World Geography Exam 1 Q&A / Study Prep for Final

Match the Colonial Country to the term that best describes their colonial impact. 46. Spain/Portugal 47. France/Britain 48. Netherlands 49. United States 50. China a) Catholic Church strong influence b) Little colonial impact on infrastructure. c) Large impact on infrastructure. Large ex-patriot populations d) Little impact acquired colonies at the end of the 19th century e) Did not practice active colonialism primarily stayed isolated.

46. a) Catholic Church strong influence 47. c) Large impact on infrastructure. Large ex-patriot populations 48. b) Little colonial impact on infrastructure. 49. d) Little impact acquired colonies at the end of the 19th century 50. e) Did not practice active colonialism primarily stayed isolated.

What are the 4 major subdivisions within Geography?

Human Physical Nature Society Spatial analysis

26. Which of the following accords with Confucian ideology? a) A male should hold the position of ultimate authority. b) The matriarchal family is the best organizational model for the state. c) The military general is the source of all order and civilization. d) Imperial officials are accountable to common people.

a) A male should hold the position of ultimate authority

30. Which of the following relationships is accounted for in the rate of natural increase? a) Birth rates and death rates in a given population b) Immigrants and emigrants to and from a given population c) Death of infants per 1000 born d) Newborn infants and migrants added to a population in a given year

a) Birth rates and death rates in a given population

35. What institution initiated the expansion of long-distance trade? a) Colonial system. b) Transnational corporations c) Free trade blocs d) Investment banks

a) Colonial system

32. In which sector of the economy is agriculture? a) First b) Second c) Third d) Fourth

a) First

23. Which of the following are the most characteristic of the western part of East Asia? a) Grasslands and desert b) Tropical rain forests and palm trees c) Taiga and tundra d) Moist groundcover and high levels of evaporation

a) Grasslands and desert

4. What are the major lines that circle the globe and are used by geographers to make maps? a) Latitude Lines b) Longitude Lines c) Straight Edges d) Arcs

a) Latitude Lines

1. What is the name of the Basic Aerial unit that we will use in this course to describe an area of the Earth's surface? a) Region b) Continent c) Country d) State

a) Region

2. Which of these three subfields is not a major subfield within Geography according to the textbook? a) Sociological Geography b) Human Geography c) Physical Geography d) Spatial Interaction

a) Sociological Geography

16. Most of what is today the country of Indonesia was controlled by what European power during the colonial era? a) The Netherlands* [Pg. 446-447] b) Britain c) Spain d) Portugal

a) The Netherlands

5. What are the 2 types of data used in GISc? a) Vector and Raster b) Raster and spatial c) Vector and cellular d) Cellular and point

a) Vector and Raster

17. The most immediate risk of glacial melting is: a) flooding. b) tsunamis. c) greater occurrence of El Niño. d) drought.

a) flooding

34. The push/pull phenomenon of urbanization pushes people out of __________ and pulls them into _______________. a) rural areas, cities b) farms, manufacturing c) singlehood, parenthood d) one country, a different country

a) rural areas, cities

24. How did Japan industrialize in the twentieth century? a) By emulating the Chinese model b) By integrating European influences c) By limiting its exports d) By developing a plan for economic self-sufficiency

b) By integrating European influences

21. The extreme variation in daily and seasonal temperatures in East Asia's western zone is a climate characteristic exhibited by which of the following? a) Narrow peninsula b) Continental interior c) Coastal region d) Equatorial region

b) Continental interior

22. Which terms best describe East Asia's two climate zones? a) Mediterranean west and desert east b) Dry interior west and wet (monsoon) east c) Wet (monsoon) west and desert east d) Temperate west and tropical east

b) Dry interior west and wet (monsoon) east

7. Which Southeast Asian nation is an archipelago composed of some 17,000 islands? a) Timor-Leste b) Indonesia c) Brunei d) The Philippines

b) Indonesia

3. What are the major lines that run from pole to pole that geographers use to make maps? a) Latitude Lines b) Longitude Lines c) Straight Edges d) Arcs

b) Longitude Lines

33. What is the term for farming that meets human needs without degrading or depleting the environment? a) Industrial agriculture b) Plantation agriculture c) Corporate agriculture d) Sustainable agriculture

b) Plantation agriculture

31. ______ refers to the biological category of male or female, while ____ refers to the differences between the sexes as defined by a particular social group. a) Gender, sex b) Sex, gender c) Sex, discrimination d) Gender, sex roles

b) Sex, gender

42. The European country that had set up a lucrative Pacific trade route between Manila and Acapulco in the 1560s was: a) Portugal. b) Spain. c) France. d) Italy.

