Geography of Globalization Question
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Course Introduction
Geography of Globalization examines the spatial dimensions and impacts of globalization processes across the world. The course explores how the movement of people, goods, services, information, and capital reshape places, economies, cultures, and environments. Students will analyze the patterns and networks of global interconnectedness, understand the roles of transnational corporations, international institutions, and supranational organizations, and assess the consequences of globalization on regional development, inequality, urbanization, and environmental change. Through case studies and critical discussions, the course encourages students to consider both the opportunities and challenges globalization presents to societies across diverse geographic contexts.
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Globalization and Diversity Geography of a Changing World 5th Edition by Lester
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Chapter 1: Concepts of World Geography
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Q1) In which stage of the Demographic Transition are birthrate and death rate both high?
A)stage 1
B)stage 2
C)stage 3
D)stage 4
E)stage 5
Answer: A
Q2) What part of the world has had its economy reoriented to drug smuggling and money laundering as the result of globalization?
A)Eastern Europe
B)Sub-Saharan Africa
C)the Caribbean
D)North America
E)South Asia
Answer: C
Q3) According to advocates of globalization, what are the perceived advantages of globalization?
Answer: Not Answer
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Chapter 2: Physical Geography and the Environment
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Q1) In the ________ climate regions, where precipitation exceeds 10 inches, a prolonged summer-season drought of three or four months produces a unique array of grasses, shrubs, and trees.
A)Humid Sub-tropical
B)Tropical Savanna
C)Climatic Savanna
D)Prairie
E)Mediterranean
Answer: E
Q2) Why does the timber industry prefer softwood species over hardwood trees of the temperate forest?
A)because the hardwoods are heavier and more difficult to transport
B)because the hardwoods are more difficult to mill
C)because the softwoods are ideal for making fine furniture
D)because the softwoods are more plentiful
E)because the softwoods grow faster
Answer: B
Q3) Please explain the major climatic controls and how they have an effect on meteorological conditions.
Answer: Not Answer
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Chapter 3: North America
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Q1) What type of pollution is the greatest cause of acid rain?
A)industrial and auto emissions
B)agricultural pollutants
C)municipal waste
D)the generation of hydroelectric power
E)El Niño
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following cities grew by about 26% between 2000 and 2010?
A)Los Angeles
B)Seattle
C)Minneapolis
D)Houston
E)Chicago
Answer: D
Q3) Not everyone shares equally in the economic bounty of North America. Discuss economic disparities among ethnic groups and between men and women.
Answer: Not Answer
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Chapter 4: Latin America
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Q1) Which country in Latin America sends the largest number of legal immigrants to the United States?
A)Chile
B)Colombia
C)El Salvador
D)Mexico
E)Brazil
Q2) What major change occurred to the Panama Canal in 2016?
A)The canal was sold to the Chinese who then halted construction of the Nicaraguan Canal.
B)A new set of locks was added thereby allowing larger ships to pass through.
C)Control of the canal was given back to the United States as part of NAFTA.
D)The canal was closed as a result of the opening of the Nicaraguan Canal.
E)The Panamanian government restricted the passage of oil tankers because of environmental concerns.
Q3) Discuss the increasing regional economic integration among Latin American countries as well as the continued dominance of the North American market. Be certain to cite specific trade agreements among nations in the Western Hemisphere and the flow of capital between them.
Q4) Describe the major geologic forces that have shaped Latin America.
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Chapter 5: The Caribbean
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Q1) The ________ basis of Caribbean households is often singled out as a distinguishing characteristic of the region.
A)matriarchal (female-dominated)
B)patriarchal (male-dominated)
C)oligarchic
D)foreign-dominated
E)all of the above
Q2) Which Caribbean country has the highest population density?
A)Bermuda
B)Barbados
C)Grenada
D)Guyana
E)Martinique
Q3) Maroon societies
A)existed only in the Caribbean islands.
B)usually included blacks and whites.
C)allowed the perpetuation of African culture.
D)usually had the official blessing of colonial governments.
E)were made up of indentured servants who completed their work terms.
Q4) What attributes help make the Caribbean a distinct region?
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Chapter 6: Sub-Saharan Africa
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Q1) What is the international policy regarding the sale of ivory?
A)A worldwide ban on ivory sales was imposed in 1989.
B)A worldwide ban on ivory sales was imposed in 1989, then in the late 1990s the ban was lifted.
C)A worldwide ban on ivory sales was imposed in 1989, then in the late 1990s the ban was lifted to allow some southern African states to sell down their inventories of ivory confiscated from poachers, and now only limited sales are permitted.
D)Sale of ivory is restricted, but not entirely eliminated.
E)No action has been taken on the sale of ivory.
Q2) As a region, what is the unifying theme of Sub-Saharan Africa?
A)common religious experience
B)similar livelihood systems and shared colonial experience
C)shared language
D)unified political system
E)similar philosophy
Q3) Why is it important to address the status of women? What is the typical status of women in Sub-Saharan Africa and are there any signs of improvement?
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Chapter 7: Southwest Asia and North Africa
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Q1) Younis Mahmoud is
A)the leader of ISIL.
B)the builder of the Suez Canal.
C)the former dictator of Tunisia who was overthrown in the Arab Spring.
D)the head of the Palestine state.
E)an Iraqi soccer star.
Q2) Iran's ability to exert control over this body of water that plays a major strategic role in the shipment of oil is a major concern to the United States and Europe.
