The Atlantic Coast of Europe has a maritime climate.
The Three Gorges Dam has been constructed on the Yangtze River.
Wind travels from areas of low pressure to areas of high pressure.
Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia comprise the Levant.
Since 2008 the price per barrel of oil has not fluctuated much.
Europe’s first industrial districts developed in areas with a cheap labor force.
The distinctive form of a language that is associated with different regions is called a
dialect.
America’s Corn Belt is a functional region.
Hurricanes are the most common environmental hazard in Japan.
The Basque language is spoken only in a small region of Spain.
An anthropogenic landscape is a landscape that has been heavily transformed by
seismic forces.
The Mediterranean climate has a dry summer and a wet winter.
Islam and Christianity are universalizing religions.
There is an ideal map projection that has no distortions in the latitudinal depiction of the Earth.
Since the fall of the Soviet Union, ethnic conflicts have troubled Tajikistan, and
Kyrgyzstan.
The language spoken by the most people in the Caribbean is French.
Most scholars agree that the economic reorganization of the world is the most
significant component of globalization.
Saudi Arabia has the largest known oil reserves in the world.
A population pyramid such as the one below is associated with a negative growth rate.
In the Demographic Transition, birthrates are equal to death rates in Stage 1 and Stage
2.
Only a very small proportion (3 percent) of the earth’s water is freshwater.
Australia is known around the world for having marsupial animals.
Declining fertility rates in Southwest Asia & North Africa are the result of enforced
state population policies.
Greece and Turkey have been involved in a conflict over ownership of Gaza and the
West Bank.
Scientists are more accurate at predicting earthquakes than they are at predicting
volcanic eruptions.
In the region of Australia and Oceania, the most populated country is New Zealand.
Because the Dutch had used Indonesia largely for its tropical crops and invested little in
transportation, health, or education in this country, Indonesia was extremely poor when
it gained its independence from the Netherlands in 1949.
Tropical Savanna bioregions are found in tropical locations with a dry season.
Projected climate changes, such as warmer temperatures, in Southwest Asia and North
Africa will likely decrease the amount of runoff in the region, further stressing stream
and rivers and reducing hydroelectricity potential and diminishing water available for
the region’s increasingly urban population.
The Chinese region that has experienced the greatest recent economic expansion is the
coastal provinces.
Plantation agriculture in Southeast Asia now often focuses on specialty crops like
pineapple or rubber.
Historically, the unity of South Asia has been based on religious attributes.
Feng shui is the belief system that deals with the designing of buildings and the placing
of objects on the landscape in accordance with the spiritual powers that course through
the local topography.
Continuing political problems in Sudan have resulted in food shortages.
Which of the following places is NOT located in the Fertile Crescent of North Africa
and Southwest Asia?
A) eastern Turkey
B) Syria
C) Libya
D) Lebanon
E) northern Iraq
What environmental damage(s) is(are) often caused by logging in Southeast Asia?
A) erosion
B) destruction of wildlife habitat
C) smoke pollution as cut-over land is burned
D) increased flooding
E) All of the choices are correct
What country has Vietnam primarily emulated as it works to improve its economy?
A) United States
B) China
C) South Korea
D) Japan
E) India
Which animal is most to blame for the loss of forests in Southwest Asia and North
Africa?
A) camels
B) horses
C) goats
D) cows
E) the gypsy moth
Which of the following religions are most closely related to Judaism?
A) Christianity and Islam
B) Hinduism and Sikhism
C) Shinto and Buddhism
D) Animism and Zoroastrianism
E) Taoism and Confucianism
What causes the destruction associated with hurricanes?
A) high winds
B) heavy rainstorms
C) severe flooding and coastal tidal surges
D) high winds and heavy rainstorms
E) high winds, heavy rainstorms, severe flooding and coastal tidal surges
The soil type alfisols is found in what areas of Sub-Saharan Africa?
A) tropical rainforest
B) Sahara desert
C) grasslands and semidesert areas
D) the Sahel
E) grasslands, semidesert areas and the Sahel
Salinization, deforestation, overgrazing, and water shortages are environmental
problems facing North Africa/Southwest Asia.
Swidden agriculture involves
A) burning the natural vegetation to release nutrients.
B) exporting high value agricultural goods.
C) the production of yams for export.
D) animal husbandry.
E) irrigating desert farm land.
The most widely practiced African-influenced religion in Haiti is
A) Voodoo.
B) Candomble.
C) Santeria.
D) Obeah.
E) Umbanda.
Write an essay in which you discuss the characteristics and distribution of Japan’s
population, as well as the country’s urban-agriculture dilemma.
What is the process of a colony’s gaining (or regaining) control over its territory and
establishing a separate, independent government?
A) revolution
B) imperialism
C) colonization
D) decolonialization
E) autonomy
In the early days of its colonization, Britain used Australia initially as a
A) source of natural resources.
B) source of slaves.
C) tourist destination.
D) prison colony.
E) plantation.
The walled urban core of an Islamic city dominated by a central mosque is called a
medina.
Which of the following European countries is NOT a member of the European Union?
