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Which of these Canadian provinces shares a land border with the United States?

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Yukon Territory

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Which of these rivers flows out of the Great Lakes?

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St. Lawrence River

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Areas with zero net migration can

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become socially and economically static over time.

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Which state in the contiguous United States (i.e., the lower 48) is split into two regions by a body of water?

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Michigan

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Which city is the capital of Canada?

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Ottawa

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Sustainable agriculture is growing in popularity in North America. Based on the textbook's description of sustainable agriculture, is the current method of commercial wheat farming in the Great Plains sustainable?

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no, primarily because the irrigation of wheat fields is depleting the Ogallala Aquifer

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A city on the East Coast of the United States has a large population and a built-up commercial area. The city typically has higher nighttime temperatures than nearby rural areas. What is this an example of?

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urban heat island

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Wheat, cattle, and horses are common sights in North America today. Why?

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Europeans deliberately brought them to the region when they settled North America.

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Urban decentralization is most closely associated with which of the following city forms?

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Edge City

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Which of the following examples best characterizes migration that led to the growth of the Sun Belt South?

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Seeking a job, more recreational opportunities, and a better climate, a family migrates from Chicago to Dallas in 1980.

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What was the primary reason that the Native American populations in North America declined by 90 percent after 1500 CE?

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Native Americans succumbed to European diseases and other disruptions.

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The largest settlement agglomeration in North America, known as Megalopolis, includes which set of cities?

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Boston, New York City, and Washington, DC

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How is French Canada an example of a cultural homeland?

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About 80 percent of people in this region speak French and have a distinct Québécois identity.

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Today, an immigrant to the United States would be most likely to fit which of the following descriptions?

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a doctor from Mumbai, India

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Which of the following types of states allocates considerable political power to subnational units of government?

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federal

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Which of the following statements correctly characterizes the relationship between Canada and the United States?

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There are strong trade partnerships between these two countries.

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Which of the following terms refers to the shifting of a nation's labor force from primary sector to secondary, tertiary, and quaternary sectors?

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sectoral transformation

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Which of the following outcomes is most likely to be an effect of the current socioeconomic challenges in the United States?

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growth of retirement communities

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Beneath which part of the United States is its largest aquifer, the Ogallala Aquifer, located?

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the Great Plains

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Which North American region lies west and north of the Piedmont and is an internally complex zone of higher and rougher country reaching altitudes of 3,000-6,000 feet?

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the Appalachian Highlands

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What do we call the bioregion that is dominated by tall native grasslands, short grasses, or scrub vegetation in North America?

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prairie

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South of the Great Lakes, the growing season is

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relatively long.

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According to Figure 3.20 on p. 85 of the textbook, most immigrants to the U.S. in 2010, came from:

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Africa

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Compare the maps on pages 72 and 96 of the textbook. The majority of mixed farming occurs in which of these climate types?

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continental midlatitude

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Many acid rain producers are industries and power producers in the Midwest and Ontario regions of North America, yet damage from acid rain occurs as far east as the northeastern United States and eastern Canada. What conclusion can we draw from this pattern?

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Regions that do not benefit from the economic activities that produce acid rain suffer the consequences nonetheless.

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What is the approximate per capita gross domestic product purchasing power parity in Canada?

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$46,000

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What are the approximate carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. from the consumption of energy?

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5 billion Mt

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In 2014, how many refugees came to the U.S. from Somalia?

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9,000

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What is the approximate percentage of arable land in the United States?

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18%

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What is the approximate percentage of arable land in Canada?

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5%

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Which of these cities is located in the Amazon Basin?

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Manaus

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What is dollarization?

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the process by which a country in whole or in part adopts the U.S. dollar as its official currency

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What is a mestizo?

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a person of mixed European and Indian ancestry

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After a century-and-a-half of colonization, what was the size of the indigenous population of Latin America?

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one-tenth its original size

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Which of the following ways of earning a living is an example of a maquiladora?

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an automobile assembly plant worker in Tijuana, Mexico, across the border from San Diego, California

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Which of the following activities is an example of neoliberalism?

