World Regional Geography - Exam
Questions with Verified Answers
Operation Crossroads - Answer-US practice site at the Bikini atoll beginning in 1940s
& 1950s that over the next 12 years had 23 nuclear blasts, out of a total of 67
conducted in the Marshall Islands.
Papuan Languages - Answer-Language spoken by Melanesian peoples, which are
not a distinctive linguistic family but an amalgam of often unrelated and mutually
unintelligible tongues. There are about 700 of these.
Pidgin - Answer-Another lingua franca which consists of English and other foreign
words mixed w/ indigenous vocabulary and grammar. This is the official language of
Papua New Guinea.
Polynesia (many islands) - Answer-Greek term that occupies a greater expanse of
ocean than Melanesia or Micronesia. Rough triangle shape w/ corners and New
Zealand, the Hawaiian Islands, and remote Easter Island. Excludes Hawaii and New
Zealand.
Power Projection Hub - Answer-This can be used as a forward base five full days'
sailing time closer to Asia than Hawaii is. Used as a benefit by the foreign country
that provides them easy access and docking station in times of need. Ex. Guam and
US. Guam is especially vital in US strategic thinking.
Seamount - Answer-Underground volcanic mountains. Ex. Older islands farther NW
in the chain in HI have submerged to become this. Others have yet to break the
surface, inc. one that will later emerge in HI.
Shell Banks - Answer-Offshore banks of Nauru, existing only on paper and
specializing in turning money earned in illegal ways into money that looks legal. Can
be for other countries as well.
Songlines - Answer-term used by whites that refers to the Footprints of the
Ancestors, the Aborigines term for the paths that the beings followed.
Terra Nullius - Answer-"no one's land". Legal doctrine used by Europeans to lay
claim to the continent of Australia.
Walkabout - Answer-A ritual journey where the Aboriginal boy on the verge of
adulthood follows the pathway of his creator-ancestors
Way of the Law - Answer-Another term for the footprints of the Ancestors
"white Australia" policy - Answer-Immigration policy in Australia that excluded Asian
and black immigrants b/c of fears of invasion from Asia and a desire to increase the
country's population w/ white, skilled, English-speaking immigrants. Eventually
dropped. Allowed British and continental Europeans.
,Wik Case - Answer-Australian High Court ruling that expanded Aboriginal claims to
land. Court conluded that Aborigines could claim title to public lands held by farmers
and ranchers under long-term "pastoral leases" granted by state governments.
Compromise about 42% of Australia's territory and are currently growing and
awaiting judgment.
1 Percent Gap - Answer-Population of SSA has grown at a rate of about 3%
annually, while food production grows at 2%
African Development Bank - Answer-China pledged $20 billion in infrastructure and
trade financing in the region
African Growth and Opportunity Act - Answer-This was a good example of what
reduced trade barriers might do for Africa. It reduced and ended tariffs and quotas on
more than 1800 mfg, mineral, and food items imported from Africa.
African National Congress - Answer-Xhosa-dominated large tribe led by Nelson
Mandela
African Standby Force - Answer-The force fields peacekeepers to ensure that the
map of Africa has fewer trouble spots in the future
African Union - Answer-Formed to replace the old and often inconsequential
Organization of African Unity. Main goals are to implement "peer review" to help
promote democracy, good governance, human rights, gender equity, and
development
Afrikaners - Answer-South Africa's white population is split between the British south
Africans and the Afrikaners or Boers. Dutch for farmers
Afro-Asiatic language family - Answer-Includes Semitic languages, Cushitic, Chadic.
Semitic sub family - Answer-Amharic language of Ethiopia and Arabic
Chadic sub family - Answer-hausa of northern Nigeria
Cushitic sub family - Answer-Oromo and Somali of the Africa
AIDS - Answer-The "wild card" in Africas's population deck. Has been identified by
some as the Malthusian "check"
Albedo - Answer-the amount of the suns energy reflected by the ground
Antiretroviral drugs - Answer-use garlic to treat HIV
Apartheid - Answer-Republic of south africa's former policy of "separate
development of the races" designed to ensure the racial integrity and political
supremacy of the white minority
, Austronesian language family - Answer-originated in south east asia. Malagasy is
the language spoken by people of Madagascar and is a subfamily of Austronesian.
Bantustnans - Answer-Also known as homelands, which were nominally intended to
achieve "independence" as black nations
Blood diamonds - Answer-Or conflict diamonds, are rough diamonds used by rebel
movements or their allies to finance conflict aimed at undermining legit governments
Branded diamonds - Answer-certified as coming from non-conflict areas
Bushmen - Answer-Group along with hottentots also known as Khoi and San that
were untintentionally drove out by smallpox from white people
Charney effect - Answer-Fewer plants meant more solar energy was deflected back
into the atmosphere, lowering humidity and reducing local precipitation
Chemocline - Answer-The boundary between lower, carbon dioxide-laden waters
and higher, gas-free, fresh water in some African Lakes. The puncture of this
boundary can cause eruptions that are fatal to humans and other life around the
lakes
Coloreds - Answer-A South African term for persons of mixed racial ancestry
Communal lands - Answer-Where millions of blacks were crowded onto lands with
inferior agricultural capabilities
Compulsory licensing - Answer-loophole allows the countries to breach patents
during national emergencies to manufacture generic versions of patented drugs
Conflict diamonds - Answer-Blood diamonds
Curse of Africa - Answer-Corn, it has high water requirements and in a draught
region
Desertification - Answer-The expansion of a desert brought about by changing
environmental conditions or unwise human use
Dirty Diamonds - Answer-Another word for conflict diamonds or blood diamonds
Donor democracy - Answer-When leaders make just enough concessions to win the
aid without instituting real reform
Employment Equity Act - Answer-Does not impose quotas but requires employers to
move toward "demographic proportionality"
Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity - Answer-Ancient branch of Coptic Christianity that
came to Ethiopia in 4th century from Egypt
Questions with Verified Answers
Operation Crossroads - Answer-US practice site at the Bikini atoll beginning in 1940s
& 1950s that over the next 12 years had 23 nuclear blasts, out of a total of 67
conducted in the Marshall Islands.
