FIRST SECTION: QUESTION 1 1. What part of the world has had its economy reoriented to drug smuggling and money laundering as the result of globalization? 2. South Asia the Caribbean North America Sub-Saharan Africa Eastern Europe 0 points QUESTION 2 1. What is the distinctive form of a language that is associated with different regions? 2. language group lingua franca language family dialect official language 0 points QUESTION 3 1. What does a negative net migration rate in a country tell us? 2. that more people are leaving the country than moving to it that more people are dying in the country than are being born that more people are moving to the country than leaving it that the number of people leaving the country is equal to the number moving there A negative net migration rate does not tell us anything. 0 points QUESTION 4 1. In Stage 5 of the Demographic Transition, what important change occurs? 2. Death rates begin to increase. Birth rates begin to increase. Population increases. Life expectancies begin to decrease. The rate of natural increase (RNI) becomes negative. 0 points QUESTION 5 1. In migration, which of the following is an example of a push force? 2. economic opportunity in a person’s homeland unemployment in a person’s homeland religious freedom in a potential destination war in a potential destination health services in a potential destination 0 points QUESTION 6 1. What is the process of a colony’s gaining (or regaining) control over its territory and establishing a separate, independent government? 2. imperialism decolonialization revolution colonization autonomy 0 points QUESTION 7 1. What country is well known for its official prohibition against unwanted cultural traits, especially in its language? 2. United States France Australia Japan India 0 points QUESTION 8 1. This is the study of how places interact with one another. 2. areal integration core-periphery geography spatial analysis areal differentiation areal concentration 0 points QUESTION 9 1. Computerized maps that consist of many different layers of information are produced by using 2. thematic mapping. geographic information systems (GIS). GPS. map projections. choropleth mapping. 0 points QUESTION 10 1. Which of the following is NOT shown in a population pyramid? 2. males in the population birth and death rates a general, graphic indication of the growth rate age distribution of the population females in the population Second section: QUESTION 1 1. What is the major cause of widespread cutting of tropical rainforests? 2. intensified efforts to protect the forests from wildfires by harvesting rising worldwide demand for paper urban sprawl an expansion of farmlands in tropical regions the recent globalization of commerce in international wood products 0 points QUESTION 2 1. What is a major negative outcome to fracking? 2. cheap oil prices rapid increased employment in under-populated states a switch to solar or nuclear power sources transportation difficulties in moving oil decreases in oil production 0 points QUESTION 3 1. What is the major source of carbon dioxide? 2. by-product of cattle and sheep digestion aerosol sprays and refrigerants burning fossil fuels widespread use of chemical fertilizers in agriculture burning associated with rainforest clearing 0 points QUESTION 4 1. This bioregion has two versions: the expansive arctic version of the far northern hemisphere and, sharing many similar traits, the alpine version found at high elevations in mountainous areas worldwide. 2. taiga the chaparral boreal evergreen tundra 0 points QUESTION 5 1. Climographs do NOT contain information about 2. average relative humidity. annual precipitation. average low temperatures. average precipitation. average high temperatures. 0 points QUESTION 6 1. This term refers to the position taken by developing countries such as China and India, which argue that, because Western industrial countries in North America and Europe have been burning large amounts of fossil fuels since the mid- 19th century and because CO2 stays in the atmosphere for hundreds of years, these countries caused the global warming problem and therefore should fix it. 2. carbon inequity rational equity social justice carbon sequestration economic rationalism 0 points QUESTION 7 1. The geophysical theory that Earth is comprised of large geologic platforms that move slowly across its surface is referred to as 2. geologic movement. plate tectonics. upthrust. fault lines. sea-floor spreading. 0 points QUESTION 8 1. Which of the following is NOT a form of renewable energy? 2. natural gas solar energy water wind All of these choices are forms of renewable energy. 0 points QUESTION 9 1. What is weather? 