All Quizes EES 110

Which of the following islands is NOT part of the Greater Antilles?

Bahamas

The term ________ is used to describe the geopolitical processes of small scale independence movements based upon ethnic fault lines.

Balkanization

What is the word for an array of nonaligned or friendly states that cushion or protect a larger country from invasion, as happened with the former Soviet Union and its Eastern European neighbors?

Buffer zone

What country has begun offering African nation's money for roads, railways, and schools with relatively few strings attached in order to secure oil from African countries to fuel its development?

China

At the most basic level, geography can be broken into two complementary pursuits. These are:

Physical and human geography.

What well-known form of music is most closely associated with the Caribbean?

Reggae

What practice was most responsible for the deforestation of the islands of the Caribbean?

Sugarcane plantation agriculture

What is the rimland of the Caribbean?

The coastal zone of the mainland, beginning with Belize and extending along the coast of Central America to northern South America

From 1945 until 1990, Europe was divided into two geopolitical and economic blocs, east and west, separated by the infamous

Iron Curtain

Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics of "plantation America"?

It produced crops primarily for domestic consumption

What employment sector is identified with services?

Tertiary

What religion was the first monotheistic religion of Southwest Asia and North Africa?

Judaism

Cape Town's coldest and rainiest months are:

June and July

What goal did the Treaty of Tordesillas accomplish?

Divided South America between Spain and Portugal

USA is the only country affected by the acid rain in North America

False

Ukraine is the only country with areas of radioactive contamination?

False

Using the graphic below, Syria is one of the top five sources of migrant workers to Saudi Arabia?

False

Western Europe has historically been less developed economically than its eastern counterpart.

False

World culture is homogenous due to Globalization and economic development

False

the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russification has continued.

False

Which of the following statements is NOT true of women in this region?

Full veiling remains an optional choice for women in all countries, except Turkey.

Based on this map, the most significant environmental issue for the Greater Antilles is

Loss of tropical forests.

What evidence demonstrates the resilience of the Indian cultures in Latin America?

The survival of Amerindian languages in the region

The settlement of North America by Europeans took place in how many stages?

Three

Despite the visibility of female political leaders and the fact that Europe is considered one of the most developed regions of the world, gender equity issues persist in government, business, and domestic life.

True

Edge cities have few functional connections with the central city

True

European Russia has a higher population than Asian Russia because European Russia is better suited for agriculture.

True

Europeans settled in Kentucky after 1750:

True

Female traders in West Africa have considerable political and economic power

True

France and Britain took the early lead in colonizing North Africa.

True

From this map, Australia is LESS densely populated than North America

True

Globalization and economic development in North America have not closed the gap in income inequalities.

True

Historically, Europe spread its cultures worldwide through aggressive colonialization.

True

Human development index (HDI) is a quantitative index that measures the overall development levels

True

Life expectancy is an indicator of social development

True

Lima, Peru climate is characterized by Tropical and subtropical desert.

True

Map projections are techniques used by cartographers to limit distortions in the process of mapping the globe onto a piece of paper.

True

Mediterranean climate is characterized with prolonged summer drought of three or four months

True

Net migration rate, a statistic that indicates whether more people are entering or leaving a country

True

Niger-Congo is the most significant language group in Sub-Saharan Africa

True

Prior to European colonization, Sub-Saharan Africa presented a complex mosaic of kingdoms, states, and tribal societies.

True

Russification was most intense in Kazakhstan

True

Salinization, deforestation, overgrazing, and water shortages are environmental problems facing North Africa/Southwest Asia.

True

Several African countries rely heavily on one or two export crops

True

Several Gulf states have immense oil reserves and production, but other countries in Southwest Asia and North Africa have little or none.

True

Somalia has more than 1 million internally displaced person.

True

Squatter settlements in Latin America and elsewhere are unplanned and have no utilities.

True

Street vendors is a job in Latin America's informal sector

True

The "Historical Evolution of the City in the U.S." says there is a strong relationship between transportation technology and the size and shape of cities

True

The Altiplano is the high-altitude plateau where the Andes Mountains reach their greatest width.

