Geography Chapter 1-5 – Flashcards
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How do the authors of your text book define globalization?
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The growing interconnectedness of people and places through converging processes of economic, political, and cultural change.
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Which of the following processes are part of the process of globalization?
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Economic, political, and cultural change.
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According to your text's authors, globalization is the most fundamental reorganization of our planet's social and economic structures since which of the following events?
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Industrial Revolution
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What do most scholars agree is the most significant component of globalization?
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Economic reorganization of the world.
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which of the following is NOT characteristic of our increasingly globalized world?
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Local folk cultures
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Which of the following problems may accompany the spread of global consumer culture?
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Development of serious social tensions between traditional cultures and new globalizing influences.
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Which of the following groups is most likely to disrupt local ecosystems as they search for natural resources and manufacturing sites?
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Transnational firms.
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Which of the following problems does international globalization tend to worsen?
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Air and water pollution, climate change, and deforestation.
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What part of the world has had its economies become part of the drug transshipments and the laundering of drug money?
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Caribbean
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All of the following are arguments against globalization, EXCEPT
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Globalization is dangerously unstable
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Which North American region was hit by Hurricane Sandy in October 2012?
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The Atlantic coastline
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Beneath which part of the united states is the largest aquifer, the Ogallala Aquifer, located?
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The Great Plains
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A major oil spill in April 2010, caused damage to this body of water.
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The Gulf of Mexico
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What happened to the more than 4 million Native American populations after the arrival of Europeans?
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European diseases and disruptions deduced their numbers by more than 90%.
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Which of the following is NOT one of the patterns of North American population movements?
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The exclusion of minorities from inner cities.
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The settlement of North America by Europeans took place in how many stages?
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Three
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Which of the following statements is most accurate?
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By 1990, more than half the population of the United States lived west of the Mississippi River
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Where is Megalopolis located?
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Eas Coast of United States, from Boston to Washington DC
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Which of the following "decisively-shaped the evolution of the city in the United States?"
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Transportation
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In the most recent phase of migration to the United States (1970-Present), where are the majority of immigrants coming from?
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Latin America and Asia
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Which US state has the largest percentage of Asians in America?
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California
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What Canadian province has a majority of French-Canadian citizens?
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Quebec
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The projected increase of the Hispanic population in the US over the next 25 years will most likely be fuels by
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Births to Hispanics already living in the US
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Acadiana, a rural homeland in the Southern US is a zone of
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Enduring Cajun Culture
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Which is an example of geopolitical reach of the United States beyond the bounds of North America?
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The Philippines, Iraq, Afghanistan
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What economic activity brings in much-needed income to Native Americans while challenging their traditional lifestyles?
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Gambling casinos
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What is the dominant religion in the US, as defined by the number of believers?
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Protestantism
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What percentage of the world's plant and animal species are found in the Amazon rainforest?
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50%
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What is grassification?
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A project by the Bolivian government to protect further soil erosion on mountain slopes by planting native grasses
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Tge rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has increased since 2000, why?
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Growth of corporate farms and development of new roads and dams.
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Which of the following are pressing environmental issues for Latin American cities?
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Air polution, lack of treated water, and garbage removal.
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What accounts, in part for Mexico City's poor air quality?
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Thermal inversions.
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What is the source of approximately 70% of Mexico City's water?
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Aquifers
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Four countries in Latin America have more than 75% of the region's population. Which of the following is NOT one of the four?
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Venezuala
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Which of the following statements about squatter settlements in Latin America is NOT true?
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They provide adequate housing.
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The average number of children born to women in Latin America has been decreasing over the last two decades for all of the following reasons, EXCEPT
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government-imposed financial penalties for large families.
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Which country in Latin America sends the largest number of legal immigrants to the United States?
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Mexico
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What is a mestizo?
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A person mixed European and Indian ancestry
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Which of the following products made its way to Europe as part of the Columbian Exchange?
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Potatoes
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What is the predominant language in Latin America, based on the number of people who speak it as a first language?
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Spanish
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What factor allowed syncretic religions to Endure in Latin America?
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The catholic church tolerated local variations in worship as long as conversation was underway.
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Which of the following countries is NOT a number of North American Free Trade Agreement?
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Cuba
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What goal did the Treaty of Tordesillas Accomplish?
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Divided South America between Spain and Portugal
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What are Colombia's FARC and ELN?
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insurgency groups that are financed mainly by the Latin American drug trade.
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Why did the number of people employed in Mexican maquiladoras begin to drop after 2003?
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China became more popular for labor-intensive work because of its lower wages.
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Which of the following activities is NOT part of Latin America's informal sector?
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Assembling components for automobiles.
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Which of the following islands is NOT part of the Greater Antilles?
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Bahamas
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Which Caribbean country experienced a devastating earthquake in January 2010?
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Haiti
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Where do the hurricanes that are so prevalent in the Caribbean originate?
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off the coast of West Africa
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What effects are predicted for the Caribbean as global climate change increases average temperatures?
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sea level rise, increased intensity of storms and variable rainfall.
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What practice was most responsible for the deforestation of the islands of the Caribbean?
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sugarcane plantation agriculture
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How much of its original forest cover has Haiti lost?
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Most of it
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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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Which US city has become the destination of choice for Cubans migrating to the United States?
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Miami
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The largest city in the Caribbean is
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Santo Domingo
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What is creolization?
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The blending of African and European cultures in the Caribbean
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which of the following African traditions survived in the Caribbean because of Maroons?
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Farming practices, house designs, and language
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What was the name of the official US policy that held that that US would not tolerate European military involvement in the Western Hemisphere?
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Manifest Desitiny
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What is the most common language in the Caribbean?
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Spanish
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What factor has prevented Caribbean countries from reaping the full benefits of their extensive investment in education?
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Brain Drain
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What is the major attraction of offshore banking in the Caribbean?
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Specialized services that are confidential and tax-exempt
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Which Caribbean country was a close ally of the former Soviet Union in the Cold War era after World War 2?
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Cuba
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Which Caribbean country has no diplomatic relations with the US?
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Cuba
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What is a political status of Puerto Rico?
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It is a commonwealth of the US and its residents can move freely to the US mainland
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What are remittances?
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Money that immigrants to the us send back home to the Caribbean
