Cultural Geography
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Course Introduction
Cultural Geography explores the spatial aspects of human cultures, examining how cultural practices, beliefs, and landscapes are shaped by and, in turn, shape geographic spaces. The course analyzes topics such as language, religion, ethnicity, identity, and the ways in which these elements influence and interact with environments, urban forms, and global processes. Through case studies and theoretical frameworks, students gain an understanding of cultural diffusion, the meaning of place, and the role of geography in shaping cultural patterns, social inequalities, and interactions at local, regional, and global scales.
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Globalization and Diversity Geography of a Changing World 4th Edition by Lester Rowntree
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Chapter 1: Globalization and Diversity
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Q1) What country is well known for its official prohibition against unwanted cultural traits,especially in its language?
A) France
B) United States
C) Australia
D) India
E) Japan
Answer: A
Q2) Information about Earth that comes from electromagnetic images taken from aircraft or satellites is referred to as remote sensing.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) An agreed-upon common language to facilitate communication on specific topics,such as business is called a language family.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Changing Global Environment
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Q1) Today,the primary driver of tropical deforestation is
A) land appropriation for national park lands.
B) plantation farming.
C) lack of formal education.
D) recent globalization of commerce in international wood products.
E) overpopulation.
Answer: D
Q2) Which substance is of great concern to scientists studying human-generated greenhouse gases,and is thought to increase such that the earth's climate will be irrevocably changed by 2020?
A) chlorofluorocarbons
B) carbon dioxide
C) methane
D) nitrous oxide
E) ozone
Answer: B
Q3) Fifty percent of tropical forest timber is used in Russia.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: North America
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Q1) Baton Rouge was by far the largest urban area in the path of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Beneath which part of the United States is its largest aquifer,the Ogallala Aquifer,located?
A) the Pacific Northwest
B) New England
C) the Gulf Coast
D) the West Coast
E) the Great Plains
Answer: E
Q3) In which of the places would one find a concentrated cajun culture?
A) California
B) Texas
C) Louisiana
D) Alabama
E) Kentucky
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Latin America
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Q1) What makes the Amazon River distinctive?
A) It is the world's longest river.
B) It is the world's largest river by volume.
C) It is the world's muddiest river.
D) It is the world's widest river.
E) It is the world's fishiest river (has the most fish).
Q2) How long are the Andes Mountains?
A) about 500 miles
B) about 2,000 miles
C) about 3,000 miles
D) about 5,000 miles
E) about 10,000 miles
Q3) Mercosur is the most important environmental organization in Latin America.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The oil-rich countries of Mexico,Venezuela,Ecuador,and now Brazil are able to meet most of their own fuel needs and also earn vital revenues from oil exports.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe the major geologic forces that have shaped Latin America.
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Chapter 5: The Caribbean
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Q1) In which part of the Caribbean is the forest cover largely intact?
A) island states
B) rimland states
C) In no part of the Caribbean is the forest cover largely intact.
D) throughout the region
E) Puerto Rico
Q2) By the middle 1800s,when most colonial governments in the Caribbean began to free slaves,they sought indentured laborers from which other world region(s)?
A) East Africa
B) South and Southeastern Asia
C) North America
D) West Africa
E) Western and Southern Europe
Q3) Historically,what crop has been the most important one in the Caribbean?
A) sugarcane
B) coffee
C) bananas
D) wheat
E) cocoa
Q4) What attributes help make the Caribbean a distinct region?
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Chapter 6: Sub-Saharan Africa
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Q1) In Sub-Saharan Africa,at about what age do most women marry?
A) when they are teenagers
B) at an average age of 22
C) at an average age of 24
D) at an average age of 27
E) at an average age of 30
Q2) What is the term for a person who has fled from a conflict,but who still resides in his or her country of origin?
A) a refugee
B) a dissident
C) an excommunicated resident
D) an internally displaced person
E) an emigrant
Q3) Why was the Berlin conference both an important event and an important symbol of European colonialism in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Q4) The UN estimates that 75 percent of African children are enrolled in primary school,but only 23 percent of the relevant population is in secondary school.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Southwest Asia and North Africa
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Q1) How significant is tourism to Southwest Asia and North Africa as a generator of revenues,and in what ways is it a link to the global economy? Be certain to provide examples of primary tourist destinations within the region.
Q2) Judaism,Christianity,and Islam arose in North Africa/Southwest Asia.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Morocco,Algeria,and Tunisia comprise the Levant.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Hydropolitics is an important issue in North Africa/Southwest Asia because pollution has made so much of the water unacceptable for consumption.
