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Emily Geo final
Question | Answer |
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The ____ Empire extended in the Andes from Argentina and Chile to Ecuador until the arrival of the Spanish in the 1500's | *.A) Inca |
In the film "Wetback", in what country do the migrants face the most problems when traveling to the US? | a mexico |
The maximum latitude on the Earth is ___ degrees: | 90 |
Which South American country is home to the largest Japanese population outside of Japan? | Brazil |
The line of zero degrees latitude is know as the: | Equator |
Which of these statements correctly describes Europe's population dynamics? | Increasingly older population |
The difference between formal and functional regions is: | the nature of the unifying properties: static homogeneity vs. functional cohesion |
German reunification | occurred in 1990 |
The Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) is isolated from the rest of Europe by which mountain range? | B) Pennines |
From the end of World War II in 1945 until 1990, Eastern Europe was dominated by the: | Soviet Union |
A maquiladora is: | a foreign-owned factory in northern Mexico that assembles duty-free goods |
Which of the following list of zones is correctly ordered from 0 to 90N latitude? | equatorial, subtropical, midlatitude, subarctic, arctic |
The slums of South America's large cities are known as: | favelas or barrios |
The best example of an elongated state in South America, and probably the world, is: | Chile |
What natural resource does Mexico lack? | Copper |
An altiplano is a(n): | high-elevation basin or valley |
Persistently frozen ground is known as: | permafrost |
The mountain chain in west-central Russia that is sometimes regarded as the "boundary" between Europe and Asia is known as the: | Urals |
Lines of longitude: | All of the above |
When an ocean plate and a continental plate collide, what happens? | All of the above |
Which of the following groups have formed a rapidly growing minority presence in many European countries? | Muslims |
Europe's relative location: | is one of centrality within the land hemisphere |
the outermost ring of South American cities is characterized by: | Squatter settlements |
The geographic principle under which particular peoples and particular places concentrate on the production of particular goods is known as: | local functional specialization |
The leading agricultural activity of the Pampa region is the production of: | cattle |
Which Caribbean island contains more than one state? | Hispaniola |
The Treaty of Tordeseillas was mediated by the Pope and divided South America between two primary colonial powers: | Spain and Portugal |
Two crustal plates move away from one another at a ___________ plate boundary. | Divergent |
hich of the following statements about Puerto Rico is correct | Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States |
The Alps were formed when: | The African and European continents collided |
The desert in the north of Chile is the: | Atacama |
hich of the following does NOT accurately describe modern Russia? | Decrease in crime and corruption |
The Atacama desert is in the rain shadow of the _______ Mountains | Andes |
The process whereby regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy is known as: | devolution |
Mestizos are persons who are of mixed ____________ heritage | European and Amerindian |
Which three countries started modern European supranationalism during and after World War II? | Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg |
The term Balkanization refers to: | the division and fragmentation of the southern portion of Eastern Europe |
The term ________ is used to describe an inland climate that is remote from the moderating influences of large water bodies. | continentality |
In Russia, Lake Baykal is forming at a _____?_____ plate boundary | ) Convergent |
Most of the population of Russia is found in the: | western part of the country |
which country did Panama belong before its 1903 United States-supported to revolution achieved independence? | Colombia |
A nation-state describes a community of people with: | All of the above |
Middle America's largest country today in terms of both area and population is: | Mexico |
Eastern Europe is a zone of politico-geographical splintering and fracturing known as a (an): | shatter belt |
Which physiographic province contains the Russian Core area? | The Ural Mountains |
The hypothesis of ________ involves the breakup of a supercontinent that existed hundreds of millions of years ago: | continental drift |
A country's leading urban center that is disproportionately large and exceptionally expressive of national feelings, such as Paris is to France, is known as the country's | primate city |
Which major global power occupied Afghanistan from 1979-1989? | The Soviet Union |
