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Review GEA1000 – Flashcards
questionWhich is NOT a valid measure to reduce green house gas production?
answerEat less grains and corn
questionValid measures to reduce greenhouse gas productions
answerReduce the bovine population Use of compact florescent bulbs Turn up thermostat in summer Use the bus or carpool
questionMOST TRUE of North American governance
answerThe U.S. federal government has strengthened while the Canadian federal government has weakened
questionHow often does El Nino occur?
questionWhat causes the Arid Climate found just east of the Sierra Mountains?
answerthe orographic effect
questionWhich is NOT a major crop from middle and South America that has become globally popular?
questionMAJOR crops from Middle ad South America that has become globally popular
answerManioc Potato Tomato Corn
questionWhich group is most likely to have settled in the Middle and South America?
answerHunters and gatherers from Asia via the Bering land bridge
questionWhich of the following refers to income adjusted for the cost of living?
questionWhich of the following in NOT a similarity between United States and Canada?
answerhealth care systems
questionSIMILARITIES between United States ad Canada
answerurban patterns both have federal governments both are former British colonies common borders
questionWhich of the following refers to economic activity that is "off the books"?
questionWhich of the following represents the 3 most common languages, in order or prevalence?
answerMandarin Pakistani English
questionWhich of the following is largely responsible for the warm and wet climate of northwestern Europe?
answerNorth Atlantic drift
questionCompared to the North and Atlantic seas, with what problem must the Mediterranean, Baltic, and Black seas contend?
answerTheir physical constraints inhibit regular flushing of pollutants
questionWhat river valley serves as the major transport corridor from the Alps to Rotterdam, Europe's largest pot?
questionWhat are the official languages of Belgium?
answerFlemish French German
questionWhich of the following is true regarding the water supply in sub-Saharan Africa?
answereven moist ares suffer from water pollution
questionAfrica was originally part of...?
questionThe acronym "TIA" usually stands for (as used in Blood Diamonds)?
questionWhat type of housing dominates in African villages?
answerExtended-family compounds
questionWhich of the following is NOT a problem associated with Africa's climate?
answerArctic conditions in far south hurt economic growth
questionPROBLEMS associated with Africa's climate
answerglobal warming will lead to marginalization of land parasites and insects thrive in warm, wet climates leaching of minerals in tropical soils water shortages in drier regions
questionWhat is polygyny?
answerThe uncommon practice of having multiple wives
answerColonizing nation: Libya
questionCountry: Netherlands
answerColonizing nation: Aruba
answerColonizing nation: Madagascar
answerColonizing nation: Peru
questionCountry: Portugal
answerColonizing nation: Mozambique
questionMediterranean Climate
questionControl of a place by a foreign country
questionNegative assessment of a people
questionNonreligious values
questionAfrica's lack of mountain ranges can be explained by
answera lack of collision of tectonic plates
questionNatural body of water that separates Africa and Asia
questionThe term used to refer to Mexico, Central America, and the islands of the Caribbean is
questionThe world's driest desert is located in:
questionWhich of the following is NOT benefit of ecotourism
answerIt provides large amounts of foreign direct investment
questionBENEFITS of ecotourism
answerit sensitizes travelers and host to the complexity of environmental issues it provides a livelihood to local people it encourages sustainable use and conservation resources
questionThe social welfare system in southern Europe is best described as what?
questionThe cartel that controls oil production for its member nations, and thereby controls prices for oil, is:
questionWhich of the following countries are NOT members of the European Union?
questionMEMBERS of the EU...
answerSpain Portugal France Morocco Switzerland Turkey Belgium
questionThe El Nino effect reaches its peak around
questionAs a result of the naions of sub-Saharan Africa receiving independence in the twentieth century, wealth has mostly stayed within the region.
questionThe Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo are two names for the same country.
questionWhich television news reporter speak Farsi?
questionOil production, after discoveries in the 1930's, was delayed by what or whom... ?
answerThe Second World War
questionWhich of the following accounts for over 50% of Russia's foreign trade?
questionWhich of the following features separates European Russia and Western Siberia?
questionWhich of the following refers to the dominant ethnicity of the Middle East?
questionWhich of the following is NOT a form of sediment movement and erosion found in desert environments?
questionFORMS of sediment movements and erosion found in desert environments...