2. monthly average precipitation and temperature the atmospheric conditions that are responsible for the formation of regions such as deserts the short-term day-to-day expression of atmospheric processes local areas that possess extreme temperature variability over extended periods of time the long-term condition of the Earth’s atmosphere at a given location 0 points QUESTION 10 1. Which of the following is NOT one of the Earth’s climatic controls? 2. interaction between land and water global pressure systems topography latitude 11 year sunspots THIRD SECTION: QUESTION 1 1. Which of the following is NOT one of the environmental challenges facing Latin American cities? 2. water quality tourism air pollution water availability garbage removal 0 points QUESTION 2 1. What Latin American country is the world leader in coffee production? 2. Brazil Costa Rica Mexico Ecuador Colombia 0 points QUESTION 3 1. What material(s) provided the initial wealth of many countries in the Andes Mountains? 2. gold iron copper silver all of the above 0 points QUESTION 4 1. Which of the following is an example of syncretic religion in Latin America? 2. An important religious symbol in Mexico is a dark-skinned virgin who became the patron saint of Mexico. Christian saints replaced pre-Christian gods. The Mayan practice of paying tribute to underworld spirits is replicated through building shrines to favorite Catholic saints. the celebration of Carnival in Brazil all of the above 0 points QUESTION 5 1. Which country in Latin America sends the largest number of legal immigrants to the United States? 2. Chile Colombia Mexico Brazil El Salvador 0 points QUESTION 6 1. What is the ethnicity of the majority of people in Latin America? 2. indo (Indian) blanco (European) negro (black) mestizo (mixed race) Asian 0 points QUESTION 7 1. Curitiba (Brazil’s “green city”) has been successful in reducing pollution via all of these elements EXCEPT 2. open space. a low-tech, but effective recycling program. stopping rural to urban migration. public transportation. better urban planning. 0 points QUESTION 8 1. What are the boundaries of Latin America? 2. San Salvador in the north to Montevideo in the south Panama in the north to Argentina in the south Tijuana in the north to the La Plata River in the south the Rio Grande in the north to Tierra del Fuego in the south the Amazon River in the north to Puntas Arenas in the south 0 points QUESTION 9 1. What percentage of the world’s plant and animal species are found in the Amazon rainforest? 2. 40% 10% 30% 50% 20% 0 points QUESTION 10 1. What is grassification? 2. the depletion of native grasses on the Argentine prairie the Latin American term for suburbanization the conversion of tropical forest into pasture a project by the Bolivian government to protect further soil erosion on mountain slopes by planting native grasses the conversion of the Altiplano of Latin America into grasslands FOURTH SECTION: QUESTION 1 1. What was the most common number of crops grown under the plantation system of agriculture? 2. two one seven five ten 0 points QUESTION 2 1. How much of its original forest cover has Haiti lost? 2. all of it none of it most of it a little of it half of it 0 points QUESTION 3 1. What area of the Caribbean is the most biologically diverse ecosystem of the marine world? 2. the Bermuda Triangle river system coral reef the deepest parts of the Caribbean Sea the western edge of the Caribbean Sea 0 points QUESTION 4 1. What was the main cause of the Caribbean demographic collapse? 2. war disease migration drought slavery 0 points QUESTION 5 1. Maroon societies were composed of which group of people? 2. Hindu immigrants to the Caribbean escaped slaves European managers of plantations in the Caribbean wealthy Caribbean landowners Asian immigrants to the Caribbean 0 points QUESTION 6 1. What is creolization? 2. the development of a Caribbean-based cuisine (food preparation) the blending of African and European cultures in the Caribbean the means by which Caribbean nations gained their independence the evolution of a Caribbean language family the creation of a distinctive Caribbean-style political system 0 points QUESTION 7 1. What is the cultural region from Brazil up to the Southeastern United States? 2. plantation America the Rimland Guyanas Greater Antilles Lesser Antilles 0 points QUESTION 8 1. What is the primary difference between the populations of Haiti and Cuba? 2. There is no difference—the two populations are basically the same. Haiti’s population is growing very slowly. Cuba’s population is much younger and growing faster. Haiti’s population is getting older with fewer young people. Cuba’s population is stable and older with smaller families. 0 points QUESTION 9 1. Which pattern of emigration from the Caribbean is LEAST likely to occur? 2. A Puerto Rican moves to New York City. A native of Suriname sets up housekeeping in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. A Haitian migrates to Liverpool, England. A citizen of Barbados settles in the London suburb of Brixton. A Cuban establishes residency in Miami, Florida. 