Globalization and Development Review
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Course Introduction
This course explores the multifaceted relationship between globalization and development, analyzing how the increasing interconnectedness of economies, societies, and cultures shapes patterns of economic growth, inequality, and social transformation around the world. Through a critical examination of theories, historical trends, and contemporary policy debates, students engage with issues such as trade, international finance, labor migration, development aid, transnational corporations, and sustainable development. The course investigates both the opportunities and challenges globalization presents for developing countries, considering the roles of global institutions, local actors, and social movements in shaping development outcomes.
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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) A vernacular region is the visible, material expression of human settlement including the past and the present.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Hinduism and Judaism are <u>universalizing</u> religions.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) How does Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)adjust Gross National Income per capita?
A) PPP takes into account the age and productivity of the local populations.
B) PPP takes into account the rise and fall of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
C) PPP takes into account the 2008-2009 economic decline.
D) PPP takes into account the strength or weakness of local currencies.
E) It is a composite indicator that takes into account all of the above features.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Changing Global Environment
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Q1) Temperate forests are likely to have which of the following species of trees?
A) pine and spruce
B) maple
C) beech
D) maple and beech
E) maple, beech, pine and spruce
Answer: E
Q2) A region where one tectonic plate dives below another is called a divergent plate boundary.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Discuss the evolution of international agreements to address the problem of greenhouse gas emissions.
Answer: Answers should include the laws and actions brought about by the following international agreements: the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro (1992),the Kyoto Protocol in 1997,and the Durban Accord in 2011.
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Chapter 3: North America
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Q1) Where is Megalopolis located?
A) Midwestern United States, from St. Louis to Cincinnati
B) East Coast of the United States, from Boston to Washington, D.C.
C) The intermountain west of the United States, from Salt Lake City to Denver
D) Texas, from Houston to San Antonio
E) West Coast of United States, from Portland to Seattle
Answer: B
Q2) Which territory is home to the Inuit people and is the most recently formed Canadian territory?
A) British Columbia
B) Newfoundland
C) Prince Edward Island
D) Greenland
E) Nunavut
Answer: E
Q3) The Acadians of Louisiana share a common language with the <u>Inuits of Nunavut.</u>
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Latin America
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Q1) 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.
Q2) Which of the following modern countries of South America was NOT part of Gran Colombia?
A) Panama
B) Bolivia
C) Ecuador
D) Venezuela
E) Guiana
Q3) Describe and discuss the environmental problems of Mexico City.
Q4) The rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has increased since 2000.Why?
A) Because of growth of corporate farms and development of new roads and dams
B) Because of growth in corporate farms
C) From the development of new roads and dams
D) From increased global demand for tropical wood
E) From the clearing of land for farming by local villagers
Q5) How are trade blocs reshaping the region's geopolitics and development?
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Chapter 5: The Caribbean
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Q1) Discuss the environmental degradation and poverty that is prevalent in Haiti.Be certain to emphasize the historical factors that have led to this situation in the country.
Q2) Which of the following areas received the largest number of slaves between 1492 and 1870?
A) the French Caribbean
B) the Danish Caribbean
C) the British Caribbean
D) Spanish America
E) the Middle East
Q3) The language spoken by the most people in the Caribbean is <u>French.</u>
A)True
B)False
Q4) As of 2013 the Dominican Republic had how many Free Trade Zones?
A) 5
B) 10
C) 12
D) 24
E) 50
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Chapter 6: Sub-Saharan Africa
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Q1) Swidden agriculture involves
A) burning the natural vegetation to release nutrients.
B) exporting high value agricultural goods.
C) the production of yams for export.
D) animal husbandry.
E) irrigating desert farm land.
Q2) Efforts to reduce fertility rates in Sub-Saharan Africa did not begin in earnest until the 1980s.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What country in the region is a cautionary tale about the limits of the ability of a valuable natural resource,such as oil,to promote development?
A) Angola
B) Sudan
C) Nigeria
D) South Africa
E) Namibia
Q4) Discuss the benefits and problems of foreign aid versus foreign investment in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Chapter 7: Southwest Asia and North Africa
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Q1) Several Gulf states have immense oil reserves and production capacity,but other countries in Southwest Asia and North Africa have little or none.
A)True
B)False
Q2) You would be most likely to see a Shiite Muslim in which country?
A) Morocco
B) Iran
C) Egypt
D) Turkey
E) Cyprus
Q3) What is the approximate population of Southwest Asia and North Africa?
A) 100 million
B) 200 million
C) 500 million
D) 1 billion
E) 700 million
Q4) Kuwait,Qatar and the UAE have a foreign workforce greater than 60%.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Europe
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Q1) Which EU country has recently established formal border controls along one of its borders?
