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What is the total fertility for the world in 2017?
2.5 children
The UN estimates the total number of global immigrants is
250 million
Through how many degrees of latitude do you pass if you travel from the Tropic of Cancer to the Arctic Circle?
43 degrees
What percent of the world's population resides in cities?
54%
The current average life expectancy for the world is
70 years for men, 74 years for women
Geographic Information System (GIS)
A computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data.
Nationalism
A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country
Global Positioning System (GPS)
A system that determines the precise position of something on Earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations, and receivers.
Choropleth Map
A thematic map that uses tones or colors to represent spatial data as average values per unit area.
What happens in Stage 3 of the Demographic Transition?
Birth rate begins to decrease
The sovereignty of Hong Kong was handed over to the Chinese in 1997 by which former European colonial power?
Britain
Central Asia has several oil and gas basins beneath which physical feature of the region?
Caspian Sea
Which East Asian country is most associated with Taoism?
China
Which country has the largest population in East Asia?
China
Which country of East Asia has the greatest linguistic diversity?
China
Longitude
Distance east or west of the prime meridian, runs north-south
Latitude
Distance north or south of the equator, runs east-west; aka parallels
In what world region is Swahili a lingua franca?
Eastern Africa
What language has been advocated as a neutral national language in India?
English
What country has an official prohibition against unwanted cultural traits, especially in its language?
France
What is the middle position on globalization?
Globalization is probably unavoidable but it can be managed
Why are 'growth' and 'development' not interchangeable terms?
Growth normally refers to increase in the size of the system, while development usually refers to improvements
What is the most widely spoken language in South Asia?
Hindi
Sikhism is a blend of what two religions?
Hinduism and Islam
Which country in East Asia has resorted to "pollution exporting" because of strict environmental laws and as a way to improve its environment?
Japan
What territory of South Asia is claimed by both India and Pakistan?
Kashmir
What is the primary reason for the shrinking of the Aral Sea?
Large-scale irrigation projects implemented by the Soviets in the 1950s diverted water from the two rivers that fed the sea.
How does Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) adjust Gross National Income per capita?
PPP takes into account the strength or weakness of local currencies
Which European mountain range forms the political border between Spain and France?
Pyrenees
An example of a nation with a high HDI but high gender inequality score would be
Qatar
The two largest arms exporters in the world are
Russian and the United States
Tokyo and Shanghai both have which climate type?
humid subtropical
What writing system uniquely evolved with East Asian languages?
ideographs
The Pamir Knot
is a complex of mountain ranges where Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, and China meet.
The United States has a significant number of troops stationed in
South Korea and Japan
The Mughal Empire by 1700 ruled all (or part of) the following present-day regions EXCEPT for
Sri Lanka
In which stage of the Demographic Transition are both the birthrate and death rate high?
Stage 1
Fine, windblown material deposited across much of north-central China during the last ice age is known as
loess
Map Scale
mathematical ratio between the map and the surface area being mapped
Remittances
monies sent by individuals working abroad to families in the origin country
What is a reaction against cultural imperialism, usually to protect or defend a cultural system from diluting or undesirable cultural expressions?
nationalism
The most extensive plateau region of Central Asia, most of which is over 12000 feet (3700 meters) above sea level, is the
Tibetan
The capital and most densely populated city in Japan is
Tokyo
The Kurdish ethnic group is spread across which countries?
Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria
The ethnolinguistic group who practices Islam in the western Chinese province of Xinjiang are known as
Uyghurs
The Fergana Valley is divided by which three countries?
Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan
Cultural Syncretism
When an aspect of two or more distinct cultures blend together to create a new custom, idea, practice, or philosophy.
The Three Gorges Dam has been constructed on which river in China?
