Globalization and Society
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This course explores the complex relationship between globalization and modern society, examining how global interconnectedness influences social structures, cultures, economies, and individual identities. Students will analyze the historical development of globalization, its key drivers, and the impact of global flows of information, people, goods, and capital. Topics include transnational migration, cultural exchange, economic globalization, environmental sustainability, and the role of international institutions. Through case studies and critical discussions, students will develop an understanding of the opportunities and challenges that globalization presents to societies worldwide.
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Contemporary Human Geography 2nd Edition by James M. Rubenstein
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Chapter 1: Thinking Geographically
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Q1) For many people,the globalization of culture represents a threat to local diversity.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q2) Concentration is another word for density.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q3) Which is not an example of a functional region?
A) the circulation area of a newspaper
B) the area of dominance of a television station
C) the market area of a supermarket
D) the area dominated by a particular crop
E) the area served by a sports franchise
Answer: D
Q4) For each 15° change in longitude,time changes by one hour.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Population
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Q1) Arranging a country's population along a bar graph representing ages and genders creates a population
A) pyramid.
B) graph.
C) demograph.
D) map.
E) line.
Answer: A
Q2) The Indus and Ganges river plains hold a major part of what world population cluster?
A) South Asia
B) East Asia
C) Europe
D) Southeast Asia
Answer: A
Q3) Developing countries must face increasing proportions of older people in their populations.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Migration
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Q1) The most important type of internal migration within the United States is from urban to suburban.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) In recent years,the immigration quota has been sufficient to accommodate all people who wish to migrate to the United States.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Unrestricted immigration to the United States was first limited by A) hemispheric quotas in 1975.
B) the start of World War II.
C) the Constitution.
D) the National Origins Act of 1924.
E) the Quota Act of 1921.
Answer: E
Q4) Describe suburbanization in more developed countries.
Answer: large-scale migration to the suburbs because of pull by a suburban lifestyle
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Chapter 4: Folk and Popular Culture
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Q1) Today,house types in the United States are distinguished by all but which of the following?
A) They can still be divided into three distinct regions.
B) They display few regional distinctions.
C) They are usually mass-produced.
D) Alternative styles have diffused throughout the country.
E) They demonstrate how popular customs vary more in time than in place.
Q2) The ability to produce wine depends a lot on climate.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Why do leaders of some developing countries fear the loss of folk culture?
Q4) In cultures with strong folk clothing preferences,young adults are
A) more likely to dress like their parents.
B) less likely to dress like their parents.
C) likely to create their own unique style.
D) paying close attention to international styles.
E) None of these answers is correct.
Q5) Discuss the role of transportation and communications in the diffusion of global popular culture.
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Q6) What are some of the negative impacts of the diffusion of popular customs?
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Chapter 5: Language
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Q1) Tens of thousands of years ago,languages may have been joined together as A) branches.
B) superfamilies.
C) groups.
D) lingua franca.
E) families.
Q2) In what three ways does the English used in the United States differ from the English used in the United Kingdom?
Q3) Why do people in different regions of the United States speak English differently?
Q4) How may have the approaches to language diversity in Belgium and Switzerland contributed to the relative stability or antagonism in each case? Which country has had less antagonism,and why?
Q5) How do we know that all Indo-European languages have a common ancestor?
Q6) The present distribution of languages around the world is due to technological advances and the diffusion of popular culture.
A)True
B)False
Q7) How may have people from Anatolia been important to the geography of language?
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Chapter 6: Religion
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Q1) The goal of the majority of people living in Northern Ireland is to
A) remain part of the United Kingdom.
B) migrate to the Republic of Ireland.
C) become part of the Republic of Ireland.
D) join the Irish Republican Army.
E) establish an independent republic.
Q2) Why is Judaism considered an ethnic religion?
Q3) Hindus generally prefer
A) burial near a temple of their choice.
B) burial in a natural setting such as a field or forest.
C) cremation rather than burial.
D) burial with their heads facing north.
E) burial at sea.
Q4) The barrier between Israel and the West Bank
A) has been ruled as illegal by both Israeli and international courts.
B) is welcomed by both sides.
C) represents the natural landscape feature of the Jordan River.
D) follows the previous border between Israel and Jordan
E) is more than one thousand miles long.
Q5) Name the two main branches of Islam.
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Chapter 7: Ethnicity
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Q1) President Barack Obama is a good example of the
A) complexity of ethnic identity in the United States.
B) confusion over ethnicity and race in Kenya.
C) biological basis for classifying humans.
D) principle of the distribution of persons of color.
Q2) Loyalty and devotion to a state that represents a particular group's culture is
A) nationalism.
B) nation-state.
C) nation.
D) state.
E) multiculturalism.
Q3) Which of the following is not a strong centripetal force in the United States?
A) network television
B) the flag
C) the many ethnic groups living in the United States
D) "The Star Spangled Banner"
E) baseball
Q4) Brown v.Board of Education of Topeka ended racial discrimination in U.S.schools.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Political Geography
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Q1) The motives of European states in establishing colonies can be summarized as all but which of the following?
