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Geography Final 2026
My world Geography Final from 2026
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the Great Leap Forward? | The Great Leap Forward was Mao Zedong’s plan to make China a modern industrial country by encouraging a large population, population growth, and a focus on manufacturing. |
| How did the one-child policy try to address the challenges created by China’s large and growing population? | The One-Child Policy tried to slow down the population growth to help relieve the stress that a large population puts on a country’s resources. (Ex. Lack of food, jobs, healthcare) |
| What is one challenge China faces in supplying energy to its population? | With almost 1.5 billion people, China needs to supply enough energy for its population without creating pollution on a large scale. |
| Why was the Three Gorges Dam created? | To create a source of clean energy for the large population of China |
| Provide one example of how China’s GDP benefitted from SEZs. | China’s GDP benefited because SEZs allowed more trade with foreign countries, which helped boost economic growth in China |
| What physical features affect the amount of arable land in Japan the most? | There are many physical features that affect the people of Japan. The number of mountains has the greatest impact on arable land in Japan. |
| Provide two examples of how Japan’s high population density affects transportation. | Japanese citizens rely heavily on public transportation, which is very crowded. Citizens in cities are not allowed to own a car unless they have proof of a parking space. |
| Provide two examples of how Japan’s high population density affects housing. | The average Japanese citizen lives in 170 square feet. Most citizens in cities live in high rise apartments, rather than houses. |
| Provide two examples of how Japan’s high population density affects land use. | Farmers have used terracing, or digging into hillsides, to grow crops. In cities, they have learned to build underground to create/save space. |
| Provide two examples of how Japan’s high population density affects health. | Because of high population density and manufacturing, Japan experiences Acid rain. Many citizens wear masks in public to stay healthy, and Japan has passed many environmental laws to clean the air and water. |
| What is spatial inequality? | The unequal distribution of wealth or resources in a geographic area so that some places are richer than others |
| What is a major cause of rural decline in Mexico? | Small farms are not able to compete with large farms because they don’t have the money to buy seeds or new equipment. |
| What is one “pull factor” that draws farm families to Mexico City? | Access to better education, better paying jobs, and an improvement in the quality of life and standard of living. |
| What are two problems Mexico City is experiencing because of its rapid growth? | Pollution/Poor Air quality, poverty, crime. |
| What is globalization? | Global or worldwide society - exchange of goods, culture, ideas, and movement of people |
| How has globalization brought growth to some countries? | It has created a lot of new jobs |
| Which region of the world leads in globalization? | Asia |
| List one reason sneaker companies moved their production offshore to Asian countries. | Manufacture sneakers for a lower cost |