True

The Caribbean was the first region of the Americas to be extensively explored and colonized by Europeans.

True

The Millennium Development Goals is a global UN effort to reduce extreme poverty by focusing on basic education, health care, and access to clean water.

True

The biggest French speaking settlement is in Quebec Canada?

True

The collapse of the Soviet Union played a key role in the recent surge of immigration to European countries

True

The largest non-Christian religion (based on number of believers) in the Russian Domain is Islam.

True

The long history of human settlement has transformed and modified Europe's natural landscapes in fundamental ways over thousands of years.

True

The major attraction of offshore banking in the Caribbean is specialized services that are confidential and tax-exempt.

True

The most secure wildlife reserves in Sub-Saharan Africa are located in the southern and eastern part of the region.

True

The pattern of population growth in the Russian Domain since the demise of the USSR has been persistently declining population

True

The region of Southwest Asia and North Africa is considered a culture hearth.

True

The uneven heating of Earth due to latitudinal differences and the arrangement of oceans and continents produces a regular pattern of high- and low-pressure cells.

True

Today, Russia is experiencing higher death rates among middle-aged males than before the break-up of the Soviet Union

True

Topography influence precipitation patterns by causing the rising air column to cool producing rain and snow, a process known as orographic effect.

True

Tropical deforestation in Sub-Saharan Africa is most prevalent in Madagascar.

True

Turkey has one of the most diversified economies of Southwest Asia and North Africa, and is not reliant on oil.

True

Turkey is the most seismically active country of Southwest Asia/North Afric

True

Two fundamental innovations associated with industrial revolution is machinery and inanimate energy resources.

True

United States' most widespread bioregion are middle-latitude prairie and steppe grassland and coniferous forest.

True

Urban heat islands means that cities have high local temperature that nearby rural area.

True

Volcanic activity is common in Iceland because of the divergent tectonic border that bisects the island

True

Western North American climates and vegetation are greatly complicated by the region's mountain ranges

True

Within the Russian Domain, Ukraine has historically provided the better agricultural areas in the region

True

Women's participation in Latin American political system is increasing and several Latin American counties have or have had women presidents

True

What natural feature marks the divide between European Russia and Asian Russia?

Ural Mountains

What do we call the situation wherein metropolitan areas sprawl in all directions and suburbs take on many of the characteristics of traditional downtowns?

Urban decentralization

One of the major characteristics of Europe's population and settlement patterns is its high level of

Urbanization

Based on the map, which of the following countries has the least amount of linguistic diversity?

Uruguay

What is the definition of "hydropolitics"?

conflict between two nations over the water resources contained in a river

Which of the following is NOT one of the environmental problems facing North Africa/Southwest Asia?

hurricanes

What are the primary characteristics of a high-latitude continental climate, as illustrated by the Russian Domain?

seasonal temperature extremes and short growing season

What makes Russia distinctive?

t has the largest land area of any country on Earth.

Eastward movement of Russians into Siberia

was encouraged by Russian leaders, including the Tsars and the authoritarian leaders under the Soviet Union.

What is the dominant factor in the location of the population settlements in North Africa and Southwest Asia?

water

Which of the following resources presents the greatest challenge for survival in Southwest Asia and North Africa?

water

Which of the following is NOT one of the recent migration patterns found in Southwest Asia and North Africa?

urban to rural migration

According to the map, Bangkok is involved in:

Cannabis production only

What is the most abundant fossil fuel in the Unites States?

Coal

There are no _____________ climates in the Southern Hemisphere

Continental mid-latitude

Which climate type is not found in Latin America?

Continental mid-latitude (D) climates

Which climate type is not found in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Continental mid-latitude (D) climates

Which of the following factors does NOT explain the environmental diversity of Europe?

El Nino

North America has successfully closed the gender gap in differential pay in the last decade

False

North America's population pattern is evenly distributed

False

Older Industrial areas are only located in West Europe?

False

Pastoral nomadism in Southwest Asia and North Africa is rare in arid areas.

