GEOGRAPHY FINAL 2

Japan is _____.

a huge ally of the USA

Our textbook author says, Western Europe will lose its position as a major center of technology, finance and investment to _____.

asia

There may be more than one answer here. Choose all the correct answers. In South Asia, _________ is/are the religion of the majority (i.e...>50%) in at least one country.

hinduism, buddhism, islam

The Middle East is the center of ______ providing some cultural homogeneity both across the region and across the world. It is a fast growing, major world religion.

islam

Regarding India's population: _____.

It is growing pretty fast and is the country's biggest challenge.

Southeast Asia's relative location is absolutely phenomenal: the region is dead center in the major trading routes between China/Korea/Japan and Middle East/India; trading routes are only getting busier as the Asian economies explode (grow).

true

The Mexican revolution in 1910 was about land and landlessness.

true

The UAE (United Arab Emirates) is using its oil wealth to diversify their economy into banking and the service sector.

true

The European Union, formerly called the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, grew mostly _____ since 1986.

to the east

According to a map in our book, all of the following were true about South Asia in 1947 except ____.

true

According to our textbook, the US has the biggest economy and most powerful military in the world. Additionally, it is a leader of technological innovation in most fields.

true

According to the above map in our book, Europe didn't colonized Japan or Thailand.

true

According to the textbook, North America has a tendency to over-do it on the world stage, or, alternatively, go into intense isolationism.

true

Australia has a high standard of living. It is a very rich place. Per capita (on a per person basis), it is on par with the US and Western Europe and any other rich places.

true

Australia is a very large country geographically with a diversified economy.

true

Brexit and populism could lead to the unraveling of the European Union.

true

Due mostly to drug cartel wars, Mexico has grown its military significantly in size, technologic savvy, and intelligence collection.

true

EAST ASIA China is a nuclear power and a member of the UN Permanent Security Council.

true

Europe colonized the majority (over half of the land area) of the world.

true

Having large oil resources is a mixed blessing for Mexico.

true

Iraq is a mix of Arab, Kurdish and small amounts of other ethnic groups population-wise.

true

JAPAN Japan has the 3rd largest economy in the world, but it has been politically gridlocked and the government has been ineffective for years.

true

Japan is heavily dependent on natural resources, fossil fuels and energy in general imported from other regions.

true

Location, location, location! You may need to check a map or Atlas for this one. Australia is closer geographically to Indonesia than the USA is to Japan or China.

true

MEXICO Tens of thousands of Central Americans pour through (and get stuck in) Mexico every year on their quest to get into the USA.

true

Mexico has a lot of wealth disparity and landlessness*. Both remain chronic political issues. *Landlessness is when poor people want to buy/rent land to grow food but can't because they are too poor.

true

Most of India is dry in the winter as cool, dry air flows over the Indian subcontinent from the north or northeast, the location of much of the massive Asian continent.

true

Russia has veto power at the United Nations and is a member of BRIC* and SCO**. For * and ** explanations see Plan for Week 9.

true

Russia is extremely rich in natural resources and has almost no national debt.

true

SE ASIA Southeast Asia has a lot of poverty, overall lower standards of living than much of the world, a weaker infrastructure, and a lack of education/health care for many.

true

Mexico's population is _____.

increasing

The rainy six months in Vietnam and Thailand happen, in part, thanks to the warm water of the eastern Pacific* in the summer. These rainy months are called the wet monsoon. * I think the author means western Pacific as it is much closer to Southeast Asia than the eastern Pacific!!

true

The role of Japan in Asia is very similar to the United States' role in our part of the world.

true

WESTERN EUROPE The European Union does not include Switzerland and Norway.

true

Western Europe is full of multi-ethnic, diverse societies that generally get along with each other.

true

With the exception of Burma (Myanmar), all countries in Southeast Asia are currently fairly stable and increasingly democratic.

true

singapore is mostly Chinese ethnically

true

Gigantic rural to urban migration in China (loosely correlated with a _____ migration) is emptying out the countryside and packing people into the already overburdened cities of the east.

west to east

In 2015, the two biggest cohorts were ages ____.

40-44 and 65-69

Russia has oil and natural gas deposits that are near _____.

ALL

The textbook author says other countries have a "FREENESS ENVY" of the USA. According to the author, that "Freeness Envy" includes _____.

ALL

map Please choose all of the correct answers.

All countries in North Africa are majority Sunni (Islam) religion-wise. Iraq is a mix of Sunni and Shi'a Islam followers. Iran is a mix of Shi'a and Sunni Islam followers

Unfortunately, dissatisfaction and discontent across large segments of society exists in the following Middle Eastern and North African countries. Please choose all the correct answers.

Egypt, saudi arabia, algeria, Lebanon, iraq, yemen, palestine

Geographically speaking, Sri Lanka _____.

Has a mostly Sinhalese center or core

The above map of the Interstate Highway system does not show two states. Those two states are _____.

Hawaii and Alaska

Using these three population pyramids, please choose all of the answers that are correct.

Iraq is fast growing.In 2017, Saudi Arabia had more people ages 30 to 34 than ages 5 to 9.Iraq has more 0 to 4 year olds than Saudi Arabia.Of the three countries, Egypt has the most 0 to 4 year olds.

China's last dynasty was the _____.

Manchu/Qing

The migrant routes from Africa to Europe go like this.....

Morocco to spain, Mauritania to Canary Islands, Algeria to france

The replacement level for Japan is 2.1 kids per couple so ______.

Most couples have to have two kids. However, every tenth couple must have three kids for the Japanese to replace themselves

Climatically speaking, ______ .

