Geography Chapter 1(General)

According to the human development index devised by the United Nations, a country with a perfect score would have an index of:

1.0

Almost all of the world's inhabitants are living on this percentage of the total land surface.

10%

In 2013, the world's annual average GNI per capita Purchasing Power Parity(PPP) was:

10,700$

A megacity is an urban area with a population greater than:

10million

The current global population is approximately:

7 billion

Which of the following is an example of a supranational organization?

All of the other answers, except for none of the other answers are correct, are correct

Which of the following is true about multinational corporations(MNCs)?

All of the other answers, except for none of the other answers are correct, are correct

The period of earth's history when human activity dominated the earth system is called the?

Anthropocene

Which country focused on secondary activities for the global market and now is also a significant player in tertiary activities like banking?

China

What country promised to be net zero emissions by 2020 in the 2015 Paris Agreement?

Costa Rica

The average number of children each women will have over the course of her lifetime is called the:

Fertility Rate

Which of the following is the estimate of the total value of everything produced by a country in a particular year?

Gross Domestic Product(GDP)

Where did Buddhism originate?

India

All of the following countries will contribute to half of the world's population increase, except:

Japan

Which region hosts more than half of the world's biodiversity?

Latin America and Caribbean

What region is most responsible for climate change based on per capita emissions in 2011?

Oceania

Which of these statistics gives the most accurate measurement of buying power and the cost of living in a country?

PPP

Which one of the tectonic plates is among those that comprise of the "Ring of Fire"?

Pacific

What phase of the Demographic Transition Model(DTM) has the highest death rates and high birth rates?

Phase 1

Which two countries dominated the "Cold War"?

USSR and United States

What view of the development process supports grassroots movements and local knowledge?

alternative development

The global movement of air that transports heat and moisture and explains the climates of different regions is called:

atmospheric circulation

What time of year experiences solar energy equally in both hemispheres?

both Equinoxes

This is a form of social and economic organization characterized by the common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange.

communism

What is the spatial dispersion of a previously homogeneous group?

diaspora

What does a "top-heavy" population pyramid reveal about a country?

elderly population

Plantation economics characterized what economic era?

first wave of colonialism

The study of how the Earth's physical features are formed:

geomorphology

What is a key component to women's development around the world?

land ownership

The Köppen Climate Classification is based on:

latitude, temperature, precipitation

The U.N. Human Development Index(HDI) is based on:

life expectancy, education, income

This economic policy emphasizes universal faith in markets, reduction in government programs, and development as an economic process?

neoliberalism

Genocide Watch in the U.S. and the Green Belt Movement in Kenya are examples of:

nongovernmental organizations(NGOs)

Extractive activities are considered to be what sector of the economy?

primary

What is the social category that developed during the 19th century of European imperialism?

race

What is a large informal group focused on political or social issues?

social movement

What political institution exercises power over territory and people, and is recognized by other states?

sovereign state

The provision of services constitutes this form of employment.

tertiary

This is believed to be one of the causes of global warming and climate change associated with it.

the burning of fossil fuels

How do commodity chains begin?

the extraction and production of raw materials