GEOS 3 (Chapter Quiz Questions)

Which statement about the production of illicit, export crops is NOT correct? - Opium production is centered in Central and Southeast Asia. - Most of illicit crops are trafficked to consumers in nearby areas. - Cocaine is produced in the mountainous Andes. - Cocaine production is widely distributed throughout the world. - Opium poppies are processed into heroin

Cocaine production is widely distributed throughout the world.

Which is the best example of a unitary state? - Brazil - France - Russia - India - Belgium

France

Which country claims the largest area within the Arctic Circle? - the United States - Russia - Norway - Denmark - Canada

Russia

Which agricultural region is the most widely distributed in Australia? - grain - livestock ranching - plantation - mixed crop and livestock - wet rice dominant

livestock ranching

A state is an area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs. - True - False

True

The electoral maps of several states have a significant number of gerrymandered districts. - True - False

True

Which is NOT one of the five stages in Rostow's international trade development model? - the drive to maturity - the drive to self-sufficiency - the takeoff - the traditional society - the age of mass consumption

the drive to self-sufficiency

Which physical characteristics do all Mediterranean agricultural regions have in common? - Land is very hilly. - Summers are hot and dry. - Most locations border a sea. - Winters are moist and mild.

- Land is very hilly. - Summers are hot and dry. - Most locations border a sea. - Winters are moist and mild.

Which strategy was included as part of India's self-sufficiency development pathway? - requiring import licenses for goods coming into the country - discouraging businesses from producing goods for export - supporting unprofitable businesses with government subsidies - imposing heavy taxes on imported goods

- requiring import licenses for goods coming into the country - discouraging businesses from producing goods for export - supporting unprofitable businesses with government subsidies - imposing heavy taxes on imported goods

Which statement identifies a challenge developing countries face when financing development? - A high ratio between debt and gross national income usually indicates a country will have difficulty repaying loans. - The World Bank and International Monetary Fund are major lenders for developing countries. - Foreign direct investment in developing countries has increased over time. - Microfinance provides small loans to individuals and small businesses unable to obtain commercial loans. - Transnational corporations are a major source of foreign direct investment.

A high ratio between debt and gross national income usually indicates a country will have difficulty repaying loans.

Which of the following countries has the highest percent of its labor force engaged in agriculture? - Mexico - Brazil - Afghanistan - India - China

Afghanistan

Which continent has the highest number of World Bank loans used for infrastructure development? - North America - Australia - Europe - South America - Africa

Africa

Which statement about agriculture in developed regions is true? - During the twentieth century, the number of farmers in developed countries has increased. - Agriculture in the developed world has overcome the limitations imposed by climate. - Agribusiness is best defined as the integration of different steps in the food-processing industry. - Climate has no effect on the distribution of the types of commercial agriculture. - The most common type of agriculture practiced in the developed world is truck farming.

Agribusiness is best defined as the integration of different steps in the food-processing industry.

Which is an accurate statement about the European Union? - The EU became obsolete with the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union. - Twenty-eight states founded the European Union in 1968. - Among EU member countries, most enjoy the free movement of goods, services, capital, and people. - The EU parliament is located in Latvia, the political center of Europe. - The EU was formed to counter Cold War tensions between the Soviets and Americans.

Among EU member countries, most enjoy the free movement of goods, services, capital, and people.

Which continent is NOT considered an agricultural hearth for the origin or diffusion of domesticated plants and animals? - Australia - North America - Africa - South America - Eurasia

Australia

Which country has the highest percentage of seats in their national legislature held by women? - United States - Australia - China - Japan - Brazil

Australia

Which region made the biggest gains in HDI between 1980 to 2015? - North America - Europe - Sub-Saharan Africa - East Asia - Russia

East Asia

Which statement about fair trade is true? - Fair trade items are often double the price of traditionally traded goods. - Fair trade policies support working long hours and child labor. - Fair trade organizations set and certify standards that protect workers. - Fair trade organizations only deal in agricultural products. - The primary purpose of fair trade is to advance political goals of the developed world.

Fair trade organizations set and certify standards that protect workers.

