World Geography Module 3 & 4 Exam
Which of the following colonial associations is incorrect?
Trinidad and Tobago - United States
Central Asia is naturally prone to drought and water scarcity.
True
Due to the North Atlantic Drift, the climate of northwestern Europe is warmer and wetter than other places at similar latitudes around the world.
True
Each of the three Benelux countries is a member of the European Union.
True
Per capita, North Americans contribute the largest amounts of greenhouse gases.
True
The use of nuclear power to generate electricity is more common and accepted in Europe than in North America.
True
While European countries generally rank high on the GDI (Gender Development Index), several countries have GDIs that are lower than average, causing concern. Which of the following is one of the countries of concern?
United Kingdom
A maquiladora is:
a foreign-owned factory in northern Mexico that assembles duty-free goods
A growth pole is:
a location where a set of activities, given a start, will grow, setting off ripples of development in a surrounding area
Central America, as defined by geographers, is:
a region within Middle America lying between Mexico and Colombia
For what purpose were the waters of the Syr Darya and Amu Darya rivers, both of which supply the Aral Sea, diverted?
agricultural irrigation
Northern and Southern Italy are divided by the:
ancona line
In Central Asia, east of the Caucasus Mountains, the climate is best described as:
arid or semi-arid
In the Latin American city model, the elite residential sector contains the:
commercial/industrial spine
The process whereby regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy is know as:
devolution
Slavic languages are typically found in what part of Europe?
eastern europe
An altiplano is a(n):
plain high in the Andes
Which of the following is a strategy that the EU employs in an effort to reduce costs of production in the wealthiest EU member countries?
relocate factories from wealthy EU countries to lower-wage countries in the EU
The European river that carries the most traffic is the:
rhine
Which of the following countries was formerly a member of the Warsaw Pact or known as a communist country?
romania
From the end of World War II until 1990, Eastern Europe was dominated by the:
soviet union
In 1982, Argentina fought a war with the United Kingdom over ___________.
the Falkland Islands
The term Balkanization refers to:
the division and fragmentation of the southern portion of Eastern Europe
What was the U.S. sponsored economic program designed to rebuild Western Europe after WWII?
the marshall plan
Which of the following crops were major exports of plantations located in Georgia, Virginia, North and South Carolina?
tobacco, cotton
An industry whose success is a mixed blessing for the Caribbean region is:
tourism
Canada is the largest supplier of oil to the United States.
true
France and Belgium have recently encountered political problems that are indirectly related to its former colonialist activities around the world.
true
Inuit populations in Alaska and the Canadian Arctic were diminished due to diseases brought by trappers and missionaries.
true
Prior to recent immigration laws, people traveled easily between Tijuana and California.
true
The United Kingdom consists of England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.
true
The term used to describe the fifty-year-long geopolitical rivalry between the Soviet Union and its allies against the United States and its allies is:
Cold War
To which country did Panama belong before its 1903 United States-supported revolution achieved independence?
Colombia
__________ has had a major problem with rebel groups like the FARC and ELN funded by the cocaine drug trade.
Colombia
Central America's oldest democratic republic does not currently have a standing army.
Costa Rica
Which of the following is not a major cause of tropical deforestation in Central America?
Costa Rica's large-scale paper and pulp industry
Only the southern portion of which of the following islands was recently granted admission to the EU?
Cyprus
Which of the following is a likely result of a stable population with a low birth rate?
Demand for skilled labor may go unmet
Until its demise at the end of the 1980s, the Soviet sphere of influence included which of the following countries?
East Germany
Which countries are located in South America and border the Pacific Ocean? **Select all that apply**
Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Chilie
Of the following, which country does not have coastlines in both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean?
El Salvador
__________ has more in common with Finland than its other neighboring states and is therefore included as part of Northern Europe
Estonia
New England relied on the export of cash crops for its early economy.
False
Only 3 percent of the population of Middle and South America is poor and lacks access to land, adequate food, shelter, water and sanitation, and basic education; stories in the media propagate myths about push factors in order to bolster support of U.S. immigration laws.
False
Romania is not a member of the European Union.
False
South American is located in the Southern and Eastern Hemispheres.
False
Which Middle American and South American countries were not settled by the Spanish?
Suriname, Belieze, Guyana
Mestizos are persons who are of mixed __________ heritage.