Yangtze
Decolonization
a colony's gaining (or regaining) control over its territory and establishing a separate, independent government
What is loess?
a fertile, silty soil deposited by the wind
What are the Tamil Tigers?
a rebel group in Sri Lanka
What is a universalizing religion?
a religion that attempts to appeal to all peoples regardless of location or culture
Ethnicity
a social group with a common culture, religion, language, or history
Chaebol
are South Korean industrial conglomerates
Alluvial fans
are fan-shaped deposits of sediments dropped by streams flowing out of the mountains
Central Asia is unique among world regions in that it is
completely landlocked in the core of the largest landmass
Which environmental issue is the most pervasive in Central Asia?
desertification
What do most scholars agree is the major component of globalization?
economic reorganization of the world
How many new countries appeared in Central Asia as a result of the breakup of the Soviet Union?
five
Special Economic Zones (SEZs) allowed for
foreign investment with minimal state interference
What characterizes the Shinto belief system in Japan?
nature and harmony and its connections with human existence
What creed does the South Asian religion of Jainism emphasize over all others?
nonviolence
Lines of latitude
parallels, including the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
Which statement represents the UN definition of extreme poverty?
percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 per day
Neoliberalism encourages
privatization and free trade
What is the livelihood of pastoralists?
raising livestock
Dravidian languages are found in which part of South Asia?
southern India-Tamil
Much of Central Asia is dominated by
steppe
Remote sensing
taking images using electromagnetic energy from aircraft or satellites
An accurate representation of the core-periphery model
that the developed core achieved its wealth primarily by taking advantage of the southern periphery, through either colonialism or imperialism
Globalization is the most fundamental reorganization of our planet's social and economic structures since
the Industrial Revolution
Sovereignty
the ability (or inability) of a government to control activities within its borders
Cultural Imperialism
the active promotion of one cultural system at the expense of another
What geologic event created Central Asia's mountain ranges?
the collision of the Indian subcontinent with Asia
A functional region is
where a particular activity or cluster of activities take place
Of all the Central Asian countries, which has the worst social development indicators?
Afghanistan
The country with the highest crude birth rate (CBR) in Central Asia is
Afghanistan
The hardline fundamentalist Taliban ruled which nation from the mid-1990s until 2001?
Afghanistan
Which Central Asian country has been the world's leading producer of opium?
Afghanistan
What virtually uninhabited territory in northern Kashmir did China gain control from India after a brief war in 1962?
Aksai Chin
Which world language family is NOT found in Africa?
Altaic
Japan remained largely closed to foreign commerce and influence until gunboats from which nation sailed into Tokyo Bay in 1853 to demand trade access?
American
Human Development Index (HDI)
Indicator of level of development for each country, constructed by United Nations, combining income, literacy, education, and life expectancy
What city did Pakistan designate as its capital, located near the border of the contested region of Kashmir?
Islamabad
The most commonly spoken language in China is
Mandarin
What is the least densely populated nation of Central Asia?
Mongolia
East Asia is located in roughly the same latitudinal zone as which of the following world regions?
North America
Cities such as Samarkand and Bukhara were once key nodes on what famous trading route?
Silk Road
Globalization
The increasing interconnectedness of people and places throughout the world through converging processes of economic, political, and cultural change.
Glocalization
The process by which people in a local place mediate and alter regional, national, and global processes
Dialect
the distinct form of a language that is associated with specific regions and places
Colonialism
the formal establishment of rule over a foreign population
Human trafficking
the illegal trade of humans for the purpose of forced labor, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation
Cultural Assimilation
the process by which racial or ethnic groups are absorbed into the dominant group by adopting the dominant group's culture
Confucianism stresses all of the following ideals EXCEPT
the reverence of nature
What does gross national income (GNI) measure?
the value of all final goods and services produced in a country plus the net income from abroad
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
the value of all goods and services produced in a country
What were the two main reasons China constructed the massive Three Gorges Dam project?
to control flooding on the Yangtze and to generate hydroelectricity
Which of the following is NOT a major population cluster within East Asia?
western China