False

Population density is evenly distributed in the Caribbean

False

Population growth has not contributed to deforestation in the Caribbean

False

Roots of African poverty is only related to environmental factors.

False

Solar energy is not considered the most important climate control factor and refers to the energy received from the sun

False

Sub-Saharan Africa region is home of 1/6 of the world's children under 15, but ¼ of the world's uneducated children

False

Temperate deciduous forests are not cleared because of rich soils

False

The Altaic language group dominates in the Russian Domain.

False

The Amazon Rainforest is located (mostly) in Argentina.

False

The Balfour Declaration ended the 10-year war between Iran and Iraq (1980-1990).

False

The Caribbean Sea is not noted for its biological diversity

False

The Mediterranean summer-dry climate is in all Southwest Asia and North Africa region?

False

The Schengen Agreement paved the way for the reunification of East and West Germany.

False

The active promotion of one cultural system at the expense of another is cultural nationalism

False

The distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes is not closely associated with tectonic plate boundaries

False

The dominant climate type in the Russian Domain is mild midlatitude

False

The economic base of North America is based almost entirely on agriculture and manufacturing

False

The free trade zones in Dominican Republic are only concentrated around the capital

False

The location of the population in North Africa and Southwest Asia is most often dependent on access to oil.

False

The most commonly spoken language in the Caribbean is French

False

The predominant language in Latin America, based on the number of people who speak it as a first language, is Portuguese.

False

The status of women in the Caribbean did not improve

False

The term maritime climates describes inland climates with hot summers and cold, snowy winters, such as those found in interior North America and Europe.

False

This map shows that only poor countries are located south of the equator

False

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of our increasingly globalized world?

Local folk cultures

What percentage of freshwater is available for human consumption?

1%

What percentage of the world's plant and animal species are found in the Amazon rainforest?

50%

What is urban primacy?

A condition in which a country contains a city that is three to four times larger than any other city in the country

What is El Niño?

A distinctive weather pattern

What is the Great Escarpment?

A landform that rims southern Africa from Angola to South Africa

What is a kleptocracy?

A state where corruption is so institutionalized that large percentages of the country's wealth is siphoned off by politicians and government bureaucrats

What are the current impacts of climate change in Europe?

A) Sea ice is dwindling. B) There is sparse snow cover in arctic Scandinavia C) There are frequent droughts in the water-starved Mediterranean region. D) A and B above Correct! E) A, B, and C above

Which of the following was NOT a former Soviet Republic?

Afghanistan

Which of the following environmental problems is associated with Mexico City and Santiago?

Air pollution

Which of the following is NOT one of the shifts in globalization pattern of multinational corporations

All multinational corporations have their headquarters in North America

What is the name of the mountain chain that extends the length of South America's west coast?

Andes

In what category are indigenous African religions generally placed?

Animist

Which of the following is NOT one of Earth's climate controls?

Anthropogenic systems

This is the study of how places interact with one another.

Areal integration

Based on the map, which ethnicity is dominate in Monterey Park?

Asian

Why do the authors of your text use the word "domain" when talking about "the Russian Domain"?

B) The term suggests persisting Russian influence within the region.

Which of the following languages is NOT Germanic?

Basque

An assemblage of local plants, animals, and insects covering a large area such as a tropical rainforest or a grassland is called a

Bioregion

Which of the following is NOT shown in a population pyramid?

Birth and death rates

What factor has prevented Caribbean countries from reaping the full benefits of their extensive investment in education?

Brain drain

Based on the map, the most populous country in Latin America is

Brazil

Which Latin American country is most closely associated with deforestation?

Brazil

Based on the figure, which of the following statements is correct?

By 2050 the largest ethnic group (non-white) in the United States will be Hispanics.

Based on the Figure, which of the following countries has the highest HIV prevalence?

Cameroon

After India, which country sends the largest number of skilled temporary workers to the United States?

Canada

Besides the division between western and eastern churches, the other great split within Christianity occurred between

Catholicism and Protestantism.

What is the name of the mountain range that extends from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea?

Caucasus

According to below figure, which of the following are the two language subfamilies found in the British Isles?

