Geog 102 Exam Two, Chapter 6 Geography
20 percent
About what percent of the South American` population currently lives in urban areas?
Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela, Colombia
African-origin ethnic groups in South America live predominantly in the coastal zones of which 6 countries?
Buenos Aires
Argentina's primate city is ______________.
eastern/coastal
Brazil's early plantation economy first developed in which part of the country?
Santiago
Buenos Aires is at approximately the same latitude as which other capital city in South America?
Chile
Copper and nitrates are two resources that strongly shaped the economic development of the country of ____________ during the past century.
European Union
Examples of European supranationalism include:
Paraguay
In which country is the indigenous language Guaraní spoken alongside Spanish?
Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil
In which part of South America is the dominant ethnic group European? Which 3 countries?
The Pampas
Most of Argentina's population is clustered in which region?
Alpaca, anaconda, soybeans, coffee, maize
Name 2 animals and 3 domesticated crops (2 tubers and 1 grain) from South America:
Argentina
Patagonia is a dry region located in which country?
The north sea
Significant oil and natural gas supplies are found beneath which body of water?
Venezuela
Socialist radical, President Hugo Chávez, turned autocratic and economically destructive in the oil-rich country of __________________.
Colombia
The Andes Mountain range divides into 3 notable ranges in which country?
Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile
The Andes Mountains run through which countries?
Brazil
The Cerrado is located in which country?
Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia
The Chaco is a hot and semi-arid region that is located in which 3 countries?
Brazil, Venezuela and Guyana
The Guiana Highlands lie in which 3 countries?
UK
The Industrial Revolution in Europe began and initially was focused in the Midlands region in _______________, where machinery was invented and the use of steam to power engines emerged.
Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
The Triple Frontier is located at the convergence of which three countries?
Brussels and Strasbourg
The administrative headquarters of the European Union are located primarily in which 2 cities?
Chile
The best example of an elongated state in South America, and probably the world, is ____________.
declined
The birth rate in Brazil over the past decade has done what?
La Paz
The capital city with the highest elevation above sea level in South America, and in the world, is __________________.
Cuzco
The capital/control center of the Incan Empire was _______________.
Rio De Janeiro
The center of Brazil's cultural life, the home of the famous annual Carnival Festival, is in which city?
The euro
The common currency of most countries within the European Union is the _______.
Argentina
The country that contains the Pampa, the Chaco, and Patagonia is ______________.
Atacama desert
The desert in the northern Chile and southern Peru is named the _______________.
oil production
The dominant economic activity in Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo Lowland, which is the dominant resource of Venezuela's entire economy, is ___________.
Cerrado, Parana
The dry inland backcountry in Brazil's Northeast, which is also its poorest subregion, is known as the _______________. Which major river flows through this region of Brazil?
Med climate
The dry summer humid temperate climate in southern Europe is also known as a ________________ climate.
Brazil, Russia, India and China
The emerging economies called the BRICs include which 4 countries?
Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg
The group of countries that first initiated the European Union includes the three BENELUX countries of:
Tierra Del Fuego
The island that is divided between Argentina and Chile and makes up the southernmost tip of South America is called _____________________.
Quechua
The language of the Inca state, still spoken in parts of South America, is known as _______________.
Plata river
The large estuary that separates Argentina and Uruguay is known as the ______________.
Amazon basis
The largest river basin, or watershed, in South America is the _________________.
cattle
The leading agricultural activity of the Pampa region is the production of _________.
Caqueta
The leading river of Colombia, dividing the Andes into separate ranges, is ________.
Orinoco
The leading river of Venezuela is the _______________.
Parana river
The long river that flows southward from Brazil down to Buenos Aires, Argentina is the _________________.
Macchu Pichu
The main ceremonial center (and popular archeological site today) of the Inca Empire was _______________.
North European Plain
The most densely populated of Europe's four physical landscape regions is:
Sao Paulo
The most populous Brazilian state and city is ____________.
temperate oceanic climate
The no-dry season humid temperate climate in Western Europe and the British Isles is also known as a ________________.
Aymara people
The pre-Columbian indigenous empire, centered in the Andean altiplanos, that was conquered by the Spanish was the _______________civilization.
Favelas
The slums of Brazil's large cities are known as ____________.
rain shadow and humboldt current
What 2 phenomena make the Atacama a very dry desert?
Soybeans and coffee
What are 2 of Brazil's most important commercial crops today?
Sao Paulo
What is South America's largest city?
cowboy of the pampas
What is a gaucho?
Spanish for high plain. Bolivia and Peru
What is an altiplano? The Altiplano straddles the border of which 2 countries is in South America?
Angel Falls, Venezuela
What is the highest waterfall in South America? It is located in which country?
Probably irrigated
What kind of agricultural system best typifies commercial agriculture in South and Central America?
plantations or ranching
What type of agriculture is dominant in most of the Amazon Basin?
temperate continental climate
What type of climate covers most of Eastern Europe?
Brazil and Colombia
Which 2 countries in South America are the biggest coffee producers? And, which is biggest coffee producer in the world?
Peru and Chile
Which 2 countries in South America have a very dry Pacific coast?
Colombia, Peru, Bolivia
Which 3 countries in South America are significant producers of coca plants?
Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana
Which 3 countries in South America most resemble those in the Caribbean Islands?
Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile
Which 4 countries contain a population whose ethnicity is dominated by indigenous ancestry?
Brazil
Which South American country was most transformed by the forced in-migration of Africans in bondage for slavery?
Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay
Which countries are members of the Mercosur trading bloc?
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru
Which countries contain a portion of the Amazon Basin?
Ecuador and Chile
Which countries do not share a common border with Brazil?
Bolivia and Paraguay
Which countries in South America are landlocked?
Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana
Which countries make up the Guyanas?
Argentina, Chile, Uruguay (parts of Brazil and Paraguay)
Which countries make up the Southern Cone?
Brazil, Brasilia
Which country in South America has a forward capital and does not have a primate city? What is the name of that city?
Colombia
Which country in South America has long been the biggest producer of cocaine?
Brazil
Which country in South America is the biggest producer of soybeans in the world?
Suriname
Which country in South America is the smallest and most compact?
Guyana
Which country in South America was formerly a British colony before its independence in 1966?
Suriname
Which country in South America was formerly a Dutch colony before its independence?
UK
Which country recently voted to leave the European Union?
Santa Cruz
Which major city in Bolivia lies in the lowlands east of the Andes?
Salinas
Which major city in Ecuador lies in the Pacific coastal lowlands?
Iguazu Falls
Which major waterfall, the largest waterfall system in South America, is located near the Triple Frontier?
southeast region
Which part of Brazil is the wealthiest and most economically developed, and also the most European?
Western uplands
Which physical landscape dominates Scandinavia?
North european plain and western uplands
Which two physical landscapes dominate Great Britain?
Western uplands and central uplands
Which two physical landscapes dominate the Iberian Peninsula?
The empire that ruled over much of Southwest Asia prior to World War I was the _______. a) Ottoman b) Persian c) Byzantine d) British e) Arab-Islamic
a
What is the difference between expansion diffusion and relocation diffusion? a) In the case of expansion diffusion, a phenomenon originates in an area, remains strong there, and spreads outward; in relocation diffusion, the phenomenon is carried by migrants to a distant location and diffuses from there. b) In the case of relocation diffusion, a phenomenon originates in an area, remains strong there, and spreads outward; in expansion diffusion, the phenomenon is carried to a distant location and diffuses from there. c) Expansion diffusion involves direct contact; relocation diffusion requires a mobile host that transmits the diffused innovations at different locales. d) Expansion diffusion continues endlessly; relocation diffusion is a staged process affecting an even larger area in periodic waves. e) Relocation diffusion requires mass communication such as television; expansion diffusion takes place by direct contact.
a
Which of the following is not included in the North Africa/Southwest Asia realm? a) Pakistan b) Iran c) Iraq d) Egypt e) Afghanistan
a
the city of __________ is located at the confluence of the White Nile and Blue Nile, and serves as the capital of __________. a) Khartoum; Sudan b) Timbuktu; Ethiopia c) Cairo; Egypt d) Jersualem; Jordan e) Basra; Iraq
a
Egypt's peasant farmers are known as the _____________. a) Shatt-al Arabs b) fellaheen c) Shi'ites d) Toilers of the Tell e) Bedouins
b
Hydraulic civilization theory holds that _____________. a) water is the key to survival in the desert b) cities able to control irrigated farming over large hinterlands hold power over others c) irrigation is the key to the advancement of agriculture d) cities on islands will always dominate those on the nearby mainland e) rising sea levels will inevitably destroy coastal civilizations
b
The Aswan High Dam is located on the ___________. a) Shatt-al-Arab waterway b) Nile River c) Jordan River d) Suez Canal e) Tigris River
b
The dominant form of Islam in Saudi Arabia is _________________. a) Sharia b) Wahhabism c) Shi'ite d) Dubayy (Dubai) e) Talibanic
b
_____ is the name for the land between the rivers. a) Levant b) Mesopotamia c) Choke Point d) Maghreb e) The Fertile Crescent
b
Which area was least influenced by the spread of Islam? a) Yemen b) Bosnia c) China d) Northern Nigeria e) Turkestan
c
Which of the following is not an Old World culture hearth? a) the Indus Valley b) the Ganges Delta c) Mesopotamia d) the Mecca area of the Arabian Peninsula e) the lower Nile Valley
d
Which of the following statements is INCORRECT? a) The overwhelming majority of Egypt's people live within 20 kilometers (12 mi) of the Nile. b) The Blue Nile originates in Ethiopia. c) The largest of all Nile River control projects is the Aswan High Dam. d) Egypt's largest city, Cairo, is located on the shore of Lake Nasser in Upper Egypt. e) The White Nile originates in East Africa.
d
About 85 percent of Muslims consider themselves _____________. a) Imams b) Shi'ite c) Asian Orthodox d) Sharia e) Sunni
e
Shi'ite Muslims constitute the great majority of the population of _____________. a) Egypt b) Israel c) Saudi Arabia d) Turkey e) Iran
e
The three largest countries in population size in the North Africa/Southwest Asia realm are ____________. a) Israel, Jordan, and Pakistan b) Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Iran c) Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen d) Egypt, Kazakhstan, and Morocco e) Egypt, Iran, and Turkey
e
Which of the following countries is not a major oil producer? a) Kuwait b) Azerbaijan c) Iraq d) Iran e) Jordan
e
