Geography Final - Jp

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Massive Project that are withdrawing ground water from large underground sources for irrigation and usage are currently being developed in:

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Libya and Saudi Arabia

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What is the chief problem associated with the use of groundwater in Southwest Asia/North Africa?

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Groundwater is being depleted faster than it can be replaced, so it is inherently unsustainable.

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What is the dominant factor that determines where people live in southwest Asia/North Africa?

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A plentiful supply of water.

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Why is Southwest Asia/North Africa considered a culture hearth?

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It was an early center for agriculture. It was was an early center for several great civilizations. It was the center for three major world religions.

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People making a pilgrimage or haj to Makkah and Medinah must travel to which country of southwest Asia/North Africa?

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Saudi Arabia

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Which country was never under Muslim domination at some point in the past 1000 years?

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Italy

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Which climate type is characterized by having no winter months averaging below freezing, although cold, rain, mist and fog are common year round because of the influence of adjacent oceans and seas?

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Marine west coast/Maritime

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Which part of Europe is the regions unquestionable focus of intensive agriculture, large cities, densest population clusters and major industrial activities?

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The northern and northwestern European Lowland

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What is the climate type and regions in Europe is correct?

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Atlantic Coast: Maritime Climate

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The Mediterranean climate

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Has a long, dry summer and a shorter wet winters

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In which country of Europe did the Industrial Revolution emerge?

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England

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When did the first Industrial Revolution emerge?

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From 1730-1850

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Which country was not one of the early industrial region to develop?

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Central Greece

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What language is not a romance language?

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English

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What language is not Slavic language despite this language's being a major nation's language in Central Europe?

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Serbian

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What European mountain range forms the politacal border between Spain and France?

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Pyrenees

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What body of water forms the southern bountry of Europe?

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Mediterranean Sea

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Europe's longest rivers are the

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Volga and Danube

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In comparison with the United States, the size of Europe (area) is:

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Smaller

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What is the pairing of climate type and and regions in Europe is correct?

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The Iberian Peninsula is mostly tundra.

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Europe is a continent characterized by a number of peninsula. Which country is not a peninsula?

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Iberian, Italian, Balkan, Scandinavian or Austrian - Austrian

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Overall in European countries the birth rates in Europe in comparison with developing regions such as sub-Saharan Africa and Latin American are?

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Lower

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Which counrty of Europe has the largest population and most powerful economy in the region?

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Germany

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Germanys population includes a large number of guest workers (and their descendants) from which one of the following countries

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Turkey

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Where do most immigrants to France come from today?

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France's former colonies in Africa

Front 26

This statement describes the Europe Union.

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It is an international labor union working to retain jobs in the region.

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This statement descibes the Cold War.

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It was an armed conflict between the USA and the USSR that last from 1946-1991 and included occupation of several European countries by the USA.

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The "cultural landscape" of medieval European cities was usually charaterized by all of the following Except

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Few parks and /or green spaces

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The generally accepted division or dividing line between Europe and Asia is the:

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Ural Mountain

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Describe the distinctiveness of Russia.

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It has the largest land area of any nation on Earth.

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Russias domain is Not or Falsely stated:

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The collapse of the Soviet Union has led Russia to become a less urbanized nation with major cities shrinking in size.

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The dominant climate type in the Russian domain is:

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Continental

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Eastward movement of Russians into Siberia:

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Was encouraged and promoted by the Soviets during the era of the Soviet Union

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This statement about the Soviet era (1918-1991) is false:

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The Soviets encouraged contacts with the West (USA & W. Europe) in order to modernize the attitudes of what had historically been a largely isolated society.

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The Russian Empire has its origins as a small principality in the vicinity if which Russian city?

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Moscow

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In what kind of housing do most average Russians live today?

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In a high rise apartment

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What forms of transportation first opened corridors of development in the USA, provided access to markets for commercial crops, and helped establish towns and cities across the country?

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Railroads.

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During which era of the Historical Evolution of the US city were cities compact, ususallt 3-4 miles in diameter?

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Pedestrian/Horse car

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South of the Great Lakes, the growth season is

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Relatively Long

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Today, most immigrants to the United States come from which two world regions?

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Asia and Latin America

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What migration trend was caused by the mechanization of farming?

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Rural to urban migration

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What do we call new suburban concentrations that include retailing, industry, office, and entertainment activities, but are less connected to the central city, and more connected to other suburban centers?

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Edge Cities

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The boundaries of Latin America according to your text and most regional geography texts are:

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The Rio Grande in the north to Tierra Del Fuego in the south

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In which country is the Amazon rainforest mostly located?

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Brazil

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Large scale, mechanized agriculture focused on growing grains is most likely to be found in:

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The Pampas of Argentina

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Which one of the following nations recieved the largest number of slaves from Africa from early 1500s-1870?

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Brazil

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Which one of the following is NOT a major source of revenue for the island nations of the Caribbean today?

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Mining of uranium

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After a century and a half of colonization, the indigenous (Pre-Colombia) population of Latin America was:

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1/10th its original size

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What Latin American country has the region;s largest population?

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Brazil

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Where are the people of Latin America concentrated?

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In cities and on the coast

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In many of the countrie in the regions covered in the exam a singel city dominates the economic, political and sometimes cultural life if the country. What is urban primacy?

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A condition in which a country contains a city that is three or four more times larger than any other city in the country

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Which following countries did not experience lengthy European colonial rule in the late 19th to mid 20th century?

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Somalia and the Sudan

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What was the problem if the 2884 Berlin Conference?

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It ignored indigenous cultural differences in Africa

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For several centuries, until the mid-20th century, the dominant source of agricultural wealth derived from the Caribbean region was:

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sugar cane

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The Sahel:

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is a zone of ecological transition between the Sahara to the north and the wetter savannas and forest to the south

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By what name are new, planned cities, sometimes new capital cities and /or industrial cities known?

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growth poles

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Which on of the following countries has Sub-Saharan Africa's only substantial area of mild mid-latitude climates?

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South Africa

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The only country in Africa with an extensive area of mountainous topography:

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Ethiopia

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In what category are indigenous African regions generally places?

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animist

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What language began as a trade language in Sub-Saharan African and is now the most widely used language along the eastern African coast?

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Swahili

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In what Sub-Saharan African nation is the war-torn region of Darfur located?

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Sudan

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European colonization efforts were late starting in most of Sub-Saharan Africa, not really beginning until the late 19th century because:

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Disease such as malaria and sleeping sickness were deadly to Europeans untilmedical advances provided effective treatments for theses diseases.

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In the video "The Traade Trap" which of the following focuced on agriculuture in Ghana, which one of the following agricultral products was not mentioned in the film?

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Coffee

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According to the video, Ghana looks to which one of the followning as its major masket for its agricultral products.

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The Eurapoean Union (EU)

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Which one of the following did not originate in North and/ or South America?

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Coffee

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This statment is false:

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The Orinoco river runs through SE Africa.

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What is the major reasonn for the preference for urban life in latin America?

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Under colonial rule of Spain and Portual, people living in cities had higher social status and greater economic oppoertunity.

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What is a mestizo?

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A person of mixed European and Indian ancestry

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Which Latin American nation has the large majority of its population being of Eupoean descent?

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Argentina

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Which European nation never has Caribbean colonies?

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Russia

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The Spanish and Portuguese empires in Latin America lasted approximately:

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300 Years

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Which one if the following regions is the least urbanized

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Sub-Saharan Africa