GEO Final Exam Review
How long ago did the ancestors of Australia's aboriginal population make their way to Australia?
40,000 years ago
What landform is described as a combination of sandy islands, barrier coral reefs, and shallow central lagoons?
Atoll
What is the Outback?
Australia's huge, dry interior
What country of South Asia has been one of the most successful in the region in reducing its fertility rate?
Bangladesh
What group of people is at the top of the Hindu Caste System?
Brahmins (priestly class)
What caused the dramatic decline in Guam's native bird species?
Brown Tree Snakes
What religion dominates in Bhutan?
Buddhism
South Asia is likely to experience which effects of climate change?
Flooding and Sea level rise
What was the main purpose of the Native Title Bill, which became law in Australia in 1993?
Gave Aborigines greater control over sacred land
What role does the Grameen Bank play in Bangladesh?
Gives micro-loans to women
What is the greatest potential environmental threat to Oceania?
Global Warming; rising sea levels
What is the most spoken language in South Asia?
Hindi
Where do most of the people in South Asia live?
In compact rural villages
Which country of South Asia has the largest population in the region?
India
What religion dominates in Pakistan and Bangladesh?
Islam
Sikhism is a blend of what two religions?
Islam and Hinduism
What territory in South Asia is claimed by both India and Pakistan?
Kashmir
Tuvalu, Kiribati, and the Marshall Islands are already experiencing disastrous flooding related to global climate change. What has been the response of the people on these islands?
Leave and migrate to other places, like New Zealand
Who is the father figure of Indian Independence?
Mohandas Gandhi
What climatic factor dominates South Asia?
Monsoons
In which country are Maoris the indigenous people?
New Zealand
What behavior does the South Asian religion of Jainism emphasize over all others?
Non-violence
Why have residents of the Marshall Islands been displaced over the past few decades?
Nuclear Testing
Where do Australian cities tend to be located?
On the Coast
What part of Australia/Oceania is most susceptible to tsunami hazards?
Papua New Guinea
Why does the population of Nauru cluster together in quasi-urban settings?
Phosphate mining
In the early days of its colonization, Britain used Australia as a...?
Prison Colony
During the period of British Colonization in South Asia, why did the British allow the tribal Pahtun-speaking areas of what is now northwest Pakistan to retain their independence?
Provided a buffer
Which Region of India is considered to be its breadbasket?
Punjab
Which exotic animal, introduced in Australia, reached plague proportions, and was finally brought under control only after the purposeful introduction of a disease that affected only this particularly introduced species?
Rabbits
Where did Australia's Aborigine population originate?
Southeast Asia
Which country of South Asia has the region's overall highest level of social development, in terms of favorable social indicators?
Sri Lanka
What are Bustees?
sprawling squatter settlements that exist in and around urban areas
The Hawaiian Islands were formed by what process?
Volcanic Activity
What are the Tamil Tigers?
a rebel force in Sri Lanka
Where is Pakistan's population concentrated?
Along the Indus River
What are Hutments?
Crude shelters built on formerly busy sidewalks in India
Which Country in South Asia is only 6 ft above sea level at its highest point, and therefore is most threatened by rising sea levels predicted to accompany climate change?
The Maldives
