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What is the total fertility for the world in 2017?

2.5 children

The UN estimates the total number of global immigrants is

250 million

Through how many degrees of latitude do you pass if you travel from the Tropic of Cancer to the Arctic Circle?

43 degrees

What percent of the world's population resides in cities?

54%

The current average life expectancy for the world is

70 years for men, 74 years for women

Geographic Information System (GIS)

A computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data.

Nationalism

A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country

Global Positioning System (GPS)

A system that determines the precise position of something on Earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations, and receivers.

Choropleth Map

A thematic map that uses tones or colors to represent spatial data as average values per unit area.

What happens in Stage 3 of the Demographic Transition?

Birth rate begins to decrease

The sovereignty of Hong Kong was handed over to the Chinese in 1997 by which former European colonial power?

Britain

Central Asia has several oil and gas basins beneath which physical feature of the region?

Caspian Sea

Which East Asian country is most associated with Taoism?

China

Which country has the largest population in East Asia?

China

Which country of East Asia has the greatest linguistic diversity?

China

Longitude

Distance east or west of the prime meridian, runs north-south

Latitude

Distance north or south of the equator, runs east-west; aka parallels

In what world region is Swahili a lingua franca?

Eastern Africa

What language has been advocated as a neutral national language in India?

English

What country has an official prohibition against unwanted cultural traits, especially in its language?

France

What is the middle position on globalization?

Globalization is probably unavoidable but it can be managed

Why are 'growth' and 'development' not interchangeable terms?

Growth normally refers to increase in the size of the system, while development usually refers to improvements

What is the most widely spoken language in South Asia?

Hindi

Sikhism is a blend of what two religions?

Hinduism and Islam

Which country in East Asia has resorted to "pollution exporting" because of strict environmental laws and as a way to improve its environment?

Japan

What territory of South Asia is claimed by both India and Pakistan?

Kashmir

What is the primary reason for the shrinking of the Aral Sea?

Large-scale irrigation projects implemented by the Soviets in the 1950s diverted water from the two rivers that fed the sea.

How does Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) adjust Gross National Income per capita?

PPP takes into account the strength or weakness of local currencies

Which European mountain range forms the political border between Spain and France?

Pyrenees

An example of a nation with a high HDI but high gender inequality score would be

Qatar

The two largest arms exporters in the world are

Russian and the United States

Tokyo and Shanghai both have which climate type?

humid subtropical

What writing system uniquely evolved with East Asian languages?

ideographs

The Pamir Knot

is a complex of mountain ranges where Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, and China meet.

The United States has a significant number of troops stationed in

South Korea and Japan

The Mughal Empire by 1700 ruled all (or part of) the following present-day regions EXCEPT for

Sri Lanka

In which stage of the Demographic Transition are both the birthrate and death rate high?

Stage 1

Fine, windblown material deposited across much of north-central China during the last ice age is known as

loess

Map Scale

mathematical ratio between the map and the surface area being mapped

Remittances

monies sent by individuals working abroad to families in the origin country

What is a reaction against cultural imperialism, usually to protect or defend a cultural system from diluting or undesirable cultural expressions?

nationalism

The most extensive plateau region of Central Asia, most of which is over 12000 feet (3700 meters) above sea level, is the

Tibetan

The capital and most densely populated city in Japan is

Tokyo

The Kurdish ethnic group is spread across which countries?

Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria

The ethnolinguistic group who practices Islam in the western Chinese province of Xinjiang are known as

Uyghurs

The Fergana Valley is divided by which three countries?

Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan

Cultural Syncretism

When an aspect of two or more distinct cultures blend together to create a new custom, idea, practice, or philosophy.

The Three Gorges Dam has been constructed on which river in China?

