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The three largest monotheistic faiths of the world all began in this region. They are collectively called?

Abrahamic Faiths

Following World War II, many formerly colonized countries became independent states. Where was the greatest concentration in of these countries?

Africa and Asia

Geographers often describe the nature of economies in terms of primary,, secondary, and tertiary economic activities. which of the following is not part of secondary activities?

Automotive manufacturing

The largest language family in Subsaharan Africa is the Niger-Kordofanian and includes the widespread _______________ languages

Bantu

The division of Africa into many colonial spheres and states happened at the ______________ conference in 1884-1885.

Berlin

Temperature and rainfall are two of the major factors determining a:

Biome

______________ is the subdiscipline 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 semiperiphery as it increasingly engaged in manufacturing and became a major global exporter, as exemplified by the heavy freight traffic in Hong Kong Harbor?

China

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 in the world.

What is the leading fair trade product?

Coffee

What does the term Scramble for Africa refer to?

European powers arbitrarily divided by the world's second largest continent among themselves.

Which of the following describes the process of heightening interactions, increasing independence, and deepening relations with another country boundaries?

Globalization

What is the term for the introduction of hybrid seeds, new fertilizers and pesticides and in some cases merchanization?

Green Revolution

What tool accesses life expectancy, literacy, years of schooling, and per capita GDP?

Human Development Index

In the Saharan region of Africa, including the Subsaharan states such as Niger, Mali, and Chad, what is the most common religion.

Islam

What is ITCZ?

It is a low -pressure belt whoces location migrates.

Globalization including colonial empires such as the ottoman in Southwest Asia, the French in Maghreb, and the _____________________ in the Pacific.

Japanese

The major rivers responsible for much of the life and agriculture in south west Asia and North Africa are the Euphrates and:

Nile and Tigris

Most African countries became independent from colonial rule by 1960, and in 1964 formed the:

Organization for African Unity.

The vast majority of petroleum resources being exported from Southwest Asia and North Africa come from the countries bordering the :

Persian Gulf

Which of the following is not one of the most common measurements of wealth?

Purchasing Power

About 15 percent of all Muslims believe that a descendant of the prophet Muhammad shoulf lead the faithful. This branch of Islam id the:

Shi'a

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

Site and situation

The first wave of colonialism was sparked by these European colonies

Spain and Portugal

________________development meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Sustainable

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

True

The opium war between Great Britain and China originated when the Chinese banned opium sales in china due to public health concerns. However, Britain's main concern was huge trade deficit it was running with China.

True

By importing gain rather than growing it, what else are countries importing?

Virtual Water

Which of the following is the negative impact on a region from economic growth in another region?

backwash

The earlier name for a portion of modern-day Iraq is Mesopotamia, which means:

between the rivers

Geographers went through their own period where they used environmental differences o explain everything from intelligence to wealth. What is this set of theories called?

environmental determinism.

The simple spread of a concept or idea from one person to the next in close proximity to one another is called:

expansion diffusion

Landlocked countries face particular exporting problem because both time and money are required to cross country border, making transportation:

expensive

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

functional

Which of the following is a tern often used by geographers to describe the dominance of one state on the global stage?

hegemon

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

historical spatial interaction.

The two major fields of study within geography are physically geography and ____________________.

human geography

What fueled the second wave of colonization in the second half of the nineteenth century?

industrialization

Most street vendors, local craftsmen, farmer's markets, and roadside stalls are all part of the:

informal economy

One method of finding absolute location on a map is by using:

longitude and latitude

The world bank and its credit management is an example of:

neocolonialism

The unique of a location and its shaping refers to:

place

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

The differences between the Sahara, a true desert , and the semi- arid Sahel region to its south is:

rainfall

Corn, yams, cassava, and bananas are common crops in areas of which type of agriculture?

slash-and-burn

Subsaharan Africa includes all the countries:

south of the Sahara

Geography is the only study of people, place, environment, and:

space

The physical boundaries of southwest Asia and North Africa have contributed to all but which of the following

stable, democratic governments

Fieldwork and field studies are still critical to research by geography in the 21st century.

true

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

what a place is like