctica
Asia
Australia
Europe
North America
South America