Geography Exam 2

Within Northern Africa is a region that in Arabic means "place of sunset," suitably titled at the far west side of this region.

the Maghreb

Indonesia is a former colony of which European country?

the Netherlands

Which of the following rivers in the region of Sub-Saharan Africa is considered to be an "exotic river"?

the Niger River

The origins of the current regional tension over the state of Israel can be traced to the first century C.E. when

the Roman army destroyed Jerusalem and dispersed the Jews throughout the Mediterranean region.

One of the lasting effects of the Vietnam War is

the barren hill slopes chemically defoliated by American forces.

Europeans, especially the British, were able to dominate South Asia from the 17th century primarily because they were able to exploit

the conflicts between many small, fragmented and competing kingdoms.

If the 1967 Arab-Israeli war had not taken place, then

there would have been no need for an Oslo Accord.

The major factor influencing whether India will produce an agricultural surplus, or suffer a shortage.

timing and duration of the monsoon cycle

The process of East Timor becoming an independent country

took decades and cost hundreds of thousands of lives.

The criteria by which the region 'Africa South of the Sahara' is defined does not include which of the following factors?

whether or not a country is landlocked.

Despite being largely rural, countries such as India, Pakistan and Bangladesh have cities with over 10 million people because

of the growing population in these countries as well as rural to urban migration of people in search of jobs.

What wealth Libya has comes primarily from

petroleum

What characteristics make the Maldives so suitable for the mainstays of its economy?

it is a group of low elevation atolls in the Indian Ocean

What comparative advantage does Bengaluru (Bangalore) have that enables it to attract domestic and foreign high-tech companies?

its engineering colleges

The strategic importance of the Middle East is mostly related to

its enormous known reserves of petroleum.

What could possibly motivate the Indonesian government to approve the deforestation of Borneo?

job creation and poverty reduction

The evidence in SEA suggests that developing tourism and an export-oriented economy

leads to higher gross national income.

The Green Revolution in southeast Asia

led to the emergence of new environmental political parties.

As a consequence of its location, traders from _____ arrived in Southeast Asia long before the Europeans.

China, India, Middle East

"Devils on horseback with guns" have been accused of genocide against non-Arabs in the _____ region of _____ .

Darfur; Sudan

Swahili is a creole language used in which of the following subregions of Sub-Saharan Africa?

Eastern Africa.

The Aswan High Dam was built as a result of the Nile Waters Agreement, concluded between

Egypt and Sudan

The official language of Iran is

Farsi

This technology was able to assist governments and aid agencies in the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

GIS

For what reason did Saudi Arabia boycott the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing?

Saudi Arabia claimed the conference was anti-Islamic.

The largest ethnic group in Singapore is the Chinese who migrated there because

Singapore sits on the shipping route between China and Europe.

The largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka is the

Sinhalese.

Diamonds are primarily found in which of the following countries of Sub-Saharan Africa?

South Africa and Botswana

The highest rates of HIV/AIDS in this region are found where?

South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe

Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park is an enormous wildlife preserve linking national parks in

South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

Which of the following is the newest country in Sub-Saharan Africa, having gained independence in July of 2011?

South Sudan

The rates of HIV/AIDS infection are highest

Southern states

The branch of Islam to which the majority of Muslims belong.

Sunni

What is the name of the meeting held by European countries in 1884, to carve up Africa amongst each other, without a single representative of Africa present?

The Berlin Conference

In the context of North Africa, what do female genital mutilation and polygamy have in common?

They are practices that existed locally before the arrival of Islam.

Why did multinational corporations establish offices in Johannesburg, then leave, and now have returned?

They came for mining, left because of apartheid, returned when apartheid ended.

Civil war in Sri Lanka between the Sinhalese and Tamils occurred because of

post-independence policies that allegedly favored the Sinhalese over the Tamils.

What is the name of a settlement that is unplanned, constructed of any available material, and usually lacks such basic services as water and electricity?

shantytowns

A population distribution map of insular Southeast Asia will indicate

that Java is one of the most densely populated pieces of real estate in the world.

The changes in Indonesia's population pyramid over time indicate

that the total fertility rate is decreasing.

