World Geography - Regents 08/03

An important factor that prevented the ancient Greek city-states from uniting to form a single nation was the
1. lack of a common language
2. size of the desert regions
3. mountainous topography of the region
4. cold, hostile climate
One similarity between the Mongols of Central Asia and the Incas of South America was that both societies
1. developed cash-crop farming
2. based their wealth on the slave trade
3. adapted to difficult physical environments
4. practiced monotheistic religions
1. protected by mountains
2. isolated from the rest of Europe
3. accessible by water
4. close to a network of navigable rivers
1. Most of China’s commerce was conducted on overland trade routes.
2. China remained isolated from outside contacts.
3. The Ming dynasty traded more with Persia than with any other culture.
4. China interacted and traded with many diverse cultures.
1. The Industrial Revolution
2. Imperialism in Africa
3. The Age of Discovery
4. Atlantic Trade Routes
During most of the Cold War period, which two nations were divided into communist and noncommunist parts?
1. China and Mongolia
2. Vietnam and Korea
3. Pakistan and Ireland
4. Poland and Cuba
1. 1 billion
2. 4 billion
3. 6 billion
4. 8 billion
1. Family planning was successful.
2. There was an absence of war and conflict.
3. New medicines and technology were discovered and applied.
4. Famine and other natural disasters increased.
1. Most of China’s people live in the eastern part of the country.
2. Much of China has a climate that is too hot to allow farming.
3. China has more people than its land can support.
4. Most Chinese people make a living working in factories.
During the 19th century, industrialization in Great Britain differed from industrialization in Japan mainly because Great Britain
1. had greater deposits of natural resources
2. encountered government resistance to economic growth
3. used isolationism to increase its economic power
4. duplicated the factory systems used in China
1. Pericles’ “Funeral Oration”
2. Bismarck’s “Blood and Iron”
3. Hirohito’s “Surrender”
4. Churchill’s “Iron Curtain”

World Geography - Regents 08/03

An important factor that prevented the ancient Greek city-states from uniting to form a single nation was the

One similarity between the Mongols of Central Asia and the Incas of South America was that both societies

During most of the Cold War period, which two nations were divided into communist and noncommunist parts?

During the 19th century, industrialization in Great Britain differed from industrialization in Japan mainly because Great Britain