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transferring the control of a state-run industry to a private corporation

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Which of the following descriptions is an example of a conditional cash transfer?

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payments from the state made to families that who are required to keep their children in school and take them to clinics for health checkups

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Which of these countries is the least reliant on remittances from immigrants?

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Uruguay

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In 2008, Brazil initiated the formation of a 12-member supranational structure, which includes virtually all of South America. What is the name of this particular trade bloc?

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UNASUR

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Which of the following practices largely kept Spanish colonies dependent on Spain?

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Spain's forbidding manufacturing in its colonies in Latin America.

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Which of the following actions or events led to the Portuguese presence in the Americas?

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the Treaty of Tordesillas

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How did colonization affect the languages of Latin America?

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Native languages were discouraged and repressed.

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If you were traveling in La Paz, which of these languages would you most likely hear spoken?

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Spanish and Aymara

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What is the correlation between the location of Brazil's indigenous-language speakers and Brazil's physical geography?

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Native speakers tend to be concentrated throughout the Amazon Basin and in highlands.

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Which pattern of migration plays the greatest role in creating and maintaining primate cities in Latin America?

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rural-to-urban migration

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How has agrarian reform changed landholding patterns in Latin America?

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Large estates were divided and the parcels of land were given to small farmers.

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Which of the following socioeconomic zones is located the farthest away from a Latin American city center?

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peripheral squatter settlements

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Which of the following global trends is most responsible for grassification in Latin America?

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growing demand for meat for domestic markets and for export

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Which environmental issue is most commonly associated with Latin America?

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deforestation

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What is the overall population density of the Amazon Basin?

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fewer than 6 people per square kilometer

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In which of these areas is a large proportion of the population of Latin America located?

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in the coastal regions

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Which Latin American country has the highest level of gender inequality?

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Guatemala

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Which of these countries has the largest land area?

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Brazil

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With which of these countries does Brazil NOT share a border?

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Chile

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Which of these countries is landlocked?

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Bolivia

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Which of these cities is not coastal?

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Brasilia

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According to the phenomenon know as altitudinal zonation, if the temperature at sea level is 80°F, approximately what will the temperature be at 1 mile (there are 5,280 feet in a mile) above sea level?

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62°F

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Flowers are sometimes cut and used in decorative, fresh arrangements. Keeping in mind that cut flowers have a relatively short shelf life and are sensitive to extreme temperature, in which zone would cut flowers thrive?

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Tierra templada

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What is the worst global health disaster ever?

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HIV/AIDS

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The floodplain of the Nile River in Egypt is lush and fertile, but just a few miles away is arid desert. This is an example of _________.

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areal differentiation.

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Globalization is

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is the global interrelation of people, things, and ideas.

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What is thought to be the major force driving globalization?

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economic activities

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Which of the following best describes latitude?

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Latitude is used to measure distance north and south of the 0 degree line.

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What is the starting location (0 degree location) used for lines of longitude?

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Prime Meridian

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What is the highest value a line of longitude will have?

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180 degrees

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Which of the following countries is part of the global economic periphery?

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Bangladesh

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Which of these language families is the most widespread throughout the world? (Fig. 1.32, p. 26-27)

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Indo-European

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Regarding the location of indigenous animist religions, which of these statements is least likely to be true? (Fig. 1.34, p. 28-29)

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They are generally associated with high levels of urbanization.

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One of the reforms of Atatürk, the first leader of modern Turkey, was to require that public readings of the Kuran be in Turkish, rather than Arabic. This is an example of

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cultural nationalism

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The branch of geography known as human geography is concerned with the __________.

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spatial variations of humans and their characteristics

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A cultural hearth is a region from which technologies, ideologies, and material goods diffused over time to surrounding regions. An example of a very early cultural hearth is _____________.

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Mesopotamia

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The theory that population grows at a more rapid rate than agriculture, so eventually, food and lumber will run out, and there will be a population collapse is called _____________.

