GSP240 Exam 1

In 2013, the world's annual average GNI per capita Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) was: $950 $102,610 $54,040 $5,950 $10,700

$10,700

According to the human development index devised by the United Nations, a country with a perfect score would have an index of: .001 0.0 100 1.0 10

1.0

A megacity is an urban area with a population greater than:

10 million

Almost all of the world's inhabitants are living on this percentage of the total land surface.

10%

How much do invasive species losses cost the U.S. annually?

138 billion

The Tropic of Capricorn is: Answers: 23.5 degrees North latitude 180 degrees East latitude 0 degrees West longitude 75 degrees West latitude 23.5 degrees South latitude

23.5 degrees South latitude Tropic of cancer is north 23.5

Even in a low emissions scenario on climate change, water stress will increase by: 56% 5% 38% 17% 24%

24%

The current global population is approximately:

7 billion

Tropical climates

All months above 18°C with annual precipitation exceeding evaporation

Highland climates

Cold temperatures due to elevation

What country promised to be net zero emissions by 2020 in the 2015 Paris Agreement? U.S. China Denmark India Costa Rica

Costa Rica

All of the following countries will contribute to half of the world's population increase, except: Pakistan Japan Bangladesh Nigeria Indonesia

Japan

Which one of the tectonic plates is among those that comprise of the "Ring of Fire"? Eurasian African Pacific South American none of the above

Pacific

What phase of the Demographic Transition Model (DTM) has the highest death rates and high birth rates?

Phase 1

What countries produce tantalum, a mineral used in cell phones?

Rwanda and Democratic Republic of the Congo

Polar climates

Very cold winters and summers, with no real summer season

What are examples of policies in sustainable cities? biodiversity protection local food varieties water harvesting water harvesting and local food varieties all of the above

all of the above

What is a result of European colonialism? wealth derived from resource exploitation in Asia and Africa political and regional boundaries around the world forced movement of millions of Africans all of the above none of the above

all of the above

What is the Tabula Rogeriana? orients the south on the top of the map the "map of the known world" in 1154 made by Islamic cartographer Muhammed al-Idrisi all of the above none of the above

all of the above

Which of the following is an example of geoengineering to combat climate change? massive scale carbon storing iron fertilization of sea chemicals to block incoming sunlight all of the above none of the above

all of the above

What view of the development process supports grassroots movements and local knowledge? nationalism dependency theory neoliberalism alternative development modernization theory

alternative development

The global movement of air that transports heat and moisture and explains the climates of different regions is called air masses air pressure wind belts atmospheric circulation none of the above

atmospheric circulation

Who initiated The Yo Soy 132 campaign in Mexico? high school artists middle age day laborers elderly Marxists college age youth female factory workers

college age youth

This is a form of social and economic organization characterized by the common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange. irredentism imperialism feudalism capitalism communism

communism

What is an "emerging world region"?

connected locations with shared and distinct characteristics

What does a "top-heavy" population pyramid reveal about a country?

elderly population

Plantation economies characterized what economic era? second wave of colonialism globalization Cold War first wave of colonialism decolonization

first wave of colonialism

The Köppen Climate Classification is based on: latitude, temperature, precipitation temperature, precipitation, vegetation latitude, temperature, vegetation temperature, precipitation, elevation none of the above

latitude, temperature, precipitation

Why do small farmers do better in an equal exchange coffee chain? consumers purchase more coffee processor buy at higher prices less intermediaries in chain coffee companies pay higher prices all of the above

less intermediaries in chain

The U.N. Human Development Index (HDI) is based on: education, gender, death rate education, income, fertility rate life expectancy, education, fertility rate life expectancy, education, income education, income, death rate

life expectancy, education, income

This economic policy emphasizes universal faith in markets, reduction in government programs, and development as an economic process?

neoliberalism

Which of the following elements are not part of the global transnational organized crime? wildlife timber trafficking victims counterfeit medicine none of the above

none of the above

Genocide Watch in the U.S. and the Green Belt Movement in Kenya are examples of: supranational organizations neoliberal development nongovernmental organizations alternative development social movements

nongovernmental organizations

Extractive activities are considered to be what sector of the economy? tertiary primary quaternary secondary none of the above

primary

Which of the following is not part of the U.N.'s Millennium Development Goals to reduce poverty?

provide universal college education

What is a large informal group focused on political or social issues?

social movement

The provision of services constitutes this form of employment.

tertiary

This is believed to be one of the causes of global warming and climate change associated with it. overuse of limited fresh water resources the use of radioactive elements for energy and as weapons changes in the Sun's energy the result of mass extinctions as human civilization spreads the burning of fossil fuels

the burning of fossil fuels

What is atmospheric circulation on Earth? - produced by Earth's rotational tilt - transport heat and moisture over Earth's surface - follow tidal effects of the Sun and the Moon - differences in elevation over Earth's surface - released by the heat from Earth's interior

transport heat and moisture over Earth's surface