Diversity Amid Globalization
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| The increasing interconnectedness of people and places through converging processes of economic, political, and cultural change is: | globalization.
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| Many observers argue that contemporary globalization is the most fundamental reorganization of the planet's socioeconomic structure since: | the Industrial Revolution.
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| The blending of local cultural traditions with popular culture is: | Cultural hybridization.
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| It is argued that _______________ create environmental problems in the expanding globalized economy by disrupting local ecosystems in their search for natural resources and manufacturing sites. | transnational firms
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| A __________ economy is a highly inflated economy, typically resulting from a rapid influx of international capital into a developing country, that cannot be sustained. | bubble
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| Fundamentally, geography is: | a spatial science used to describe and explain the uniqueness and similarities of places located on Earth's surface.
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| Geographers are interested in _____________________, the study of how places, landscapes, and regions are linked and interact with each other. | areal integration
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| The cultural landscape is: | the visible, material expression of human settlement and a marker of cultural values, attitudes, and symbols throughout history.
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| Which of the following population statistics is used to depict the annual growth rate for a country (as a percentage increase)? | rate of natural increase (RNI)
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| The average number of children borne to women of a hypothetical, yet statistically valid population, such as that of a specific cultural group or within a particular country is: | total fertility rate (TFR).
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| Currently, migrants account for _____ of the world's total population. Of these, _____ are refugees from civil strife. | 2 percent; 20 percent
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| Migration __________ factors such as civil strive, environmental degradation, or unemployment drive people from their homelands. | push
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| Currently _____ of the world's population lives in cities with an estimated _____ living in cities by the year 2025. | 48 percent; 60 percent
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| A city that is disproportionately large and dominates economic, political, and cultural activities within a country has: | urban primacy
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| __________ are makeshift housing on land not legally owned or rented by urban migrants, usually in unoccupied open spaces within or on the outskirts of a rapidly growing city. | Squatter settlements
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| Examine Figure 1.27. Which of the following statements about this map is correct? | The greatest population gains are expected in the large cities of the developing world.
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| Cultural nationalism: | protects and defends an indigenous cultural system from influences from another culture.
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| North American English and British English are examples of: | dialects.
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| Which of the following is NOT one of the world's universalizing religions? | Judaism
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| In 2001, the United States went to war not with the state of Afghanistan, but rather a confederation of religious extremists, the Taliban and Al Qaeda. Military strategists refer to this type of conflict as: | asymmetrical warfare
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| A relatively homogenous cultural group with its own fully independent political territory is a: | nation-state.
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| Many forces tend to hold a nation together or were factors in nation-building due to their advantages. Which of the following are centripetal forces--forces that promote political unity and reinforce the state structure? | all of the answers provided
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| Political boundaries that follow cultural traits such as language or religion are: | ethnographic boundaries
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| In order to obtain a sense of the true cost of living in an area, one can adjust raw economic data to create a comparable figure for a common market basket of goods and services purchased with local currency. This adjustment is called: | Purchasing Power Parity
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