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Malthus' Theory

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The population density is a measurement of the

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amount of people in a given area

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Geography is the discipline that studies

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spatial patterns in the human and physical world

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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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The International Date Line approximately follows the Prime Meridian.

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False

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What do the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the World Trade Organization (WTO) do?

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They make possible the flow of goods and capital across international boundaries.

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Based on what you learned about time calculations across the globe, including information on time zones and the International Date Line, which of the following statements are correct? Refer to the map above. Select all that apply.

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A woman flies from Oslo, Norway to Lagos, Nigeria—a distance of nearly 5000 miles, but does not change time zones. Yet if she flies from Oslo, Norway to London, England—approximately 700 miles away—she does change time zones. A man traveling to Argentina can go to any place in the country and the time will not change; yet if he travels just north to Bolivia or Paraguay, it becomes an hour earlier. In Shanghai, the sun rises at 5:30 am local time. When the sun rises in Ngari, three hours will have passed and the local time will be 5:30

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Which of the following features have been formed by the collision of convergent tectonic plates?

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mountains known as the Himalayas

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Why did the United States refuse to ratify the Kyoto Protocol?

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Reducing emissions was argued to injure the U.S. economy.

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What physical factors produce a regular pattern of high- and low-pressure cells?

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the uneven heating of Earth due to latitudinal differences and the arrangement of oceans and continents

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Which greenhouse gas has increased as a result of the global consumption of coal and petroleum?

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carbon dioxide

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Which of the following is most likely to contribute to the extinction of plants and animals?

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clearing land for farming

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Beginning at the equator and heading toward either the North or South Pole, which general pattern of bioregions is the most accurate?

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tropical forests, deserts and grasslands, temperate forests, tundra

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Which of the following terms refers to trees that drop their leaves during winter?

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deciduous

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Which of the following bioregions consists of a rich ecosystem of plants and animals adapted to differing levels of sunlight through the multiple layers of vegetation?

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tropical rainforest

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How has the privatization of water affected water supplies and access?

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Costs have increased.

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Which of the following regions of the world stands out as the region with the highest water stress?

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Northern Africa

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More freshwater would be used than in traditional mining operations.

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More freshwater would be used than in traditional mining operations.

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Which of the following energy sources adds the most harmful emissions to the atmosphere?

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coal

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Which of the following relationships is correct?

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Hurricanes are low-pressure centers that decrease in intensity when moving over land.

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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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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 creolization?

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the blending of African and European cultures in the Caribbean

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What is the source of the place-name, "Caribbean"?

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its former native people

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Which of the following workers would be employed in a free trade zone?

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a young woman sewing sleeves on a sweatshirt

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Which of the following individuals is the most likely example of "brain gain" in the Caribbean?

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a Bahamian husband and wife who went to medical school in London and returned to work in the Bahamas

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Why is the Caribbean an attractive location for offshore banking?

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exemptions from taxes

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Which Caribbean country received the highest remittances per capita in 2011?

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Jamaica

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U.S. neocolonialism has its roots in which of the following policies?

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the Monroe Doctrine

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Why has CARICOM produced limited improvements in interregional trade?

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The predominance of English-speaking states in CARICOM limits interregional cooperation with non-English speaking territories.

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Which of the following statements regarding Puerto Rico's status as a commonwealth of the United States is correct?

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Puerto Ricans can move freely between the island and the U.S. mainland.

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What are the origins of Voodoo?

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Voodoo originated in the religious practices of western Africa that were brought to Haiti by slaves.

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Why did maroons most often establish their villages in remote areas of the interior regions of the Caribbean?

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to maintain their freedom

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Which two languages are spoken on the majority of the islands in the Lesser Antilles?

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English and French

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Which of the following statements regarding HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean is correct?

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The rate of HIV/AIDS infection in the Caribbean has come down over the past decade.

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Most of the inhabitants of Trinidad and Tobago reside on the _____ side of the island.

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northwest

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What caused the widespread depletion of biological resources in the Caribbean?

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deforestation and agriculture

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According to Figure 5.6, Port Au Prince, Haiti lies within which of the following?