Celtic and Germanic

The world region (refer to your book to know the definition of world region) best characterized by a desert bioregion is

Central Asia

Economic cooperation in Western Europe at the end of World War I centered on what commodity (commodities)?

Coal and steel

According to below figure, which of the following cities is located in the area with the highest population densities?

Cologne

This is the process in which immigrants were absorbed by the larger host society

Cultural assimilation

What city in Latin America was designed to be, and is an example of a sustainable city?

Curitiba, Brazil

Seasonal rain forest trees are ________, meaning they shed their leaves during the harsh dry season in order to slow or completely halt growth.

Deciduous

What is the process of a colony's gaining (or regaining) control over its territory and establishing a separate, independent government?

Decolonialization

Which of the following statements regarding decolonization in Sub-Saharan Africa is most accurate?

Decolonization of the region happened rather quickly and peacefully beginning in 1957.

Water stress is most common in what type of climate region?

Dry

Based on this figure, which area of the world stands out as the most populated region?

East Asia

Indo-European languages are spoken in all of the following world regions, except

East Asia

Where is Megalopolis located?

East Coast of United States, from Boston to Washington, D.C

What is/are the main driving forces for globalization?

Economic development and Global capitalism

In migration, which of the following is an example of a pull force?

Economic opportunities in the potential destination

What role did disease play in European efforts to colonize Africa?

Endemic tropical diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa killed many Europeans, and delayed their conquest of the region.

According to the Figure, what is the official language of St. Lucia?

English

All of the following are Celtic languages, except

English

Maroon societies were composed of which group of people?

Escaped slaves

Which term refers to the situation in which a group of people with a common background and history identify with one another?

Ethnicity

In this map, Africa was colonized only by France and the United Kingdom?

False

his map of Syrian refugees is only depicting one aspect of the movement, which is:

External displacement to neighboring countries

Maroon societies were composed of wealthy Caribbean landowners

False

A population pyramid with a wide base and a narrow peak is characteristic of a slow growth rate.

False

A small scale is used in maps representing cites, while a large scale is used for country maps

False

Agriculture production, mining and forest, and technological products are the main primary export for Latin American countries.

False

Argentina has the lowest percentage of seat held by women in national parliament?

False

As this figure shows, most of southern Canada is in climate regions Ca and Cb

False

Dependency theory promotes self-sufficient economic policies with little state intervention

False

Emigrants leaving the Russian domain migrate only to west Europe.

False

Ethnic tensions are the prime reason for the recent patterns of migration within and outside of Southwest Asia and North Africa.

False

Europe does not have strong ties to surrounding seas.

False

Geography is the study of location, space with no emphasis on the human-environment interactions

False

Human-influences climate change in North America does not increase tree mortality

False

This is the process involving the displacement of lower-income residents of central-city neighborhoods by higher-income residents, the improvement of deteriorated innercity landscapes, and the construction of shopping complexes, sports and entertainment attractions, and convention centers in selected downtown locations.

Gentrification

Which of the following focuses on the interaction between power, territory, and space at different scales?

Geopolitics

Kurds comprise a significant ethnic minority in all of the following countries EXCEPT

Georgia

According to the Figure, in which of the following countries does foreign aid make up the smallest percentage of their GNI?

Ghana

All of the following are arguments against globalization, EXCEPT

Globalization will lead to the use of nuclear weapons.

In what type of bioregion is desertification most likely to occur?

Grasslands

What is the chief problem associated with the use of groundwater in Southwest Asia and North Africa?

Groundwater is being depleted faster than it can be replaced, so it is inherently unsustainable.

What disease is a major problem in Sub-Saharan Africa, causing death and leaving many children orphaned?

HIV/AIDS

Which of the following is NOT one of the natural greenhouse gases?

Helium

Tropical rainforests have:

High diversity

What areas of North America would be most vulnerable to climate change?

High latitude and alpine environments

What is the word for a state policy of reclaiming lost lands or lands inhabited by people of the same ethnicity in another state?

Irredentism

The Sahel

Is a zone of ecological transition between the Sahara to the north and the wetter savannas and forests to the south.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of culture?