A)True B)False
Q5) Iraq contains approximately 26 percent of the world's known oil reserves. A)True B)False
Q6) Palestinians were displaced by the creation of Israel.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Europe
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Q1) Following World War II,Britain,the United States,and the Soviet Union rewarded Josip Tito,the leader of an anti-Nazi guerrilla group in the Balkans,for his efforts by backing him as the leader of a new socialist Yugoslavia.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What mountain range in Europe is over 500 miles long and has peaks reaching 15,000 feet.
A) Pyrenees
B) Alps
C) Carpathians
D) Himalayas
E) Apennines
Q3) Because most European governments consider low or no population growth an economic and social liability,programs and policies have arisen to promote population growth,ranging from attempts to ban abortion and the sale of contraceptives to what are commonly called "family-friendly" policies.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss the characteristics and location of Europe's three major climates.
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Chapter 9: The Russian Domain
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Q1) Glasnost
A) was initiated in the aftermath of Stalin's death.
B) called for greater openness and political participation.
C) was followed by the bloody suppression of independence movements in the Baltic region.
D) was denounced by Gorbachev.
E) was a policy of the Bolsheviks.
Q2) What was socialist realism of the Soviet era in the Russian Domain?
A) a writing style that is similar to today's "reality TV"
B) an acting style in the Soviet domain
C) a musical style that emphasized traditional melodies, combined with classical instrumentation
D) an art style devoted to the realistic depiction of workers challenging nature or struggling against capitalism
E) a holistic approach to the arts in the former Soviet Union
Q3) One of Putin's early political moves was to crack down on dissidents in the Russian republic of Chechnya.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Central Asia
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Q1) Which of the following Central Asian countries is/are thought to contain the world's largest undeveloped fossil fuel deposits?
A) Afghanistan and Uzbekistan
B) Mongolia and Tibet
C) Xinjiang, China
D) Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan
E) Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan
Q2) What word best describes the political structures in most countries of Central Asia?
A) libertarian
B) authoritarian
C) democratic
D) a monarchy
E) stalled in anarchy
Q3) Pashtun is an Indo-European language.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Central Asia is densely populated.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: East Asia
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Q1) How did China come to be divided into China and Taiwan? What was,and currently is,the state of relations between these two countries?
Q2) Feng shui is the belief system that deals with the designing of buildings and the placing of objects on the landscape in accordance with the spiritual powers that course through the local topography.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The objectives of China's Three Gorges Dam are to control river flooding and to create a resort.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which country of East Asia has the lowest percentage of its population living in urban areas?
A) Japan
B) China
C) Taiwan
D) South Korea
E) Hong Kong
Q5) Compare and contrast the role and status of women in Japan and China.
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Chapter 12: South Asia
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Q1) A river is needed for orographic precipitation to occur.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Dravidian languages are most likely to be spoken in the southern part of India.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What climatic factor dominates South Asia,often causing summer floods?
A) blizzards
B) droughts
C) hailstorms
D) monsoons
E) tornadoes
Q4) Which of the following best describes the geography of religion in India?
A) Most of the people are Muslim, but about 15% are Hindu.
B) Most of the people are Hindu, but about 15% are Sikh.
C) Most of the people are Hindu, but about 15% are Muslim.
D) Most of the people are Muslim, but about 15% are Sikh.
E) About 50% are Hindu, about 40% are Muslim, and about 10% are Sikh.
Q5) What is the status of women in South Asia? How much of this is due to historical traditions? Have there been any recent positive changes?
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Chapter 13: Southeast Asia
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Q1) What kind of economic activity has the Indonesian government been trying to foster in order to improve its economy?
A) technologically oriented businesses
B) automobile assembly
C) back office work
D) pharmaceuticals
E) steel industry
Q2) Which country of Southeast Asia lies both on the mainland and in the islands of the region?
A) Vietnam
B) Brunei
C) Malaysia
D) Singapore
E) Laos
Q3) What are the major environmental issues confronting Southeast Asia? How serious are they,and what steps have been taken to deal with them?
Q4) The first Europeans to arrive in Southeast Asia were the Dutch.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Australia and Oceania
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Q1) Describe the evolution of an island in Oceania from magma welling up at a hot spot through the atoll stage.
Q2) Which part of the Australia/Oceania region receives the least amount of precipitation?
A) the northeast coast of New Zealand
B) the mid-slopes of the 13,000-foot-plus volcanoes of the island of Hawaii
C) anywhere in Samoa
D) the largest of the Marshall Islands
E) the interior of Australia
Q3) DDT caused the dramatic decline in Guam's native bird species.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The largest portion of Australian and New Zealand exports go to Asia.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Volcanic mountains dominate much of New Zealand.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Briefly describe some of the region's efforts at combating climate change.
Q7) What is Pidgin English and why is it important?
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