Developing countries have a smaller percentage of workers in the primary and secondary sectors than do developed countries. - True - False

False

Fish production has not increased as rapidly as fish consumption and population growth. - True - False

False

Throughout the world, the percent of people who are undernourished has steadily increased between 2000 and 2015. - True - False

False

When international trade declined in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, the self-sufficiency path to development was shown to be more successful. - True - False

False

According to the Gender Inequality Index, which country has the highest incidence of gender inequality? - United States - Canada - Australia - France - India

India

According to the UN's Human Development Index (HDI), which country is classified in the medium developed category? - India - United States - Japan - Norway - Australia

India

Of the following countries, which has the lowest female labor force participation rate? - China - Canada - Bolivia - Kenya - India

India

Which statement about standard of living in developed countries is NOT true? - People in developed countries generally have a higher per capita gross national income (GNI). - Jobs in developed countries are primarily found in the primary and secondary sectors. - Workers in developed countries produce more wealth with less effort. - Wealth in developed countries is frequently used to purchase consumer goods. - On average, people in developed countries on earn higher incomes.

Jobs in developed countries are primarily found in the primary and secondary sectors.

Which statement does NOT link a source of dietary energy with its global distribution? - Wheat is the principal cereal grain consumed in Europe and North America. - Other sources provide dietary energy for some sub-Saharan African countries. - Maize, the leading crop in the world, is grown exclusively for human consumption. - Rice is the principal cereal grain consumed in East, South, and Southeast Asia. - Wheat is primarily grown in the upper portion of the middle latitudes.

Maize, the leading crop in the world, is grown exclusively for human consumption.

Which is the most accurate statement about a European alliance? - All countries within Europe are members of the eurozone. - The United Kingdom was one of the six original members of the European Union. - After the fall of the Soviet Union, NATO disbanded. - The EU was formed in order to provide a coordinated military defense. - NATO was formed to prevent the Soviet Union from expanding its dominance.

NATO was formed to prevent the Soviet Union from expanding its dominance.

Which world fishing region has the highest aquatic catch? - Western Indian Ocean, bordering eastern Africa - Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea, bordering southern Europe - Pacific Southeast, bordering western South America - Atlantic Northwest, bordering eastern North America - Pacific Northwest, bordering eastern Asia

Pacific Northwest, bordering eastern Asia

Which of the following countries has the highest prevalence of undernourishment? - Pakistan - Colombia - South Africa - Iran - Bangladesh

Pakistan

Which of the following countries was one of the 51 original members of the United Nations? - Germany - Spain - Peru - Libya - Chad

Peru

Which country is the best example of a multinational state? - Russia - Lithuania - Estonia - Denmark - Romania

Russia

Which is NOT a characteristic of pastoral nomadism? - Only animals that had died of natural causes are consumed by the nomadic group. - Pastoral nomads depend primarily on animals rather than crops for survival. - Size of the herd is not a measure of a nomadic group's power. - Animal skins are used for clothing and tents. - The diet of pastoral nomads mostly consists grains and milks.

Size of the herd is not a measure of a nomadic group's power.

Which of the following is a major characteristic of shifting cultivation? - The herding of domesticated animals is important. - It is considered as environmentally-sound farming. - Crops cultivated are for the global export market. - Soil becomes depleted and farmers move to new plots. - Wheat and barley are the primary crops cultivated.

Soil becomes depleted and farmers move to new plots.

Question 19:Which region ranks the lowest on all of the following measures: gender-related index, gender inequality index, maternal mortality rate, and adolescent fertility rate? - South America - Sub-Saharan Africa - Mexico and Central America - Southeast Asia - Europe

Sub-Saharan Africa

Which world region has the most landlocked states? - Southeast Asia - North America - South America - East Asia - Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa

Which of the following is NOT an accurate statement about terrorist goals or actions? - The Islamic State is the only terrorist group still operating today. - Many terrorists are willing to die to further their group's cause. - There are loose affiliations between terrorist groups in different global locales. - Terrorists use violence to call attention to their group's cause. - Terrorists aim to spread fear among the target population.

The Islamic State is the only terrorist group still operating today.

