LBST FINAL

what does applying Blooms taxonomy to maps mean?

1.Looking for patterns 2.comparing and contrasting different areas 3.inferring and predicting based on analysis

which year divided the first and second waves of colonialism

1825

By ______, the population of Europe became majority urban

1950

in which year were the first SEZs created?

1979

The United Nations estimates that by 2025, what percentage of the people in the world will live in urban areas?

80%

which of the following statements is not true based on information you have read for this class or seen on a video clip during global connections class

90 percent of visitors to the taj mahal each year come from

According to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, what is the difference between a Beta and a Gamma World City?

A Beta world city links a state or region into the world economy; a Gamma world city links smaller states or regions into world economy or functions as an important world city where economies are not based on advanced producer services

Which of the following statements is not true about the European Union?

All countries in the European Union use the euro as their official currency.

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

Antarctica

during the age of exploration, stretching from the 1400s to the 1900s which of the following regions was a focal point for global trade and exchange of culture?

Atlantic world

In order from largest to next largest to third largest, where are the three largest clusters of population in the world today?

East Asia, South Asia, Europe

there were two waves of colonialism between 1500 and 1975. which of the following is not true of the first wave?

Europeans colonized the interior of africa

Which place was used as an example of applying basic axioms for reading the cultural landscape?

Georgetown university

Which of the following is a false statement?

Historical markers, plaques, statues, and permanent objects, designed to mark significant people or events, must not be used when reading a cultural landscape; they are human constructs.

What is generally considered to be the link between globalization and the perception of world cities as world regions?

How important one world city is depends upon its connectivity with other world cities

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

Human development index

all of the following statements are true about nongovernmental organization except

NGOs never receive funding from governments

What is the difference between site and situation

Site is the physical attributes of the location of a human settlement; situation is the position of a city or place relative to its surrounding environment or context.

what is the definition of hierarchical diffusion?

The spread of cultural traits and innovations along a structure network from the most important places or persons first to the next most important places, skipping over people and places in between.

what is physical geography?

The study of earth, the environment, and human-environment interactions.

all of the following statements are true about the united nations except

UN agencies mainly provide loans for development projects

what is a GIS

a GIS is a geographic information system which is a combination of computer hardware and software designed to show, analyze and represent geographic data.

what is a world city

a highly connected city that functions as a node in a global network

what is a toponym

a place name

choose the word below that best completes the sentence. --- to global transportation networks is a crucial factor in any countries overall economic condition

access

which of the following indicators is not a measurement of income

adult literacy rate

About which of the following does the GaWC gather data?

advanced producer services

following WW2, many formerly colonized countries became independent states. Where was the greatest concentration of these countries

africa and asia

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

all of these should be assessed

What kind of world city is Singapore in the 2016 GaWC hierarchy?

alpha+

what is the best definition for hearth

an area or place where an idea innovation, or technology originates

many fair trade goods are produced in latin america especially mexico but certified fair trade production is expanding rapidly in

asia and africa

divisions between each type economy are not static but fluctuate according to significance. Babysitting is an example. what babysitting description would describe the communal economy?

ask a neighbor with the unspoken understanding that they will return the favor.

most high income countries are located in the northern hemisphere. which of the following are notable exceptions

australia and new zealand

During Freedom Fung's Ted Talks presentation, what did he say that the use of a person's full name often indicates?

authority

research in new regional geography sees regions as:

basic world units for study

Which of the following is not one of several transitions experienced by cities in Europe since 1900?

brexit

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

by sea

what two theories of economics came about during the age of exploration

capitalism and mercantilism

is the sub discipline of geography concerned with the construction of maps.

cartography

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

which of the following could a physical geographer study?

climate and land forms

which of these is the most common fair trade product?

coffee

What term is defined as "taking land, resources, and industries out of the hands of private individuals and into the hands of the government, owning and operating it for the whole"?

collectivization

Chinese global sourcing companies help shape

commodity chains

in october of 1949 after defeating the nationalists party, Mao Zedong officially declared the establishment of the peoples republic of china as a ---

communist country

new regional geographers see regions as

constructed

what are the two ways in which expansion diffusion takes place

contagious diffusion and hierarchical diffusion.

