Exam 1: Geography: an Exploration of Connections

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The agreement signed by 181 countries in 2009 to sharply limit CO2 emissions was the:

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What process has led many people to move well beyond their customary cultural or ethnic boundaries?

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When plates collide and one slips under the other,the process is known as:

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What feature on the physical landscape CANNOT be explained by the theory of plate tectonics?

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Land heats and cools at a faster rate than water.

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The study of how people,objects,or ideas are related to one another across space is called:

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The group of 17 NGOs that is the world leader in emergency famine relief is:

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As cited in the textbook,name a regional trade bloc that exists today.

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A country has a growth rate of zero when its birth rate and death rate are equal.

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All projections entail some distortion.

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Greenhouse gases include all of the following,EXCEPT:

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The last major global climate change took place about 25,000 years ago,when the glaciers of the last ice age began to melt.

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The Kӧppen classification system divides the world into climate regions labeled:

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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the green revolution?

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A subset of a culture,composed of individuals who share some but not all of the traits of the larger culture,is called a:

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The informal economy is insignificant in comparison to the formal economy,and may be safely ignored.

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According to the textbook,which of the following is true about racial differences among humans?

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The rising levels of greenhouse gases (e.g. ,carbon dioxide)in the atmosphere are attributable to which of the following?

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Despite superficial differences,all human cultures share the same values.

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A country is undergoing a demographic transition.This mean that the country is:

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