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Emily Geo final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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