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Global Studies is an interdisciplinary field that explores the complex interactions and interdependencies among nations, cultures, economies, and political systems in an increasingly interconnected world. The course examines global issues such as migration, environmental challenges, economic development, human rights, and international conflict, focusing on both current events and historical processes. By integrating insights from disciplines such as political science, sociology, geography, history, and economics, students gain a nuanced understanding of how global dynamics shape local and international realities, and develop the analytical tools necessary to critically engage with global challenges.
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Human Geography People Place and Culture 9th Edition by Erin H. Fouberg
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Human Geography
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Q1) Cultural geographers identify a single element of normal practice (e.g.cattle herding)as:
A) a culture trait
B) a cultural peculiarity
C) a culture region
D) a cultural heritage
Answer: A
Q2) By the time the last great cholera pandemic began in 1865,people knew to take precautions against _____ and ended the great waves of cholera.
A) traveling in groups
B) contaminated water
C) eating canned food
D) improper disposal of garbage
Answer: B
Q3) Much of Kenya's income comes from:
A) oil
B) coffee and tea production
C) iron ore
D) tourism
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Population
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Q1) Describe the impact of AIDS on the sub-Saharan African population. In particular,describe the socio-economic impact of early mortality upon the regions countries.
Answer: Not answer
Q2) The lowest infant mortality rate among countries with large populations is in A) the United States.
B) Japan.
C) Germany.
D) Brazil.
Answer: B
Q3) List the four stages of the demographic transition. What population pyramid shape would be characteristic of each stage? Why do stages two and three describe the actual process of change within a population?
Answer: Not answer
Q4) Various organizations protested the 2000 United States census because A) of the possibility of under-counting disadvantaged populations. B) the census does not count minorities living in rural areas.
C) the World Bank already conducts a census of the United States.
D) congressional seats are no longer allotted to each state based on population.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Migration
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Q1) Chain migration occurs when:
A) The migrant uses technology to find a job in a new place.
B) The migrant chooses a destination & communicates with other to tell family and friends at home about the new place.
C) The migrant travels with large numbers of other migrants.
D) The migrant follows a travel path established by family members.
Answer: A
Q2) Which is not an example of a fortified barrier to migration?
A) the United States - Canadian border
B) the Great Wall of China
C) the Berlin Wall
D) fences along the Rio Grande River
Answer: A
Q3) More than 5,000,000 Mexicans legally immigrated to the United States between 1981-2002.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Local Culture, Popular Culture, and Cultural Landscapes
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Q1) Cultural appropriation for purposes of profit (e.g.,naming a beer for a Lakota chief)is referred to as an example of A) cultural imperialism.
B) commodification.
C) ethnic insensitivity.
D) product branding.
Q2) MC Solaar is to France as Jovanotti is to ________
A) Mexico.
B) India.
C) England.
D) Italy.
Q3) Local "extreme sports," such as skateboarding,rapidly spread by being featured in A) NFL halftime shows.
B) public high schools.
C) video games.
D) cereal commercials.
Q4) Popular cultures can change rapidly in periods as short as days or even hours. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Identity: Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality
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Q1) According to Gillian Ross,"identity" is
A) information contained in government issued passports.
B) identical to gender.
C) how we make sense of ourselves.
D) genetically determined.
Q2) In the Sub-Saharan realm,________ remains the rule rather than the exception.
A) male dominance
B) female dominance
C) no dominance by gender
D) dominance of older members of society
Q3) Dowry killing came to the attention of the public after it was featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show.
A)True
B)False
Q4) One way of identifying ourselves is to "identify against," i.e.define the "other" and thus define ourselves as not the other.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss the role of women in the economies of sub-Saharan Africa.
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Chapter 6: Language
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Q1) Bulgarians speak a Slavic language.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Linguistic extinction occurs when all the speakers of a language either die or choose to speak another language.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Countries in which more than one language are in use are called A) multilingual.
B) monolingual.
C) unilingual.
D) non-lingual.
Q4) In Illinois,people who want a soft drink with their hamburger are likely to order a A) soda.
B) pop.
C) Coke.
D) Pepsi.
Q5) What is deep reconstruction? What is Nostratic and of which languages is it assumed to be the ancestor?
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Chapter 7: Religion
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Q1) Roman Catholic Christianity was spread to Middle and South America by A) England.
B) Spain.
C) Portugal.
D) Italy.
Q2) Which is not a feature of Islamic sacred architecture?
