SSCI 13816

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Turkey has one of the most diversified economies of Southwest Asia and North Africa,
and is not reliant on oil.
European colonization was effective in countries throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, with
the one exception of Ethiopia.
The Mediterranean climate is only found in five areas of the world.
Caribbean countries attract foreign ownedassembly-plant industries by offering cheap
labor and local tax breaks.
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Urbanization is increasing in South Asia due to changes in the economics of agriculture
within the region.
The objectives of China's Three Gorges Dam are to control river flooding and to create
a resort.
According to the core-periphery model, the United States is part of the periphery.
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An argument in favor of globalization is that the removal of trade barriers will cause
inefficient local industries to become more efficient, and more able to compete
internationally.
Iraq contains approximately 26 percent of the world's known oil reserves.
One would be most likely to hear a Romance language spoken in the Netherlands.
The beginnings of the European Union lay in a plan calling for the regional sharing of
resources such as coal.
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CARICOM was created by former Spanish colonies in the Caribbean.
Mining contributes the most to Australia's economy.
Global pressure systems cause storms.
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Pastoral nomadism is a type of commercial agriculture.
Global energy demand is predicted to remain constant for the next 15 years.
Tropical rainforests typically have two major layers (or canopies) of vegetation.
Volcanic activity often occurs near divergent plate boundaries.
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Iceland generates 95% of its electrical power from renewable resources.
A commercial airliner crashed in Southeast Asia during the late 1990s due to terrible air
pollution.
The spread of tropical plant diseases is a major cause of tropical deforestation.
In Stages 1 and 4 of the Demographic Transition, the rate of natural increase is (RNI)
low.
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The theory of plate tectonics states that the surface of the Earth is made up of one large
geological plate that moves slowly across the surface of the Earth.
Women in Sub-Saharan Africa generally do not suffer the kinds of traditional social
restrictions encountered in other parts of the developing world.
The Apennines mountain range separates France and Spain.
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Fjords, which were created by glaciers, are found in France.
Haiti has presented the most serious threat to U.S. foreign policy interests in the
Caribbean since the 1950s.
What is perestroika?
A) greater openness, a policy in the 1980s that encouraged several 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
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Which of the following products made its way to the New World as part of the
Columbian Exchange?
A) corn
B) wheat
C) potatoes
D) tomatoes
E) avocados
Swidden agriculture
A) has benefited significantly from logging operations.
B) is most common on coastal plains.
C) works best in regions of high population density.
D) usually relies on monocrop production.
E) depletes soil nutrients within a few years.
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Which country of Europe is primarily located on the European Lowland?
A) Italy
B) Greece
C) Switzerland
D) Netherlands
E) Spain
Which varna group is at the top of the Hindu caste system?
A) Kshatriyas
B) Shudras
C) Dalits
D) Brahmins
E) Vaishyas
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Tropical rainforest canopies are generally
A) a two-layer canopy that is thickest in its upper layer and thinnest in its lower layer.
B) a two-layer canopy that is thickest in its lower layer and thinnest in its upper layer.
C) a three-layer canopy that is thickest at the ground level.
D) a three-layer canopy that is thickest in its middle layer.
E) a one-layer canopy.
Where do most immigrants to France come from?
A) Eastern Europe
B) France's former colonies in Africa
C) India and Pakistan
D) Hong Kong
E) Quebec, Canada
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Which territory is home to the Inuit people and is the most recently formed Canadian
territory?
A) British Columbia
B) Newfoundland
C) Prince Edward Island
D) Greenland
E) Nunavut
Where is almost all of the rice grown that the Japanese consume?
A) China
B) Korea
C) Southeast Asia
D) New Zealand
E) Japan.
The amount of tropical forest that is lost each year is approximately equivalent to the
size of what U.S. state?
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A) Rhode Island
B) Texas
C) Alaska
D) Delaware
E) Wisconsin
What factor was the basis for the creation of the states within India?
A) culture
B) language
C) politics
D) religion
E) All of the choices are correct.
Beneath Earth's surface, where does the heat exchange occur that moves tectonic
plates?
