What is a problem with power generated by wind or sun?
A) It is an intermittent source requiring other types of production for backup.
B) It requires constant sun or wind.
C) Energy cannot be transferred from sunny or windy areas to other areas.
D) It results extensive disruption of local power sources.
What is “dryland” agriculture?
A) agriculture in dry areas, made possible by irrigation
B) agriculture that depends largely on seasonal precipitation to support farming
C) agriculture that relies on special, hybridized crops that require almost no water
D) agriculture that occurs on oases in land that is otherwise desert
E) agriculture that occurs in desert lands, inside a greenhouse with a controlled
environment
The process of defending a cultural system against offensive cultural expressions from
elsewhere, while promoting local cultural values is called
A) cultural imperialism.
B) cultural assimilation.
C) cultural syncretization.
D) cultural hybridization.
E) cultural nationalism.
Why did the population of Jews in Europe drop from 9.5 million before World War II to
less than 2 million today?
A) Their birth rates dropped as their urbanization rate increased, and the creation of
Israel caused most to emigrate to the Middle East.
B) The creation of Israel caused most Jews to emigrate from Europe to the Middle East.
C) Their birth rates dropped as rates of urbanization increased.
D) German Nazis murdered approximately 6 million Jews in the Holocaust.
E) All of the choices are correct.
What type of climate dominates in most of insular Southeast Asia?
A) occasionally hot and humid
B) constantly hot and dry
C) constantly cool and humid
D) constantly cool and dry
E) constantly hot and humid
Which of the following countries of Southwest Asia and North Africa has the most
diversified economy, and is not reliant on oil?
A) Qatar
B) Kuwait
C) United Arab Emirates
D) Saudi Arabia
E) Turkey
Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, was born into a wealthy family in northern India.
Why were China, Brazil and India exempt from meeting emissions reductions in the
Kyoto Treaty?
A) because they are not major polluters
B) because they argued that most pollution was created by industrialized countries
C) because the United States would not sign the treaty
D) because they were given an extra five years to meet reductions
Describe the formation and typical climate patterns associated with monsoons in South
Asia.
If a country is experiencing a negative net migration rate, then
A) more people are moving to the country than leaving it.
B) the number of people leaving the country is equal to the number moving there.
C) more people are dying in the country than are being born.
D) more people are leaving the country than moving to it.
E) a negative net migration rate does not tell us anything.
The San Andreas Fault, traversing coastal California, forms what type of plate
boundary?
A) subduction zone
B) colliding plate boundary
C) divergent plate boundary
D) transform fault
E) divergent plate boundary and subduction zone
Geographer William Denevan’s “pristine myth” argument does not support which of the
following statements?
A) Latin America was sparsely populated
B) Native populations in the Americas cleared forests
C) Latin America had urban centers upon the arrival of the Europeans
D) Native populations dramatically altered Latin American ecosystems
E) All of the above
All of the following are arguments in favor of globalization, EXCEPT
A) globalization is a logical expression of international capitalism that will benefit all
peoples and all nations.
B) globalization encourages the spread of beneficial new technologies and ideas.
C) the removal of trade barriers will cause inefficient local industries to become more
efficient, and more able to compete internationally.
D) each country and region of the world will profit by concentrating on the activities for
which they are best suited in the global economy.
E) globalization will lead to world peace.
Where do the Himalayan Mountains lie, relative to the region of South Asia?
A) east of South Asia
B) north of South Asia
C) west of South Asia
D) south of South Asia
E) in the center of South Asia
What mountain range in Europe is over 500 miles long and has peaks reaching 15,000
feet?
A) Pyrenees
B) Alps
C) Carpathians
D) Himalayas
E) Apennines
Judith Carney has documented the introduction of this plant by African slaves to the
Americas, leading to its eventual global popularity.
A) Sorghum
B) Millet
C) Corn
D) Rice
E) Yams
Islam originated in present-day Saudi Arabia.
Which of the following reflects one of the current favored explanations of African
poverty?
A) tropical environments
B) lack of navigable rivers
C) infertile soils
D) depopulation due to the slave trade
E) dependence on foreign food-aid
The Pamir Knot is a complex tangle of east-west and north-south trending mountain
ranges on the borders of Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, and China.
What is one of the best indicators of the momentum for continued population growth?
A) the youthfulness of a population
B) the death rate of a population
C) the average life expectancy of a population
D) the death rate and the average life expectancy
What country is the newest country in Southeast Asia?
A) East Timor
B) Burma (Myanmar)
C) Cambodia
D) Malaysia
E) Indonesia
What environmental damage often occurs after many years of irrigation?
A) salinization
B) deforestation
C) air pollution
D) water pollution
E) acid rain
What substance accounts for more than half of the human-generated greenhouse gases?
A) chlorofluorocarbons
B) carbon dioxide
C) methane
D) nitrous oxide
E) ozone
What is glasnost?
A) a USSR policy of greater political openness during the 1980s that encouraged
several Union Republics to demand independence
B) planned economic restructuring, an early move toward a freer market
C) a policy of education improvement, in the last days of the former Soviet Union
D) the Russian word for railroad
E) a type of permafrost found around Glasgow
According to the core-periphery model, where are the richest nations in the world
mostly located?
A) Southern Hemisphere
B) Western Hemisphere
C) Northern Hemisphere
D) Eastern Hemisphere
E) on the equator
What is an anthropogenic landscape?
A) a pristine, natural landscape in its original state
B) a landscape that anthropologists have studied extensively
C) a landscape that has been heavily transformed by human activities
D) a steppe-like landscape
E) a landscape that bears an uncanny resemblance to an anthropod
What writing system is used in languages found throughout East Asia?
A) ideographs
B) Arabic alphabet
C) Cyrillic alphabet
D) hieroglyphics
E) Roman alphabet
How do the authors of your text (Diversity Amid Globalization) define globalization?
A) the growing interconnectedness of people and places through converging processes
of economic, political, and cultural change
B) the spread of McDonald’s throughout the world
C) the trend toward international trade agreements among the countries of the world
D) the pattern of increasing telephone and Internet connections around the world
E) the growth of international and supranational organizations uniting the world’s
people
What do most scholars agree is the most significant component of globalization?
A) climate change
B) political transition around the planet
C) international terrorism
D) cultural hybridization
E) economic reorganization of the world
Why are “growth” and “development” NOT interchangeable terms?
A) “Growth” normally refers to improvements, while “development” usually refers to
an increase in the size of a system.
B) “Growth” normally refers to the economic system, while “development” normally
refers to the political system in a country.
C) “Growth” normally refers to the standard of living, while “development” normally
refers to the economic system in a country.
D) “Growth” normally refers to the increase in agricultural output, while “development”
usually refers to the improvement in the educational system of a country.
E) “Growth” normally refers to increase in the size of the system, while “development”
usually refers to improvements.