Sample World Geography End-of-Course Items Prepared by Region 4 Tom Wurst Education Specialist

GEOGRAPHY End of Course Exam Cover every TEKS except 22D – “use standard grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and punctuation.” Not an extension of TAKS nor a “minimum skills test.” Specific content included as well as conceptual transference required!

GEOGRAPHY End of Course Exam 4B – “relate the physical processes to the development of distinctive land forms” As a result of plate tectonics, the ___ A Sahara Desert is shrinking B Andes Mountains and the Himalayas were formed C Pacific Ocean is the largest body of water in the world D El Nino affects the countries that surround the Pacific Ocean

GEOGRAPHY End of Course Exam 17A – “describe and compare patterns of culture such as language, religion, land use, systems of education, and customs that make specific regions of the world distinctive” Whereas Christians in the United States are typically buried in a cemetery after they die, Hindus in India ___ A are left in their homes to decompose B are cremated and their ashes spread in the Ganges River C are preserved by family members and kept in a communal building D donate their organs to the government to help with those that need organ transplants

GEOGRAPHY End of Course Exam 11A – “identify factors affecting the location of different types of economic activities” The Great Plains, the Northern European Plain, and the North China Plain are sources of vast food production because ___ A that is where the majority of the people live in those regions B the soil and climate in those regions are the most ideal for farming C there is a large amount of government subsidies offered to farmers in those regions D the per capita income of these regions is the highest in the world