--processes rely on high technology, highly educated workers, and financial support from governments while --processes rely on low technology, less educated workers, and little support from government

core; periphery

The terraced rice fields in the ifuago province in the Philippians is an example of

cultural landscape

which chinese leader added his own pragmatism to communism and led his country on a fast paced journey to actively participating and succeeding in the world global economy

deng xiaoping

complete the sentence ideas and goods will first to places most to the hearth

diffuse:connected

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

digital divide

what does the spatial interaction depend on?

distance, connectivity, and accessibility.

In today's global economy, financial, capital, transportation, communication, and production networks criss-cross the world, connecting some places to an unprecedented degree, while ___________ other places that lack access to these networks.

distancing

which of the following is an example of a communal economy

el maizal

Before World War II, Europe was a region of _________. Since World War II, Europe has become a region of _________.

emigration; immigration

geography is the study of space, place, people and

environment

the physical context of the earth refers to:

environment

mao zedong is the father of communism in china. in this role he:

established five year plans and collectivized industries

as discussed in class which african countrys government saw china as a model for development and courted it for infrastructure?

ethiopia

which of the following is not a reason for building electric cars in china?

europe is estimated to have about one percent of the electric car market

what does the term scramble for africa refer to?

european powers arbitrarily divided the worlds second largest continent among themselves.

as people interact with maps, they learn how to ---- by asking geographic questions and using webmaps to find answers

expansively diffuse

which of the following indicators is not a measure of health

expected years schooling

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

expensive

what is global sourcing

expertise in helping a business determine where and how to produce a good as well as efficient coordination of production and delivery of the good

by thinking across scales like a geographer, we come to understand that while many wealthier economies may appear to be cleaner, much of this gain is often the result of --dirty industries to other countries.

exporting

what term is defined as "an area of land with common cultural and physical traits

formal region

which of the following association between type of region and its definition is most correct

formal-facts;functional-use;perceptual-opinion

in 2000, beijing held the inaugural

forum on china africa cooperation

how are mental or cognitive maps created?

from the memories and experiences of individuals or groups in an area

A region that has a shared purpose, such as the city limits of Chicago, is best described as a _____________ region.

functional

In the future, assume world regions could be organized around world cities. The best evidence that world cities are growing in influence regionally would be that they increasingly serve as ____________ regions economically and politically.

functional

what term is defined as an area of land defined as sharing a common purpose in society?

functional region

Which three European countries are well known for the major roles they play in global banking and finance?

germany,luxembourg, switzerland

While Lewis was primarily concerned with the locational context of a landscape, reading cultural landscapes in world cities necessitates that understanding what we are seeing will increasingly need to take place in the ________ context.

global

World cities attract trade and concentrate areas of production of both industrial and service goods (especially producer services) among networks of __________ and __________.

global capital;labor

Industrialization in many countries in eastern Europe was led by ___________ in the 1900s.

globalization

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

globalization

what term describes adapting a global phenomenon to suit a local need or a context

glocalization

the --- per capita is the most widely accepted way of measuring health by countries in the world today because of the stat tries to account for both income earned by resident within a country as well income earned outside of the country that flows back into the residents.

gross national income GNI

When walking down the street in a foreign country and being stared at by others, what were the two comments that Freedom Fung made about how he felt?

he felt like and alien and insecure

Where was Freedom Fung from and where did he participate in a global village project?

he was from hong kong and participated in a global village project in romania

looking at the diagram below which type or subtype of diffusion is represented?

hierarchial

the spread of Christianity from its hearth in Jerusalem to people and lands along the northern Mediterranean sea is a good day

hierarchical diffusion

divisions between each type of economy are not static but fluctuate according to significance. babysitting is prime example. what babysitting description would best describe the formal economy?

hire a regular caregiver record all transactions report and pay taxes

divisions between each type of economy are not static but fluctuate according to significance. babysitting is a prime example. what babysitting description would describe the illegal economy

hire a teenager to be paid to an agreed sum and do not report the transaction

we can see places that were tied together and places that were not by studying

historical spatial interaction

the course will study people and places to understand all of the following except:

how map analysis helps people infer and predict

how much wealth is generated by production at a particular step in a commodity chain depends on

how the production occurs at that step

a study of migrant workers going from Indonesia to saudi arabia is a study of

human geography

which of the following is most true

ideally the scale of a development initiative will correlate to the scale of the development issue