0 points QUESTION 10 1. Why hasn’t the Caribbean Sea supported large commercial fishing operations? 2. The presence of sharks in the Caribbean Sea makes it too dangerous to fish there. Other resources are much more valuable. There are no fish in the Caribbean Sea. The people in the region cannot afford the equipment. The quantity of any one species in the Caribbean Sea is limited. FIFTH SECTION: QUESTION 1 1. What is the only country in Africa with an extensive area of mountainous topography? 2. Congo Ethiopia Angola Liberia Cameroon 0 points QUESTION 2 1. The population of Sub-Saharan Africa is characterized by 2. low rate of natural increase. a doubling time of just over 100 years. large families. low infant mortality rates. a relatively low percentage of children under the age of 15. 0 points QUESTION 3 1. In what region of Sub-Saharan Africa is desertification most severe? 2. the Kalahari the Horn of East Africa the Sahel South Africa the Congo 0 points QUESTION 4 1. What is transhumance? 2. the zone of ecological transition between the Sahara to the north and the wetter savannas and forests to the south the seasonal movement of animals and their tenders between wet- and dry-season pastures the political uprisings that took place in many African nations after they were released from colonial rule a grass-roots environmental policy emphasizing planting trees the shifting seasonal climate pattern experienced in southern Africa 0 points QUESTION 5 1. What language began as a trade language in Sub-Saharan Africa and is now the most widely used language in the region? 2. Swahili Spanish Portuguese French Arabic 0 points QUESTION 6 1. What are the primary biofuels in Sub-Saharan Africa? 2. a new form of synfuel that has been created to solve Sub-Saharan Africa’s energy problems wood and charcoal used for household energy needs non-renewable resources such as coal and oil that are used to power industrial operations in African factories fuels manufactured from food and lawn wastes wood chips that are compacted together into log form and then sold at African markets for heating fuel 0 points QUESTION 7 1. European colonization was effective throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, with the exception of one country. What was that exception? 2. Ethiopia Algeria Uganda Nigeria Sudan 0 points QUESTION 8 1. Looking at the graphic below, which of the following countries has the highest risk of food insecurity? 2. Burkina Faso Mauritania Mali Chad Niger 0 points QUESTION 9 1. The Congo River 2. is the smallest watershed in the region. is navigable for most of its length. originates in Ethiopia. drains into the Atlantic Ocean. is also known as the Zambezi River. 0 points QUESTION 10 1. Angola and Mozambique were former European colonies— what is their official language? Arabic 2. French Portuguese English Spanish SIXTH SECTION: QUESTION 1 1. What is the most popular destination for Algerians and Moroccans migrating to Europe? 2. Greece Spain France Italy Germany 0 points QUESTION 2 1. Most countries in Southwest Asia and North Africa had achieved independence by which decade? 2. 1950s 1940s 1920s 1910s 1930s 0 points QUESTION 3 1. What mountain range northeast of Beirut is now part of the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve? 2. the Ahaggar Highlands the Mount Lebanon Range the Yemen Highlands the Atlas Mountains the Zagros Mountains 0 points QUESTION 4 1. Which of the following is NOT one of the recent migration patterns found in Southwest Asia and North Africa? 2. rural to urban migration the movement of workers to labor-poor countries the movement of people to the countries that dominated them during their periods of colonization urban to rural migration the movement of laborers out of the region altogether 0 points QUESTION 5 1. In which of the following countries do women have the most freedom? 2. Iran Kuwait Saudi Arabia Turkey Libya 0 points QUESTION 6 1. Which of the following resources presents the greatest challenge for survival in Southwest Asia and North Africa? 2. petroleum iron food human resources water 0 points QUESTION 7 1. Which of the following religions arose in North Africa/Southwest Asia? 2. Shinto Animism Hinduism Islam Buddhism 0 points QUESTION 8 1. Which of the following statements most accurately describes the pattern of domestication in Southwest Asia and North Africa? 2. Experimentation with wild wheat and barley 10,000 years ago led to farm settlements and domestication of cattle, sheep, and goats. Experimentation with wild wheat and barley 10,000 years ago was accompanied simultaneously by domestication of cattle, sheep, and goats, which eventually led to establishing farming villages. Experimentation with wild wheat and barley 5,000 years ago was accompanied simultaneously by domestication of cattle, sheep, and goats, which led to the establishment of farming villages. Experimentation with wild wheat and barley 5,000 years ago was accompanied simultaneously by domestication of cattle, sheep, and goats. Farming villages and pastoral nomadism developed together. Experimentation with wild cattle, sheep, and goats 10,000 years ago led to pastoral nomadism, and later to domestication of wheat and barley and the establishment of farm settlements. 