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A) continental crust
B) ocean trenches
C) convection cells
D) subducting plate
E) mid-ocean ridge
In the 1990s, which country of East Asia had the most laissez-faire economy in the
region?
A) Japan
B) South Korea
C) Taiwan
D) Hong Kong
E) North Korea
An increasingly centralized Soviet state was achieved through
A) perestroika.
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B) glasnost.
C) state-controlled education.
D) Soviet-styled fashion.
E) Soviet-styled architecture and state-controlled agriculture and industry.
In which bioregion does a prolonged summer-season drought bring a unique array of
vegetation?
A) Mediterranean
B) Tropical Rainforest
C) Tropical Savanna
D) Steppe
E) Deciduous Forests
In what part of Australia do most of its people live?
A) southeast
B) southwest
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C) northwest
D) northeast
E) the Outback
Some might argue that globalization is the most fundamental reorganization of our
planet's social and economic structures since which of the following events?
A) Ice Age
B) Demographic Transition
C) Industrial Revolution
D) World War II
E) the Renaissance
Hydraulic fracturing is
A) a new technique of producing power using water.
B) the use of cold fusion to produce nuclear power.
C) a technique which forces oil and gas out of shale rock.
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D) an experimental technique for extracting oil from the ocean floor.
What is the largest country (in terms of land area as well as population) in the Australia
and Oceania region?
A) Australia
B) Fiji
C) New Zealand
D) Solomon Islands
E) Vanuatu
What is the dominant climate type in the Russian Domain?
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A) dry
B) mild midlatitude
C) polar
D) continental midlatitude
E) Mediterranean
Which was not a reason for the present economic crisis in Europe?
A) Soviet interference in eastern Europe's economies
B) cheap credit available to weak economies
C) overspending by consumers
D) overspending by governments
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Discuss and analyze the reasons for the demographic collapse of the indigenous
population of Latin America. Using the map of languages of Latin America as a guide,
explain the geography of Amerindian survival.
Papua New Guinea's greenhouse gas emissions are less than that of New Zealand due
primarily to the fact that
A) they have far fewer people.
B) they have taken strict measures to reduce the use of fossil fuels.
C) they are participating in a cap and trade program.
D) there are far fewer livestock.
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What is physiological density?
A) a population statistic that relates the number of people in a country to the amount
land in that country
B) a population statistic that relates the number of people in a country to the number of
farmers
C) a population statistic that relates the number of people in a country to the amount of
arable land
D) a population statistic that relates the number of people in a country to the number of
doctors
E) a population statistic that relates the number of people in a country to the amount of
food harvested
What is the most mountainous region of China?
A) north
B) east
C) west
D) central
E) south
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Which of the following areas received the largest number of slaves between 1492 and
1870?
A) the French Caribbean
B) the Danish Caribbean
C) the British Caribbean
D) Spanish America
E) the Middle East
The most significant patterns of migration in Southwest Asia and North Africa is
A) urban to rural.
B) rural to rural.
C) rural to urban.
D) international immigration from other Muslim countries in South and Southeast Asia.
E) rural to urban migration and international immigration from other Muslim countries
in South and Southeast Asia.
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What are remittances?
A) income generated in the Caribbean from the sale of agricultural products
B) receipts from tourist revenues in the Caribbean
C) deposits placed in offshore banks in the Caribbean
D) tax receipts from investors in Free Trade Zones in the Caribbean
E) money sent back home to the Caribbean from migrants in the U.S.
Summarize the experience of British influence and control in Southwest Asia and North
Africa.
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Australia and New Zealand are the most urbanized countries in the region of Australia
and Oceania.
What is the situation today between indigenous Fijians and Indo-Fijians in Fiji?
A) The two groups coexist peacefully.
B) Ethnic tensions exist between the two groups.
C) Intermarriage between the two groups is common.
D) The Indo-Fijians have enslaved the indigenous Fijians.
E) The indigenous Fijians have put the Indo-Fijians to work on farms as indentured
laborers.
Which of the following groups of people is a nation without a state?
A) Turks
B) Kazakhs
C) Azeris
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D) Kurds
E) Estonians

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