Global Environmental Change
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Course Introduction
Global Environmental Change explores the complex and interconnected processes driving large-scale transformations of Earth's environment, focusing on both natural dynamics and human influences. The course examines key topics such as climate change, biodiversity loss, deforestation, desertification, and ocean acidification, analyzing their causes, impacts, and potential solutions. Through an interdisciplinary approach, students will gain a comprehensive understanding of the science behind environmental changes, methods for monitoring and modeling these phenomena, and the societal, economic, and policy challenges involved in mitigating and adapting to global environmental change.
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Diversity Amid Globalization World Regions Environment Development 6th Edition by Lester Rowntree
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Chapter 1: Concepts of World Geography
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Q1) By 2025,demographers predict that what percentage of the world will be living in urban areas?
A) about 60%
B) approximately 30%
C) at least 50%
D) a little less than 70%
E) almost 90%
Answer: A
Q2) An agreed-upon common language to facilitate communication on specific topics such as business is called a(n)
A) dialect.
B) official language.
C) language group.
D) language family.
E) lingua franca.
Answer: E
Q3) Cultural syncretism is a synonym for <u>cultural hybridization.</u>
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Changing Global Environment
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Q1) Some estimates suggest that logging occurs ________ times faster in Southeast Asia than in the Amazon.
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5
E) 10
Answer: B
Q2) Desertification is most likely to occur in a grassland region.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Tropical Savanna bioregions are found in tropical locations with a dry season. A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Only a very small proportion (3 percent)of the earth's water is freshwater.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: North America
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Q1) Which of the following reflects growing environmental awareness in North America?
A) fewer farms that are larger in size
B) the selective removal of dams
C) heavy reliance on pesticides and herbicides in industrial agriculture
D) government incentives for coal as a primary energy source
E) the over-pumping of water for irrigation from the Ogallala Aquifer
Answer: B
Q2) Demographers predict that by the year 2050 __________ number of people will live in the North American Region?
A) 270 million
B) 464 million
C) 423 million
D) 552 million
E) 1 billion
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Latin America
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Q1) What factor has been most crucial to the survival of the remaining indigenous people of Latin America?
A) land
B) water
C) energy
D) education
E) jobs
Q2) Discuss and analyze the patterns of immigration to Latin America as well as patterns of emigration from Latin America after independence in the 19 Century.
Q3) Assembly plants <u>located in Mexico City</u> are known as maquiladoras.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What is dollarization and how has it recently affected the economy of specific Latin American countries? Also,what are preventive measures that some of these countries are taking to avoid problems associated with this phenomenon?
Q5) <u>Brazil</u> has the highest population of any country in Latin America.
A)True B)False
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Chapter 5: The Caribbean
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Q1) The most widely practiced African-influenced religion in Haiti is
A) Voodoo.
B) Candomble.
C) Santeria.
D) Obeah.
E) Umbanda.
Q2) <u>Jamaica</u> is a possession of the United States and its residents are U.S.citizens.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The language spoken by the most people in the Caribbean is <u>French.</u>
A)True
B)False
Q4) What causes the destruction associated with hurricanes?
A) high winds
B) heavy rainstorms
C) severe flooding and coastal tidal surges
D) high winds and heavy rainstorms
E) high winds, heavy rainstorms, severe flooding and coastal tidal surges
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Chapter 6: Sub-Saharan Africa
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Q1) Efforts to reduce fertility rates in Sub-Saharan Africa did not begin in earnest until the 1980s.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Discuss how African culture is connected to the globalization processes.Be sure to discuss the diffusion of African culture outside of Africa as well as the ways Africa is being influenced by a global culture.
Q3) <u>All</u> African countries are members of the Organization of African Unity (OAU).
A)True
B)False
Q4) A ban on elephant poaching was removed in the late 1990s to
A) provide needed monetary resources for developing economies in the region.
B) allow local ranchers to protect their cattle herds.
C) to allow some African states to sell down their inventories of ivory.
D) to supply ivory to the large Chinese market.
E) Elephants herds had recovered to a stable populations size.
Q5) Why was the Berlin conference both an important event and an important symbol of European colonialism in Sub-Saharan Africa?
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Chapter 7: Southwest Asia and North Africa
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Q1) Declining fertility rates in Southwest Asia & North Africa are the result of enforced state population policies.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which two bodies of water were connected by the construction of the Suez Canal?
A) Black Sea and the Persian Gulf
B) Black Sea and Red Sea
C) Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea
D) Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea
E) Persian Gulf and Red Sea
Q3) Which of the following countries of Southwest Asia and North Africa has the most diversified economy,and is not reliant on oil?
A) Qatar
B) Kuwait
C) United Arab Emirates
D) Saudi Arabia
E) Turkey
Q4) Pastoral nomadism is a type of commercial agriculture.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Europe
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Q1) Why did the population of Jews in Europe drop from 9.5 million before World War II to less than 2 million today?
A) Their birth rates dropped as their urbanization rate increased, and the creation of Israel caused most to emigrate to the Middle East.
B) The creation of Israel caused most Jews to emigrate from Europe to the Middle East.
