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Course Introduction
Regional Geography explores the distinct physical, cultural, economic, and political characteristics that define different regions of the world. The course examines how natural landscapes and human activities interact to create unique regional identities, emphasizing the spatial patterns and processes that influence social and environmental dynamics. Students will develop skills in analyzing regional differences, understanding the factors shaping these variations, and interpreting how global trends impact local areas. Through case studies and map analysis, the course fosters a comprehensive appreciation for the diversity and complexity of the worlds regions.
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Diversity Amid Globalization World Regions Environment Development 5th Edition by Lester Rowntree
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Chapter 1: Diversity Amid Globalization
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Q1) What part of the world has had its economies become part of the drug transshipments and the laundering of drug money?
A) the Caribbean
B) Eastern Europe
C) Sub-Saharan Africa
D) North America
E) South Asia
Answer: A
Q2) About 15,000 humans are added to the world's population each <u>hour</u>.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) What country is well known for its official prohibition against unwanted cultural traits, especially in its language?
A) France
B) United States
C) Australia
D) India
E) Japan
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Changing Global Environment
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Q1) In December 2009, 188 countries signed a new working document to try to reduce greenhouse gases. This document is called the <u>Copenhagen Accord</u>.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) If current rates of deforestation continue in Southeast Asia, how many years would it take for the region to become completely stripped of its forests?
A) 5
B) 15
C) 25
D) 50
E) 75
Answer: B
Q3) An <u>earthquake</u> is an anthropogenic hazard.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: North America
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Q1) White flight to the suburbs <u>is</u> part of gentrification.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Which of the following features does NOT contribute to North America's highly varied climate and vegetation?
A) latitudinal range
B) rivers
C) size
D) varied terrain
E) elevation
Answer: B
Q3) Horses are in North America because <u>Europeans brought them to the region</u>.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) The international language of business is most often <u>English</u>.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Latin America
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Q1) What is the major reason for the preference for urban life in Latin America?
A) The indigenous peoples of Latin America left a legacy of urban life.
B) Governments provide tax breaks for city dwellers.
C) Under the colonial rule of Spain and Portugal, people living in cities had higher social status and greater economic opportunity.
D) The cost of farmland is very high.
E) The governments of Latin America prohibit living outside of cities as a way to limit urban sprawl.
Q2) <u>The U.S.</u> has provided significant funding to Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru in recent years to help reduce Andean coca and cocaine production.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What is the name of the country labeled on the map with the number 15 (fifteen)?
A) Argentina
B) Bolivia
C) Brazil
D) Chile
E) Colombia
Q4) Describe the major geologic forces that have shaped Latin America.
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Chapter 5: The Caribbean
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Q1) Which of the Caribbean countries is a Crown Colony?
A) Honduras
B) Suriname
C) Martinique
D) Cayman Islands
E) Cuba
Q2) Which Caribbean country experienced a devastating earthquake in January 2010?
A) Cuba
B) Jamaica
C) the Bahamas
D) Haiti
E) Barbados
Q3) Compare and contrast deforestation in Haiti and the Caribbean rimland. What are the factors that have contributed to greater conservation of forests in the rimland?
Q4) The initiative designed to launch rapid industrialization in Puerto Rico was called <u>Operation Bootstrap</u>.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What attributes help make the Caribbean a distinct region?
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Chapter 6: Sub-Saharan Africa
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Q1) When did most countries of Sub-Saharan Africa gain independence?
A) during the first decade of the twentieth century
B) in the years immediately following World War I
C) in 1946 and 1947
D) from the mid-1950s through the mid-1960s
E) in the 1990s
Q2) What are the primary biofuels in Sub-Saharan Africa?
A) non-renewable resources such as coal and oil that are used to power industrial operations in African factories
B) wood and charcoal used for household energy needs
C) a new form of synfuel that has been created to solve Sub-Saharan Africa's energy problems
D) wood chips that are compacted together into log form and then sold at African markets for heating fuel
E) fuels manufactured from food and lawn wastes
Q3) The most secure wildlife reserves in Sub-Saharan Africa are located in the <u>southern</u> part of the region.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Southwest Asia and North Africa
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Q1) Why is the island of Socotra, off the southeast coast of Yemen, considered unique?
A) It is one of the largest islands in the world.
B) It is one of the smallest islands containing permanent habitation.
C) It contains one of the largest untouched tropical forest preserves in the world.
D) It possesses a unique biological habitat, containing hundreds of plant species found nowhere else on Earth.
E) It has the lowest elevation of any place on the Earth.
