GEOG 201 Final
Belarus
Alexander Lukashenko has been called "Europe's last dictator". He is the leader of which nation?
A high central peak
An atoll typically has all of the following characteristics, EXCEPT
Is gradually being phased out and will likely become a future "two-child" policy
China's one-child policy
Prison colony
In the early days of its colonization, Britain used Australia initially as a
Indonesia
In what Southeast Asian country is transmigration most common, and a policy of the national government?
Earthquakes
Japan is most vulnerable to
High-density urban thoroughfares and sidewalks in cities such as Mumbai
One would most likely find "hutments" located in/on
Depletes soil nutrients within a few years
Swidden agriculture
The Indian states of Punjab and Haryana, in the lowlands of India's eastern and western coasts
The area of India where one is most likely to find wheat harvested is ________ while the region most likely to find rice under cultivation is ________.
Dalai Lama
The central religious figure in Tibetan Buddhism (sometimes known as the "Great Teacher") is the
Deep-sea mining
The next frontier in resource extraction in the region may be
Western Europe
The primary destination for Russia's petroleum exports is currently
Russia
Until recently, what has been the choice destination for Central Asian migrants seeking work?
Monsoons
What climatic factor dominates South Asia?
It will be hit hard by climate change, leading to melting of glaciers and reduced river flows
What do most climate change experts predict will happen to Central Asia?
The British decision to join the European Union in 1973, which put in place strict agricultural protection policies
What event triggered a major slowdown in New Zealand's agricultural exports?
Emphasis on basic education, but inadequate attention given to university and technical education
What is education like in Southeast Asia?
The shift of American military away from the Middle East and toward the Asia-Pacific world, namely with the establishment of small "lily-pad" bases scattered across the Pacific
What is the Asia Pivot?
An extremist organization that insisted all aspects of society conform to a harsh Islamic orthodoxy in Afghanistan
What is the Taliban?
There has been a religious revival
What is the current policy toward religion in the Russian Domain in this post-Soviet era?
These islands may hold petroleum reserves
What is the main reason that several countries in East Asia claim the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands northeast of Taiwan?
Political instability
What is the major impediment to foreign investment in Afghanistan?
ASEAN fosters regional cooperation and regional coherence
What is the mission of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)?
The northern latitudinal position of the Russian Domain
What is the one element that helps us to understand geographies of climate, vegetation, and agriculture in the Russian Domain?
European Russia is better suited for agriculture
What is the primary reason why European Russia has a higher population than Asian Russia?
To control river flooding and produce hydroelectricity
What is(are) the reason(s) that China built the Three Gorges Dam?
The political process
What strategy has been valuable to both Maoris and Aborigines in their efforts to gain greater control over their ancestral land and resources?
Pipelines
What transportation technology is needed to take advantage economically of the oil wealth of Central Asia?
Air pollution and water pollution
What two chronic environmental problems facing the Russian Domain today?
Marsupials
What type of animals are most closely associated with Australia?
An artistic style devoted to the realistic depiction of workers challenging nature or struggling against capitalism
What was socialist realism of the Soviet era in the Russian Domain?
The collision of peninsular India with the Eurasia continental plate
What was the primary force behind the formation of the Himalayas?
To increase Russian dominance in outlying portions of the former USSR
What was the purpose of Russification?
To promote immigration of (white) North Americans and Europeans to Australia
What was the purpose of the White Australia Policy?
Strait of Malacca
What waterway key to international shipping in Southeast Asia is also notorious for piracy?
Japan
Where is almost all of the rice that the Japanese consume grown?
North Korea
Which nation in the region has an official ideology of "self-reliance" known as juche?
Exposure to radiation from Soviet-era nuclear waste which was improperly disposed
Which of the following is NOT a contributing factor to the high mortality rates among Russian men?
A nuclear Japan poised to repeat the military aggression of the 1930s and 1940s
Which of the following is NOT considered to be a potential geopolitical crisis in East Asia?
Acid rain
Which of the following is NOT one of the environmental problems of South Asia?
Indentured workers from Japan
Which of the following is NOT one of the major external cultural influences on Southeast Asia?
Poor infrastructure as result of a lack of roads, railroads and canals built during the Soviet era
Which of the following was NOT a factor which led to the demise of the Soviet economy?
Nurture local nationalisms
Which of the following was NOT a strategy of the Soviet Union in Central Asia?
Low population density
Why is the environment in Central Asia relatively clean?