Review JeopardyWorld Geography—Spring Semester (regional)

Category BoardNorth

AmericaSouth

America Europe Southwest Asia

South Asia East Asia Africa

100 100 100 100 100 100 100

200 200 200 200 200 200 200

300 300 300 300 300 300 300

400 400 400 400 400 400 400FINAL JEOP-

ARDY

North America

North America– 100 POINTSName 2 physical geographic

advantages

North America– 200 POINTSWhich technological innovation allowed for the connection of the Atlantic Ocean

to the Great Lakes and thereby drastically increasing industry in the Rust

Belt

North America– 300 POINTS

Give the full name for the organization that has

increased trade on the North American continent….

North America– 400 POINTSName the word that describes the reason that Quebec is trying to break away from

the rest of Canada.

South America

South America– 100 POINTSName one long-term effect of the

destruction of the Brazilian Rainforest

South America– 200 POINTSName the critical choke-point that cuts the journey from the Atlantic Ocean to

the Pacific Ocean by 7,872 miles.

South America– 300 POINTS

Explain how it is possible for Chileans to grow different crops at different

elevations in the Andes Mountains

South America– 400 POINTSName 3 long-term effects of the

Columbian Exchange

Europe

Europe– 100 POINTSWhat oceanic phenomenon causes the

British Isles to be warmer than its latitudinal equivalent in Canada?

Europe– 200 POINTSName the political system used in the United Kingdom that has a hereditary

political figure head as well as a legislative body with representatives.

Europe– 300 POINTSName one long-term consequence of the

Berlin Wall

Europe– 400 POINTSName 2 economic advantages of

European Union membership

Southwest Asia

Southwest Asia– 100 POINTSWhat type of physical barrier causes the

population of Southwest Asia to be concentrated mainly on the coasts and along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

Southwest Asia– 200 POINTSName the organization with several

countries in Southwest Asia that has a near monopoly in the petroleum industry

Southwest Asia– 300 POINTSWhich country contains both the Holy

City for Islam as well as very rich petroleum reserves?

Southwest Asia– 400 POINTSGive the name of a city located in Israel that is considered sacred to the world’s

three major monotheistic religions.

South Asia

South Asia– 100 POINTSWhat phenomenon gives India this

climograph?

South Asia– 200 POINTSName the phenomenon that created the physical barrier that trapped Hinduism in

South Asia.

South Asia– 300 POINTSName 2 negatives effects of the high

population concentration in India.

South Asia– 400 POINTSGive the main reason why India has one of the largest concentration of English

speakers in the world and therefore is the location where many customer service

jobs are outsourced from the United States.

East Asia

East Asia– 100 POINTSDescribe Japan’s natural resources

East Asia– 200 POINTSGive 2 advantages in the building of the

Three Gorges Dam

East Asia– 300 POINTSDescribe the methods of the communist-

dictatorship of North Korea use to maintain control.

East Asia– 400 POINTSWhy has China begun to shift from their

communist economic to system to a more capitalist system?

Africa

Africa– 100 POINTSWhat meeting held in Germany in 1884 has ultimately led to decades of political unrest and strife in Africa as a result of

European Colonialism.

Africa– 200 POINTSName 2 natural barriers that prohibited European powers from easily colonizing

the interior of the African continent.

Africa– 300 POINTSWhat policy did Nelson Mandela and later MLK Jr. borrow from Mahatma Ghandi to combat the racial segregation occurring

in their countries?

Africa– 400 POINTSName 2 effects of the desertification of

the Sahel

FINAL JEOPARDYName a policy of Western European

nations that has caused political unrest in multiple regions around the world.

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