After they were forced to leave Palestine by the Romans, Jews clustered in Muslim
lands of the Iberian Peninsula because Islam showed greater tolerance for Judaism than
had Christianity.
China is the largest importer of crude oil in the world.
Among the countries of Southwest Asia/North Africa, Saudi Arabia has the highest life
expectancy at birth.
Assembly plants located in Mexico City are known as maquiladoras.
Seasonally strong winds and rain are the defining features of a monsoon.
More frequent heat waves are a possible outcome of climate change in Europe.
Europeans generate more CO2 emissions than do Americans.
The first ten years after independence many Sub-Saharan Africa countries faced food
insecurity and depressed economies.
The World Trade Organization helps to make possible the flow of goods and capital
across international boundaries.
Exotic plants and animals are the most serious challenge to many of New Zealand’s
indigenous plant and animal species such as the moa birds that are now extinct.
Total fertility rate (TFR) is high when women marry early and have many children over
a long span of years.
Eastern Europe is not as rich in natural resources as western Europe.
More people die each year from polluted water than are killed in all forms of violence.
According to your text’s authors, globalization is the most fundamental reorganization
of the planet’s social and economic structures since the Renaissance.
After years of irrigating farmland, soil salinization frequently becomes a serious
environmental and agricultural problem.
English missionariesemphasized male characters and heroic warrior attributes,
removing strong females from Maori proverbs and legends.
As a result of China’s “one-child” policy, the number of baby boys far outweighs the
number of baby girls.
Volcanic eruptions occur most commonly along tectonic plate boundaries.
The Acadians of Louisiana share a common language with the Inuits of Nunavut.
Renewable energy sources can be more costly than fossil fuels because of lack of
government subsidies.
Temperate Deciduous forests are likely to have maple, beech, spruce, and pine trees
Loess is a fine, fertile silt that is deposited by the receding flood waters.
Jerusalem contains the Dome of the Rock, the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the Western Wall,
holy sites for Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
Tropical forests are not well-suited for intensive agriculture because they tend to be
located too far inland.
The Green Revolution in South Asia relied on traditional varieties of crops.
The historic medieval landscapes of many European cities have become the focus of
gentrification.
The approximate population of Southwest Asia and North Africa is 200 million.
A region where one tectonic plate dives below another is called a divergent plate
boundary.
Romanian is a Slavic language but contains many Romance words.
“Growth” and “development” are interchangeable terms.
On average, Africa has the lowest percentage of population over the age of 65.
Belize is the site of a wildlife sanctuary created by villagers that protects black howler
monkeys.
Romance languages evolved from French.
What is transmigration?
A) a migration of refugees from one nation to another.
B) a long period of migration stagnation, when a nation’s population remains in one
region for a significantly long period of time.
C) a government-implemented policy forbidding emigration from a nation in any form.
D) the forced movement of certain citizens to concentration camps.
E) the relocation of a nation’s population from one location to another within its
national territory.
Which of the following led to WWII?
A) reassertion of power by the Ottoman Empire
B) a treaty of cooperation between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Germany
C) redrawing the map to acknowledge the nationalistic aspirations of unrepresented
peoples
D) the dissolution of Poland and Czechoslovakia
Which of the following languages is NOT Germanic?
A) Basque
B) English
C) Danish
D) Norwegian
E) Swedish
Ethnic cleansing in Bosnia-Herzegovina was carried out against which group(s)?
A) Serbs
B) Croats
C) Muslims
D) Serbs and Muslims
E) Muslims and Croats
Which of the following problems does international globalization tend to exacerbate?
A) climate change
B) air and water pollution
C) deforestation
D) climate change, air pollution and water pollution
E) air and water pollution, climate change, and deforestation
Where are most tropical rainforests located?
A) near the north pole
B) near the south pole
C) near the equator
D) in the middle latitudes
E) Their location is random.
A population pyramid with a wide base and a narrow peak 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.
Which of the following is NOT one of Earth’s climate controls?
A) incoming solar energy
B) anthropogenic systems
C) latitude
D) interaction between land and water
E) global pressure systems and wind patterns
Because the Soviet regime converted most productive pastures into farmland in the
mid-1900s to increase the country’s supply of grain, northern Kazakhstan
A) has the lowest population density in the region.
B) has a large number of immigrants.
C) has the highest population density in the steppe belt.
D) has serious problems with acid rain.
What are the sources of ethnic violence in Sri Lanka?
A) religious and linguistic differences
B) linguistic and economic differences
C) territorialism
D) political and economic differences
E) economic and religious differences
Brazil has the highest population of any country in Latin America.
In which part of Israel has some land been returned to Palestinian control, but new
Israeli settlements have also been allowed?
A) Sinai Peninsula
B) Gaza Strip
C) the West Bank
D) Bethlehem
E) the Dead Sea
What is the chief problem associated with the use of groundwater in Southwest Asia
and North Africa?
A) Groundwater is highly polluted by agricultural chemical runoff.
B) Groundwater is being depleted faster than it can be replaced, so it is inherently
unsustainable.
C) Groundwater in this region is often contaminated with crude oil.
D) Drilling wells is very expensive.
E) All of the choices are correct.
What is the word for an array of nonaligned or friendly states that cushion or protect a
larger country from invasion, as happened with the former Soviet Union and its Eastern
European neighbors?
A) Balkan region
B) homelands
C) buffer zone
D) convection cells
E) distributaries
Where is the Great Barrier Reef located?
