Exam 1: Geography and Development in an Era of Globalization

Physiologic density is always higher than simply people per square mile of all land because:

-Latin America and the Caribbean as used in this text include the country of Mexico.

Which of these does NOT have a Gender Inequality Index less than 0.200?

- Most of India is dominated by:

South America has no regions of arid climate.

Western China, for example, with its explosive economic growth and vast network of connections, epitomizes all that globalization promises, whereas southeastern China largely remains a globalization backwater.

________% of Facebook activity is outside the United States.

The two stages in the demographic transition model when population is stable are Stage One and Stage:

Compare life expectancy at birth to GNI PPP among world countries.

The spatial arrangement of people is called population:

The surface of Earth is usually divided into four categories of landforms: plains, mountains, hills, and ________.

Compare literacy to GNI PPP among world countries.

Argue that the negatives of globalization outweigh the positives.

Evaluate how the location of ancient cultural hearths has influenced modern population distribution.

-Northwestern Europe is dominated by ________ climate.

In West Africa, French is a language that is used throughout a wide area for commercial or political purposes by people with different native tongues. French is an example of a(n):

Most of Australia has less than 20 inches of precipitation per year.

- Large areas of Russia are dominated by:

Assuming the world population growth rate is 1% and the current population is about 7 billion, next year the population will be:

Iron, aluminum, and ________ are the most important metallic minerals used in industry.