A)Strait of Gibraltar
B)Straits of Hormuz
C)Suez Canal
D)Dardanelles
E)Bosporus Strait
Q3) Describe the typical features of a major city in Southwest Asia and North Africa.
Q4) Discuss the impact of falling oil prices on the region. What countries will prosper and what countries will suffer? Use specific examples in your answer.
Q5) What are the five essential tenets of Islam? Please explain each one.
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Chapter 8: Europe
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Q1) The number of speakers of Romance and Germanic languages in Europe is roughly equal. About how many speakers does each group have in Europe?
A)10 million
B)20 million
C)100 million
D)200 million
E)1 billion
Q2) What event has been an important cause of the surge of immigration to European countries such as Germany since the beginning of the 1990s?
A)the release of the last German colony in Africa in 1989
B)the expulsion of many foreign-born immigrants from France
C)an environmental disaster in the Balkans
D)Germany's mild climate
E)the collapse of the Soviet Union
Q3) Describe and analyze the growth of European economic cooperation from 1950 to the present.
Q4) List the four factors that create Europe's environmental diversity and explain how each factor contributes to that diversity.
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Chapter 9: The Russian Domain
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Q1) What is the language of the Volga Tatars of the Russian Domain?
A)Kurdish
B)Turkish
C)Finnish
D)Chinese
E)Slavic
Q2) What is the dominant climate type in the Russian Domain?
A)dry
B)mild midlatitude
C)polar
D)continental
E)Mediterranean
Q3) What type of work do most Arctic residents undertake?
A)raising cattle
B)farming and agriculture
C)working in the energy and natural resource economy
D)science and research
E)small service businesses such as cafes and retail stores
Q4) Discuss what is being done to improve the environmental safety of the area around Chernobyl.
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Chapter 10: Central Asia
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Q1) Since 1999, which Central Asian country has been the world's largest producer of opium?
A)Afghanistan
B)China
C)Mongolia
D)Azerbaijan
E)Tibet
Q2) Describe the important aspects of Lamaism, including attempts to suppress it.
Q3) How many new countries appeared in Central Asia as a result of the break-up of the Soviet Union?
A)three
B)four
C)five
D)six
E)ten
Q4) Write an essay in which you discuss the Russian war in Afghanistan, and the subsequent rise of the Taliban. In your discussion, please consider the primary causes of the war, the key players involved, and the Taliban's effect on the country's cultural landscape.
Q5) Briefly discuss the following: transhumance, alluvial fans, and pastoralism.
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Chapter 11: East Asia
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Q1) Where is almost all of the rice that the Japanese consume grown?
A)Japan
B)China
C)Korea
D)Southeast Asia
E)New Zealand
Q2) Which country has the highest population in East Asia?
A)Japan
B)China
C)North Korea
D)South Korea
E)Taiwan
Q3) How is East Asian writing system unique to other world writing systems?
A)People literate to the writing system can read the same script without being able to speak the same language.
B)They represent ideas rather than sounds.
C)It is very difficult to learn.
D)Literate persons must memorize thousands of characters.
E)all of the above
Q4) 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) What are "hutments"?
A)government-appropriated funds that aid in the construction of housing for Pakistan's poor
B)crude shelters built on formerly busy sidewalks in India
C)the Indian term for high-rise apartments in urban areas such as Mumbai
D)the term for street-side shops in Bangladesh
E)tents used by mountaineers attempting to climb Mt. Everest and other Himalayan peaks from Nepal
Q2) What are some of the problems South Asia faces as it rapidly urbanizes?
A)poverty
B)water sanitation
C)air pollution
D)expansion of bustees
E)All of these answer choices are problems created by rapid urbanization.
Q3) What work are Sikh men noted for?
A)farmers
B)foresters
C)merchants
D)artists
E)bodyguards
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Chapter 13: Southeast Asia
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Q1) On mainland Southeast Asia, what is the most common crop in the lowlands?
A)rubber
B)coconuts
C)rice
D)sugarcane
E)opium poppies
Q2) During the Vietnam War, with which country did North Vietnam ally itself?
A)France
B)United States
C)Japan
D)China
E)Spain
Q3) What type of climate dominates in most of insular Southeast Asia?
A)occasionally hot and humid
B)constantly hot and dry
C)constantly cool and humid
D)constantly cool and dry
E)constantly hot and humid
Q4) What is transmigration and what is its importance in Southeast Asia?
Q5) Discuss the monsoon climates of Southeast Asia.
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Chapter 14: Australia and Oceania
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Q1) What is the largest country (in terms of land area as well as population)in the region encompassing Australia and Oceania?
A)Australia
B)Fiji
C)New Zealand
D)Solomon Islands
E)Vanuatu
Q2) Why does the population of Nauru cluster together in quasi-urban settings?
A)It is a cultural tradition for them to live in close quarters.
B)The brown tree snake population is so large and dangerous that the island's inhabitants must live in large, fenced, snake-proof compounds.
C)Phosphate mining on the island has left limited room for habitation.
D)They are at war with the Solomon Islands and must live in fortified compounds.
E)The settlements are located at the few sources of water on the island.
Q3) Discuss the tensions that exist between indigenous Fijians and the more recent South Asian immigrant population.
Q4) Briefly describe some of the region's efforts at combating climate change.
Q5) Explain the different development paths taken by the countries of Oceania?
Q6) What is Pidgin English and why is it important?
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