A) off the west coast of New Zealand
B) along Australia’s southern coast
C) along New Zealand’s east coast
D) off the northeastern coast of Australia
E) off the southwestern coast of Australia
What is(are) the reason(s) that China built the Three Gorges Dam?
A) to control river flooding
B) to create a resort area
C) to produce hydroelectricity
D) to control river flooding and create a resort area
E) to control river flooding and produce hydroelectricity
What event was an important cause of the surge of immigration to European countries
such as Germany since the beginning of the 1990s?
A) the release of the last German colony in Africa in 1989
B) the expulsion of many foreign-born immigrants from France
C) an environmental disaster in the Balkans
D) Germany’s mild climate
E) the collapse of the Soviet Union
The Western Ghats
A) are a separatist group that is calling for the division of India into eastern and western
halves.
B) form the border between India and Pakistan.
C) is the Indian political party that currently rules the country.
D) are a range of mountains that separate the narrow western coast of peninsular India
from the rest of the country.
E) is the major cattle ranching region of Pakistan.
The long-term average from daily measurements of precipitation and temperature is
A) weather.
B) climate.
C) climograph.
D) insolation.
E) global warming.
What countries comprise the Maghreb of Southwest Asia/North Africa?
A) Algeria, Libya, Egypt
B) Libya, Egypt, Tunisia
C) Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia
D) Tunisia, Libya, Egypt
E) Western Sahara, Algeria, Libya
In which world region is life expectancy about the same today as it was in 1975?
A) North America
B) Europe
C) Australia
D) Africa
E) East Asia
In the Australia and Oceania region, you would expect the highest amount of rain near
the interior of Australia.
By approximately what year was Australia settled by Aborigines?
A) by 2500 BCE
B) by 1200 BCE
C) by 200 BCE
D) by 400 CE
E) by 1200 CE
The average GNI adjusted for PPP in Sub-Saharan Africa was
A) $2200.
B) $3300.
C) the lowest in the world.
D) $2200 and the lowest in the world.
E) $3300 and the second lowest in the world.
Cities were compact, usually about 3-4 miles in diameter, during which era of the
Historical Evolution of the U.S. City?
A) Electric Streetcar era
B) Pedestrian/Horse car era
C) Automobile era
D) Freeway era
E) Internet era
As of 2013 the Dominican Republic had how many Free Trade Zones?
A) 5
B) 10
C) 12
D) 24
E) 50
Central Asia’s international recognition as a region has increased since the 1990s due to
A) territorial expansion.
B) political participation in global organizations.
C) the discovery of large oil and gas reserves.
D) as a destination for manufacturing firms.
Pangaea was
A) a deep ocean trench created by colliding plates.
B) an area of active earthquakes and volcanoes.
C) a supercontinent centered on present-day Africa.
D) an area of colliding plates that formed the Himalaya Mountains.
E) the divergent plate that created the Rocky Mountains in North America.
Why did South Asians migrate to Fiji?
A) They had committed crimes in India, and came as prisoners.
B) They came to fill labor shortages in the sugarcane fields
C) They came to colonize Fiji.
D) They were fleeing civil war in India.
E) They came as a result of a government policy in India to relieve overcrowding.
Discuss the major environmental issues in Central Asia.
In which city of Southwest Asia and North Africa are there important religious sites for
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
A) Istanbul, Turkey
B) Baghdad, Iraq
C) Jerusalem, Israel
D) Makkah, Saudi Arabia
E) Damascus, Syria
What is the primary reason that global energy demand is forecast to increase 40% by
2030?
A) the United States consumption of energy is predicted to increase dramatically
B) due to immigration, Europe’s consumption of energy will rise
C) the further industrialization of developing countries
D) Japan’s increased energy usage
What causes a tsunami?
A) plate tectonics
B) a volcano
C) a monsoon
D) climate change
E) orographic precipitation
The UN reports that how many children die each day from drinking unsafe water?
A) 400
B) 4000
C) 100
D) 40000
E) 10000
According to your textbook, how and why has American football become important to
many Pacific Islanders?
Describe the major language families present in Europe. How do groups within these
families use language to differentiate themselves culturally?
Compare and contrast the topography and climate of Japan and Taiwan.
Please explain the Earth’s five major climatic controls and how they have an effect on
meteorological conditions.
Describe the differences in environment between Oceania’s low and high islands.
What are the current patterns and problems regarding migration to and within Europe
today?
Describe the current state of the economies of Central Asian countries and explain why
these countries are generally so underdeveloped.
What is the overall status of women in Central Asia? Why have women in Afghanistan
been so strictly controlled, and what is the nature of that control?
Identify the environmental problems in North America, then discuss the role of
affluence in creating these problems.
Discuss the close geopolitical relationship between the United States and Canada. Be
certain to discuss such issues as trade and mutual cooperation, as well as political
conflicts between these two nations.
How have countries without oil resources in Southwest Asia and North Africa
developed economically? What accounts for regional patterns of poverty in the region?
Discuss the role of free trade zones (FTZs) in the economic and social development of
the Caribbean.
Discuss the importance and impact of the Yangtze and Huang He (Yellow) rivers in
China, including both their positive and negative aspects.
Where is Socotra located, what makes the island unique, and what threats currently
exist that could potentially destroy the island’s unique characteristics?
What are the major environmental issues confronting Southeast Asia? How serious are
they, and what steps have been taken to deal with them?
Describe and analyze the growth of European economic cooperation from 1950 to the
present.
Describe the historical periods of change that European cities have experienced and
their impacts on the structure and use of cities.
How did the Soviet Union deal with the various minority groups within its borders?
How successful were these policies?