Deck 1: World Regions in Global Context

Question 1

What is the Tabula Rogeriana?

A)the "map of the known world" in 1154
B)made by Islamic cartographer Muhammed al-Idrisi
C)orients the south on the top of the map
D)all of the above
E)none of the above

Answer 1

D

Question 2

What region is most responsible for climate change based on per capita emissions in 2011?

A)North America
B)South America
C)Oceania
D)East Asia
E)Russian Federation

Answer 2

C

Question 3

In 2013,the world's annual average GNI per capita Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)was:

A)$950
B)$5,950
C)$10,700
D)$54,040
E)$102,610

Answer 3

C

Question 4

When was the beginning of the Anthropocene epoch?

A)1550
B)1750
C)1650
D)1850
E)none of the above

Question 5

What country promised to be net zero emissions by 2020 in the 2015 Paris Agreement?

A)U.S.
B)Denmark
C)Costa Rica
D)India
E)China

Question 6

Trade Winds blow from which direction?

A)East
B)South
C)North
D)West
E)both East and West

Question 7

The U.N.Human Development Index (HDI)is based on:

A)life expectancy,education,fertility rate
B)life expectancy,education,income
C)education,income,death rate
D)education,income,fertility rate
E)education,gender,death rate

Question 8

What is the concept of reintroducing a key species or its equivalent to an ecosystem?

A)anthropocene
B)biome
C)biodiversity
D)rewilding
E)invasive species

Question 9

The study of how the Earth's physical features are formed:

A)biogeography
B)cartography
C)geomorphology
D)zoogeography
E)geology

Question 10

The Köppen Climate Classification is based on:

A)latitude,temperature,precipitation
B)latitude,temperature,vegetation
C)temperature,precipitation,vegetation
D)temperature,precipitation,elevation
E)none of the above

Question 11

The Arctic Circle is located at:

A)66 1/2 degrees S.latitude
B)66 1/2 degrees W.longitude
C)66 1/2 degrees E.longitude
D)66 1/2 degrees N.latitude
E)0 degrees latitude

Question 12

Even in a low emissions scenario on climate change,water stress will increase by:

A)38%
B)24%
C)56%
D)17%
E)5%

Question 13

Which one of the tectonic plates is among those that comprise of the "Ring of Fire"?

A)African
B)Eurasian
C)South American
D)Pacific
E)none of the above

Question 14

What is an "emerging world region"?

A)system of political-economic,sociocultural and environmental elements
B)connected locations with shared and distinct characteristics
C)areas with similar climate and physical conditions
D)political and economic system dominant by another society
E)none of the above

Question 15

This is believed to be one of the causes of global warming and climate change associated with it.

A)the burning of fossil fuels
B)the use of radioactive elements for energy and as weapons
C)overuse of limited fresh water resources
D)the result of mass extinctions as human civilization spreads
E)changes in the Sun's energy

Question 16

The average number of children each woman will have over the course of her lifetime is called the:

A)Maternal Mortality Rate
B)Birth Rate
C)Fertility Rate
D)Infant Mortality Rate
E)None of the above

Question 17

Which region hosts more than half of the world's biodiversity?

A)Africa
B)North America
C)Latin America and Caribbean
D)South Asia
E)Oceania

Question 18

The global movement of air that transports heat and moisture and explains the climates of different regions is called:

A)atmospheric circulation
B)wind belts
C)air pressure
D)air masses
E)none of the above

Question 19

The Tropic of Capricorn is:

A)23.5 degrees South latitude
B)23.5 degrees North latitude
C)0 degrees West longitude
D)180 degrees East latitude
E)75 degrees West latitude

Question 20

According to the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2014 report,the effects of the climate change will include:

A)food security
B)insect-borne diseases
C)forest fire intensity
D)food security and forest fire intensity
E)all of the above

Question 21

What is atmospheric circulation on Earth?