C) Their birth rates dropped as rates of urbanization increased.
D) German Nazis murdered approximately 6 million Jews in the Holocaust.
E) All of the choices are correct.
Q2) What are the current patterns and problems regarding migration to and within Europe today?
Q3) What term describes the fragmented geopolitical processes involved with small-scale independence movements and the phenomenon of mini-nationalism as it develops along ethnic fault lines?
A) feudalism
B) gastarbeiter
C) balkanization
D) irredentism
E) secularization
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Chapter 9: The Russian Domain
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Q1) What is the approximate population of the Russian Domain?
A) 100 million
B) 150 million
C) 200 million
D) 350 million
E) 500 million
Q2) Glasnost called for <u>greater political openness</u> in the former Soviet Union.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In an essay,describe the impact of the Soviet era on urbanization in the Russian Domain.Next,discuss the changes in urban patterns since the end of the Soviet era for the Russian Domain.
Q4) 80% of Russia's immigrants are from ___________ ; although a growing number of workers are from ____________.
A) Southwest Asia and North Africa; Eastern Europe
B) China; Central Asia
C) Former Soviet republics; Central Asia
D) Eastern Europe; Taiwan
E) China and the former Soviet republics; SubSaharan Africa
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Chapter 10: Central Asia
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Q1) Although soccer is seen as the most popular sport in most Central Asian countries,Central Asian countries have been slower to embrace the globalization of sports than other regions.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What group replaced Turkish control on the eastern steppes of Central Asia?
A) Pashtun
B) Tibetan
C) Mongol
D) Persian
Q3) Virtually the entire area of the Tibetan Plateau is higher than ________ feet above sea level.
A) 24,000
B) 2,000
C) 118,000
D) 150,000
E) 12,000
Q4) What is the overall status of women in Central Asia? Why have women in Afghanistan been so strictly controlled,and what is the nature of that control?
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Chapter 11: East Asia
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Q1) Confucianism stresses all of the following ideals,EXCEPT
A) the importance of the family.
B) deference to authority.
C) the importance of ethics.
D) respect for tradition.
E) the need for bureaucratic positions to be passed down through family lines.
Q2) What is China's policy toward education for children of urban migrants who came from rural areas?
A) Migrants' children are welcomed in the schools in the cities to which they have migrated.
B) The children must return to their parents' home villages and go to schools there.
C) There is no official policy.
D) Children of migrants must pay tuition that is twice that of children born in the cities.
E) Education is not required for any children.
Q3) In the 1990s,North Korea had the most laissez-faire economy of East Asia.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Compare and contrast the topography and climate of Japan and Taiwan.
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Chapter 12: South Asia
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Q1) Describe and analyze the reasons for high population growth in South Asia.Include an examination of family planning in your discussion.
Q2) Write an essay in which you examine and explain the nature and extent of poverty in South Asia,as well as the region's level of economic development,including which sectors are strong,which are weak,and what overall growth trends have been.
Q3) Describe the formation and typical climate patterns associated with monsoons in South Asia.
Q4) The Western Ghats
A) are a separatist group that is calling for the division of India into eastern and western halves.
B) form the border between India and Pakistan.
C) is the Indian political party that currently rules the country.
D) are a range of mountains that separate the narrow western coast of peninsular India from the rest of the country.
E) is the major cattle ranching region of Pakistan.
Q5) In an essay discuss the significant environmental issues facing South Asia.
Q6) Discuss and analyze the impact of religion on the history and current political borders of South Asia.
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Chapter 13: Southeast Asia
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Q1) What is ASEAN's relationship to the United States?
A) ASEAN is on friendly terms with the United States, and wants to keep all countries, except the United States, from having too much influence in the region.
B) ASEAN is on friendly terms with the United States, but wants to keep all countries, including the United States, from having too much influence in the region.
C) ASEAN wants the United States to help it develop good ties with other countries to encourage international trade.
D) ASEAN is on unfriendly terms with the United States, and wants to keep all countries, including the United States, from having too much influence in the region.
E) ASEAN is on unfriendly terms with the United States, and wants to keep the United States from having too much influence in the region.
Q2) Swidden agriculture restores soil nutrients allowing people to settle in one place for an extended period of time.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Describe the monsoon climates of Southeast Asia.
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Chapter 14: Australia and Oceania
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Q1) How do of Aborigines and Maoris fair in education and economically as compared to whites in Australia and New Zealand?
Q2) Groups such as SPA (Sustainable Population Australia)argue that
A) Australia's very low natural increase rate will create a slowing of economic production.
B) Australia should institute policy to restrict population size.
C) global warming will make Australia's interior more inhabitable and therefore able to support a larger population.
D) that Australia is underpopulated by more than 8 million people.
E) Australia's population has reached a sustainable level compared to other world regions
Q3) In the Australia and Oceania region,anthropologists have the greatest chance of finding "uncontacted peoples" in <u>Fiji.</u>
A)True
B)False
Q4) In the region of Australia and Oceania,the most populated country is <u>New Zealand.</u>
A)True
B)False
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