Q2) The approximate population of Southwest Asia and North Africa is <u>200 million</u>.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following countries of Southwest Asia and North Africa experiences earthquakes with the greatest frequency?
A) Libya
B) Egypt
C) Morocco
D) Turkey
E) Yemen
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Chapter 8: Europe
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Q1) Among European countries, <u>Spain</u> would be most likely to experience drought.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What is the major factor determining whether a particular Slavic language uses the Latin alphabet or the Cyrillic alphabet in its written form?
A) the latitude of the country in which the language is spoken
B) the dominant religion of the people who speak that language
C) time period over which the language evolved
D) the political system of the country
E) the economic system of the country
Q3) By what other name is The European Lowland known?
A) Iberia
B) Scandinavia
C) Italy
D) the Alpine System
E) the North European Plain
Q4) The <u>Apennines</u> mountain range separates France and Spain.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: The Russian Domain
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Q1) In what kind of housing do most average Russians live?
A) in a dacha in the country
B) in a single-family home in the suburbs
C) in a high rise apartment
D) in a boarding house
E) in a duplex
Q2) Mikrorayons are <u>large housing projects built in the 1970s and 1980s in Russia</u>.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What migration pattern is occurring in many of Russia's mining and manufacturing towns?
A) emigration
B) immigration
C) rural-to-urban migration
D) Russification
E) a stable settlement pattern, with neither emigration nor immigration
Q4) \(\underline{\text{Belarus}}\) dominates the Russian Domain.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Central Asia
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Q1) Central Asia is ,<u>densely</u> populated.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What livelihood is "the only feasible way of life on the Tibetan plateau," according to the authors of your textbook?
A) nomadic pastoralism based on the yak
B) plantation agriculture based on tea
C) subsistence agriculture based on tubers
D) sedentary agriculture based on a variety of crops
E) transhumance based on sheep
Q3) What is the livelihood of pastoralists?
A) growing wheat
B) cultivating rice
C) growing grapes to produce wine
D) growing opium poppies
E) raising livestock
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?
Q5) Why does Turkey have the potential for major impact on Central Asia?
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Chapter 11: East Asia
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Q1) Over the last three decades, which country of East Asia has had the slowest economic growth?
A) North Korea
B) South Korea
C) Taiwan
D) Japan
E) China
Q2) For most of the second half of the twentieth century, which East Asian country was most closed to ideas and influences from the West?
A) Japan
B) South Korea
C) China
D) Taiwan
E) Hong Kong
Q3) Where is the Three Gorges Dam, why is China building it, and what are the major problems associated with its construction?
Q4) China has the world's largest army.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: South Asia
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Q1) The Himalayan Mountains of South Asia are the world's <u>tallest</u>.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Green Revolution in South Asia
A) had little effect on crop yields.
B) relied in part on newly developed varieties of crops.
C) originated in the early 1950s.
D) was accomplished without the use of pesticides.
E) has been a total success.
Q3) Which country of South Asia has the largest population in the region?
A) Bangladesh
B) Bhutan
C) Pakistan
D) Sri Lanka
E) India
Q4) <u>The British</u> unified South Asia into a single political system.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe the major languages of South Asia and explain why their use has been a source of tension.
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Chapter 13: Southeast Asia
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Q1) In what Southeast Asian country is transmigration most common, and a policy of the national government?
A) Cambodia
B) Malaysia
C) Philippines
D) Indonesia
E) Thailand
Q2) <u>The Khorat Plateau</u> of Southeast Asia contains poor soils and is home to many impoverished people.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The approximate population of Southeast Asia is <u>600 million</u>.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What country of Southeast Asian is the world's most populous Muslim country?
A) the Philippines
B) Indonesia
C) Burma
D) Thailand
E) Malaysia
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Chapter 14: Australia and Oceania
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Q1) What is the situation today between indigenous Fijians and Indo-Fijians in Fiji?
A) The two groups coexist peacefully.
B) Ethnic tensions exist between the two groups.
C) Intermarriage between the two groups is common.
D) The Indo-Fijians have enslaved the indigenous Fijians.
E) The indigenous Fijians have enslaved the Indo-Fijians.
Q2) <u>Kwajalein</u> is the best example of an atoll in Australia/Oceania.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What is the second-most populous country in the Australia/Oceania region?
A) Australia
B) Papua New Guinea
C) Fiji
D) Nauru
E) New Zealand
Q4) <u>Marsupials</u> are the animals most closely associated with Australia.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is Pidgin English and why is it important?
Q6) What are the important sectors of Australia's economy?
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