World Geography Exam Questions
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World Geography explores the diverse physical and human landscapes of our planet, examining the distribution of landforms, climates, and ecosystems, as well as the cultural, economic, and political characteristics that define regions. Students will analyze how natural and human-made environments interact, investigate global patterns such as population growth, migration, urbanization, and resource use, and develop a geographic perspective on current global issues. Through maps, case studies, and discussions, this course encourages critical thinking about how geography shapes societies and influences global interconnections.
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The World Today Concepts and Regions in Geography 7th Edition by Jan Nijman
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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Q1) The World Bank ranks countries within four groups.Which of the following is NOT one of those groups?
A) high-income countries
B) upper-middle-income countries
C) lower-middle-income countries
D) middle-income countries
E) low-income countries
Answer: D
Q2) Warm phases during an ice age,such as the ongoing Holocene,are known as ___.
Answer: Interglacials
Q3) Pangaea is the name of Wegener's supercontinent.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) The ___ region,also known as a spatial system,is marked not by an internal sameness,but by its dynamic internal structuring.
Answer: functional
Q5) Uniform cultural regions characterized by internal homogeneity are classified as ___ regions.
Answer: formal
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Chapter 2: The North American Realm
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Q1) The population of the Continental Interior region is in decline.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Vancouver is the most Asianized metropolis in North America.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q3) Most Americans today are employed in the primary sector of the economy.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) A continental climate is most likely to be found in the State of:
A) Maine
B) Oregon
C) Florida
D) Hawai'i
E) Kansas Answer: E
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Chapter 3: The Middle American Realm
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Q1) Costa Rica is Middle America's oldest democracy.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Except for the French Antilles,there is no remaining European dependency in the Caribbean.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Maquiladoras are large communal farms in northern Mexico near the U.S.border.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Except for its extreme southeast,the Yucatán Peninsula is part of the country of ___. Answer: Mexico
Q5) The hacienda form of land tenure was dominant in Middle America's Rimland.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: The South American Realm
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Q1) Brazil has common borders with every South American country except Chile and Ecuador.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The most populous Brazilian State is ____________.
A) Rio de Janeiro
B) São Paulo
C) Amazonas
D) Minas Gerais
E) the cerrado
Q3) The control center of the Incan Empire was ____________.
A) Cuzco
B) Lima
C) Mexico City
D) Quito
E) Buenos Aires
Q4) Middle Chile is a rugged,fjorded region characterized by extreme aridity.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The country of ___ is South America's leading exporter of crude oil.
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Chapter 5: The European Realm
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Q1) The country located on the Jutland Peninsula and the smallest state (in area)in Northern Europe is _________________.
A) Sweden
B) Norway
C) Estonia
D) Iceland
E) Denmark
Q2) Even more than the United Kingdom,the European country that has benefited most from the North Sea oil boom is ___.
Q3) The international community recognizes which government on Cyprus?
A) Greek Cypriot
B) Turkish Cypriot
C) Islamic
D) Maltese
E) Ottoman
Q4) ___ is the general term for a large,megalopolis-like urban complex that is formed by the coalescence of two or more metropolitan areas.
Q5) Italy's economic core,no longer focused on Rome,is now centered on the city of ___.
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Chapter 6: The Russia-Central Asia Realm
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Q1) Persistently frozen ground is known as ________________.
A) taiga
B) an ice sheet
C) permafrost
D) tundra
E) steppe
Q2) The movement of the headquarters of the Russian Empire to St.Petersburg allowed that city to become a(n)__________________.
A) interior capital
B) forward capital
C) primate city
D) continental city
E) Asian gateway
Q3) The Russian population today totals just over 200 million.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Muslims in Azerbaijan look across their border with Iraq for support of their cause.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: The North African-Southwest Asian Realm
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Q1) The Golan Heights,Baghdad,and the upper Euphrates Valley are all located in Syria.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The discovery of this commodity in southern Sudan sparked the independence movement that eventually led to the division of the country:
A) gold
B) uranium
C) oil
D) water
E) salt
Q3) The wealth from oil income has been distributed evenly among the different subregions of the Middle East.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The land between the lower Tigris and Euphrates rivers comprises the world culture hearth known as ___.