A)released by the heat from Earth's interior
B)follow tidal effects of the Sun and the Moon
C)transport heat and moisture over Earth's surface
D)produced by Earth's rotational tilt
E)differences in elevation over Earth's surface

Question 22

This economic policy emphasizes universal faith in markets,reduction in government programs,and development as an economic process?

A)neoliberalism
B)dependency theory
C)modernization theory
D)neocolonialism
E)Marxism

Question 23

What is a large informal group focused on political or social issues?

A)failed state
B)supranational organizations
C)social movement
D)nation-state
E)none of the above

Question 24

Which two countries dominated the "Cold War?"

A)China and USSR
B)USSR and Cuba
C)USSR and United States
D)United States and Cambodia
E)China and United States

Question 25

What view of the development process supports grassroots movements and local knowledge?

A)modernization theory
B)neoliberalism
C)dependency theory
D)alternative development
E)nationalism

Question 26

What is the spatial dispersion of a previously homogenous group?

A)diaspora
B)demographics
C)culture
D)ethnicity
E)race

Question 27

Which of the following is the estimate of the total value of everything produced by a country in a particular year?

A)gross domestic product
B)gross national income
C)purchasing power parity
D)trade deficit
E)human development index

Question 28

How do commodity chains begin?

A)the extraction and production of raw materials
B)the manufacture and export of commodities
C)high wage,semi-skilled assembly of consumer products
D)the delivery and consumption of finished commodities
E)none of these

Question 29

Which of the following is an example of a supranational organization?

A)World Trade Organization
B)North American Free Trade Agreement
C)European Union
D)all of these
E)none of these

Question 30

Plantation economies characterized what economic era?

A)first wave of colonialism
B)second wave of colonialism
C)decolonization
D)Cold War
E)globalization

Question 31

The provision of services constitutes this form of employment.

A)primary
B)secondary
C)tertiary
D)quaternary
E)none of the above

Question 32

What is a key component to women's development around the world?

A)public health
B)food security
C)inheritance rights
D)land ownership
E)none of the above

Question 33

This is the region where air flows together and rises vertically as a result of intense solar heating at the equator,often with heavy rainfall.

A)Hadley Cell
B)easterlies
C)westerlies
D)trade winds
E)the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ)

Question 34

All of the following is true about climate vulnerability,except:

A)social and physical factors are equally important
B)women and children are the most vulnerable
C)droughts affect all societies equally
D)income determines recovery from hazards
E)all of the above are true

Question 35

Which country focused on secondary activities for the global market and now is also a significant player in tertiary activities like banking?

A)Philippines
B)India
C)South Africa
D)China
E)Russia

Question 36

Which of these statistics gives the most accurate measurement of buying power and the cost of living in a country?

A)GDP
B)GNI
C)PPP
D)HDI
E)IMF

Question 37

According to the human development index devised by the United Nations,a country with a perfect score would have an index of:

A).001
B)10
C)100
D)0.0
E)1.0

Question 38

Extractive activities are considered to be what sector of the economy?

A)quaternary
B)secondary
C)tertiary
D)primary
E)none of the above

Question 39

This is a form of social and economic organization characterized by the common ownership of the means of production,distribution,and exchange.

A)capitalism
B)communism
C)imperialism
D)feudalism
E)irredentism

Question 40

Which of the following is true about multinational corporations (MNCs)?

A)outsource jobs to places with cheaper labor
B)offshore key assets to host banking countries
C)move jobs from places with regulated labor laws
D)all of the above
E)none of the above

Question 41

Where did Buddhism originate?

A)India
B)Japan
C)China
D)Vietnam
E)Sri Lanka

Question 42

What societies have birthrates of 40 births per thousand people?

A)agrarian
B)industrial
C)post-industrial
D)technological
E)none of the above

Question 43

Almost all of the world's inhabitants are living on this percentage of the total land surface.

