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GEOG Exam 1
This is your world... Exam 1
Question | Answer |
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World: ~_________ (2010);~___ by 2050; est __B in 2011 | 6.8 B, 10 B, 7B |
add ~____ people/yr (= to size of ________) | 79 M, Germany |
___% of the pop. growth is in _____ | 99% pop growth in LDCs - less developed countries |
__% of infant deaths occur in _____ | 99% infant deaths in LDCs |
Top 5 Populations _____=1.3b; _____=1.1b; ___=304m; _________=245m; ______=187m | China, India, US, Indonesia, Brazil |
_______& _______ possess 38% of world pop | China and India posses ___ pop of world |
2006:>___% of world pop live in urban area(?) | 50% live in ___ areas |
Avg life exp: MDC = ___, LDC = ___, World = ___ | 79, 52,67 avg ___ in MDCs, LDCs and world |
Fertility(births/f): MDC = ___, LDC = ___, World = ___ | 1.6, 5, 2.7 ___/f in MDCs, LDCs and world |
Infant mortality(per 100): MDC = ___, LDC = ___, World = ___ | .5, 10, 5.6 % in MDCs, LDCs and world |
Pop over 65 (%): MDC = ___, LDC = ___, World = ___ | 13, 2.6, 6 pop over ___% in MDCs, LDCs and world |
Pop < 15 (%): MDC = ___, LDC = ___, World = ___ | 18, 42(or more), 29 pop under ___% in MDCs, LDCs and world |
Low birth rates & living longer in ___ (Japan pop. trend?) > opposite true in___? | MDC's have low ___ and high ___, LDC's have low___ and high ___ |
In Europe, by 2015, _____ will outnumber _____ | Deaths, births in ___ in 2015 |
Worldwide ___% of those age 15-49 with HIV/AIDS; sub-Saharan Africa: __%; Botswana: __% | 1.1, 8, 38 % with HIV/AIDS in ____, ____ and ____ |
__m infected with HIV/AIDS in So. Africa; __m in India | 5M, 5M infected with HIV/AIDS in ____ and ___ |
Epidemic? Children? ___m AIDS orphans in SSA; Culture >> habits/responsibilities? | 14M ___ with HIV/AIDS in ___ |
Pop in China | 1.3B in ___ |
Pop in India | 1.1B in ___ |
Pop in US | 304 or 308M in ___ |
Pop in Indonesia | 245M in ___ |
Pop in Brazil | 187M in ___ |
PPP means | purchasing power parody |
GDP(PPP) per capita in US | PPP $46,700 in ___ |
GDP(PPP) per capita in EU-27 | PPP $33,400 in ___ |
GDP(PPP) per capita in Europe | PPP $19,000 in ___ |
GDP(PPP) per capita in Latin America | PPP $10,300 in ___ |
GDP(PPP) per capita World AVG | PPP $10,400 in ___ |
GDP(PPP) per capita in Sub Saharan Africa | PPP <$2,000 in ___ |
~___% living on <$2/day | ~53% living on ___ |
_________ __________ in many LDCs makes situation worse + pymt of debt, the need for food, energy, medicine, education; poverty | Government corruption |
___%-Christian(Protestant, Catholic)-largest | 33% religion |
___%- Muslim – fastest growing religion globally | 20% religion |
___%-Hinduism/__%-Buddhism | 14% and 6% religion |
___%-non/anti-religious (Communist nations China, Cuba, Vietnam, N Korea officially atheist) | 15% religion |
__%-Judaism | .2% religion |
__%-Misc Asian/African religions | 17.8% religion |
Adult literacy in MDCs then LDCs: ____% m-__%, f-__% | 99+% and m-63% f-43% |
Internet(per 100)in MDCs then LDCs: ___(2006)___ | 56% in 2006 (~70% now) and .8% |
Phones(per 100)in MDCs then LDCs: ___ ___ | 55% and .9% |
Cellular(per 100)in MDCs then LDCs: ___ ___ | 77% and 2.8% |
Secondary edu beyond age 16 in MDCs then LDCs: ___% m-___%, f-___% | 99+% and m-30% f-25% |
~__% of world has democracy | 50% govt |
theocracy | religion rules |
autocracy | dictator |
monarchy | royalty |
parliamentary | prime minister/ legislative |
Communism | govt controls everything, no private property |
# languages | >3,000 |
#1 language | Mandarin Chinese |
#2 language | English |
#3 language | Hindi |
#4 language | Spanish |
more people in ___ speak English than in ___ | China and US language |
<___% of US univ require foreign language | 8% foreign language |
<___% of Am speak a foreign language; US students next-to-last in knowledge of other cultures | 3% foreign language |
<___% of US teachers have had any int’l curricula/training | 3% foreign language |
___________ = study of Earth’s surface, spatial distributions & patterns of physical and human characteristics | geography |
Human characteristics 4 types | political, cultural, economic, historic (settlement patterns; winners make boundaries) |
Location 2 types | absolute location vs. relative location |
_______________ run N/S | lines of longitude |
0° long. = ________ ___________ | prime meridian |
~180° long. = ___________ ____ ____ | Grennich International Dateline |
____________ run E/W | lines of latitude |
0° lat.= _________ | equator |
23.5°N is Tropic of _______ | Tropic of Cancer |
23.5°S is Tropic of __________ | Tropic of Capricorn |
90°N =_________ | North Pole |
90°S =_______ | South Pole |
Maps are cool and represent ___ ___, reality (political, wealth, resources, etc.) | spatial organization |
________ _____: collection of our personal images & facts about places; local, distant | Mental map |
_________ ________: cultures impact/influence each other – melting pot or mixed salad?? | cultural diffusion |
Conflict or cooperation…tension over _________, __________, _________, etc. | resources, space, ideals |
