Geog 102 Exam

Identify China's most famous treaty port, which attracted merchants from Europe, the United States, and India in the 1800s. a. Shanghai b. Bangkok c. Taipei d. Hong Kong

a. Shanghai

The expansive coastlines of Southeast Asia are tourist destinations for travelers from around the world. The first tourists to Southeast Asia were: a. pilgrims visiting Hindu and Buddhist temples, including Angkor Wat. You got it right b. surfers looking for the perfect wave. c. entrepreneurs establishing new businesses. d. families from Europe looking to relax on holidays.

a. pilgrims visiting Hindu and Buddhist temples, including Angkor Wat.

Rain shadow Effect

the dry, leeward side of a mountain

Mekong River System

-originates in Tibean Plateau -long course -created massive river plain in Cambodia, broad delta in Vietnam

Core Processes and Periphery Processes

Core- production methods that add wealth to an economy through high technology, education, and wages Periphery- production methods that add little wealth to an economy through low technology, education, and wages

Centrally Planned Economy

Government ownership, planning, overseeing, and distribution of production within a county's economy

Mount Fuji

Japan's Highest Mountain

Informal Economy and growth

Portion of the economy that is not taxed or regulated by the government. Goods and services are exchanged based on barter or cash systems and earnings are not reported to the government

Migration

Purposeful movement from a home location to a new place with a degree of permanence or intent to stay in the new place

Pronatalist Policy

a government policy to encourage citizens to have more children

Gender Imbalance

a lack of balance between the number of girls and boys born, as a result of human intervention favoring one gender

Global Language

a language with widespread use across the world that is used for communication among a diversity of speakers.

Migration in China has been powered by agriculture and industry and has resulted in a flow from _____________ to ______________ areas, generally west to east. a. rural; urban b. urban; rural c. developed; less developed d. industrial; agricultural

a. rural; urban

Although tourism is considered a form of economic development, it does not necessarily benefit local communities. a. True b. False

a. true

Chinese men with rural hukous or who cannot find a Chinese bride increasingly look to North Korea and Southeast Asia for brides. a. true b. false

a. true

Europeans had access to spices from China via the Silk Road. a. True b. False

a. true

Southeast Asia has two distinct physical geographies: one comprising thousands of islands in the Pacific Ocean and extending to the eastern Indian Ocean and the other on the mainland of the Asian continent. a. true b. false

a. true

The Indonesian language likely began on the island of Sumatra in present-day Indonesia. a. true b. false

a. true

The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) migrates north in June and July with the migration of the direct rays of the sun. a. true b. false

a. true

The construction of the Three Gorges Dam has resulted in the displacement of over one million people, forcing them to resettle in other areas. a. true b. false

a. true

The first sign of a tsunami is often the ocean receding from the beach, a phenomenon known as a drawdown. a. true b. false

a. true

The meandering Huang He has carved 26 different channels over the last 2,000 years. a. True b. False

a. true

Crony capitalism

an economic growth model in which the state plays a large role in creating contracts and giving tax breaks to local industries, which are typically owned by people with strong connections to the government, thereby popping up the industries.

In reference to Southeast Asia as a region of the world, ASEAN stands for: a. Association of Southwest Asian Nations. b. Association of Southeast Asian Nations. c. Association of South East and Arabic Nations. d. Association of Sustainable Economic Asian Nations.

b. Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

_________ processes rely on high technology, highly educated workers, and financial support from governments while _____________ processes rely on low technology, uneducated workers, and little support from government. a. chain: link b. core: periphery c. periphery: core d. primary: secondary

b. core: periphery

Match the government forms with the following countries: North Korea, China, and Japan, respectively. a. communist; democratic; dictatorial b. dictatorial; communist; democratic c. communist; dictatorial; democratic d. dictatorial; democratic; communist

b. dictatorial; communist; democratic

Indonesia, unlike the Philippines, uses English as a major language of secondary school and university instruction. a. true b. false

b. false

The Mekong is the third most biologically diverse river system in the world, after the Amazon in South America and the Mississippi in North America. a. true b. false

b. false

The first world religions to diffuse into Southeast Asia were Buddhism and Islam. a. true b. false

b. false

Since East Asia was essentially self-sufficient in all essential commodities, foreign trade primarily involved luxury goods such as Chinese silk, porcelain, jade, and: a. rice b. opium c. wheat d. livestock

b. opium

Migrants weigh their reasons for going to a particular place based on complex: a. momentum factors. b. push and pull factors. c. UN regulations. d. informal economies.

b. push and pull factors

Tourism is the short term travel for the purpose of a. business b. recreation and relaxation c. eating new foods d. visiting family members

b. recreation and relaxation

Typhoons that hit the western Pacific, including the Philippines, are typically ______ the hurricanes hitting the western Atlantic, including the southeast coast of the United States. a. weaker than b. stronger than c. about the same as d. less likely to impact a populated area than

b. stronger than

With its beginnings dating back to 770 BCE, _________________was a massive undertaking throughout many dynasties and centuries, once serving as a defensive structure, with overarching goals of keeping the Mongols out and defining the space of subsequent empires. a. Xi'an city wall b. the Great Wall of China c. the 13 Ming tombs d. the Forbidden City

b. the Great Wall of China

Dr. Yea explains that as the cash economy has diffused into Iban longhouses through tourism revenue, the cultural landscape of the Iban has changed so that: a. the Iban have built five star hotels to look like traditional longhouses and placed them next to the longhouses where the Iban live. b. the Iban often have two longhouses now: a traditional one maintained for the tourist gaze and a modern longhouse tucked away from tourist view where the Iban live. c. the Iban have banned tourists from their villages and have built longhouses for tourists to visit on the coast. d. the Iban have differentiated themselves from each other, with some communities focused on French tourists, others specializing in Dutch tourists, and another catering to British tourists.

b. the Iban often have two longhouses now: a traditional one maintained for the tourist gaze and a modern longhouse tucked away from tourist view where the Iban live.