According to the Law of the Sea, which statement is NOT correct? - Fishing rights are associated with both territorial waters and exclusive economic zones. - The Law of the Sea resolved all competing claims to islands and seas. - Coastal states have the right to defend their internal waters against foreign vessels. - The exclusive economic zone extends certain rights of a coastal state beyond its territorial waters. - Territorial waters extend 12 nautical miles from a states' coast.

The Law of the Sea resolved all competing claims to islands and seas.

Which statement correctly describes a colonial relationship that existed in 1914? - Portugal and Spain still held their colonies in South America. - Canada and Australia were no longer colonies of the United Kingdom. - The Ottoman Empire held territories in the Middle East. - Each of Indonesia's islands was settled by a different European state. - Most of France's colonies were located in Southern Africa.

The Ottoman Empire held territories in the Middle East.

An autocracy is a country run according to the interests of the ruler rather than the people. - True - False

True

During the 1960s and 1970s, the green revolution involved the invention and rapid diffusion of more productive agricultural techniques. - True - False

True

Even though the United States is the world's leading exporter of agricultural goods, it is also the world's leading importer. - True - False

True

In contrast to today, most of Earth's surface was unorganized territory before 1800. - True - False

True

Question 19:After World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union divided the Korean peninsula. - True - False

True

Which of the followings statements about income inequality is TRUE? - The lower the IHDI score the lower the inequality. - Inequality is only reported at the national level. - Inequality only exists in developing countries. - The larger the gap between HDI and IHDI the greater the equality. - Under perfect equality, the HDI and IHDI are the same.

Under perfect equality, the HDI and IHDI are the same.

Which state has NOT claimed a portion of Antarctica? - United States - France - New Zealand - Norway - Argentina

United States

Which of the following indicators is NOT correctly linked to a factor of the Human Development Index? -access to knowledge, mean years of schooling - long and healthy life, life expectancy at birth - access to knowledge, pupil/teacher ratio - standard of living, purchasing power parity (PPP) - standard of living, trade balances

access to knowledge, pupil/teacher ratio

What goals did European states have for establishing colonies throughout the world? - create markets for their products - promote Christianity - gain prestige from the number of colonies extract resources - all of these were goals for colonization

all of these were goals for colonization

Considering necessity to be near their markets, what do most farms near the large urban areas of the Midwest and Northeast United States likely specialize in? - dairy farming and horticulture - livestock ranching - mixed crop and livestock farming - commercial gardening and fruit farming - Mediterranean agriculture

dairy farming and horticulture

Which is NOT one of the projects that developing countries finance through loans from the World Bank and IMF? - flood-protection systems - installing electric transmission lines - building hydroelectric dams - funding troops and munitions - construction of roads

funding troops and munitions

Which term best describes the correspondence of a political entity with the area occupied by a particular nation? - nation-states - multinational states - city-states - unitary state - federal state

nation-states

Where are most of the countries with a literacy rate below 70 percent located? - primarily in Asia - primarily in Africa - scattered globally - primarily in South America - scattered throughout Europe

primarily in Africa

Which is NOT a physical boundary of a state? - religion - mountains - deserts - rivers - oceans

religion

Which factor is the largest contributor to gender inequality in some developing regions? - education - access to loans - employment - reproductive health - adolescent fertility rate

reproductive health

Which location was NOT one of the hearths for the origin of agriculture? - the Indus River Valley - highland Ethiopia - Central America - the Mediterranean - the Andes Mountains

the Mediterranean

Which shape of a state is closest to the ideal for governance and defense? - federal, perforated - federal elongated state - unitary, compact state - federal prorupted state - unitary, fragmented

unitary, compact state

Which is NOT a practice commonly associated with organic farming and sustainable land management? - better integration of crops and livestock - limited use of chemicals - reduced groundwater pollution - use of GMO seeds - conservation tillage

use of GMO seeds

Which is NOT one of the threats to agricultural productivity at a global scale? - rapid deforestation - crop rotation - population growth - expansion of urban areas - desertification

crop rotation

Which measure would be included in the Human Development Index as an indicator of a long and healthy life? - years of schooling - number of workers in the primary sector - number of cars per 1,000 - pupil/teacher ratio - number of doctors per 1,000

number of doctors per 1,000

Where are sugar cane and cotton usually grown? - terraced paddies - plantations - slash and burn fields - truck farms - swidden plots

plantations