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Tropical Wet and Dry Savanna

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Why is seasonality in the Caribbean defined more by rainfall than by temperature?

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The region is located in the tropics.

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If you live in the Caribbean, which region's weather patterns do you want to keep an eye on during hurricane season?

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West Africa

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Climate change is one of the most significant issues facing the Caribbean. Which of the following is most likely to occur in the Caribbean as a result of changes in global climate?

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increased intensity of storms

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Anguilla, Puerto Rico, and ________ are among the Caribbean territories that are NOT independent countries.

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Martinique

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Which of these countries has the greatest population?

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Cuba

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Which of these countries has the highest total fertility rate?

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Grenada

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Two European countries dominated Sub-Saharan Africa. Britain was one dominant country. Which other country dominated Sub-Saharan Africa?

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France

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Which three countries of Africa were independent in 1913?

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Ethiopia, Liberia, Union of South Africa

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Which European country had colonies with the smallest land area in Africa?

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Spain

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Where is Afrikaans spoken?

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at the southernmost tip of Africa, in the country of South Africa

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Two countries have both English and Swahili as their official languages. Which countries are they?

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Kenya and Tanzania

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The interior of Sub-Saharan Africa is dominated by

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elevated plateaus

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Over two-thirds of the world's people who are infected with HIV/AIDS live in Sub-Saharan Africa. Which of the following Sub-Saharan states has the highest infection rate?

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Botswana

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What explains the low population density of Namibia?

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Namibia has a dry climate.

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Why has religious conflict been most acute in northeastern Africa?

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This area has experienced historical conflict between Muslims and Christians.

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In which of these Sub-Saharan African countries would you find the largest percentage of Roman Catholics?

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in Angola, which was a colony of Portugal

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What evidence supports the claim that Madagascar was first settled by seafarers from Indonesia 1500 years ago?

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Both Indonesia and Madagascar speak languages in the Austronesian language family.

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Which of the following factors has emerged as the most significant threat to political stability in Africa?

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tribalism

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Which of the following events led to the loss of Germany's African colonies?

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World War I

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How many African leaders were present when the current boundaries of the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa were determined?

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none

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In which of these countries is foreign aid 20% or more of the country's Gross National Income (2011)?

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Burundi

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Why do Mauritius and the Seychelles have little in common with Sub-Saharan Africa?

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Their economies are built on tourism.

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Which country is the largest single trading partner with Sub-Saharan Africa?

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China

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Which of the following statements regarding the status of women in Sub-Saharan Africa is correct?

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Most African women live in remote villages.

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What role did Sierra Leone play in the African slave trade in the Americas?

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It was a source area from which enslaved Africans were taken.

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In Sub-Saharan Africa, where are the tropical forests located?

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in the central part of the region, along the equator

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Where are the zones of desertification in Sub-Saharan Africa?

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adjacent to the existing deserts, especially in the Sahel

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Who planted more than one million trees to reduce soil erosion and satisfy demand for household biofuels?

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50,000 women as part of Wangari Maathai's Green Belt movement

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What is the name of Africa's largest tropical rain forest?

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Ituri

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Which country in Sub-Saharan Africa has the largest population in the region?

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Nigeria

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In what category are indigenous African religions generally placed?

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Animist

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What role did disease play in European efforts to colonize Africa?

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Endemic tropical diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa killed many Europeans, and delayed their conquest of the region.

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When did most countries of Sub-Saharan Africa gain independence?

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from the mid-1950s through the mid-1960s

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The most populous of these countries is _______________.

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Nigeria

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What country is an enclave of (i.e., completely surrounded by) South Africa?

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Lesotho

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Madagascar is separated from the African mainland by the _________________.

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Mozambique Channel

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Which of these countries is not an island?

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Sierra Leone

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Which of these countries is not located along Africa's west coast?

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Mozambique

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What country is situated between Somalia and Eritrea?

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Djibouti

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Which of these rivers flows through the Sahel?

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Niger

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What is the country in Africa with an extensive area of mountainous topography?

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Ethiopia

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