It is individual.

Dallas coldest and rainiest months are:

January and May

What group of people, depicted as the brown area on map, are often called the largest stateless nation?

Kurds

In Latin America, what did agrarian reform accomplish?

Land was redistributed, giving some to peasants

The population of Sub-Saharan Africa is characterized by

Large Families

Based on the map, which of the following statements is correct?

Latin Americans are concentrated in cities

The dark brown shading on this map indicates which type of agriculture?

Little or no agriculture

According to these two graphs, what energy roles does the region as a whole play?

Major role in both natural gas and petroleum

A system wherein peasants farm small plots of land for their own subsistence is referred to as

Minifundia

According to below figure, which of the following countries of Europe has the highest population density?

Netherlands

Which of the following was NOT one of the elements or characteristics of apartheid?

Non-whites (blacks, coloureds, and Indians) were enslaved

The geophysical theory that Earth is comprised of large geologic platforms that move slowly across its surface is referred to as

Plate tectonics

Which of the following is NOT an indicator of social development?

Population density

What do we call the bioregion that is dominated by tall native grasslands, short grasses, or scrub vegetation in North America?

Prairie

What employment sector is identified with natural resource extraction, including mining and agriculture?

Primary

What Canadian province has a majority of French-Canadian citizens?

Quebec

Which of the following provides the annual growth rate for a country or region as a percentage?

Rate of natural increase

Which of the following features does NOT contribute to North America's highly varied climate and vegetation?

Rivers

Based on this map, the most common religion in Europe is

Roman Catholicism

Which European Romance language contains many Slavic words?

Romanian

Which of the following is an example of the possible effects of climate change?

Sea level will rise

As a region, what is the unifying theme of Sub-Saharan Africa?

Similar livelihood systems and shared colonial experience

What language group dominates in the Russian Domain?

Slavic

Looking at the below Figure, which of the following countries has the least food security?

Somalia

Which country is the unchallenged economic powerhouse in Sub-Sahara Africa?

South Africa

What world region is experiencing the highest rate of tropical deforestation?

Southeast Asia

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

Stage 1

Based on this figure, in which region of the world are the countries with low HDI rankings?

Sub-Saharan Africa

Historically, what crop has been the most important one in the Caribbean?

Sugarcane

Probably the most striking characteristic of Europe's demography is

The lack of natural growth

The rise of offshore banking in the Caribbean is most closely associated with ________, which began this industry in the 1920s.

The Bahamas

As of 2007, which Caribbean island hosted the largest number of visitors?

The Dominican Republic

Which part of Europe is the region's unquestionable focus of intensive agriculture, large cities, and major industrial activities?

The European Lowland

By what name is the eastern Mediterranean region of Southwest Asia and North Africa known?

The Levant

Most people from Suriname migrate to

The Netherlands

In what region of Sub-Saharan Africa is desertification most severe?

The Sahel

What was the policy of the former Soviet Union (USSR) regarding religion within its borders?

The USSR discouraged all religion and even persecuted religious practice.

What is grassification?

The conversion of tropical forest into pasture

What is the Caribbean diaspora?

The economic flight of Caribbean peoples across the globe due to limited economic opportunities

How does the environment of Eastern Europe compare to that of Western Europe?

The environment in Eastern Europe was much more polluted than that of Western Europe, until recent efforts to rectify the situation, with the help of the European Union.

Which of the following is NOT one of the patterns of North American population movements?

The exclusion of minorities from inner cities

What is colonialism?

The formal establishment of rule over a foreign population

The natural process of the Earth's atmosphere heating through the trapping of reradiated infrared radiation is known

The greenhouse effect.

How do the authors of your text (Globalization and Diversity) define globalization?

The increasing interconnectedness of people and places through converging economic, political, and cultural activities

One of narrow, winding streets, crowded with three- or four-story masonry buildings with little setback from the street." This describes which of the following?

The medieval landscape

What is the one element that helps us to understand geographies of climate, vegetation, and agriculture in the Russian Domain?

The northern latitudinal position of the Russian Domain

What is dollarization?