New Zealand is cooler and wetter, with a climate more like the Pacific Northwest section of the US, or even like the UK. Australia has some Mediterranean style climates on the southern coastlines, and even a little tropic savanna-type areas in the north, but the interior is largely steppe and desert; a dry area with limited rainfall, few trees, and scrub and short grass vegetation.

Prior to 1971, _____ actually sat in the China chair at the UN, including in the Permanent Security Council seat.

Taiwan

Where are the drug cartels? Choose all that are correct using the above map.

The Juarez Cartel is in Chihuahua State, The Federation Cartel stretches from the US border to Guatemala, The Tijuana Cartel Federation is in Northwest Mexico

In 2015 Mexico's largest cohort* was _____. * A cohort is a group born within five years of each other. For example, people Ages 20-24 are a cohort.

ages 0-4

For this question choose all the correct answers!! Australia _____.

all

The former Soviet Union* included _____. *This country ceased to exist in 1991. The old Soviet Union (also called the USSR (the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)) broke up into 15 independent countries.

all of present day Russia

The US would very much like Japan to reassert itself militarily since _______.

all of the above

For this question choose all the correct answers!! The USA and Australia _____.

both have cowboys, both had British convict colonies, largely exterminated their respective native populations, speak English and have many other languages since both countries have many immigrants

From 1839 to 1842, the _______ and Chinese fought the aptly named Opium Wars. The ______, among other things, were fighting for the right to peddle drugs to the Chinese.

british

What two countries gain smart people when 'bad things' happen around the globe? (it's called a brain drain in the countries they leave)

canada and the USA

Most ethnic or 'Han' Chinese live and most agriculture is grown in the _____ of China.

east

When you look at China and its relationship with Europe and Africa, the center of economic and political gravity is shifting _____.

east

The Mughal Empire _____ from 1526 to 1707 CE (Common Era*)). *For example we live in 2018 CE. BC standing for Before Christ and AD meaning Anno Domini still are sometimes used in addition to CE and BCE (Before Common Era).

extended to almost all parts of present day India

A big plus for Western Europe now and in the future is that cultural friction will continue to grow.

false

ANGLO AMERICA According to our textbook, a 'big plus' for North America is the 'overzealous focus on materialism.'

false

Although the population of Japan is shrinking, at least immigration is embraced.

false

Anti-immigration friction in Western Europe is shrinking (decreasing).

false

Australia has a large population and immigration is becoming a hot button issue.

false

Australia is resource rich, but agriculturally poor.

false

Britain colonized Syria and Algeria.

false

China raised 700,000,000 people above the poverty line in the last 20 years, a world record.

false

China's "interventionist-no-matter-what" foreign policy is getting them a bad rap on the world stage.

false

Friction still exists between Japan and Asia; particularly China and Korea. This should be seen as a big plus!

false

In 2013 Microsoft was in the top ten Multinational Companies globally in sales.

false

In the 2000s, former US President George W. Bush 'complimented' former Australian Prime Minister Howard during a press release by referring to Howard/Australia as the "sheriff of Asia." Australia's Asian neighbors liked to hear this.

false

Organized crime, corruption and tax evasion have not hurt the internal development of Russia.

false

Pakistan is a full partner in BRICS and a member of ASEAN.

false

Prime Minister David Cameron is in charge of the Brexit debacle.

false

RUSSIA The 'Iron Curtain' still splits Europe today.

false

Russia is a member of the EU and NATO.* *EU is the acronym for the European Union a 27 member, largely economic, group. NATO stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a military alliance with 29 members.

false

Russia's economy is not reliant on exporting natural resources.

false

The Thai island of Bali is mostly Hindu religion-wise.

false

The Western Ghats (mountains) in India are rainy from the southwest wet monsoon in the winter as warm, moist air flows over the Indian subcontinent from the Indian Ocean.

false

The lights are 'on' in North Korea.

false

The pay for Filipinas working as 'hostesses' in Japan is high by Japanese standards, but is still far better than these workers would earn in similar jobs domestically back in the Phillipines.

false

The two-party system has become entrenched, unresponsive, corrupt and grid-locked; citizen apathy is reaching an all-time low.

false

There is little wealth disparity in the Middle East. In both individual states (countries) and across the region wealth is divided more or less equally.

false

With the 4th biggest economy in the world, Mexico is now a member of the G-7.

false

All of the following US states were part of Mexico in 1821 except ________.

florida and lousinana

According to our book/ebook, Russia has largely expanded _____ the last 718 years (since 1300).

from west to east

The US has at least 5,000 troops in _______.

germany, japan, South Korea, USA

According to the book, _____ are both members of the 'Maritime Silk Road.'

india and burman/myanmar

All of the following are problems in South Asia except _____.

india and to a lesser extent, pakistan, are functioning democracies

The Japanese Empire included _____. (Pick all that are correct.)

indonesia, Korea

The 'ring of fire' extends to _____ in Southeast Asia.

indonesia, philippines

MISSLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA Egypt is _____.

mostly arab

Our textbook mentions North America has all of the following big pluses except _____.

multiple political parties

For this question choose all the correct answers!! Australia's population is _____ .

small stable

The Intertropical Convergence Zone is ________ of India in the wintertime making for a ____monsoon.

south.....dry

SOUTH ASIA According to a map in our book, all of the following were true about South Asia in 1947 except ____.

sri lankan buddhists moved to India

ASEAN (The Association of SouthEast Asian Nations) includes _____.

thailand, indonesia, vietnam

According to the textbook author, chronic conflicts in the Middle East currently include _____. Please choose all of the correct answers.

the Iraq war, Israel/palestine

Russia is _____.

the largest country on the planet