0 points QUESTION 9 1. Which of the following places is NOT located in the Fertile Crescent of North Africa and Southwest Asia? 2. northern Iraq eastern Turkey Libya Syria Lebanon 0 points QUESTION 10 1. What major event led to European colonialism in Southwest Asia? 2. development of major explosives defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I expansionist influence of conservatives in Britain declining attraction of Islam a rise of internationalist policies in Europe at the end of the nineteenth century SEVENTH SECTION: QUESTION 1 1. Where is the Jewish Pale? 2. Iberia Eastern Europe the Balkans along the Black Sea small cities bordering the Mediterranean 0 points QUESTION 2 1. The number of speakers of Romance and Germanic languages in Europe is roughly equal. About how many speakers does each group have in Europe? 2. 1 billion 10 million 200 million 20 million 100 million 0 points QUESTION 3 1. How many world wars were fought in Europe? 2. none 1 2 3 4 0 points QUESTION 4 1. What European mountain range forms the political border between Spain and France? 2. Carpathians Apennines Dinaric Alps Alps Pyrenees 0 points QUESTION 5 1. “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? 2. rural landscapes in contemporary Europe the Renaissance-Baroque period contemporary landscapes of the Iberian Peninsula landscapes of contemporary French urban cities the medieval landscape 0 points QUESTION 6 1. Today, Europe has just under ________ million Protestants 2. 50 250 100 20 150 0 points QUESTION 7 1. According to the graphic below, which of the following countries of Europe has the highest population density? 2. Italy Netherlands Germany Spain France 0 points QUESTION 8 1. What mountain range in Europe is over 500 miles long and has peaks reaching 15,000 feet? 2. Apennines Pyrenees Himalayas Alps Carpathians 0 points QUESTION 9 1. Which non-European country signed an agreement to become Germany’s military ally and set the scene for World War II? 2. China United States Japan Russia India 0 points QUESTION 10 1. The term ________ is used to describe the geopolitical processes of small scale independence movements based upon ethnic fault lines. 2. shatter belt neutrality turf balkanization centrifugal forces irredentism EIGHTH SECTION: QUESTION 1 1. In what Russian region has Islamic fundamentalism increased its presence? 2. the border between Russia and Finland Siberian region Western region Arctic region Caucus region 0 points QUESTION 2 1. What has become of democracy in Russia in the post-Soviet era? 2. There has been a steady growth in democracy and civil liberties. There has been a steady decline in democracy since the Soviet Union broke up. There have been no steps toward democracy. There was a brief decline in democracy, followed by a steady blossoming of civil liberties since 2000. There was a general flowering of democracy followed by a reduction of civil liberties since 2002. 0 points QUESTION 3 1. What is the one element that helps us to understand geographies of climate, vegetation, and agriculture in the Russian Domain? 2. the northern latitudinal position of the Russian Domain the legacy of the Soviet era climate change globalization and its influence on the Russian Domain the Cold War 0 points QUESTION 4 1. What was the purpose of Russification (the Soviet policy of resettling Russians into non-Russian portions of the former USSR)? 2. to provide laborers to under-populated regions of the former USSR to increase Russian dominance in outlying portions of the former USSR to establish military outposts for defensive purposes in the former USSR to bring Russian teachers to under-populated regions of the former USSR to drain some of the population from Moscow, which had become a primate city 0 points QUESTION 5 1. The conquest of Siberia 2. began in earnest in the late 1300s. was complete when Russia defeated Japan in the Russo-Japanese War. was initiated for security reasons. was primarily carried out by Cossacks. involved war with China. 0 points QUESTION 6 1. In which region of the Russian Domain would you find reindeer, Siberian tigers, and leopards? 2. the European West the Ural Mountains the Caucasus Transcaucasia the Russian Far East 0 points QUESTION 7 1. What is the language of the Volga Tatars of the Russian Domain? 2. Slavic Turkish Finnish Chinese Kurdish 0 points QUESTION 8 1. Which two countries were the primary rivals in the Cold War? 2. Russia and the Ukraine Germany and the Soviet Union the United States and Russia China and the Soviet Union the United States and …