World Regional Geography: A Development Approach Ch 1-4 Test – Flashcards
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What does GNIPPP stand for?
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Gross National income in Purchasing Power Parity
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What measures income on an international dollar basis that also factors in a countries purchasing power
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GNIPPP
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This happened 10,000 years ago when people started to domesticate crops.
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Agricultural Revoloution
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Domestication of crops led to ..., which in return created ...
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agricultural surplus, cities
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Industrial production, post-industrial production, energy consumption, life expectancy, and HDI are all...
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measures of development
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1. Life expectancy at birth 2. Educational attainment 3. Income all make up what?
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Human Development Index
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This theory states that population growth will eventually exceed the food supply, unless population growth is checked by society.
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Malthusian Theory
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What is the growing integration and interdependence of world communities through a vast network of trade and communication?
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Globalization
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Corporations with offices, production facilities, and other activities in foreign countries. Also leading the charge in globalization
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Transnational Corporations
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World cities, transnational capitalist class and consumers are all winners of...
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Globalization
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Ordinary cities, poor or unemployed and people affected by pollution are all losers of...
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Globalization
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Workers that owe their positions and success to the global expansion of corporate activities
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Transnational Capitalist Class
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The two most important elements of this are precipitation and temperature
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Climate
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What would be expected in an area if vegetation succession were allowed to proceed over a long period without human interference?
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Natural Vegetation
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Petroleum, natural gas and coal are all examples of...
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fossil fuels
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Wind, Tidal, Geothermal, and solar power are all examples of
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Renewable Resources
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What is the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs?
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Sustainable development
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The process by which a group takes on some of the cultural attributes of another society is called?
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Acculturation
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What is a language that is used throughout a wide area for commercial or political purposes by people with different native tongues?
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Lingua Franca
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What is the popular measure of development is the amount of income earned per person called?
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Per Capita Income
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Which land surface regions, on average, has the lowest elevations?
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Gulf-Atlantic Coastal Plain
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What is not a consequence of prolonged drought in the United States?
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Sea levels will fall in coastal areas
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Which of these was not a core area for the european settlement the French Canadian Core, Southern Core, Blue Ridge Mountain Core or the New England Core?
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Blue Ridge Mountain Core
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Canada became an official, self-governing country under what act
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British North America Act
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Cropland makes up about .... percent of the U.S land mass and ... percent of Canadas
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20, 5
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What is the method of crop irrigation in which equipment rotates around a pivot and crops are watered on a circular plot of land
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Center Pivot irrigation
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Canada and U.S are both major producers of...
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Oil and Natural Gas
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60% of energy in Canada and 8.5% of energy in U.S are produced by
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Hydroelectricity
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Canada is the major exporter and U.S is major importer of what type of metal?
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Iron Ore
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The deregulation and competition from lower-cost areas in North America and abroad caused a decline in this...
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Coreland Manufacturing
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Over 80 percent of all people living in poverty in the United States live where?
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Metropolitan Areas
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This city is an example of central city decay
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Detroit
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Which of these countries does not include the Andes Mountains Chile, Brazil, Columbia and Ecuador
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Brazil
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What is the distinct characteristic about the Atacama desert?
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Driest in the world
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What is farmed in the Tierra Client?
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Cocoa, Banana, Sugar Cane
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What is farmed in the Tierra Templada?
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Coffee, Cattle, Maize
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What is farmed in the Tierra Fria?
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Potatoes, wheat, barley
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Slash-burn traditional agriculture is the (most/least) likely cause for deforestation in Latin America?
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Least
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The Andes run more than .... miles through .... countries
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4300, 7
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What weather phenomenon occurs when warm water from South Eastern Asia pushes eastward toward South America and causes tremendous climatic and economic consequences such as damaged infrastructure and flooding?
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El Nino
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This occurs when a layer of warm air settles over a layer of cooler air that lies near the ground. The warm air holds down the cool air and prevents pollutants from rising and scattering.
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Thermal Inversion
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What was the population in the America's before Columbus arrived?
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45-55 Million
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Where were the Aztecs located and who were they defeated by?
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Central Mexico, Hernan Cortes in 1521
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Where were the Mayans located?
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Yucatan Peninsula and Guatemala
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Where were the Incans located and who were they defeated by?
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Columbia-Ecuador, Francisco Pizarro 1531
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What explains Brazil being a Portuguese speaking country?
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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How did the Crown profit by charging 1/5 the actual price, its also called this...
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quinto real
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Gold was mined heavily throughout the Andes but particularly in these 2 countries...
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peru and chile
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What country is the product of a slave rebellion in 1803?
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Haiti
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What is the amalgamation or attempted amalgamation of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought?
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Syncretism
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What are grants of indigenous people's labor and tribute to Spaniards as a reward for their service to the Crown?
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Encomiendas
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What are large, semiautonomous rural estates that usurped indigenous peoples lands and became status symbols for their owners?
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Haciendas
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Missions from the Franciscan and Jesuit Orders helped spread this religion and language throughout South America?
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Christianity, Spanish
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The mix of Roman Catholicisim and Yoruban, creates this religion, that is a prime example of Syncretism.
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Santeria
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What is a trade and economic policy which advocates replacing foreign imports with domestic production?
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Import Substitution Industrialization
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What is the 20th century resurgence of 19th century ideas associated with laissez-faire economic liberalism?
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Neoliberalism
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the economic activities that aren't taxed or regulated by the government is called...
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Informal Economy
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True or False: Most of the indigenous population is concentrated along the border with the United States.
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False
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Mexico City is the ... city in Mexico
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Primate
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True or False: Panama's population is primarily indigenous
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False
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What are the two central american countries with stable democracies and a diversified economy
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Costa Rica and Panama
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United Fruit Company controls ... percent of arable farm land in Guatemala
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40
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What country is the Switzerland of central america?
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Costa Rica
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What was one good thing for Cuban citizens after the 1959 revolution?
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Universal Health Care
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Soviet Union collapsing caused a shortage of .... which sent Cuba into an economic depression
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Petroleum
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This countries largest EPZ is apparel...
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Dominican Republic
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EPZ's include this industry from Mexico...
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maquiladora
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Oil deposits are not found in this South American Country...
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Paraguay
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Columbia has a (small/large) indigenous population
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Small
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Yasuni National Park is found in this region of Ecuador...
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El Oriente
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What is the only South American Country with a majority indigenous report?
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Bolivia
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Lake.... results from the water drainage from the ..... in Bolivia, it rests ..... feet above sea level
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Titicaca, Altiplano, 12000
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Brazil produces 45% of its energy from What source?
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Renewable energy
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What is the major product of south america that Argentina does not produce?
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coffee
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What country in the southern cone of South America has one of the richest agricultural bases in the world?
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Argentina
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What european river basin is the most extensive?
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Danube River
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True or False: relative mildness in climate is related to the Alps Mountains forming the backbone of central Europe.
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False
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Europe's relatively mild climate is due to the ....
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North Atlantic Current
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The bicycle route from the U.K to Greece started in the ... and ended in ....
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summer, winter
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whats an example of the social evolution of Europe?
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Reunification of Germany
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What country has the largest economy in Europe?
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Germany
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The industrial revolution started in what european country?
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Great Britain
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More than ...% of Europeans live in cities
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70
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Europe is the world leader in what type of energy development?
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Renewable Energy
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The EU does not provide .... for all of its members in case military action is needed.
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Defense