A) Germany
B) France
C) Italy
D) Belgium
E) Denmark
Q2) What is Europe's longest river?
A) Thames
B) Rhine
C) Loire
D) Danube
E) Rhone
Q3) Iceland lies on a tectonic boundary and has many active volcanoes.
A)True
B)False
Q4) <u>Germany</u> has a Mediterranean climate.
A)True
B)False
Q5) 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) What is perestroika?
A) greater openness, a policy in the 1980s that encouraged several republics to demand independence
B) planned economic restructuring, an early move toward a freer market
C) a policy of education improvement, in the last days of the former Soviet Union
D) the Russian word for railroad
E) a type of permafrost found around Glasgow
Q2) What was socialist realism of the Soviet era in the Russian Domain?
A) a type of theater that is similar to today's "reality TV"
B) a writing style in the Soviet domain
C) a musical style that emphasized traditional melodies, combined with classical instrumentation
D) an artistic 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) How does the linguistic and religious complexity of the Caucasus Region influence the politics of the region?
Q4) Describe and explain the overall population distribution in the Russian Region.
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Chapter 10: Central Asia
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Q1) Early urban development in Central Asia was located near A) ports.
B) the coast.
C) in populated areas.
D) near the silk route.
E) near ports and rivers.
Q2) What do most climate change experts predict will happen to Central Asia?
A) It will be hit hard by climate change, leading to melting of glaciers and reduced river flows.
B) Because of the region's low density, the problems will be minimal.
C) This dry region will benefit from higher overall precipitation.
D) The region will move to the forefront of solar energy technology development.
E) This region will not be affected by climate change.
Q3) Which of the following parts of Central Asia remains relatively unspoiled compared to other areas of Central Asia?
A) southern Uzbekistan
B) northwestern Tibet
C) eastern Kazakhstan
D) Azerbaijan
E) central Kyrgyzstan
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Chapter 11: East Asia
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Q1) What is loess?
A) a dark, coarse sand that is eroded from sea cliffs by wave energy from the ocean
B) a human-made material that is a byproduct of the burning of high sulfur coal
C) a fine, glacially generated silt that is deposited by the wind
D) the rich dark topsoil that is found on the Japanese island of Honshu
E) a clay-like substance from which people in China use to make cement for urban areas
Q2) Japan has a policy of self-sufficiency in which product?
A) electronics
B) rice
C) steel
D) seafood
E) lumber
Q3) In the 1990s,North Korea had the most laissez-faire economy of East Asia.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Construction of the Three Gorges Dam has displaced more than one million people.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: South Asia
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Q1) Siddhartha Gautama,the Buddha,
A) was born into an elite class.
B) promised his followers an afterlife.
C) supported the caste system.
D) eventually converted to Hinduism.
E) founded Islam.
Q2) How were the Himalayas formed?
A) by the rifting (pulling apart) of the Eurasian Plate and the Indo-Australian Plate
B) by the collision of the Indian subcontinent with the Eurasian Plate
C) by the upwelling of magma from a hot spot beneath the Indian subcontinent
D) by the erosion of the landscape north and south of the region that would become the mountains
E) by volcanic activity
Q3) Which of the following is NOT one of the environmental problems of South Asia?
A) flooding of the river deltas
B) deforestation
C) air pollution
D) acid rain
E) water pollution
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Chapter 13: Southeast Asia
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Q1) What environmental damage(s)is(are)often caused by logging in Southeast Asia?
A) erosion
B) destruction of wildlife habitat
C) smoke pollution as cut-over land is burned
D) increased flooding
E) All of the choices are correct
Q2) Because the Dutch had used Indonesia largely for its tropical crops and invested little in transportation,health,or education in this country,Indonesia was extremely poor when it gained its independence from the Netherlands in 1949.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What country of Southeast Asia has the region's lowest total fertility rate--a rate so low (below replacement level)that without immigration,its population will begin to decline?
A) Burma
B) Cambodia
C) Malaysia
D) Vietnam
E) Singapore
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Chapter 14: Australia and Oceania
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Q1) Not including Australia and New Zealand ,what type(s)of rural settlement are found in the island realm of Oceania?
A) commercial sheep farming
B) commercial dairying
C) shifting cultivation for village populations
D) commercial plantation agriculture
E) commercial plantation agriculture and shifting cultivation
Q2) Where is the Great Barrier Reef located?
A) off the west coast of New Zealand
B) along Australia's southern coast
C) along New Zealand's east coast
D) off the northeastern coast of Australia
E) off the southwestern coast of Australia
Q3) Of the following places in Australia and Oceania,which was the first to be settled by humans?
A) Australia
B) New Zealand
C) Fiji
D) Hawaii
E) Cook Islands
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