A) God
B) glory
C) guilt
D) gold
E) B and C
Q2) Taiwan is a member of the United Nations.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is more typical of a democracy than an autocracy?
A) Leaders selected according to clear rules of succession.
B) Citizen participation is sharply restricted.
C) Constraints on the exercise of power by the executive.
D) Leaders exercise power with no meaningful checks from other institutions.
E) Leaders selected from within the established political elite.
Q4) What geographic elements contributed to the development of the United States and Soviet Union/Russia as superpowers,and what geographic elements contribute to the weakness of these two countries?
Q5) What special problems do landlocked states face?
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Chapter 9: Development
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Q1) Compare and contrast the economic structures of developed and developing countries.
Q2) Looking at Figure 9.1.1,which of the following countries has the highest HDI?
A) India
B) China
C) Russia
D) Spain
E) Brazil
Q3) Which of the following is true today of the developed world?
A) Developed countries are hard-pressed to maintain their current levels of public assistance.
B) In the last two years, most developed countries have increased their social safety nets.
C) In the past, slow economic growth did not permit rich countries to finance generous programs.
D) In recent years economic growth has increased, whereas the percentage of people needing public assistance has decreased.
E) None of the above is true.
Q4) What is Gender Inequality Index and how is it measured?
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Chapter 10: Food and Agriculture
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Q1) Mediterranean farming is so named because it is practiced only on land bordering the Mediterranean Sea.
A)True
B)False
Q2) An important agricultural hearth is
A) southeast Asia.
B) south and central America.
C) sub-Saharan Africa.
D) northern China.
E) All of these are important agricultural hearths.
Q3) What is the distinctive type of agriculture practiced in the dry lands of less developed countries?
Q4) In shifting cultivation,how do farmers clear their fields for planting?
Q5) The earliest known domesticated wheat,barley,and rice crops are thought to have originated in Asia
A) 10,000 years ago.
B) 100,000 years ago.
C) 1.1 million years ago.
D) 1,000 years ago.
E) 10 million years ago.
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Chapter 11: Industry
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Q1) The average annual wage paid to male workers exceeds ________ in most developed countries,compared to less than ________ in most African countries.
A) $75,000;$10,000
B) $10,000;$5,000
C) $30,000;$5,000
D) $5,000;$2,000
E) $5,000;$550
Q2) Chrysler,Ford,and General Motors are known as the Detroit 3 because their headquarters,research facilities,and all their assembly plants are clustered in the Detroit area.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In the early years of the Industrial Revolution,multistory factories were constructed in the countryside because of the availability of cheap land.
A)True
B)False
Q4) List the different modes of transporting goods in the United States and their comparative advantages.
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Chapter 12: Services and Settlements
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Q1) The first step in forecasting sales for a proposed new retail outlet is to define the market or trade area where the store would derive most of its sales.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Originally called Byzantium,and now known as Istanbul,________ became the world's largest settlement after the decline of Rome,and remained the largest settlement for most of the next 1,000 years.
A) Baghdad
B) Tehran
C) Damascus
D) Constantinople
E) Mecca
Q3) ________ feature buildings clustered along a road or body of water to facilitate communications.
A) Clustered rural settlements
B) Dispersed rural settlements
C) Clustered linear rural settlements
D) Clustered circular rural settlements
E) Main street settlements
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Chapter 13: Urban Patterns
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Q1) In the northwestern United States,metropolitan areas are so close together that they now form one continuous urban complex,extending from north of Seattle to south of Los Angeles.
A)True
B)False
Q2) As of 2009,according to the U.S.Census Bureau,what percentage of Americans lived in an MSA?
A) 15
B) 37
C) 50
D) 68
E) 84
Q3) Which of the following is a major difference between CBDs in Europe and those in the U.S.?
A) Fewer people live in Europe's CBDs compared to the U.S.
B) Just like the U.S., wealthy people tend to avoid living in the CBD in Europe.
C) More people live in Europe's CBDs compared to the U.S.
D) Property values are lowest in CBDs in Europe, a marked difference with the U.S. where property values are highest.
E) European CBDs make no attempt to preserve their historic buildings.
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Chapter 14: Resource Issues
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Q1) The disappearance of the Aral Sea is attributed to A) the diversion of water for irrigation.
B) natural variations in rainfall and temperature.
C) human-induced variations in rainfall and temperature from global climate change.
D) increased runoff from the sea.
E) point-source pollution from nuclear power plants.
Q2) China has relatively large proven reserves of A) coal.
B) petroleum.
C) natural gas.
D) tar sandstone.
E) all of the above
Q3) Before the Industrial Revolution,the most important source of fuel was A) biomass.
B) coal.
C) natural gas.
D) petroleum.
E) alcohol.
Q4) Explain why the disposal of hazardous waste is especially difficult.
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