answerCreep Saltation Suspension Abrasion
questionWhich of the following countries is NOT a member of OPEC?
questionMEMBERS of OPEC...
answerVenezuela Iraq Saudi Arabia Kuwait
questionWhat is origin of the Zargos Mountians?
answerCollision of the Arab and Iranian plates
questionWhich of the following has NOT increased for this region in the post-soviet era?
questionIn all of Central Asian republics, what religion is the basis for many traditions and values held in common?
questionThe Himalayas were created when which two tectonic plates collided?
answerEurasian and Indian-Austrailian
questionThe most important grain in East Asia is
questionHow many times per year do Japan and Taiwan receive monsoon rains?
questionSouth and southwest of the Himalayas are the Indus and Ganga river basins, also called...
answerIndo-Gangetic Plain
questionWhat is the official language of Pakistan?
questionThe Great Wall of China was built to...
answerprevent attacks from Mongolian horsemen
questionWhich is the world's highest mountain range?
questionThe body of water separating India from Burma is...
questionConsidering all Indians, what religion claims the largest number of adherents?
questionWhat country is NOT considered a part of the South Asia region?
questionCOUNTRIES a part of South Asia
answerIndia Bangladesh Afghanistan
answerA mountain in the Middle East
answerLand bridge between continental Asia and Indonesia
answerMandarin word for "thank you"
answerA religion that eschews the cutting of hair
answerAn illegal form of discrimination in South Asia
questionAfter WWII, the Communist system in China redistributed private property back to its original owners.
questionAlthough defeated in WWII, the infrastructure of Japan itself was largely untouched.
questionBetween 80 and 90% of the employees in Southeast Asia's export processing zones are women.
questionDue to their location at the center of tectonic plates, the island nations of Southeast Asia are NOT vulnerable to volcanoes and earthquakes.
questionDuring the Soviet era, the chronic shortage of consumer goods was the result of a bias in the command system toward the quality of finished goods rather that the quality produced.
questionthe chronic shortage of goods was NOT the result of a bias in the command system toward the quality of finished goods rather than the quantity produced
questionEconomic development strategies in Southeast Asia's post-colonial period were quite similar to economic development strategies following Middle and South America's colonial period.
questionEconomic development strategies in Southeast Asia's post colonial period were NOT similar to economic development strategies following Middle and South America's colonial period.
questionEven within the large and populous cities of South Asia, many people live in compact, reconstituted villages where standards of living can be relatively high.
questionHindi is the first language of a majority of South Asians.
questionHindi is NOT the first language of a majority of South Asians.
questionHot spots are places where the hot magma from the earth's core breaches the crust.
questionDue to Russia's physical geography, the country has found it relatively easy to build a sophisticated system of rads and highways.
questionRussia's physical geography does NOT make it relatively easy to build a sophisticated system of roads and highways.
questionFactories in the Soviet Union were highly inefficient, used outmoded technologies, and produced low-quality output in large part because they had no competitors.
questionFollowing the breakup of the Soviet Union, managerial and entrepreneurial skills were in short supply in Russia.
questionFrom the 1960's until the 1990's the governments of Southeast Asia generally supported export-led industries.
questionWhat two countries have the highest Human Development Index in Oceania?
answerAustralia and New Zealand
questionWho were Australians and New Zealanders closest to in the time between WWII and the 1970's?
questionWhat type of island is low, made of coral, and has a lagoon in the middle?
questionWhat did the voyage of the Kon Tiki attempt to prove?
answerPolynesians came from South America
questionWhat country has had two female prime ministers since 1977?
questionWhat natural disaster impacted Indonesia in December 2006?
questionFrom where did Southeast Asia learn about Buddhism?
questionWhich part of Indonesia was NOT connected by land bridges approximately 18,000 years ago?
questionWho colonized Timor-Leste?
questionWhat is the term for the way in which tension between a woman's father and husband is dissolved in Southeast Asia?
questionWhich country has the highest total fertility rate for women 15-49 years old?
questionWhat are two possible consequences of high fertility rates for this country?
answerHigh population growth Food shortages High maternal death rate
questionWhich country has the second lowest level of women who are literate at 14.8%?
questionWhich country has the highest level of women who are literate, at 99.7%?
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