A)85%
B)50%
C)25%
D)10%
E)4%

Question 44

A megacity is an urban area with a population greater than:

A)5 million
B)10 million
C)3 million
D)1 million
E)none of the above

Question 45

Which of the following elements are not part of the global transnational organized crime?

A)timber
B)wildlife
C)counterfeit medicine
D)trafficking victims
E)none of the above

Question 46

What phase of the Demographic Transition Model (DTM)has the highest death rates and high birth rates?

A)Phase 1
B)Phase 2
C)Phase 3
D)Phase 4
E)Phase 5

Question 47

Who initiated The Yo Soy 132 campaign in Mexico?

A)middle age day laborers
B)college age youth
C)high school artists
D)female factory workers
E)elderly Marxists

Question 48

What political institution exercises power over territory and people,and is recognized by other states?

A)nation-state
B)nation
C)sovereign state
D)failed state
E)none of the above

Question 49

Which of the following is not part of the U.N.'s Millennium Development Goals to reduce poverty?

A)eradicate hunger
B)provide universal college education
C)promote gender equality
D)combat HIV/AIDS
E)improve maternal health

Question 50

What does a "top-heavy" population pyramid reveal about a country?

A)young population
B)middle aged population
C)elderly population
D)female population
E)male population

Question 51

Why do small farmers do better in an equal exchange coffee chain?

A)consumers purchase more coffee
B)coffee companies pay higher prices
C)less intermediaries in chain
D)processor buy at higher prices
E)all of the above

Question 52

What countries produce tantalum,a mineral used in cell phones?

A)Rwanda
B)South Africa
C)Democratic Republic of the Congo
D)Rwanda and Democratic Republic of the Congo
E)all of the above

Question 53

All of the following countries will contribute to half of the world's population increase,except:

A)Bangladesh
B)Nigeria
C)Japan
D)Indonesia
E)Pakistan

Question 54

Which of the following is an example of geoengineering to combat climate change?

A)massive scale carbon storing
B)chemicals to block incoming sunlight
C)iron fertilization of sea
D)all of the above
E)none of the above

Question 55

What international organization argues that government subsidies cause poverty and provides emergency loans to countries?

A)United Nations
B)International Monetary Fund
C)World Trade Organization
D)North American Free Trade Agreement
E)European Union

Question 56

What is a lingua franca?

A)a common,regional language
B)place-based difference in pronunciation
C)shared language for a region
D)local,indigenous languages
E)none of the above

Question 57

What is the social category that developed during the 19^th century of European imperialism?

A)gender
B)ethnicity
C)race
D)class
E)sexuality

Question 58

What time of year experiences solar energy equally in both hemispheres?

A)Winter Solstice
B)Spring Equinox
C)Summer Solstice
D)Autumnal Equinox
E)Both Equinoxes

Question 59

Genocide Watch in the U.S.and the Green Belt Movement in Kenya are examples of:

A)social movements
B)nongovernmental organizations
C)supranational organizations
D)alternative development
E)neoliberal development

Question 60

The current global population is approximately:

A)7 billion
B)7 million
C)700 billion
D)700 million
E)70 billion

Question 61

What is the area required to provide renewable resources and absorb waste?

A)biodiversity
B)anthropocene
C)sustainable city
D)global footprint
E)ecosystem

Question 62

What is a result of European colonialism?

A)political and regional boundaries around the world
B)forced movement of millions of Africans
C)wealth derived from resource exploitation in Asia and Africa
D)all of the above
E)none of the above

Question 63

What are examples of policies in sustainable cities?

A)water harvesting
B)local food varieties
C)biodiversity protection
D)A,B
E)all of the above

Question 64

How did the BRICS challenge the International Monetary Fund?

A)established a development bank
B)accelerated secondary sector production
C)encouraged offshoring businesses
D)all of the above
E)none of the above

Question 65

How much do invasive species losses cost the U.S.annually?

A)$138 million
B)$1.38 billion
C)$13.8 billion
D)$138 billion
E)$1.38 trillion