World Regional Geography
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Course Introduction
World Regional Geography explores the physical and human landscapes of Earth's regions, examining how geography shapes cultures, economies, and environments across the globe. The course analyzes spatial variations in landforms, climate, population, politics, and economic activities, highlighting patterns and processes that distinguish world regions such as North America, Latin America, Africa, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. Students will gain a deeper understanding of global interconnections, regional challenges, and the significance of geographic perspectives in addressing contemporary issues.
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Human Geography 11th Edition by Erin H. Fouberg
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Human Geography
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Q1) Activity spaces refer to neighborhood playgrounds in large cities.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) The importance of the spatial approach that geographers use in their studies is that it shows:
A)the arrangement and organization of things on the surface to the Earth
B)the history of an area
C)human activity only
D)the political impact of boundaries
Answer: A
Q3) The diffusion of the idea of the hamburger to India but with a vegetable patty instead of the religiously prohibited beef is an example of:
A)cultural mimicry.
B)cultural barrier.
C)stimulus diffusion.
D)independent invention.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Population and Health
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Q1) In comparison to Asia,the percentage of the population living in urban places in Germany and the United Kingdom is
A)less than in Asia.
B)about the same as in Asia.
C)greater than Asia.
D)declining.
Answer: C
Q2) In the Western Hemisphere,which of the following countries has a Total Fertility Rate below replacement level?
A)the United States
B)Haiti
C)Mexico.
D)Argentina
Answer: A
Q3) Between 1820 and 1930,world population
A)decreased
B)doubled
C)tripled.
D)did not change.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Migration
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Q1) Which US states experienced highest percent change during the period 2010-2012
A)Louisiana, Alabama, Pennsylvania
B)Texas, Colorado, Utah
C)Wyoming, Maryland, Maine
D)Wyoming, Illinois, Maryland
Answer: B
Q2) Very few countries practice selective immigration.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) During the first decades of the twentieth century,African American families in the United States migrated primarily to
A)the north.
B)the west.
C)the northwest.
D)other southern states farther west.
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Local Culture, Popular Culture, and Cultural Landscapes
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Q1) Define local culture and popular culture.In what ways do local and popular culture interact? Think of local and popular culture as "ends of a continuum" and attempt to identify aspects of your locality which exemplify points along the continuum.
Q2) Notting Hill Festival (London)was appropriated by West Indian migrants to express their cultural distinctiveness.This is an example of assimilation.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What is an ethnic neighborhood? Choose an example of an ethnic neighborhood and describe the traditions,customs and traits that set the ethnic group and its neighborhood apart from the popular culture.What are some of the internal and external threats to the local culture of the ethnic neighborhood you have chosen?
Q4) Which is not an aspect of cultural landscape convergence?
A)globalized architectural forms
B)globalization of particular businesses and products
C)borrowing of idealized landscape images
D)development of regional architectural styles
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Chapter 5: Identity: Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality
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Q1) 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
Q2) Discuss,from a geographical perspective,the social and spatial dynamics of the 1992 Los Angeles riots.
Q3) Gross National Income does not include:
A)work done by rural women in less developed countries.
B)work done by women in maquiladoras.
C)work done by unmarried women.
D)work done by state-employed women.
Q4) To stimulate tea production,the government of Kenya gave bonuses to A)women who did all of the work.
B)migrant laborers.
C)civil servants.
D)men who owned title to the land
Q5) Rural Africa is numerically male dominated.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Language
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Q1) The Proto-Indo-European language homeland lies somewhere south of the A)Mediterranean Sea.
B)Baltic Sea.
C)Black Sea.
D)Sea of Okhotsk.
Q2) The two theories of the Proto-Indo-European language dispersal are the conquest theory and A)the spread of agriculture.
B)massive migration.
C)extensive trade routes.
D)missionary activity.
Q3) Countries in which more than one language is in use are called A)multilingual.
B)monolingual.
C)unilingual.
D)non-lingual.
Q4) Mandarin,the language in and around the Chinese capital Beijing,was chosen as the standardized form of Chinese for the whole country.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Religion
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Q1) In the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,the government in 1991 proclaimed that a condition for a judge to be appointed to the country's Islamic courts would be to wear
A)a turban.
B)a beard.
C)sandals.
D)a veil.
Q2) Discuss the influence of religion in the cultural landscape.Give examples from a number of faiths and regions.
Q3) Under Chinese communist rule (1949-present),Confucianism has
A)been returned to after the colonial period.
B)been used as the basis of an egalitarian Marxist civil service.
C)been banned and suppressed.
D)been limited to areas with non-Han minority populations.
Q4) The Yellow River is to Chinese Philosophy as the Indus River Valley is to
A)Christianity.
B)Hinduism.
C)Confucianism.
D)Buddhism.