Q5) The OPEC cartel is concerned with setting the policies and prices for the sale of ___.
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Chapter 8: The Subsaharan African Realm
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Q1) Nigeria's old capital of Lagos was situated within the culture area of the people known as the_______________.
A) Zulu
B) Yoruba
C) Boers
D) Ibo
E) Hausa
Q2) West Africa is Subsaharan Africa's most populous region.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Senegal was part of France's West African empire.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The ethnic group exerting the greatest political influence in Kenya is the________________.
A) Hutu
B) Kikuyu
C) Swahili
D) Tutsi
E) Xhosa
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Chapter 9: The South Asian Realm
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Q1) Bhutan is a buffer state between India and ___
Q2) Hindutva is (are)____________________.
A) a movement that promotes Hindu nationalism, heritage, and/or patriotism
B) a sect of the Hindu religion that practices yoga
C) the holiest Hindu shrine in northern India
D) recent converts from Islam
E) India's dominant language
Q3) East Pakistan became Bangladesh in ___________.
A) 1857
B) 1918
C) 1947
D) 1971
E) 1991
Q4) Afghanistan has no ethnic majority.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Hindi is the dominant language of southern India.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The plateau extending across most of India is known as the ___.
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Chapter 10: The East Asian Realm
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Q1) Japan's population________________.
A) is expected to decline over the next half-century
B) is concentrated along the shore of the Sea of Japan (East Sea)
C) exhibits a low rate of literacy
D) is concentrated on Hokkaido and Shikoku
E) is reflective of a multicultural society
Q2) Hong Kong became a province of China in 1997.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The leader who took over in China following the struggle after Mao's death was
A) Deng Xiaoping.
B) Kim Jong Il.
C) Xi Jinping.
D) Yao Ming.
E) Hu Jintao.
Q4) The bulk of the population of China lives in the ___ part of the country.
Q5) China falls far short of producing all of its fossil fuel needs.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The region of China formerly known as Manchuria,is today called the ___.
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Chapter 11: The Southeast Asian Realm
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Q1) The Muslim stronghold in the Philippines is located in __________________.
A) Luzon
B) the Visayan archipelago
C) the far southern islands
D) Borneo
E) metropolitan Manila
Q2) The most important island of the Philippines,which contains the capital of Manila,is named ___.
Q3) The United States acquired the Philippines from Japan at the beginning of World War II.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The world's largest Muslim country in population size is _______________.
A) Bangladesh
B) Egypt
C) Pakistan
D) Indonesia
E) Saudi Arabia
Q5) The outport of Haiphong is linked to the northern Vietnamese core city of
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Chapter 12: The Austral Realm
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Q1) Australia's successful mixed horticulture cultivation is dependent on irrigation.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Australia's Aboriginal population totals about 2 percent of its total population.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following cities is located nearest the Australian capital of Canberra?
A) Perth
B) Melbourne
C) Auckland
D) Adelaide
E) Brisbane
Q4) The chief farming region of New Zealand's South Island is the ___ Plain.
Q5) Australia is a federal political unit consisting of six States and two federal territories.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Pacific Realm and Polar Futures
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Q1) The finger of land extending from the main body of Antarctica toward South America is known as the ___.
Q2) The islands of Micronesia tend to be small,but they are,on average,higher in elevation than the islands of Melanesia.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The dominant economic activity associated with high-island cultures is
A) tourism
B) fishing
C) agriculture
D) mining
E) manufacturing
Q4) The Antarctic Treaty that presently holds national land claims at abeyance expired in 1991 and was replaced by the Wellington Agreement.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The capital of Papua New Guinea is ____________
Q6) The U.S.state that is located in the Pacific Realm is ___.
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