The two countries know as the “Empire States” in SW Asia are: | Iran and Turkey |
A disease that spreads worldwide is known as a(n): | Pandemic |
The Himalaya Mountains are forming at a __________ plate boundary between the Indian Plate and the Eurasian Plate. | Convergent |
Which country in sub-Saharan Africa stand out as having a very different cultural, climate and economic conditions than any other country in the region? | South Africa |
What human activity has greatly increased the severity of river flooding South Asia? | Deforestation |
The Congo River Basin mainly supports what type of vegetation? | tropical rainforest |
The political products of colonialism include | ALL OF THE ABOVE |
The world's three major mono-theistic religions developed in which chronological order? | Judaism, Christianity, Islam |
Most of the people living in contested Jammu-Kashmir are: | Muslim |
The cultural core of Pakistan is the: | Punjab |
Which of these sub-Saharan countries is a major oil exporter and member of OPEC? | Nigeria |
India today is probably in the ______ stage of its demographic transition. | 2 |
Major geographical qualities of Afghanistan include | all the above |
The woman featured in the Bangladesh film clip used a micro-loan to purchase a _________ that ended up having a positive effect on the economic status of her own family as well as the local village farmers. | cell phone |
An area whose control is hotly disputed by India and Pakistan is: | Jammu and Kashmir |
The major river of Pakistan is the: | Indus |
The two nuclear powers in South Asia are: | India and Pakistan |
South Asia suffers from serious environmental problems, including: | All of the above |
A market that is set up only on certain days of the week is known as a ____ market. | periodic |
What major export accounts for approximately 1/3 of Afghanistan’s GDP? | Heroin |
The Suez Canal, a strategically important transportation route linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is controlled by which country? | Egypt |
What lessons from Three Cups of Tea have the NATO forces in Afghanistan incorporated into their operational planning? | The important of relationships, respect for tribal cultures, and the need to listen more to tribal leaders |
The Monsoons of South Asia are: | A strongly seasonal pattern of wet summer and dry winters |
Which of these statements about the Taliban is FALSE | The Taliban outlawed music and sports |
Within the Maghreb region of North Africa, several countries have close ties with their former colonial master, ________. | Iki o France |
30. Which European colonial power controlled most of South Asia? | Great Britain |
Which of the following is an example of an ethnic religion | Buddhism |
What natural hazard is South Asia not currently threatened by? | Volcanic eruptions |
The rivers of sub-Saharan Africa never developed as major transportation routes because: | They flow over many waterfalls that make them impassable |
Well before European colonization of Africa, there were extensive trading relationships between East Africa and ______ | The Arabian Penninsula and South Asia |
Which South Asian country’s territory exists primarily in the low-lying delta of the Brahmaputra and Ganges Rivers? | Bangladesh |
The major mountain range in North Africa is the: | Atlas Mountains |
The major rivers of South Asia all originate in: | The Himalaya Mountains |
The Kurdish population in Iraq is located in the _____ near the border with ________. | North, Turkey |
Which of the following countries was NOT a former British colony of possession? | Morocco |
About 85 percent of Muslims consider themselves: | Sunni |
The major decade of independence in Africa was the _____ | 1960's |
Illegal _________mining is a major source of funding for conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa | Diamond |
Which two countries in South Asia separated during a civil war in 1971? | Pakistan and Bangladesh |
What country controls the headwaters of the Tigris and Euphrates | Iraq |
In what sub-regions of Pakistan did Greg Mortenson's school building efforts begin? | The Punjab and Balochistan |
In Saudi Arabia, women: | all the above |
The highest rates of HIV/AIDS infection in Africa are in: | Southern Africa |
___________, Pakistan, is an excellent example of a forward, or frontier, capital city. | Islamabad |
The rift valleys of East Africa are forming at a _________________ plate boundary | Divergent |
Thailand and Myanmar are both excellent examples of ______ states. | protruded |
Australia and New Zealand both share ________ colonial heritage | British |
Australian aboriginals are know to have been present on the continent for ________years. | 50,000-60,000 |
The indigenous people of New Zealand are called the _____. | Maori |
The better-watered volcanic islands, where the economy is based upon agriculture, are known as: | High islands |