Chap 5 and 8 – Flashcards
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Which Caribbean country has coastal pollution caused by petrochemical and pharmaceutical industries?
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Puerto Rico
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Which Caribbean country is the site of a wildlife sanctuary created by local farmers
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Belize
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Agriculture in the Caribbean colonies had all of the following characteristics, EXCEPT
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lack of European markets for its products.
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Which Caribbean countries have the lowest rates of natural increase in the region
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Cuba and Barbados
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By the middle 1800s, when most colonial governments in the Caribbean began to free slaves, they sought indentured laborers from which other world region(s)?
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South and Southeastern Asia
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What is the Caribbean diaspora
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the economic flight of Caribbean peoples across the globe
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From which two regions did the indentured workers of Suriname come
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South Asia and Java
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Which pattern of emigration from the Caribbean is LEAST likely to occur
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A Haitian migrates to Liverpool, England.
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Which of the following Caribbean countries had the smallest percentage of its population living in urban areas
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Haiti
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Indigenous peoples in the which of the following regions had the highest death rates as a result of European colonization
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Caribbean
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Maroon societies
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allowed the perpetuation of African culture.
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Which of the following is not a Crown Colony (a possession of Great Britain)?
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Haiti
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Which Central American country has made territorial claims to Belize
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Guatemala
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When did the U.S. return the Panama Canal to full Panamanian control
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1999
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Colonialism in the Caribbean
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relied on plantation agriculture
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CARICOM
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was formed by former British colonies.
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Tourism in the Caribbean
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was initially dominated by Cuba.
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Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics of "plantation America"?
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It produced crops primarily for domestic consumption.
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What does the term "plantation America" describe
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a production system that fostered specific ecological, social, and economic relations
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What countries of Europe are known as the Benelux countries
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Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium
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What countries of Europe comprise the region of Scandinavia
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Norway, Sweden, Finland
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What was the original purpose of Dutch windmills
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to pump water from low-lying wetlands
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What European mountain range forms the political border between Spain and France
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Pyrenees
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Which mountain range forms the spine of Italy
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Apennines
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What is a fjord
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a flooded valley originally carved out by glaciers
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What is Europe's longest river
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Danube
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Which of the following countries of Europe has the highest population density
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Netherlands
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Which of the following places is the LEAST likely source region for an immigrant to the United Kingdom
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Turkey
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Which of the following is NOT a reason for opposing unlimited migration into Europe
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concerns about the ability of Europe to produce enough food for these additional people
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Which region of Europe is the most densely settled and most highly urbanized
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Western Europe
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Which of the following languages is NOT Germanic
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Basque
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Which European language is part of the Magyar subfamily
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Hungarian
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As their first language, 90% of Europe's population speak languages from what three groups
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Germanic, Romance, Slavic
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What do we call the widespread movement away from the historically prominent organized religions that has occurred in Europe
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Secularization
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Which country of Europe has the region's largest percentage of Muslims
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France
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Which European country was NOT one of the "Allies" during World War II
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Germany
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In which country of Europe has conflict between Catholics and Protestants been a problem
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Ireland
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What is the word for the agglomeration of small, privately owned agricultural parcels into larger, state-owned farms
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Collectivization
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All of the following events occurred after and as the result of the end of the Cold War, EXCEPT
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Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia unified into a single country called the Baltic Republic.
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Which of the following European countries was a member of the now-defunct Warsaw Pact alliance?
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Poland
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What is the name of the agreement that established the European Union?
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the Maastricht Treaty
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When did the Industrial Revolution emerge
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from 1730-1850