The process by which a country in whole or in part adopts the U.S. dollar as its official currency

What is the major cause of widespread cutting of tropical rainforests?

The recent globalization of commerce in international wood products

According the chapter slides, the isolated proximity of the Caribbean refers to

The region's unique position in the world.

What is transhumance?

The seasonal movement of animals between wet- and dry-season pastures

Why is there concern about the tsetse fly in Sub-Saharan Africa?

The tsetse fly spreads sleeping sickness to humans, cattle, and some wildlife.

What is brain drain?

This occurs when bright young people migrate to foreign lands in search of better jobs.

Climates in South America include Highland, Steppe and Mediterranean

True

According to Figure, Cayenne FRENCH GUIANA, lies within which of the following?

Tropical Rainy

According to the Figure, Port Au Prince, Haiti lies within which of the following?

Tropical Wet and Dry Savanna

There are no _____________ climate in North America

Tropical rainy and tropical monsoon

A map scale is the mathematical ratio between the map and the surface area being mapped

True

A steppe bioregion is most closely associated with grasslands

True

A system wherein large landholdings from the colonial time is referred to as Latifundia

True

According to plate tectonics theory, large convection cells circulate molten rock in different directions within Earth's mantle

True

According to the map, Somalia is the country that lacks any "generally food secure: region.

True

Agriculture in North America is highly productive

True

Amid the poorer tropical soils of Sub-Saharan Africa, farming usually entails shifting cultivation (or swidden).

True

As the acknowledged birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, Europe in many ways invented the modern economic system of industrial capitalism

True

Because most European governments consider low or no population growth an economic and social liability, programs and policies have arisen to promote population growth, ranging from attempts to ban abortion and the sale of contraceptives to what are commonly called "family-friendly" policies.

True

Bolsa Familia is a government program which provided conditional cash transfer aimed at reducing poverty.

True

CARICOM is a regional trade organization in the Caribbean

True

Capital leakage is the gap between gross income and total tourist dollars that remain in the Caribbean.

True

Caribbean is a 'region' because of its cultural and economic history.

True

Central America countries have higher remittance per capita than southern American countries

True

Chernobyl is the site of the world's worst-ever nuclear accident

True

Climate change models suggest that parts of highland East Africa and equatorial Central Africa may receive more rainfall in the future.

True

This bioregion has two versions: the expansive arctic versionof the far northern hemisphere and, sharing many similar traits, the alpine versionfound at high elevations in mountainous areas

Tundra

Based on the map, North America population density is:

Uneven distributed with high population in the Midwest and East

By the early twentieth century, which foreign country was dominant in the Caribbean?

United States

Which of the following is NOT of the three area of concerns occupy water planners?

Water salinity

Water planners use the concept of ________ to map where water problems exist and also to predict where future problems will occur.

Water stress

Which of the following is NOT found in the Latin American city model?

Zone of workers' housing

What does the term "Russification" mean?

a policy of resettling Russians into non-Russian portions of the Soviet Union

What is physiological density?

a population statistic that relates the number of people in a country to the amount of arable land

What is "dryland" agriculture?

agriculture that depends largely on seasonal precipitation to support farming

Which of the following African traditions survived in the Caribbean because of Maroons?

all of the above

Most of Russia is dominated by which type of climate?

continental midlatitude

What major event led to European colonialism in Southwest Asia?

defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I

What is the greatest threat to biodiversity in Latin America?

deforestation

What is NOT an environmental issue in the Russian Domain?

desertification

What is creolization?

he blending of African and European cultures in the Caribbean

Where has the Russian Domain dumped its nuclear wastes?

off the northern island of Novaya Zemlya, in the Barents Sea

What type of subsistence agriculture depends on the seasonal movement of livestock for their livelihood?

pastoral nomadism

What has been the pattern of population growth in the Russian Domain since the demise of the USSR?

persistently declining population

n which part of the Caribbean is the forest cover largely intact?

rimland states

Who were the original founders of Russia?

southward moving warriors from Sweden

Why do most people migrate within and emigrate from Southwest Asia and North Africa?

to take advantage of job opportunities