Confucianism stresses all of the following ideals, EXCEPT
A) the importance of the family.
B) deference to authority.
C) the importance of ethics.
D) respect for tradition.
E) the need for bureaucratic positions to be passed down through family lines.
An explanation for Sub-Saharan Africa’s relatively poor soils is
A) that most of the region’s soils are old.
B) the lack of alluvial lowlands.
C) the extensive glaciation of the continent during the last ice age.
D) that the soils that are old and the lack of alluvial lowlands.
E) the lack of extensive glaciation and older soils.
Which of the following is an example of Apartheid’s lasting legacy on the urban
landscape of South Africa?
A) the mixture of European and Islamic architecture
B) the presence of a “Global Central Business District” or CBD
C) squatter settlements called townships
D) the development of the Silicon Savannah
E) the walled and gated palace in Ibadan
What development led to the emergence of nomadic pastoralism in Central Asia?
A) domestication of the apple
B) a climate change that made the region dryer
C) domestication of the horse
D) domestication of wheat
Tropical forests are not well-suited for intensive agriculture because
A) the excessive amount of rainfall in the region tends to prohibit effective plant
growth.
B) available nutrients are stored in tropical forest vegetation, so when the ground cover
and trees are removed, the nutrients are removed, too.
C) the ground layer of vegetation in tropical forests is so thick that the land is extremely
difficult to clear.
D) the temperatures in tropical forests are too high to allow feasible crop production.
E) they tend to be located too far inland.
Which of the following is NOT one of the five pillars of Islam?
A) accepting that Muhammed was a prophet
B) praying five times a day
C) making charitable contributions
D) making a pilgrimage to Jerusalem
E) fasting during the month of Ramadan
Economic cooperation in Western Europe at the end of World War II centered on what
commodity (or commodities)?
A) telegraph and telephones
B) transportation
C) textiles
D) computers and information technology
E) coal and steel
Why is the island of Socotra, off the southeast coast of Yemen, considered unique?
A) It is one of the largest islands in the world.
B) It is one of the smallest islands containing permanent habitation.
C) It contains one of the largest untouched tropical forest preserves in the world.
D) It possesses a unique biological habitat, containing hundreds of plant species found
nowhere else on Earth.
E) It has the lowest elevation of any place on the Earth.
Which of the following places is the LEAST likely source region for an immigrant to
the United Kingdom?
A) the Caribbean
B) India and Pakistan
C) Turkey
D) Hong Kong
E) Anglophone countries in Africa
By what other name is The European Lowland known?
A) Iberia
B) Scandinavia
C) Italy
D) the Alpine System
E) the North European Plain
By what name is the large peninsula of Turkey, located wholly in Asia, known?
A) Maghreb
B) Levant
C) Middle East
D) Anatolia
E) Persia
The Khorat Plateau is composed of __________, and is found in ___________
Southeast Asia
A) granite; insular
B) limestone; mainland
C) volcanic soil; insular
D) sandstone; mainland
E) coral; insular
Small-scale maps cover ________ areas than large-scale maps.
A) larger
B) smaller
C) the same
D) larger and smaller
E) it cannot be determined without additional information
Brahmins are at the bottom of the Hindu caste (varna) system.
What physical feature is needed for orographic precipitation to occur?
A) a lake
B) a mountain
C) a river
D) a desert
E) a tropical forest
What percent of the world’s power is generated from renewable sources?
A) 10%
B) 5%
C) 7%
D) 3%
E) 20%
Proven reserves of oil are determined by
A) deposits that are possible to mine.
B) areas identified as having possible fossil fuels.
C) an estimate of oil deposits not yet discovered.
D) the total of all oil deposits that have been mined.
Foreigners comprise about 10% of the population in
A) Denmark.
B) Italy.
C) Germany.
D) Belgium.
E) Ireland.
What is the major difference between the two types of tropical climates found in
Southeast Asia?
A) the temperature
B) the seasonal distribution of temperature
C) the prevalence of fog
D) the total amount of rainfall
E) the pressure
What European mountain range forms the political border between Spain and France?
A) Pyrenees
B) Alps
C) Carpathians
D) Dinaric Alps
E) Apennines
Which of the following factors is NOT listed in your textbook as one of the three
factors influencing the climates of New Zealand?
A) rivers
B) latitude
C) moderating effects of the Pacific Ocean
D) proximity to local mountains
E) All of the above are listed as factors influencing the climates of New Zealand
Which European country has the highest representation of women in parliamentary
offices?
A) Cypress
B) the United Kingdom
C) Germany
D) Denmark
E) Sweden
Which of the following statements most accurately describes the pattern of
domestication in Southwest Asia and North Africa?
A) Experimentation with wild cattle, sheep, and goats 10,000 years ago led to pastoral
nomadism, and later to domestication of wheat and barley and the establishment of
farm settlements.
B) Experimentation with wild wheat and barley 10,000 years ago and the simultaneous
domestication of cattle, sheep, and goats, which eventually led to establishing farming
villages.
C) Experimentation with wild wheat and barley 5,000 years ago and the simultaneous
domestication of cattle, sheep, and goats, which led to the establishment of farming
villages.
D) Experimentation with wild wheat and barley 5,000 years ago and the simultaneous
domestication of cattle, sheep, and goats. Farming villages and pastoral nomadism
developed together.
E) Experimentation with wild wheat and barley 10,000 years ago led to farm
settlements and domestication of cattle, sheep, and goats.
What group replaced Turkish control on the eastern steppes of Central Asia?
A) Pashtun
B) Tibetan
C) Mongol
D) Persian
Which bioregion has been expanded through human use of fire?
A) Tropical Rainforest
B) Tropical Seasonal Forests
C) Tropical Savannas
D) Steppes
E) Temperate Deciduous Forests
What is the current population of the Earth?
A) over 7 million
B) 670 million
C) nearly 2 billion
D) over 7 billion
E) nearly 2 trillion
What does the Gender Equity measure?
A) ratio of male to female college graduates
B) ratio of male to female students enrolled in primary and secondary schools
C) ratio of male to female wages
D) ratio of male to female survival rates
E) ratio of male to female wages AND ratio of male to female survival rates
What is a nation-state?
A) a large cultural group with many different sociocultural traits and its own fully
independent political territory
B) a large cultural group that possesses a homeland within a larger country
C) a large group of people with shared sociocultural traits and a political identity with
clear territorial boundaries
D) a a cultural group with shared sociocultural traits that poses a homeland within a
larger country
E) a country that has two or more states, for example, the U.S.
In which contemporary country of Southwest Asia and North Africa is Mesopotamia
located?
A) Iraq
B) Iran
C) Syria
D) Turkey
E) Lebanon
In the colonial period, which European country had primary control of northwest
Africa?
A) Spain
B) Britain
C) Portugal
D) France
E) Germany
Which country in Southwest Asia & North Africa has seen the fastest decline in fertility
rates in the last two decades?
A) Iraq
B) Syria
C) Turkey
D) Yemen
E) Iran
Which of the following is NOT an example of the “vibrant internationalism” of the
capitalist countries of East Asia?
A) Most Japanese study English for 6 to 10 years.
B) Business meetings among Japanese, Chinese, and Korean firms are often conducted
in English.
C) Relatively large numbers of advanced students from East Asia study in the United
States and other English-speaking countries.
D) North Koreans maintain an isolationist position.
E) The popularity of K-pop or Korean popular music in the early 2000s around much of
the world
What geological feature is associated with the islands of Sumatra, Java, and the Lesser
Sunda Islands?
A) petroleum reserves
B) erosion
C) karst topography
D) volcanic activity
E) All of the choices are correct.