A) Minarets
B) adoption of Roman models of design
C) Frescoes depicting the life of the prophet
D) geometric and calligraphic ornamentation
Q3) The rise of secularism and decline of religious membership are found in A) Europe.
B) Africa.
C) Southwest Asia.
D) Southeast Asia.
Q4) Rabbi Kahane and his followers are examples of
A) Christian converts.
B) peace activists.
C) Jewish extremists.
D) followers of the peaceful, syncretic Bahai faith.
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Chapter 8: Political Geography
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Q1) Discuss the boundaries of the coterminous United States in terms of boundary type and in terms of potential for various types of boundary disputes.
Q2) The Marshall Plan was a post-WW II endeavor by the United States to economically revive ________________
A) Europe.
B) Japan.
C) sub-Saharan Africa.
D) South America.
Q3) Robert Sack's view of human territorial behavior implies an expression of control over space and time. This control is closely related to the concept of ________________
A) nationhood.
B) colonialism.
C) sovereignty.
D) warfare.
Q4) In Europe prior to the mid-1600s,sovereignty was expressed over people rather than over a territory.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Urban Geography
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Q1) Expanding on the Greek city's theater,the Romans built the world's first
A) opera house.
B) stadium.
C) amphitheater.
D) acropolis.
Q2) What structures dominated the urban landscape of the ancient Mesopotamian cities?
A) temples
B) multiple dwellings
C) business buildings
D) educational institutions
Q3) The response of the urban system of the American South and Southwest to the influx of migrants over the past three decades conforms with predictions of central place theory.This is called the ________ phenomenon.
A) hexagonal
B) rank-size reordering
C) Sunbelt
D) central place
Q4) Compare and contrast the concentric zone,sector and multiple nuclei models of urban structure.
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Chapter 10: Development
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Q1) The use of energy efficient process and devices may actually lower GNP.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the United States,with 80% unemployment and per capita income around $6,000,illustrates ______________ within a core area country.
A) cultural choices
B) peripheral processes
C) core processes
D) preconditions for takeoff stage
Q3) Countries in which tier of the world economy (region)have high birth and death rates and low life expectancy at birth?
A) post-industrial
B) core
C) semi-periphery
D) periphery
Q4) In the US,there is no area threatened by desertification.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Agriculture
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Q1) According to Carl Sauer,the earliest plant domestication _______________
A) was prompted by scarcity.
B) probably involved planting root crops.
C) was associated with seed crops.
D) was occurred in tropical middle America.
Q2) Destruction of subsistence farming communities can cause a breakdown in the culture of the people.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In the 1940s,American philanthropists funded research on this crop. By 1960,Mexico no longer depended on imports as production had risen dramatically.The crop is:
A) coffee.
B) corn (maize).
C) wheat.
D) tomatoes.
Q4) Contrast the production of wheat and rice in the world. Where are they grown and where are they consumed? What are the differences in production methods and export patterns?
Q5) How has the rise of agribusiness changed the rural landscape and environment?
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Chapter 12: Industry and Services
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Q1) Where did the Industrial Revolution begin? What were the conditions which supported its development? To what areas of Europe did the revolution spread and why?
Q2) Current amounts of goods and resources moving in the global system would be impossible without the invention of _____________
A) aircraft.
B) container systems.
C) bulk cargo ships.
D) railroads.
Q3) Which of the four classifications of industry must locate where the resources are found?
A) secondary
B) tertiary
C) primary
D) quaternary
Q4) Most of China's recent industrial growth feeds the growing domestic market.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Human Environment
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Q1) Human habitation of the Pacific Islands is estimated to have led to the extinction of _______ bird species.
A) 0
B) 18
C) 137
D) 2000
Q2) The forests in S.Africa are primarily ____________
A) tropical rainforests.
B) tropical deciduous forests.
C) tropical dry forests.
D) tropical highland forests.
Q3) The United States is the most prolific producer of solid waste.Studies estimate that the U.S.produces about ____ pounds of solid waste per person per day.
A) 1.5
B) 3.5
C) 5.5
D) 7.3
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Chapter 14: Globalization and the Geography of Networks
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Q1) According to Ken Foote,memorials create a sense of common purpose.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Study of participatory development showed higher levels of success among the poorest farmers in rural India because they had the most to gain.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Media corporations which integrate ownership in a variety of points along the production and consumption chain are examples of
A) vertical integration.
B) television networks.
C) longitudinal cooperation.
D) Monopolies.
Q4) Central to globalization is
A) cultural convergence of media.
B) resource scarcities.
C) population growth.
D) trade.
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