Which of the following religions are found among the peoples of Central Asia?
A) Christianity
B) Islam
C) Buddhism
D) Judaism and other minor religions
E) All of the answer choices are correct
What is the current overall rate of natural increase (RNI) for the world?
A) 0.2% per year
B) 1.2% per year
C) 2% per year
D) 7% per year
E) 11% per year
What is the word for a state policy of reclaiming lost lands or lands inhabited by people
of the same ethnicity in another state?
A) balkanization
B) collectivism
C) feudalism
D) irredentism
E) privatization
Which European country divided into two after 1990?
A) Czechoslovakia
B) Yugoslavia
C) Germany
D) Ireland
E) Romania
What is the mission of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)?
A) ASEAN was created to promote tourism in the region.
B) ASEAN fosters regional cooperation and regional coherence.
C) ASEAN’s primary goal is to clean up the environment in the region.
D) ASEAN was created to improve education in the region.
E) ASEAN is a military alliance (like NATO).
What is the theory of plate tectonics?
A) Earth was created 6,000 years ago.
B) Earth is made up of a large number of geological plates that move slowly across its
surface.
C) Human activities are changing Earth’s surface.
D) The number of tectonic plates equals the number of continents on Earth.
E) Earth’s continents are moving closer together.
Which part of Southwest Asia and North Africa was the last to be converted to Islam?
A) Saudi Arabia
B) Mesopotamia
C) Northern Egypt
D) Algeria
E) Yemen
What type of region is defined by a certain activity (or cluster of activities) taking place
there?
A) formal region
B) functional region
C) areal integration
D) areal differentiation
E) vernacular region
Plantation agriculture in Southeast Asia
A) focused primarily on rice in the early part of the twentieth century, however rice is
no longer grown on plantations in Southeast Asia.
B) now often focuses on specialty crops like pineapples or rubber.
C) was not prominent historically, however it has been growing in importance in recent
decades.
D) is no longer practiced to any significant extent in Malaysia.
E) remains as it was 100 years ago.
About what percentage of Earth’s people live in areas where water shortages are
common?
A) 5%
B) 15%
C) 30%
D) 50%
E) 65%
An assemblage of local plants, animals, and insects covering a large area such as a
tropical rainforest or a grassland is called a
A) bioregion.
B) bionicle.
C) biosphere.
D) biogeography.
E) biore.
In the 1990s, North Korea had the most laissez-faire economy of East Asia.
Why has East Asia come to occupy a central position in climate change debates?
A) because the Kyoto Protocol originated in this region
B) because South Korea leads the world in climate change research
C) because it will be the hardest hit region as climate change continues
D) because of Japan’s leading role in the solar energy industry
E) because China has surpassed the United States in greenhouse gas emissions and now
has the highest emissions in the world
What does the acronym OPEC stand for?
A) Oil Producing and Exporting Countries
B) Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
C) Oil and Petroleum Exporting Corporation
D) Organization of Petroleum Energy Countries
E) Organized Petrochemical and Energy Countries
Which of the following is(are) NOT one of the distinctive traditional forms of sport in
Central Asia?
A) horse racing
B) wrestling
C) archery
D) cricket
E) cricket and wrestling
Write an essay discussing tropical deforestation in Sub-Saharan Africa. Which countries
in this region is deforestation especially problematic, and in which countries is it not
so? What are the reasons for the differing rates of deforestation in these locations?
What has limited areas where cattle can be raised in Sub-Saharan Africa?
A) the encroachment of desert-like conditions in tropical rainforest areas
B) infestations of the tsetse fly
C) pastoralists claim to land for the purpose of blood and milk consumption
D) the introduction of coffee in Rwanda
E) the prevalence of lions and other large predators
According to your textbook, what factor causes Southeast Asia’s role in climate change
to be larger than it appears at first glance?
A) the region’s rapidly growing industrial sector
B) deforestation’s effect on greenhouse gases in the region
C) the region’s equatorial location
D) the large number of islands in the region
E) the oil industry in the region
Describe the migration patterns that are common in the Caribbean, including those that
lead its residents to North America.
Which of the following is the best definition of “uncontacted peoples”?
A) people who do not have Internet hook-ups
B) people who do not have telephones
C) people who do not have access to television
D) cultural groups that have yet to be “discovered” by the Western world
E) cultural groups, like the Maroons in Latin America, who make a point of living away
from major population centers
The Schengen Agreement, signed in 1985, meant that
A) crossing a European border required passport and auto insurance documentation.
B) crossing a European border was not possible without government permission.
C) crossing a European border required neither paperwork nor government approval.
D) crossing a European border became more difficult for the ethnic minority Roma.
E) crossing a European border was only available to people from countries that were
EU members.
In what country are powdered rhino horns from Sub-Saharan Africa valued as a
traditional medicine?
A) Yemen
B) China
C) Ghana
D) Niger
E) France
Which countries in the region comprising Australia and Oceania are the most
urbanized?
A) Australia and Fiji
B) New Zealand and French Polynesia
C) Australia and Micronesia
D) Australia and New Zealand
E) New Zealand and Papua New Guinea
What is the approximate population of Southwest Asia and North Africa?
A) 100 million
B) 200 million
C) 500 million
D) 1 billion
E) 700 million
Islam largely replaced Hinduism and Buddhism in Malaysia and Indonesia.
The Vietnam War started when which European country tried to retain control of its
Southeast Asian colonies?
A) Great Britain
B) Spain
C) France
D) United States
E) Netherlands
What language began as a trade language in Sub-Saharan Africa and is now the most
widely spoken language in the region?
A) French
B) Arabic
C) Swahili
D) Spanish
E) Portuguese
Discuss the more recent migration patterns in Southwest Asia and North Africa. In your
discussion, please consider the three major patterns of migration in the region, as well
as the major factors responsible for these migrations.
The population pyramid below is characteristic of what kind of growth rate?
A) slow growth
B) zero growth
C) rapid growth
D) negative growth
E) It is impossible to tell the growth rate based on the shape of a population pyramid.
If all climatic controls except latitude were held constant, which of these cities would
be warmest?
A) Singapore at about 2 north latitude
B) Wasilla, Alaska at about 61 north latitude
C) Paris, France at about 49 north latitude
D) Cape Town, South Africa at about 34 south latitude
E) Punta Arenas, Chile at about 53 south latitude