Chapter 1
In 2013, the world's annual average GNI per captia Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) was:
$10,700
*****All of the following countries will contribute to half of the world's populations increase, except:
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*****Which of the following is the estimate of the total value of everything produced by a country in a particular year?
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*****What is the social category that developed during the 19th century of European imperialism?
*****Class
According to the Human Development index devised by the United Nations, a country with a perfect score would have an index of:
1.0
A megacity is an urban area with a population greater than:
10 Million
Almost all of the world's inhabitants are living on this percentage of the total land surface.
10%
The current global population is approximately:
7 Billion
Which of the following is true about multinational corporations (MNCs)?
All of the above
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
Which country focused on secondary activities for the global market and now is also a significant player in tertiary activities like banking?
China
This is a form of social and economic organization characterized by the common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange.
Communism
What country promised to be net zero emissions by 2020 in the 2015 Paris Agreement?
Costa Rica
What is the spatial dispersion of a previously homogenous group?
Diaspora
Trade Winds blow from which direction?
East
What does a "top-heavy" population pyramid reveal about a country?
Elderly Population
The average number of children each woman will have over the course of her lifetime is called the:
Fertility Rate
Plantation economies characterized what economic era?
First Wave of Colonialism
The study of how the Earth's physical features are formed:
Geomorphology
Where did Buddhism originate?
India
What is a key component to women's development around the world?
Land ownership
Which region hosts more than half of the world's biodiversity?
Latin America and Caribbean
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
Which of the following is an example of supranational organization?
None of these
Genocide Watch in the U.S. and the Green Belt Movement in Kenya are examples of:
Nongovernmental Organizations
What region is most responsible for climate change based on per capita emissions in 2011?
North America
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
Extractive activities are considered to be what sector of the economy?
Primary
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
Which two countries dominated the "Cold War"?
USSR and United States
