Global Studies Exam Review
Course Introduction
Global Studies explores the complex interconnections between societies, cultures, economies, and political systems on a worldwide scale. Students will critically examine issues such as globalization, migration, human rights, environmental challenges, and international conflict, gaining an interdisciplinary understanding of how global forces impact local and international communities. Through case studies, theoretical frameworks, and collaborative projects, the course fosters analytical skills and global awareness, preparing students to engage thoughtfully with the worlds most pressing challenges.
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World Regions in Global Context People Places and Environments 4th Edition by Sallie A. Marston
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Chapter 1: World Regions in Global Context
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Q1) Education
A)secondary activities
B)tertiary activities
C)quaternary activities
D)primary activities
Answer: C
Q2) Which of these is measuring the quality of life in a society with both monetary and non-monetary data?
A) GDP
B) GNP
C) PPP
D) HDI
E) IMF
Answer: D
Q3) Retail sales
A)secondary activities
B)tertiary activities
C)quaternary activities
D)primary activities
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Europe
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Q1) One of the largest and most successful growth centers within metropolitan Paris is called:
A) La Defense
B) Potsdamer Platz
C) Londinium
D) Hague
E) Docklands
Answer: A
Q2) Which country was expelled from the Soviet bloc due to ideological differences?
A) Bulgaria
B) Czechoslovakia
C) Hungary
D) Yugoslavia
E) Finland
Answer: D
Q3) Most of the immigrants going to the Netherlands are from former colonies in Indonesia.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: The Russian Federation, Central Asia, and the
Transcaucasus
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Q1) Which vegetation type found in the Russian Federation represents a cold-resistant, coniferous forest?
A) steppe
B) tundra
C) taiga
D) volga
E) none of these
Answer: C
Q2) Which Russian leader defeated the Tatars at the battle of Kazan?
A) Nicholas II
B) Catherine the Great
C) Peter the Great
D) Stalin
E) Ivan the Terrible
Answer: E
Q3) In 1904, most of the residents of the Russian Empire were not ethnic Russians.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Middle East and North Africa
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Q1) What are some of the common misconceptions concerning gender differences in North Africa and the Middle East? How do views about gender affect the use of public and private space? Are rules concerning the veiling of women uniform throughout the region? If not, how do they vary geographically?
Q2) What term is used to describe "Islamic law"?
A) Koran
B) Islamists
C) Shia
D) Shari'a
E) Sunni
Q3) Meze dishes are spicy appetizers or small dishes.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Most of the guest workers employed in the Middle East and North Africa are working in:
A) the Persian Gulf region
B) Egypt
C) Turkey
D) Lebanon
E) Yemen
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Chapter 5: Sub-Saharan Africa
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Q1) Discuss AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa. Where are the so-called "AIDS belts" located? Where is the "highway of death"? Approximately how many people have been infected by this disease? What, if anything, has been done to control the spread of AIDS?
Q2) How did structural adjustment programs and debt relief impact Sub-Saharan Africa in the late 1990s?
Q3) This early Ethiopian society adopted Christianity around 500 A.D.
A) Aksum
B) Mali
C) Ghana
D) Songhai
E) Kinte
Q4) African countries have seen a steady decline in the price for their raw materials exports over the last decades.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Africa is mainly a plateau continent.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Discuss the recent conflicts in Somalia, Zimbabwe and Rwanda.
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Chapter 6: The United States and Canada
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Q1) British Columbia
A)Springfield
B)Sacramento
C)Tallahassee
D)Albany
E)Richmond
F)Victoria
G)Austin
H)Edmonton
I)Winnipeg
J)Quebec City
Q2) When did the federal government begin playing a more active and direct role in the American economic and social life?
A) Late 18th century
B) Late 19th century
C) Late 20th century
D) Late 17th century
E) The federal government does not play an active and direct role in the American economic and social life.
Q3) Compare and contrast the GDP segments in the United States and Canada.
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Chapter 7: Latin America and the Caribbean
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Q1) All of these are shared characteristics of most Latin American countries, except
A) common experience of colonialism
B) dominance of the Spanish and Portuguese languages
C) religion (Roman Catholicism)
D) legal and political institutions
E) All of these are shared characteristics.
Q2) Which of the following is(are) true of liberation theology?
A) It focused on the poor and disadvantaged.
B) It is informed by the perceived preference of Jesus for the poor and helpless.
C) It was influenced by the writings of Karl Marx and other revolutionaries.
D) It was espoused by the Second Vatican Council, called by Pope John XXIII in 1962.
E) All of these are true.
Q3) The westerlies are air movements from the Tropics to the Poles that are dragged into a west-to-east flow.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss the historical and geographic impact of sugar.
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Chapter 8: East Asia
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Q1) Compare and contrast the cultural, economic and political geography of North and South Korea .
Q2) The first leader of China under a Communist government was:
A) Mao Zedong
B) Chiang Kai-shek
C) Kim Il Sung
D) Sun Yat-Sen
E) Chou En-Lai
Q3) Hong Kong was a ________ colony during most of the 19th and 20th centuries.
A) British
B) Japanese
C) American
D) Korean
E) Chinese
Q4) Few people from Korea had left the country before the ________ in 1910.
A) Chinese colonization
B) Japanese colonization
C) United States colonization
D) introduction of Communism
E) Korea was never colonized.
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Chapter 9: South Asia
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Q1) What region was described as the "breadbasket of India"?
A) Punjab and Haryana
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Kerala
D) Bengal
E) Karnataka
Q2) Afghanistan
A)Islamabad
B)Male
C)Kathmandu
D)Thimphu
E)Colombo
F)New Delhi
G)Kabul
Q3) Which of these cultures appeared first, before the others?
A) Harappan
B) Mughal
C) Aryan
D) Vedic
E) Parsee
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Chapter 10: Southeast Asia
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Q1) One of the main reasons for Singapore independence from the Malay Federation was the desire of many ________.
A) Chinese to detach from this city dominated by ethnic Malays
B) Japanese to detach from this city dominated by ethnic Chinese
C) Koreans to detach from this city dominated by ethnic Japanese
D) Singaporeans for democracy
E) none of the above
Q2) The December 2004 tsunami originated offshore of this island.
A) Borneo
B) Java
C) Sumatra
D) Bali
E) Luzon
Q3) What sea or ocean flooded the land bridge from the Southeast Asian islands to mainland Asia?
A) Pacific Ocean
B) South China Sea
C) Java Sea
D) Indian Ocean
E) none of the above
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Chapter 11: Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific
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Q1) What technological innovation helped to increase Australia and New Zealand's role in global agricultural trade after 1882?
A) steam engine
B) Green Revolution
C) refrigerated shipping
D) irradiation
E) none of the above
Q2) What does "ecological imperialism" mean? How did it transform the environmental geography of Oceania?
Q3) The population of Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific is approximately:
A) 100 million
B) 75 million
C) 10 million
D) 325 million
E) 36 million
Q4) How did World War II affect the Pacific? Which regions of the Pacific are still strongly influenced by international geopolitical activities?
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