Within Europe, where is population concentrated?

in cities especially along coastlines and major rivers

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 gasoline prices

Which of the following statements is not true?

in the past, geographers saw world regions as constructed, imagined entities that are institutionalized by international actors.

what fueled the second wave of colonization in the second half of the 19th century

industrialization and competition

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

inexpensive oil prices and government policy

what term is defined as the ecnomic boost experienced by a region that is the hearth of production for a good?

initial advantage

early Europeans colonizers focused on gaining lands to establish large scale agricultural production in the americas and to establish trading posts for the atlantic slave trade in africa and ports for the spice trade in asia. which best describes this trading system

it had a global reach

which of the following is not a criticism of weak sustainable development?

it requires re conceptualizing development as a process that does not include increasing consumption

choose the word below that best completes the sentence. In many cases, global economies, national polices and local behavior come together to produce particular ---that turn in influence behavior , policy and economics

landscapes

using human geography to define world regions, a geographer may use:

language

Whether studying Washington, DC, Shanghai, China, or Caracas, Venezuela, world cities have areas or regions that are _______ to them, from which they draw employees, customers, fans, belongingness, and revenue.

local

choose the word below that best completes the sentence. Local phenomena are rarely just

local

Two important locational concepts in geography are ________ and ________; an example of the latter could start with how a classroom building fits within the larger context of the campus or city.

location:region

Which two cities are examples of alpha++ cities?

london and new york

one method of finding absolute location on a map is by using

longitude and latitude

approximately, how many landlocked countries are in the world?

more than 40

what is the term for privately and publicly held companies with global presences?

multinational corporations

in early history (dating back to the greeks and romans ) the primary purpose or reason for colonialism was

need for resources and tribute

Which two world cities are the most integrated into the world economy?

new york and london

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

which term is best described as engaging with the people and the place where the development effort is concentrated to tap into their local knowledge and create development goals they want?

participatory development

Geography is the study of place and environment, space and

people

Which of the following statements is associated with the social economy

people are put before profits and profits are reinvested to help people.

---- or per person basis allows comparisons between countries regardless of population size

per capita

which of the following statements is true based on information you have read for this class or seen on a video clip during global connections class?

photographed in 1984, in the midst of the soviet union's occupation of afghanistan, sharbat gula came to symbolize the pain of a refugee's life and the resilience of the afghan people.

what are the two major fields of study within geography

physical and human geography

the uniqueness of a location and its shaping refers to:

place

What term is defined as "the government taking lands, resources, or industries owned by the government and selling or distributing them to individuals' control"?

privatization

a ---- network may favor movement to a from a central point.

radial

identify the group of radical students who were charged with destroying the four old habits that resisted communism

red guard

There are two types of basic maps. What are they?

reference maps and thematic maps

which of the following does not help explain the unprecedented growth rate of the Chinese economy since the 1990s

reformed agricultural policies

Geographers use ________ to categorize people and places in order to make sense of the world.

regions

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

relationships

collecting data for research or mapping by using instruments that are far from the area of study is called

remote sensing

understanding our increasingly complex and interconnected world requires continually building our

schemata

what term means " structures people have in their brains though they process and understand the world

schemata

what does a reference map do?

shows locations of places of geographic features

How long have world cities been considered to be major nodes in globalization?

since the 1990s

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

site and situation

where was the hearth of the second wave of decolonization?

south asia

geography is the study of people, place, environment and :

space

the first wave of colonialism was sparked by these European colonial powers

spain and portugal

What term is defined as "the physical and human geographies creating the place, environment, and space in which people act and events occur"?

spatial interaction

which word best completes the following sentence: analysts in the field of geographic information sciences create maps on computer programs that organize and integrate data

spatially

what are SEZs

special economic zones in china

which of the following is not consistent with strong globalization?

states (countries) play and increasingly significant role in world trade.

what is a commodity chain

steps in the production of a good from its design and raw materials to its production, marketing and distribution

what is geography

study of people place environment and space

what do geographers?