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Chapter 8: Political Geography
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Q1) The League of Nations was created in 1919 as the first international organization that would include all nations of the world.Its success was dealt a serious blow by the failure of which country to join?
A)Britain
B)Russia
C)the United States
D)Canada
Q2) Mackinder's heartland theory of geopolitics maintained that world domination would be exercised through sea power.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Discuss the European state model in terms of territory,sovereignty,homogeneity and control
Discuss centripetal and centrifugal forces acting on states - choose an example or examples to illustrate
Q4) Taiwan is a member of the UN.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Urban Geography
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Q1) The multiple nuclei model of urban structure developed by Harris and Ullman arose from the idea that _______ was losing its dominant position in the metropolitan city.
A)the CBD
B)the inner city
C)public transportation
D)the suburb
Q2) Housing in the slum area,Kiberia in Nairobi,Kenya is occupied by Luo and Luhya peoples of western and northwestern Kenya and is owned by A)British landlords.
B)Indian merchants.
C)Nairobi's public housing agency.
D)Nubians of Sudanese descent.
Q3) Urban places in the ancient world were
A)numerous and hierarchical.
B)exceptions in an overwhelmingly rural society.
C)part of a generally urban society.
D)more common than today.
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) What is the major difference between Rostow's and Wallerstein's models of development? Compare and contrast the idea of core processes and peripheral processes with Rostow's notion of progressive stages of economic advancement.
Q2) Even if the Gross National Product (GNP)index is used to measure the well-being of a country,it will fail to show
A)growth in secondary industries (manufacturing).
B)the distribution of wealth.
C)growth within tertiary industries (services).
D)growth within primary industries (mining, forestry, agriculture, fishing).
Q3) Twenty thousand nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)in Bangladesh constitute what can be called
A)a parallel state.
B)colonial enclaves.
C)development islands.
D)subversive zones.
Q4) Define Gross National Product.Discuss the world map of per capita GNP and apply Wallerstein's three-tier regionalization (core,semi-periphery,and periphery)to divide the world into three development regions.Give examples of countries in each region.
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Chapter 11: Agriculture
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Q1) Describe the locations of the centers of the First Agricultural Revolution.Give examples of the crops and animals which were domesticated in various places.What demographic and social changes resulted from this revolution in food production?
Q2) Which of the following areas does not have a Mediterranean-type climate?
A)central Chile
B)southern Australia
C)southern Florida
D)South Africa's Cape
Q3) A form of tropical subsistence agriculture in which fields are rotated after short periods of crop production is
A)subsistence rice cultivation.
B)subsistence wheat cultivation.
C)shifting cultivation.
D)nomadic herding.
Q4) Hunter-gatherers living in the vicinity of the Pacific Ocean specialized in A)salmon fishing.
B)bison hunting.
C)deer hunting.
D)acorn collection.
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Chapter 12: Industry and Services
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Q1) Between 1940 and the early 1960s,China's industrial growth was aided by A)Soviet planners.
B)the location of raw materials.
C)improved transportation.
D)the distribution of the work force.
Q2) Saxony is to Germany in the 1860s as ____________ is to Ukraine and Russia in the 1880s.
A)Austria
B)the Donbas
C)the Black Sea
D)Selesia
Q3) Burning coal in a near vacuum produced a much hotter burning,pure carbon fuel called:
A)super coal.
B)coke.
C)charcoal.
D)Bessemer fuel.
Q4) St.Petersburg is one of Russia's oldest manufacturing centers.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Human Environment
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Q1) Residents of the eastern United States face high mortality risks and natural disasters in what form?
A)drought
B)hydrological
C)geophysical
D)drought and/or geophysical
Q2) The Earth's most recent experience with mass volcanism was between _________ million years ago.
A)180 and 160
B)150 and 130
C)120 and 100
D)90 and 70
Q3) Explain some of the trends in global biodiversity been in the past few centuries? Identify the causes of loss of biodiversity and analyze some potential implications.
Q4) How has the climate of the Earth changed in the past 15,000 years? Describe periods of alternate warming and cooling and some of the associated environmental effects.What do some theories hold has been the impact of the Industrial Revolution global climate patterns?
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Chapter 14: Globalization and the Geography of Networks
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Q1) ________________ is an example of time-space compression
A)The Industrial Revolution
B)The Internet
C)Horizontal integration
D)Community-supported agriculture
Q2) Miami is more linked to Latin America than Los Angeles.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The study of global cities showed that _____ is the most globally connected city in the world.
A)New York
B)Tokyo
C)London
D)Chicago
Q4) The _________ are examples of the Walt Disney Corporation's vertical integration.
A)Disney Channel and McDonalds
B)ESPN Zone and Pixar
C)Disneyland Resort and the Gap
D)Disney Cruise Line and Miami
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