Authenticity is the idea that one place or experience is the: a. most beautiful, desirable one b. true, original one c. best, most valued one d. compelling, interesting one.

b. true, original one

Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and the Philippines will have a dry climate during the northern hemisphere's ______. a. summer b. winter c. spring d. summer

b. winter

Cultural brokers in Southeast Asia are designing an increasing number of tours to meet the demand for an authentic tourist experience for tourists from ______. a. Australia b. United States c. China d. Japan

c. China

East and South Asia are divided by the: a. Heilong River. b. Ring of Fire. c. Himalayas. d. Pacific plate.

c. Himalayas.

Which of the following religions teach that interest should not be charged for lending money? a. Buddhism b. Daoism c. Islam d. Hinduism

c. Islam

Japan's colonization of East Asia and the Pacific brought the United States into World War II when the Japanese attacked: a. Saipan. b. Midway Island. c. Pearl Harbor. d. Wake Island.

c. Pearl Harbor

Which of the following were the focus of the earliest diffusion of Islam into Asia? a. travel routes b. ports c. all of these choices are correct

c. all of these choices are correct

Which of the following terms describes the ocean receding from the beach, often an early sign of a tsunami? a. low tide b. high tide c. drawdown d. El Nino

c. drawdown

Used in China, this system limits where individuals live and affects the flow of migration in the country by identifying where a person is registered to live and whether that location is agricultural or nonagricultural. a. census bureau system b. geographic information system (GIS) c. hukou system d. human genome project

c. hukou system

A World Bank study found that of the working population around the world, women (especially in countries that prohibit women from owning land), young people, internal migrants (within a country, usually from rural to urban areas), and international immigrants are most likely to be working in the: a. formal economy. b. classic economy. c. informal economy. d. traditional economy.

c. informal economy

When migrants leave home for a new place, they take part of their home culture with them through: a. contagious diffusion. b. expansion. c. relocation diffusion. d. trickle-down economics.

c. relocation diffusion

The concentration of volcanoes and earthquakes along the plate boundaries of the Pacific Plate form an area of increased tectonic activity, called: a. the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). b. the volcanic arch. c. the Pacific Ring of Fire. d. hot spot islands.

c. the Pacific Ring of Fire

In 1979, as an attempt to control the rapidly growing population in East Asia, China instituted: a. the No Child Left Behind Act. b. the compulsory education law. c. the one-child policy. d. the Kyoto Protocol.

c. the one-child policy.

The climate of East Asia is greatly influenced by the ____________ in the east and by the ___________ in the west. a. Himalayas: Atlantic Ocean b. Atlantic Ocean: Himalayas c. Europe: Siberian High d. Pacific Ocean: Himalayas

d. Pacific Ocean: Himalayas

For centuries, farmers along the upper Mekong River have developed and maintained terraces that follow the contours of the hills in order to: a. create fields for growing rice. b. prevent erosion. c. capture rainfall. d. all of these answers are correct.

d. all of the answers

Controlling the Huang He has been a major goal for China's dynasties since the time of the Qin emperor. Efforts have included all of the following except: a. channelizing the river. b. building high levees along the river. c. building lower levees on floodplains. d. building the Three Gorges Dam.

d. building the Three Gorges Dam.

The major gender imbalance in parts of East Asia can primarily be contributed to: a. natural selection. b. disease. c. war. d. human intervention.

d. human intervention.

Which of the following, through trade in Southeast Asia, is reflected in the complexity of languages and cultures in the region? a. cultural landscape b. environmental determinism c. social Darwinism d. spatial interaction

d. spatial interaction

Authenticity is an important concept in studying tourism for all of the following reasons except: a. tourists often seek to experience authentic local cultures, which affects the local cultures. b. tourists often try to replicate an experience presented to them as authentic by their friends or bloggers who have already visited the place. c. tour guides present certain experiences as authentic and better than others in their advertising and tours. d. tour guides present certain theme parks, such as Disney, as authentic, and others, such as Six Flags, as impostors.

d. tour guides present certain theme parks, such as Disney, as authentic, and others, such as Six Flags, as impostors.

Short-term travel to a destination away from home with the central purpose of recreation and relaxation is called: a. migration. b. work-permits. c. diffusion. d. tourism.

d. tourism

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

Cultural brokers

in tourism, the resort companies, tour operators, and guides who present a local culture in a certain way and commodify opportunities for tourists to observe and experience a local culture.

Pacific Ring of Fire

most active volcanoes, most earthquakes

Orographic Precipitation

precipitation associated with lifting over a mountain range, where the windward side of the mountain receives precipitation but the leeward side is relatively dry

Channelization

reconstruction of a river or stream to follow a straighter path; yellow river is the most famous channelization (Chinese emperors controlled)

Commodity Chain

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