Landscape change: humans emerge ~________ years ago | 40,000 years |
~__________ years ago, humans began to have a major ____________ impact | 10,000 years, ecological |
__________ ________: early civilizations began to flourish 8000-2500BC (ex: Mesoamerica, China, Mesopotamia); community (?) | cultural change |
Two major (_________) revolutions: key to both was ______________! | change, technology |
_____________ (Neolithic) Revolution: the move from a ____________ society (~10,000 years ago) to domestication of ________ and _________ for food; carrying capacity (?) | Agricultural Revolution, nomadic |
__________ Revolution: ~1700AD – new wealth & talent meant new technologies, use of resources; but…negative impact as well: ___________ limited, pop _________, global __________… | Industrial |
industrialization = _____________?? Development of _____ system | suburbanization, development of class system |
Why is a ______ _____ important? | middle class - they make & spend $$ |
______: have a middle class (3 classes), _____ do not (2 classes [very rich, very poor]) | MDCs, LDCs classes |
most LDCs are > ~70% ___ | rural |
MDC GDP/income | high GDP |
MDC energy use | high energy |
% MDC urban | high urban |
MDC birth rate | low br |
Pop MDC growth rate | low gr |
Pop MDC under 15 | low <15 |
Pop MDC literate | high literate |
MDC Leisure time available | high leisure |
MDC Life expectancy | high life exp. |
LDC GDP/income | low GDP |
LDC energy use | low energy |
% LDC urban | low urban |
LDC birth rate | high |
Pop LDC growth rate | high |
Pop LDC under 15 | high <15 |
Pop LDC literate | low literate |
LDC Leisure time available | low leisure |
LDC Life expectancy | low life exp |
____% of the world lives in MDCs | 20% pop in ___ |
MDCs control ___% of wealth in world | 74% |
life very different for the remaining ____% (bottom 20% control 2%) | 80% |
Wealth can be measured by: ___ ___ ___ | gross domestic product |
(GDP)-PPP | output of goods & services a country produces(figured for purchasing power) |
GDP for _________ is $69,000,000,000,000 (2008) | world GDP |
GDP for ______ is $14.3 trillion | USA GDP |
GDP for ______ is $7.8 trillion | China GDP |
GDP for _______ is $4.3 trillion | Japan GDP |
GDP for _______ is $3.3 trillion | India GDP |
GDP for _______ is $2.9 trillion (EU is ~$13t) | Germany GDP |
GDP per _________ (output per individual)= GDP/population(in PPP) | GDP capita |
PPP in ____________: $78,500 | Luxembourg PPP |
PPP in ____________: $58,200 | Norway PPP |
PPP in ____________: $49,300 | Singapore PPP |
PPP in ____________: $46,700 | USA PPP |
PPP in ____________: $44,200 | Ireland PPP |
______ is not in the top 50 GDPp/c @ $6,000 = ______ | China PPP = LDC |
Human Development Index[HDI] (UNDP.org) a ranking of countries that considers ___ ___ ___ | quality of life |
_______ #1 HDI | Iceland HDI |
_______ #2 HDI | Norway HDI |
_______ #3 HDI | CanadaHDI |
_______ #4 HDI | Australia HDI |
_______ #5 HDI | Ireland HDI |
_______ #6 HDI | Netherlands HDI |
_______ #7 HDI | Sweden HDI |
_______ #8 HDI | Japan HDI |
_______ #9 HDI | Luxembourg HDI |
_______ #10 HDI | Switzerland HDI |
_______ #15 HDI | USA HDI |
Why do other countries rank higher on the HDI than the US? | social heath care, better social programs makes for higher ___ |
__________ Theory: MDC's control LDCs for ___ | Dependency exploits LDCs for raw materials, (cheap) labor & markets (?) |
____________ Theory: MNCs, IMF, World Bank, WTO, G-8 control LDCs through ______, ________ policies | Neocolonialism through debt and trade policies (MNC - multinational company) |
_____________: increased interaction among worldwide markets, production centers, and labor pools; political/cultural adjustments? | Globalization |
Globalization: Spread of ___, technologies | ideas |
Globalization : flow of ______ & services | goods |
Globalization :long-term _________ (work, asylum, family) | migration |
Globalization: good for ___, bad for 5 reasons | communications (and other things), bad for arms, drugs, terrorism, crime, disease |
Advocates: globalization increases _________, _________ & standard of living in ____ | prosperity and productivity in LDCs |
Opponents: globalization __________ gap between _____ & _____ | increases gap between rich and poor and only a few LDCs benefit; greater interdependence? |
MNCs can lead to ___, ___ & ___ | pollution, monopolies and corruption |
The Starbucks, Wal-Mart & Nike examples; fair trade products (cost ____ but insure fair ______ are paid to farmers/laborers/etc) | cost more, fair wages |
Localization: opposed to _______ influences; ex. _________: localization put them in power, globalization… | opposed to outside influences ex. Taliban |
_____________: mutually dependent | Interdependency |
global trade [_______/US…?] | China trades with |
Is the world really getting ‘__________’ because of ___, ___...? | Smaller because of technology, travel... |
MNCs profit at expense of ______ regulations and ___ labor | reduced regulations and cheap labor |
Globalization: short-term flow of people for ________ & tourism | business |