Regional Geography Quiz Answers

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

$10,700

How much do invasive species losses cost the U.S annually?

$138 billion

In 2012, global fur retail sales totaled more than:

$15 billion

What countries produce tantalum, a mineral used in cell phones?

-Brazil -Democratic Republic of Congo -Rwanda

Which elements are part of the global transnational organized crime?

-Cassiterite -Cocaine -Counterfeit consumer goods -Counterfeit medicines -Female trafficking victims -Firearms Gold -Heroin Piracy (Horn of Africa) -Smuggling of migrants -Timber -Wildlife

Which of the following is true about multinational corporations?

-Off shore key assets to hot banking countries -Outsource unskilled jobs from places with expensive labor to places with cheaper labor cost. -Outsource unskilled jobs from places with highly regulated labor laws to places with less regulation of working conditions.

Which factor(s) weakened the Commonwealth of independent states?-

-Ukraine's departure -Eastern Europe's expansion to NATO -Annexation of Crima

Which of the following is an example of geoengineering to combat climate change

-blocking incoming sunlight with chemicals or water vapor or trying to store carbon on a massive scale -Iron fertilization of sea -Greening deserts -Genetically engineered crops -Pump liquid CO2 into rocks -Pump liquid CO2 to deep sea -Aerosols in stratosphere -Giant Reflectors in orbit -Grow trees -Cloud Seedings -Genetically engineered crops

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

1.0

A megacity is an urban are with a population greater than...

10 million

Europe is home to approximately ________ Muslims.

15-20 million

The tropic of Capricorn is...

23.5 degrees south latitude

What is the approximate current population of Russia, Central Asia and the Transcaucasus combined?

232 million

The Arctic Circle is located at...

66 1/2 degrees N. latitude

The current global population is approximately?

7 billion

Sunni Islam is the dominant religion in Central Asia and the Transcaucasus since:

8th Century

What is a lingua franca?

A common, regional language

When was the Marshall Plan instituted

After World War II

What societies have birthrates of 40 births per thousand people?

Agrarian (Farming)

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

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

Bangladesh China India Indonesia Nigeria Pakistan

After World War II, this German city was divided between two countries, one under democratic rule, the other under Communist rule.

Berlin

Which of the following is the largest inland sea in the world?

Caspian

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

China

Who initiated The Yo Soy campaign in Mexico?

College age youth

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

Communism

Massive water diversions irrigated what crop grown in Central Asia:

Cotton

What is the spatial dispersion of a preciously homogenous group?

Diaspora

All of the following is true about climate vulnerability, except...

Droughts affect all societies equally

Trade Winds blow form which direction?

East to West

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

Elderly Population

How did the BRICS challenge the International Monetary Fund?

Established a development bank

Which of the following countries was absorbed into the soviet union?

Estonia

Plantation economies characterized what economic era?

First wave of colonialism

In what country do mistral winds blow down the Rhone Valley?

France

Which of the following were initial members of the European Union?

France Italy Germany Belgium Netherlands

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

Geomorphology

Which of the following is not an effect of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)?

Germany increases mixed farming

What is the area required to provide renewable resources and absorb waste?

Global Footprint

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

Gross Domestic Product

How was global warming affected Siberia

Increaes forest fires

Where did Buddhism originate?

India

What international organization argues that government subsidies cause poverty and provides emergency loans to countries?

International Monetary Fund

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

Land ownership

The Koppen Climate Classification is based on...

Latitude Temperature Precipitation

Why do small farmers do better in an equal exchange coffee chain?

Less intermediaries in chain

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

Life expectancy Education Income

Besides the Black Death, what was the other factor halting the "great medieval colonization?"

Little Ice Age

Which of the following has been a "world city" since the 17th century and is influential in contemporary globalization?

London

What agreement led to a common European currency?

Maastricht Treaty

Stalin's command economy bolstered what region of the Soviet Union?

Moscow and the Central Region

Which of the following is the fastest-growing religious grouping in Russia?

Muslims

During the Russian Diaspora of the early 20 th century, 1/4 of these migrants settled in which American City?

New York City

Which of these countries never had a Communist government? Italy Spain Greece UK

None of these ever had a Communist government.

Genocide Watch in the US and the Green Belt Movement in Kenya are examples of:

Nongovernmental Organizations

Chernobyl, Ukraine, has become famous because of this event in 1986

Nuclear reactor accident

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

Pacific

In what region has Russia recently invested new buisnesses and infastructure?

Pacific Rim

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

Phase 1

Which of the following are ways Freiburg has become one of Europe's "greenest cities"?

Policy of walking, cycling, and public transportation Home to green industries like photovoltaics Goal of reducing emissions by 40% Strict standards of energy use in housing

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

Primary

The Siberian timber industry has transformed from government extraction to:

Privitization

Which of the following is not part of the U.N.'s Millennium Development Goals to reduce poverty?

Provide Universal College Education

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

Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)

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

Race

What created the geographic beer-wine division in Europe?

Reduced temperatures in the Little Ice Age

What is the concept of reintroducing a key species or its equivalent to an ecosystem?

Rewilding

Which of the following led to attempts at ethnic cleansing in the late 20th century?

Serbian Nationalism

What agricultural industry currently dominates the steppe landscape in the North European Lowlands?

Sheep

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

Sovereign State

This vegetation type of drought-resistant grasses also refers to a very dry climate, characteristic of southern Russia, Ukraine, and northern Central Asia.

Steppe

Which vegetation type found in the Russian Federation represents a cold-resistant, coniferous forest?

Taiga

The provision of services constitute this form of employment

Tertiary

This is the collective name given to a network of overland trade routes that connected China with Mediterranean Europe.

The Silk Road

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

The burning of fossil fuels

How do commodity chains begin?

The extraction and production of raw materials

After the fall of the Soviet Union, some 25 million Russians found themselves to be ethnic minorities in newly independent countries. The largest number of minorities was found in what state?

Ukraine

What legally binding global agreement seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere?

United Nations Kyoto Protocol

Who was the first leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics?

Vladimir Lenin

Examples of policies found in sustainable cities

Water Harvesting Local Food Varieties Bio Diversity Protection

What is the Tabula Rogeriana?

a "map of the known world," which al-Idrisi produced in 1154 for King Roger of Sicily. It includes Europe, Asia, and North Africa.

Why is Europe's population growing slowly

decline in birthrates

In 1985, an official policy was introduced by Gorbachev that stressed open government and increased access to information as well as more honest discussion about the country's social issues and concerns. What was this policy called?

glasnost

What is xenophobia?

hate or fear of foreigners

What is not true about immigration to Europe?

host populations have combined "European-ness" with Islam

The pirozhki is an example of:

hybrid culture of Europe and Asia

Which of the following is a fertile, wind-borne soil?

loess

What is a compact chain of mountains separate form other ranges?

massif

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

neoliberalism

What is permafrost?

permanently frozen subsurface material

What does apparatchik mean?

state bureaucrats

What is "balkanization"?

the division of a territory into smaller and often mutually hostile political units