Yangtze

Decolonization

a colony's gaining (or regaining) control over its territory and establishing a separate, independent government

What is loess?

a fertile, silty soil deposited by the wind

What are the Tamil Tigers?

a rebel group in Sri Lanka

What is a universalizing religion?

a religion that attempts to appeal to all peoples regardless of location or culture

Ethnicity

a social group with a common culture, religion, language, or history

Chaebol

are South Korean industrial conglomerates

Alluvial fans

are fan-shaped deposits of sediments dropped by streams flowing out of the mountains

Central Asia is unique among world regions in that it is

completely landlocked in the core of the largest landmass

Which environmental issue is the most pervasive in Central Asia?

desertification

What do most scholars agree is the major component of globalization?

economic reorganization of the world

How many new countries appeared in Central Asia as a result of the breakup of the Soviet Union?

five

Special Economic Zones (SEZs) allowed for

foreign investment with minimal state interference

What characterizes the Shinto belief system in Japan?

nature and harmony and its connections with human existence

What creed does the South Asian religion of Jainism emphasize over all others?

nonviolence

Lines of latitude

parallels, including the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn

Which statement represents the UN definition of extreme poverty?

percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 per day

Neoliberalism encourages

privatization and free trade

What is the livelihood of pastoralists?

raising livestock

Dravidian languages are found in which part of South Asia?

southern India-Tamil

Much of Central Asia is dominated by

steppe

Remote sensing

taking images using electromagnetic energy from aircraft or satellites

An accurate representation of the core-periphery model

that the developed core achieved its wealth primarily by taking advantage of the southern periphery, through either colonialism or imperialism

Globalization is the most fundamental reorganization of our planet's social and economic structures since

the Industrial Revolution

Sovereignty

the ability (or inability) of a government to control activities within its borders

Cultural Imperialism

the active promotion of one cultural system at the expense of another

What geologic event created Central Asia's mountain ranges?

the collision of the Indian subcontinent with Asia

A functional region is

where a particular activity or cluster of activities take place

Of all the Central Asian countries, which has the worst social development indicators?

Afghanistan

The country with the highest crude birth rate (CBR) in Central Asia is

Afghanistan

The hardline fundamentalist Taliban ruled which nation from the mid-1990s until 2001?

Afghanistan

Which Central Asian country has been the world's leading producer of opium?

Afghanistan

What virtually uninhabited territory in northern Kashmir did China gain control from India after a brief war in 1962?

Aksai Chin

Which world language family is NOT found in Africa?

Altaic

Japan remained largely closed to foreign commerce and influence until gunboats from which nation sailed into Tokyo Bay in 1853 to demand trade access?

American

Human Development Index (HDI)

Indicator of level of development for each country, constructed by United Nations, combining income, literacy, education, and life expectancy

What city did Pakistan designate as its capital, located near the border of the contested region of Kashmir?

Islamabad

The most commonly spoken language in China is

Mandarin

What is the least densely populated nation of Central Asia?

Mongolia

East Asia is located in roughly the same latitudinal zone as which of the following world regions?

North America

Cities such as Samarkand and Bukhara were once key nodes on what famous trading route?

Silk Road

Globalization

The increasing interconnectedness of people and places throughout the world through converging processes of economic, political, and cultural change.

Glocalization

The process by which people in a local place mediate and alter regional, national, and global processes

Dialect

the distinct form of a language that is associated with specific regions and places

Colonialism

the formal establishment of rule over a foreign population

Human trafficking

the illegal trade of humans for the purpose of forced labor, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation

Cultural Assimilation

the process by which racial or ethnic groups are absorbed into the dominant group by adopting the dominant group's culture

Confucianism stresses all of the following ideals EXCEPT

the reverence of nature

What does gross national income (GNI) measure?

the value of all final goods and services produced in a country plus the net income from abroad

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

the value of all goods and services produced in a country

What were the two main reasons China constructed the massive Three Gorges Dam project?

to control flooding on the Yangtze and to generate hydroelectricity

Which of the following is NOT a major population cluster within East Asia?

western China