Geog 1001 Richardson (53-103)

According to a 2008 European Commission study, what percentage of the world's population is more than two days travel time from a city of 50,000 people or more?

10 percent

following world war II, many formerly colonized countries became independent states. where was the greatest concentration of these countries?

Africa and asia

most developed countries are located in the northern hemisphere. which of the following are notable exceptions?

Australia and new zealand

which of the following pairs are two of the wealthiest countries in the world that are also landlocked?

Luxembourg and Switzerland

approximately, how many landlocked countries are in the world?

above 40

as a country or area develops, the nature of the economy changes or progresses through a series of stages. select the correct order of these stages

agricultural, industrial, service

a number of social scientists suggest that we should measure more than wealth in our assessment of development. what else should we access to economic growth?

all of these should be assessed

the influence of human behavior on earth since the industrial revolution in the late 1700s is so significant that is constitutes a new geological era called the ____

anthropocene

which of the following is the negative impact on a region from economic growth in another region?

backwash effect

the divide between the global north and the global south is a ___ categorization between wealthy and poorer countries

both socioeconomic and political

what is the cheapest method to transport heavy goods and materials?

by sea

which country has the highest gross national income in south America?

chile

which of the following is a good example of a country that moved from the periphery to the semi periphery as it increasingly engaged in manufacturing and became a major global exporter, as exemplified by the heavy freight traffic in hong kong harbor?

china

one way geographers have thought about scale is by using ____ circles to represent the finest resolution of scale, from the individual at the center out to the global scale

concentric

although people in remote locations have gained connection through internet access and mobile phone usage, there is a notable disparity between the average bandwidth and accessibility, creating what is referred to as the ______

digital divide

transportation networks may be intentionally designed to ______

enhance connectivity for some communities while marginalizing others

landlocked countries face particular exporting problems because both time and money are required to cross country borders, making transportation ______

expensive

due to every sovereign state having a vote, the world bank and international monetary find tend to be more democratic than the united nations. true or false

false

the _____ per capita is the most widely accepted way of measuring wealth by countries in the world today because the statistic tries to account for the flow of wealth in our globalized world

gross national income

what is the poorest country in the western hemisphere?

haiti

which of the following describes a type of transportation network where a few large, central nodes are connected to smaller points?

hub and spoke system

what tool assesses life expectancy, literacy, years of schooling, and per capita GNI?

human development index

in general, americans change their behavior by increasing their use of public transportation and purchasing more fuel efficient vehicles:

in response to a significant increase in gas prices

suburbs, large roads, limited sidewalks, and a near lack of public transportation characterize the united states. these aspects are largely the result of _____

inexpensive oil prices

which of the following is not true about the earthquake that hit Haiti in 2010?

it would have been worse if the country had not enacted tough building codes in 1985

the effects of global climate change will be distributed unevenly across the planet. which of the following is not a factor contributing to the vulnerability of a group of people?

level of education

the 45 degree line of the ____ curve represents perfect equality, where equal portions of the population control equal amounts of income

lorenz

besides being problematic in its own right, top down development often experienced a lack of ______ that inhibited the longer term sustainability of programs because local people had little interest in maintaining projects they did not initiate or request

participation

_____ (or per person) basis allows comparisons between countries regardless of population size

per capita

development ideas that emphasize structure, or the global framework under which countries operate, say that the ___ between countries are as or more important than internal policies for determining the future development of a country

relationships

local factors have a significant influence on a place; two geographic terms that describe these local factors are:

site and situation

which of the following is the most remote place in the world?

the Tibetan plateau

as a percentage of gni, which of the following countries contributes the most total dollars in foreign aid?

the united states

which of the following describes the process that accelerates the experience of time and reduces the significance of distance in information technology networks?

time- space compression

another way to consider development is to measure the variability of human well being in space. true or false

true

geographers have tended to describe development as a process of change in the composition of an economy of a particular region and the well being of its inhabitants, relative to other areas. true or false

true

nations within countries are not granted representation in the united nations, making it difficult for these groups to gain independence. some examples include the kurds of iran, Iraq, turkey, and Syria; the Tibetans of china; or the basques of spain and france. true or false

true

t-shirt travels demonstrates how simple act of kindness, donating your old t-shirts to the salvation army or goodwill, has resulted in undermining the textile industry in Zambia and other African countries where imported secondhand clothing is more popular than locally made clothing. true or false

true

the new institutions and development programs after world war I set the tone for how we have thought about development since. true or false

true

the opium war between great Britain and china originated when the Chinese banned opium sales in china due to public health concerns. however, Britain's main concern was the huge trade deficit it was running with china. true or false

true

the world bank was initially created to provide loans for reconstruction and development following world war II. true or false

true

which of the following offers a geography for dependency theory by depicting the world in terms of the core, semiperiphery, and periphery?

world-systems theory