GEOG final review quizzes- part I & II

Which of the following was not a driving force behind the Bretton Woods conference? 1) providing stability and growth 2) national defense 3) rebuilding economies 4)preventing another depression

2) national defense

There were two waves of colonialism between 1500 and 1975. Which of the following is not true of the second wave (1825-1975)? 1) Europeans colonized Asia. 2) Europeans colonized Africa. 3) Colonization fueled the capitalist world economy. 4) Economies were focused on tourism.

4) Economies were focused on tourism.

An important Arab cartographer and geographer in the 1100s CE was:

Al-Idrisi.

The Ural Mountains possess similarities to the:

Appalachians.

the city of Prague, now capital of the Czech Republic, was part of the ________ empire from the 1500s until 1918.

Austro-Hungarian

The Russian Revolution of 1917 is also called the ________________ Revolution.

Bolshevik

Why do some scholars think China will supersede the United States as the dominant world superpower?

China has grown as a global epicenter of manufacturing, and its entrepreneurs are some of the biggest investors in the world.

Which of the following is not one of the leading fair trade products? 1) tobacco 2) bananas 3) cocoa 4) tea

Cocoa

Starting in 1928 under Stalin, what did major land reforms in agriculture utilize?

Collectivism

Christianity spread beyond Western Europe, in part through missionary activity, starting in the 1500s, through:

Colonialism

More than 40 million blogs operate in Russia using the _______ alphabet.

Cyrillic

Many urban dwellers today, especially in cities like Moscow, spend their weekends in:

Dachas

More than 50 percent of Europeans are fluent in a second language, and the most common is:

English

While wealthier economies may appear to be cleaner, much of this gain may be the result of ___________ dirty industries to other countries (hence, there is no net gain for the global environment).

Exporting

T/F Due to every sovereign state having a vote, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) tend to be more democratic that the United Nations (UN).

False

T/F Economic growth always leads to broad-based improvements in the human condition.

False

T/F Italy produced more Catholic missionaries during the second half of the nineteenth century than any other country in the world.

False

T/F One of the limitations of per capita (or per person) data is that it does not allow comparisons between countries of different population size

False

T/F Unlike much of Europe and Japan, the population of Russia is growing.

False

Due to every sovereign state having a vote, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) tend to be more democratic that the United Nations (UN).

Further

The three major language groups in Europe are:

Germanic, Romance, and Slavic

The Industrial Revolution spread from ___________ into Europe.

Great Britain

The Indo-European language family does not include: 1) English. 2) Russian. 3) Portuguese. 4)Hungarian.

Hungarian

The USSR was officially a centrally planned economy under communism, but a free market economy survived as part of the:

Informal economy

A segment of a nation residing in a state that is outside of the neighboring state where it comprises the majority population might be subject to a movement called:

Irredentism

Russia was prevented from expanding westward into Europe in the 1500s by the Poles and:

Lithuanians

According to the Globalization and World Cities Study, which of the following is the most important world city in Europe?

London

In the 1400s, Russian leader Ivan III exerted greater territorial control toward the east by pushing out the:

Mongols

What are the official languages of the European Union?

More than 20 languages are official.

After World War II, _______ was formed to stop the growing influence of the Soviet Union.

NATO

Russification in the late 1800s was an important aspect of:

National Identity building

A major obstacle that developing countries often face is the problem of being stuck as a producer of raw materials, or stuck in an economy dominated by the _______ sector.

Primary

An isostatic rebound refers to land:

Sinking

Five-year plans initiated by ___________ were part of the planned economy of the Soviet Union.

Stalin

In cities, one often sees a radial network of commuter trains that goes out from the central business district (CBD) of a city to residential neighborhoods and suburbs. Why has the growth of businesses within the city suburbs led to massive traffic congestion?

The hub and spoke system favors train travel to the city, but makes train travel from suburb to suburb inconvenient.

_____________ means considering and understanding the context of what is going on in the world.

Thinking geographically

Wastewater in the city of Venice is removed from the canals by:

Tides

T/F After hundreds of billions of dollars given in international development aid over the last 20 years, academics, donors, and donor countries are questioning the value of international development assistance

True

T/F Corruption is a problem in governments in Russia and Central Eurasia. In Russia and Azerbaijan the government and powerful oil companies are directly linked. The leader of Azerbaijan and his children own real estate valued at over $75 billion in Dubai.

True

T/F Fieldwork and field studies are still critical to research by geographers in the 21st century.

True

T/F In the United States, the value of the dollar is no longer tied to the value of gold.

True

T/F In the developing world, the vast majority of dams were built as development projects in an effort to help launch newly independent countries onto the ladder of development. Today, geographers who study development recognize that this wave of dam development had major negative environmental implications.

True

T/F Language and religion in Europe are spatially connected.

True

T/F Most new economic geographers continue to believe free trade is the best route to development.

True

T/F Since 2000, Vladimir Putin has been the leader as either president or prime minister of Russia.

True

T/F Since the end of the officially atheist Soviet Union, the number of churches has dramatically increased in Russia. Between 1987 and 2015, the number of Russian Orthodox churches increased from 2,000 to more than 13,000.

True

T/F Today, geographers no longer espouse environmental determinism, seeing it as a vast oversimplification of the world.

True

Many guest workers immigrated to Germany and Belgium following World War II, especially from:

Turkey

Secular states in Europe include France, Belgium, and:

Turkey

In which of the following were environmental impacts of industrialization first regulated and improved?

Western Europe

The divide between the Global North (developed countries) and the Global South (developing countries) is a _______________ categorization between wealthy and poorer countries.

both socioeconomic and political

What does the North Atlantic Drift affect?

climate

Which of the following refers to situations in which two areas are in relationship with one another (through trade, for example), and one area is developing at the expense of the other?

dualism

Church attendance has grown in which region of Europe during the past 25 years?

eastern Europe

What is an area of land distinguished by either cultural or physical traits or criteria?

formal region

A public school district in the United States is a _________________ region.

functional

Which of the following describes the process of heightening interactions, increasing interdependence, and deepening relations across country boundaries?

globalization

Geographers recognize the power of the content of national policies or the behavior of multinational companies to influence events and a wide range of global issues. What are these influencers called?

glocalizers

The origin or place that a new good or service is initially produced is referred to as the:

hearth

We can see places that were tied together and places that were not, by studying:

historical spatial interaction

Europe is considered a continent because of

human decisions

What does MAUP stand for?

modifiable areal unit problem

In early history (dating back to the Greeks and Romans), the primary purpose or reason for colonialism was

need for resources and tribute.

A region that people may imagine to exist, such as "Dixie," is a:

perceptual

Land reclaimed from the seas and wetlands in the Netherlands is called:

polders

The age structure and gender of a population can easily be seen in a:

population pyramid

There are two basic types of maps: thematic maps and ______________ maps

reference

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

site and situation

The Urals divide the glaciated east European plain from:

the West Siberian plain.

Relative locations of places are shown on what type of map?

thematic

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

Ideas and goods diffuse from the hearth first:

to places most connected to the hearth.

A name of a place, or place-name, is referred to as a:

toponym.

From the 1500s until 1918, what title did the rulers of Russia use?

tsar

A high-pressure system over the Atlantic causes the climate of much of Europe to be:

warmer