b) Spain

14. Which modern country was NOT a part of French Indochina? a) Laos b) Thailand c) Cambodia d) Vietnam

b) Thailand

36. The opposite of capitalism is: a) socialism. b) communism. c) democracy. d) monarchy.

b) communism

18. The ancient Chinese system that effectively ties rural people to the place of their birth is known as the _____________ system. a) zhou b) hukou c) pyonyang d) xia

b) hukou

6. The climate of Southeast Asia is best described as: a) Mediterranean. b) tropical or subtropical. c) desert. d) steppe.

b) tropical or subtropical

15. Which of the following activities has destroyed the largest share of Southeast Asian rain forests? a) Pipeline construction b) Resettlement schemes c) Agriculture and hardwood harvesting d) Legal logging

c) Agriculture and hardwood harvesting

45. The ethnic group that is prominent beyond its numbers in Southeast Asia is the: a) Tamils b) Sinhalese c) Overseas Chinese d) Bangladeshis

c) Overseas Chinese

19. Which country is NOT considered a part of the region of East Asia? a) China b) Japan c) Thailand d) South Korea

c) Thailand

12. Why have some of the world's most impressive rainforests developed in Southeast Asia? a) The soil is incredibly fertile. b) The economy has never involved agriculture, thus preventing the clearing of the rainforests. c) The decay of detritus allows for the release of minerals that are taken up directly by the trees. d) There is no accepted biological explanation for this phenomenon.

c) The decay of detritus allows for the release of minerals that are taken up directly by the trees

25. The earliest civilizations in China can be characterized as: a) democratic. b) republican. c) feudal. d) global.

c) feudal

13. The dominant land use in Indonesia is: a) tourist resorts. b) paper factories. c) palm oil plantations. d) game preserves.

c) palm oil plantations

38. The largest producer of total greenhouse gas emissions is: a) China. b) Russia. c) the United States. d) Japan.

c) the United states

20. Which of the following provides the most accurate representation of East Asia's landforms? a) A raised platform with narrow coastlines b) A broad bowl with coastal uplands c) An incline rising from west to east d) A series of steps descending from west to east

d) A series of steps descending from west to east

27. The Opium Wars began as an effort by China to prevent merchants from what country from trading opium for prized Chinese goods? a) United States b) Portugal c) Spain d) Britain

d) Britain

43. The dominant religion of Timor-Leste and the Philippines is: a) Judaism. b) Buddhism. c) Islam. d) Catholicism.

d) Catholicism

10. What factor or factors account for the large amount of rainfall that Southeast Asia gets? a) Monsoons b) The intertropical convergence zone c) El Niño d) El Niño and the ITCZ

d) El Niño and the ITCZ

11. Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the climate of Southeast Asia? a) Warm temperatures in the lowlands b) Heavy rain c) Occasional drought d) Low humidity

d) Low humidity

28. What is the term for farming that meets human needs without degrading or depleting the environment? a) Industrial agriculture b) Plantation agriculture c) Corporate agriculture d) Sustainable agriculture

d) Sustainable agriculture: 29. Cartographers solve the problem of showing the spherical earth on a flat piece of paper by using: a) lines of latitude. b) projections. c) globes instead of flat maps. d) degrees, minutes, and seconds. b) projections

41. Which of the following islands of Oceania was/were NOT created by tectonic forces? a) New Zealand b) The Mariana Islands c) New Guinea d) The Hawaiian islands

d) The Hawaiian islands

8. Which Southeast Asian nation is an archipelago composed of some 7,000 islands? a) Timor-Leste b) Indonesia c) Brunei d) The Philippines

d) The Philippines

44. In which Southeast Asian country is the service sector NOT the dominant one? a) Singapore b) The Philippines c) Timor Leste d) Vietnam

d) Vietnam

9. Most of the space in the Southeast Asian region is composed of: a) arable land. b) mountains. c) forests. d) ocean.

d) ocean

37. Water scarcity is the result of all of the following EXCEPT: a) population growth. b) increased per capita demand for water due to modernization. c) inequitable allocation of water. d) sustainable farming initiatives.

d) sustainable farming initiatives