Even in the absence of a map with latitude and longitude lines, the parallel zonation of climate and vegetation would indicate that

the African continent straddles the equator.

What do Sri Lanka and Bhutan have in common?

Both are predominantly Buddhist countries

The highest of the four main caste divisions in Hindu society is the

Brahmins.

According to policy approved by the United Nations, each country on earth with a shoreline on international waters may claim an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of what extent?

200 miles

South Asia's external trade links were well-established by ancient Greek and Roman times, but its seaborne trade, prior to the arrival of the Europeans in the 1500s, was controlled by

Arabs.

A buffer state that chooses to limit its interactions with the outside world by monitoring the number of tourists who enter it is

Bhutan.

Two phenomena at opposite ends of Mumbai's cultural landscape.

Bollywood and Dharavi

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is a political party associated with which religion?

Hinduism

A palimpsest is a writing or painting surface, like a canvas, on which more recent writing or painting has covered up previously work, and is thus used to describe something with diverse layers. Why is this a good description for Southeast Asia?

In Southeast Asia, there are chronological overlays of animistic, Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim and Christian cultures.

Where would you find the tropical wet all year climates in this region?

In the countries along the Equator, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, and Rwanda.

Which country is described in these terms: about 421 million people in poverty; 42% of children undernourished; 31% urban; women socially disadvantaged?

India

The per capita carbon footprint of a person living in India is more than double that of a person living in Sri Lanka because

India has more vehicles, industries, and other sources of pollution.

Evidence that Muslims were active traders with Southeast Asia centuries before the arrival of the Europeans.

Indonesia, including the Spice Islands, is overwhelmingly Islamic.

The only southeast Asian country to ever have been a member of OPEC is:

Indonesia.

What are the religious differences between Iraq and Iran?

Iran is predominantly Shia, and Iraq has a mixture of Shias an Sunnis

The Kurds do not have their own nation-state, but in which of the following countries have they set up many of their own governmental structures and express the greatest autonomy?

Iraq

Which of the following statements is true regarding HIV/AIDS in Africa?

It is spread primarily by military personnel, migrant workers, and prostitutes.

Pakistan's largest city, and major port servicing the country, is

Karachi.

Foreign workers comprise eighty percent of the labor force in

Kuwait.

For what strategic reason was it critical for Japan to take Malaysia in WWII?

Malaysia dominated the world in rubber production

Maoist rebels disrupted the political stability of _____ for several decades, until a ceasefire agreement was concluded in 2006.

Nepal

Which of the following mineral resources is found mainly in Western Africa, around the country of Nigeria?

Oil

In the region of Sub-Saharan Africa, where is Mount Kilimanjaro located?

On the Tanzania--Kenya border

The Khyber Pass lies on the border between

Pakistan and Afghanistan

As a consequence of Spanish colonization in the 16th century, this country is now predominantly Roman Catholic.

Philippines

The primary reason for the establishment of ASEAN and APEC was to

Present a unified front against China Increase economic and political cooperation among their member states

The only member of NATO in southwestern Asia, _____ is considered one of the United States' closest allies in the region.

Turkey

Water politics, also called hydropolitics, is politics affected by the availability of water and water resources. In southwest Asia, this is particularly crucial in the relations between which set of countries?

Turkey, Syria and Iraq

The East African Community is an attempt at regional cooperation linking which of the following countries into one economic trading unit?

Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania.

Where on the Population Density map of Sub-Saharan Africa would you find the highest densities of people in this region?

Western Africa, including Nigeria

Despite being a fully modern, independent city-state, Singapore is still dependent on Malaysia for

a significant part of its water.

What would a night time satellite image of Egypt reveal?

a snake of light along the Nile River, surrounded by deep darkness

Knowledge of geography comes in handy in a war situation for which of the following reasons?

all of the above

Mesopotamia, the "cradle of civilization," is located

between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

Nowhere in the world is orographic precipitation more apparent than

in the Assam hills in northeastern India.

An important cash crop in Vietnam that is grown in the highlands is

coffee

By mapping population density, the concentration of rivers, and the gradient of streams using GIS, geographers were able to

determine the highest risk areas for river blindness in Mozambique.