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1
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What religion is being represented?
Place of origin: India
Holy book: The Vedas
Founder: Unknown
Place of worship: Temple

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Hinduism

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What are examples of renewable resources

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Solar energy, wind energy, biomass, and hydroelectric power

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Difference in outlook between rural and urban?

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Rural follow more traditional belief

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The Chinese new year is a 15-day festival celebrating the new year. To celebrate, the Chinese-

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Set off fireworks, watch Liam and dragon dances, and practice ancestor worships.

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What type of region is the DEEP SOUTH

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Perceptual region

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Which of the following are examples of an ADAPTATION

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AC in a home in a hot climate and ice fishing in a cold climate

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Which country’s military was angaged w the genocide of the Rohingya people?

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Myanmar

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What is Pakistans claim to Kashmir?

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Pakistan claims that most of the region is based on its Muslim majority population

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Which territory has the Dalai Lama pushed for independence?

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Tibet

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The Chinese zodiac sign is an important part of Chinese culture. Why do people often try and have children during th year of the dragon?

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It is the most revered zodiac sign and believed that it brings their kids success in life

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What type of region is The Balkans the Powder Keg of Europe??

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Perceptual region

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12
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Identify economic level for this example:
Research facility in Texas studying the impact of earthquakes.

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QUATERNARY

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Which religions followers are vegetarians because they believe that animals, plants, and humans contain living souls?

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Jainism

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14
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What type of region is the European Union

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Formal region

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What’s does the Middle East and Indonesia have in common?

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Practice of the same religion

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A system of government in which political power resides with the people

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Democracy

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17
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Which asiatic religions do not have deities

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Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism

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Identify economic level for the example
Head of the FDA

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QUINARY

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19
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What type of region is the DFW dart bus route

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Functional region

20
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A specific group that shares language, customs, and a common heritage is called a

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Ethnic group

21
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Which japanese ethnic religion believes in divine spirits that live in nature called Kami that can influence the course of natural forces and human events

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Shinto

22
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Which country has the largest Muslim population in the world

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Indonesia

23
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Tourism for croise ships in the Bahamas is an example of

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Tertiary

24
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Which architecuaral influences are present in the taj mahal

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Indian and Islamic

25
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What type of region is the United States?

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Formal region

26
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Which religions followers often wear the TILAKA symbol on their forehead

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Hinduism

27
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What is a belief of Taoism

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28
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What message does India send to their people through mass media propaganda programs?

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Indian farmers need better and improved technology

29
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What are inexhaustible resources

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Solar, wind, tidal

30
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What is an example of MODIFICATION

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River pollution and Chernobyl by nuclear disaster

31
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What is a animistic religion that is practiced solely by Japan

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Shinto

32
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What can a population period tell us?

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Sex and age distribution, how events or outbreaks affect the population, a prediction of future problems and needs, and a quick picture of a rapid increase or decrease in a Population

33
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Where is the three gorges dam

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East side of china

34
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How is Bangladesh adapting to climate change

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Building more shelters during to a rise in water levels, implementing early warning systems.

35
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Why is mt Everest so tall?

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The converging plates

36
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What type of region is the DEEP SOUTH

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Perceptual

37
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Religions that believe in divine forces of nature are considered…

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Animistic

38
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Canada has a universal

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Mixed economy

39
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Place of origin: India
Holy book: four noble truths
Founder: Siddhartha Gautama
Place of worship: Temple

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Buddhism

40
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Head of FDA

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Quinary

41
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What is one of the reasons that Japan has adopted pro-natal isn’t policies?

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They have the highest elderly dependency in the world

42
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Which feature characterizes a theocratic government

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Enforcement of religious laws

43
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Beliefs of Confucianism

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Respect for the past and one’s ancestors, importance of education, and respect for parents, government and the emperors

44
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This well known religious monument, Angkor Wat, is a source of national pride for its country. So much so that- it is on their flag. What country is home to this monument

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Cambodia

45
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Which country’s government has been accused on committing acts of genocide on the Uyghur people

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China

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