European and Amerindian
After the revolution led by Castro, Cuba became partners with the United States.
False
An area in which only lichen and moss can grow is referred to as steppe.
False
Because of internal bickering, the European Union in 2008 contained fewer member-states than it did when founded in 1957.
False
The Amazon River is located in Chile, South America.
False
The Panama Canal is located at the mouth of the Amazon River to provide greater access from Brazil to shipping corridors of the Atlantic Ocean.
False
The two primary European countries that colonized South America were Great Britain and Germany.
False
There are volcanoes in the Caribbean region.
False
The event that led to the first major inclusion of common people in Europe's political process was the:
French Revolution
__________ dominates Western Europe demographically and economically.
Germany
Which European countries have actively erupting volcanoes?
Germany, Spain, and Greece
The leader largely responsible for perestroika, or the restructuring of the economy in Russia, is:
Gorbachev
This country was formerly France's richest colony in the Caribbean, but is now one of the poorest countries in the world.
Haiti
The Treaty of Tordesillas of 1494 stipulated that a north-south boundary was to be drawn separating the South American territories of __________.
Spain and Portugal
Which of the following is not a reason that has led to underdevelopment in Middle and South America?
Sustainable development of urban construction
Which mountain range is located along the western side of South America?
Andes
Capital to city, Buenos Aires Santiago La Paz Caracas Bogota
Argentina, Chilie, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia
The capital and primate city of Greece is:
Athens
Which of the following statements is incorrect?
Mayan languages are still used in parts of Mexico today.
Middle America's largest country today in terms of both population and geography is _________.
Mexico
Which Middle American country once had control of a large geographic area in the United States?
Mexico
Under which sea is much of western Europe's oil and gas deposits found?
North Sea
Which of the following is a territory of the United States?
Puerto Rico
Which of the following cities is NOT the capitol of its country?
Rio de Janerio
Which of the following is not a state created by the breakup of former Yugoslavia?
Slovakia
Which of the following statements is incorrect?
The Mayan civilization arose in the highland areas of Mexico.
Mexico City is built on the ruins of what ancient civilization?
Aztecs
Which of the following is not an example of European supranationalism?
Basque Independent Movement
Which of the following South American countries are landlocked? **Select all that apply**
Bolivia and Paraguay
Which South American country participated in the African slave trade?
Brazil
With the fall of the Soviet Union and the closing of many Communist-era industries, the region has now become economically dependent on:
energy resources
An important principle of the European Union states that citizens of member nations should remain in their own countries and resist migrating to other countries of the EU.
false
The Berlin Wall was built to separate the borders of Germany and France, so that people would not immigrate to France.
false
The Republic of Ireland (Eire) is situated in the northern portion of that island, and is today once again ruled by the British government.
false
The slums of South America's large cities are known as:
favelas or barrios
Which Scandinavian country borders Russia?
finland
The Caribbean Islands are territories of which of the following countries? **Select all that apply**
france, US, UK, netherlands
When a state seeks to acquire the neighboring territory that is home to ethnically similar people and territory on the other side of its international border by appealing to a concentrated group, this action is termed:
irredentism
Europe's relative location:
is one of centrality within the land hemisphere
The North European Lowland:
is the most densely populated of Europe's landscape regions
The remarkable diversity of Europe results from all of the following except?
isolation from the rest of the world
A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land bodies is known as a(n):
isthmus (isthmian)
Which statement describes the Schengen Agreement?
it allowed free movement of people and goods among the nations of the European Union.`
Which of the following represents the defining feat of Europe's Industrial Revolution?
mechanization of production
Which region of the early United States was the economic core?
mid-Atlantic region
The part of South America where the dominant ethnic group is European, but not Spanish, is __________.
northeastern coast
The dominant economic activity in Venezuala's Lake Maracaibo Lowland is ____________:
oil production
The entire European region is one giant _____________ extending off the Eurasian continent.
peninsula
The current president of Russia is:
putin
Russian couples are now offered a bonus worth more than two years of wages for the average Russian, for having a second child.
true
The number of people living in the European Union now exceeds the number of people living in the United States.
true
The spatial interaction principle of transferability refers to the ability to move a good at a bearable cost.
true
Women in North America mostly entered the workforce during WWII and now represent over half of the working population.
true
