Exam 1: Geography: an Exploration of Connections

An alternative to free trade, ____________________ seeks to provide a fair price to producers and to uphold environmental and safety standards in the workplace.

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

Accepted patterns of behavior based on values are called:

In cool air, the gas molecules are relatively dense and are associated with high air pressure.

Warm, moist air rises and becomes less able to hold its moisture as it reaches higher altitudes. The result is:

A proselytizing religion is one that rarely accepts converts.

Which of the following measures indicates the total value of all goods and services recognized as produced in a country during a given year?

In some of the countries of Central Europe, the population is aging and declining due to:

In which of the countries listed below is the amount lowest of virtual water required to produce one ton of corn?

Cultural norms are accepted patterns of behavior based on values.

___________________ set limits on the amount of a given good that may be imported over a set period of time.

All of the following are possible results of global warming, EXCEPT:

The more common term for culture group is ______________________.

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

The United Nations possesses the world's largest standing army.

Taxes imposed on imported goods are called _______________.

Name two mechanisms cited in the textbook that nations use to protect their economies against foreign competition.

The term commonly used to describe the period from 1946 until the early 1990s when the United States and its western European allies faced off against the USSR and its allies is ___________________________.

A synonym for an underdeveloped nation is a ______________ nation.