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