A) Austria
B) Denmark
C) Portugal
D) Switzerland
E) United Kingdom
With what bioregion is the term “steppe” associated?
A) grasslands
B) tropical forests
C) deciduous forests
D) coniferous forests
E) tundra
Japan has a policy of self-sufficiency in which product?
A) electronics
B) rice
C) steel
D) seafood
E) lumber
Why is there special concern about timber firms in Japan and China purchasing logs
from North American conifer forests?
A) Japan gets a discount on the logs.
B) Japan does not hire U.S. workers to cut the trees.
C) These trees are often cut from public forests in the U.S.
D) At this time, the U.S. and Japan are involved in a larger trade dispute.
E) All of the other answers are correct.
Which of the following are created along divergent plate boundaries?
A) deep trenches
B) the world’s most powerful earthquakes
C) mountain ranges and active volcanoes
D) rift valleys
E) rift valleys, mountain ranges and active volcanoes
Which indigenous language group is most widespread in Sub-Saharan Africa?
A) Niger-Congo
B) Khoisan
C) Austronesian
D) Nilo-Saharan
E) Indo-European
Which of the following is NOT one of the environmental problems of South Asia?
A) flooding of the river deltas
B) deforestation
C) air pollution
D) acid rain
E) water pollution
What geologic structure is created when one tectonic plate is pushed below another?
A) continental crust
B) ocean trenches
C) convergent plate boundary
D) subduction zone
E) divergent plate boundary
The Aboriginal population numbered approximately ________ upon European
conquest?
A) 1 million
B) 10,000
C) 300,000
D) 800,000
E) 3 million
What is the natural growth rate in Europe?
A) extensive population decline in every country
B) uniformly negative rate of growth
C) very slow rate of growth
D) moderate rate of growth
E) extremely high rate of growth
Despite widespread poverty in the country of India, there is a large and growing middle
class, as well as a small but wealthy upper class; approximately how many Indians are
able to purchase modern consumer goods such as televisions?
A) 50 million
B) 100 million
C) 250 million
D) 600 million
E) 450 million
How does Europe compare in size (area) to the United States?
A) It is roughly two-thirds of the United States.
B) It is about the size of the state of Texas.
C) It is the same size as the United States.
D) It is equal in size to the continental United States plus Alaska and Hawaii.
E) It is the largest continent on the planet, far larger than the United States.
The region’s unpredictable politics and poor economic conditions have led to this
migration pattern.
A) eastward expansion into Siberia
B) movement into southern Russia for agricultural opportunities
C) young, well-educated populations leaving Russia for other countries
D) Jewish populations within Russia returning to Russian cities from Israel and the U.S.
The “Peace Corridor” project will bring water from what body of water into the Dead
Sea?
A) Mediterranean Sea
B) Jordan River
C) Red Sea
D) Gulf of Aden
E) Persian Gulf
What is the approximate population of Southeast Asia?
A) 2 million
B) 60 million
C) 130 million
D) 600 million
E) 4000 million
Sikhism, founded in a geographical area between Pakistan and India, is a blend of what
two religions?
A) Christianity and Islam
B) Hinduism and Islam
C) Hinduism and Buddhism
D) Islam and Buddhism
E) Christianity and Hinduism
According to advocates of globalization, what are the advantages of globalization?
Compare and contrast the arguments for and against globalization. In your opinion, is
globalization good for the world? Is it good for your region? Why, or why not?
Answer:Answers will vary.
Discuss the evolution of international agreements to address the problem of greenhouse
gas emissions.
Describe the distribution of human population in the Tibetan Plateau, other highland
areas of Central Asia, Central Asia desert regions, and lowlands. Discuss the ways
humans settlement patterns illustrate adaption to often-harsh physical surroundings.
Discuss the potential for geopolitical devolution in Europe today. What examples
illustrate the possible changes brought by a decentralization of power away from a
central authority?
What are Maroon societies and how do they provide a strong reflection of African roots
in the Caribbean today?
Describe the location and typical characteristics of the four major landform regions of
Europe.
Discuss the languages of North Africa and Southwest Asia, paying special attention to
the non-Arab languages in the region.
How did China come to be divided into China and Taiwan? What was, and currently is,
the state of relations between these two countries?
How do of Aborigines and Maoris fair in education and economically as compared to
whites in Australia and New Zealand?
Discuss the environmental degradation and poverty that is prevalent in Haiti. Be certain
to emphasize the historical factors that have led to this situation in the country.
Discuss the concepts of water scarcity, water sanitation and access to water.
Discuss the meaning of gender equity and how it is calculated by the United Nations.
How does the measure of gender equity relate to the Human Development Index
(HDI)?
Australia and Oceania face numerous environmental risks. Write an essay in which you
describe and assess two of the most severe of these problems.
Describe the “Demographic Transition” and the steps by which a country goes from a
high birth rate and high death rate to a low birth rate and low death rate.
What geologic hazards do humans face around the world? Discuss the reasons for
differences in the experience of these geologic hazards around the world and also the
potential benefits to humans from volcanic activity.
In what parts of Southwest Asia and North Africa would you expect the least rain to
fall? The most? Why?
What is the current situation for native land rights in Australia and Oceania?