study peoples and places in order to understand how people create places, how cultures are reflected in places, how people and environment interact, and how peoples perceptions of place and of others influence the ways they interact.

where was the hearth of industrialization

the UK

Which of the following is not associated with an urban revolution?

the borders of European countries

what do geographers call the visible human imprint on the landscape

the cultural landscape

which term is associated with "the scaled of labor in the marketplace, recorded in government and official stats?

the formal economy

which of the following is an example of a multinational corporation

the french grocery company auchan

which of the following statements is true?

the growth of manufacturing in china has impacted other parts of east asia

which term is associated with " the shadowy world of prostitution, illicit drugs sales, racketeering, and the like'?

the illegal economy

which term is associated with the unrecorded sector where few, if any, taxes are paid

the informal economy

which international organization could be described as 1) monitors national policies that influence exchange rates and balance of payments 2)provides loans for short term balance of payment problems and 3)by tradition, its serving president is european?

the international monetary fund

from 1990-2015 hdi vales sigapore and india question

the largest difference between sigapore and india seems to be related to economic data.

sequent occupance shows

the layers of cultures that have lived in a place

Geographer Peirce Lewis wrote axioms for reading the cultural landscape, which include all of the following except

the most important clues in a cultural landscape are government buildings and memorials.

which general area of the world in 1500 was considered the middle of the major trade routes in the world at that time

the ottoman empire

the prevalence of languages in the niger congo families in Saharan africa and of afro asisatic languages of north africa reflects the relative lack of spatial interaction, historically, between people in the two regions. What can you infer is the reason for this?

the people in these two regions were separated by the expanse of the sahara

there were two waves of colonialism between 1500 and 1975. which of the following is not true of the second wave?

the power of first wave colonizers grew even stronger.

what is globalization

the process or processes heightening interactions, increasing interdependence, and deepening relationships across country boundaries

given your knowledge of the modifiable areal unit problem you would most likely conclude.

the scale of analysis, and shape of the areal unit, ,may influence ones study results.

which of the following factors does not effect connectivity?

the scale of the map used to plan a transportation network

the caritas organization is an example of what kind of economic activity?

the social economy

which term is associated with not for profit activities

the social economy

what is a hegemon

the state that is the world power and shapes the tone and rules of politics and trade in a particular era

what analogy can help us understand the role of context in development?

the tadpole philosophy that only a small percentage of tadpoles develop into a frog in a pond because all of the tadpoles compete in the same pond for food sun and other resources.

which international organization could be described as 1)formed in 1945 with 51 countries: 2)working towards international peace and security through international cooperation; and 3) is headquartered in new york city

the united nations

what is a cultural landscape

the visible imprint of human activity on the landscape

which of the following statements is true?

the wealthiest countries in the world are generally also high on HDI

relative locations are shown on what type of map?

thematic

which of the following statements about sezs in china is incorrect ?

they include collective farms

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

thinking geographically

ideas and goods diffuse from the hearth

to places most connected the hearth

the emphasis on participation in participatory development came about in reaction to a history of --- development projects that left local people with little to no sense of ownership of the projects undertaken by outsiders in their communities

top-down

The cultural landscape of the Georgetown community has changed with ________________ and _____________.

transportation technologies;shifts in the economy

How many urban revolutions have European cities undergone?

two

the-- development of economic activity relates to the disparities in living standards

uneven

Transportation networks often reflect ________________, or the relative importance of cities over smaller towns and rural areas.

urban hierarchies

Which of the following is a geographical term referring to spatial structure of human settlements and the layout of the streets and sites for primary buildings?

urban morphology

very long hiv question.

using regions to analyze differences

chinas growth since 1990 can be attributed to all of the following except

war

which of the following statments is not true about china's economic growth rate

weak state investments have hampered growth in urban areas

if the GNI of a country increases over time, not everyone in the country may be seeing greater wealth because

wealth is usually distributed unevenly among a country's population.

The perception of place refers to a way of people construct their ideas about:

what a place is like

Political geographer Peter J. Taylor defined world cities as the organizing nodes in:

worldwide networks

which of the following is on the UNDP 2030 sustainable development goals list

zero hunger