Papuan Languages - Answer-Language spoken by Melanesian peoples, which are
not a distinctive linguistic family but an amalgam of often unrelated and mutually
unintelligible tongues. There are about 700 of these.
Pidgin - Answer-Another lingua franca which consists of English and other foreign
words mixed w/ indigenous vocabulary and grammar. This is the official language of
Papua New Guinea.
Polynesia (many islands) - Answer-Greek term that occupies a greater expanse of
ocean than Melanesia or Micronesia. Rough triangle shape w/ corners and New
Zealand, the Hawaiian Islands, and remote Easter Island. Excludes Hawaii and New
Zealand.
Power Projection Hub - Answer-This can be used as a forward base five full days'
sailing time closer to Asia than Hawaii is. Used as a benefit by the foreign country
that provides them easy access and docking station in times of need. Ex. Guam and
US. Guam is especially vital in US strategic thinking.
Seamount - Answer-Underground volcanic mountains. Ex. Older islands farther NW
in the chain in HI have submerged to become this. Others have yet to break the
surface, inc. one that will later emerge in HI.
Shell Banks - Answer-Offshore banks of Nauru, existing only on paper and
specializing in turning money earned in illegal ways into money that looks legal. Can
be for other countries as well.
Songlines - Answer-term used by whites that refers to the Footprints of the
Ancestors, the Aborigines term for the paths that the beings followed.
Terra Nullius - Answer-"no one's land". Legal doctrine used by Europeans to lay
claim to the continent of Australia.
Walkabout - Answer-A ritual journey where the Aboriginal boy on the verge of
adulthood follows the pathway of his creator-ancestors
Way of the Law - Answer-Another term for the footprints of the Ancestors
"white Australia" policy - Answer-Immigration policy in Australia that excluded Asian
and black immigrants b/c of fears of invasion from Asia and a desire to increase the
country's population w/ white, skilled, English-speaking immigrants. Eventually
dropped. Allowed British and continental Europeans.
,Wik Case - Answer-Australian High Court ruling that expanded Aboriginal claims to
land. Court conluded that Aborigines could claim title to public lands held by farmers
and ranchers under long-term "pastoral leases" granted by state governments.
Compromise about 42% of Australia's territory and are currently growing and
awaiting judgment.
1 Percent Gap - Answer-Population of SSA has grown at a rate of about 3%
annually, while food production grows at 2%
African Development Bank - Answer-China pledged $20 billion in infrastructure and
trade financing in the region
African Growth and Opportunity Act - Answer-This was a good example of what
reduced trade barriers might do for Africa. It reduced and ended tariffs and quotas on
more than 1800 mfg, mineral, and food items imported from Africa.
African National Congress - Answer-Xhosa-dominated large tribe led by Nelson
Mandela
African Standby Force - Answer-The force fields peacekeepers to ensure that the
map of Africa has fewer trouble spots in the future
African Union - Answer-Formed to replace the old and often inconsequential
Organization of African Unity. Main goals are to implement "peer review" to help
promote democracy, good governance, human rights, gender equity, and
development
Afrikaners - Answer-South Africa's white population is split between the British south
Africans and the Afrikaners or Boers. Dutch for farmers
Afro-Asiatic language family - Answer-Includes Semitic languages, Cushitic, Chadic.
Semitic sub family - Answer-Amharic language of Ethiopia and Arabic
Chadic sub family - Answer-hausa of northern Nigeria
Cushitic sub family - Answer-Oromo and Somali of the Africa
AIDS - Answer-The "wild card" in Africas's population deck. Has been identified by
some as the Malthusian "check"
Albedo - Answer-the amount of the suns energy reflected by the ground
Antiretroviral drugs - Answer-use garlic to treat HIV
Apartheid - Answer-Republic of south africa's former policy of "separate
development of the races" designed to ensure the racial integrity and political
supremacy of the white minority
, Austronesian language family - Answer-originated in south east asia. Malagasy is
the language spoken by people of Madagascar and is a subfamily of Austronesian.
Bantustnans - Answer-Also known as homelands, which were nominally intended to
achieve "independence" as black nations
Blood diamonds - Answer-Or conflict diamonds, are rough diamonds used by rebel
movements or their allies to finance conflict aimed at undermining legit governments
Branded diamonds - Answer-certified as coming from non-conflict areas
Bushmen - Answer-Group along with hottentots also known as Khoi and San that
were untintentionally drove out by smallpox from white people
Charney effect - Answer-Fewer plants meant more solar energy was deflected back
into the atmosphere, lowering humidity and reducing local precipitation
Chemocline - Answer-The boundary between lower, carbon dioxide-laden waters
and higher, gas-free, fresh water in some African Lakes. The puncture of this
boundary can cause eruptions that are fatal to humans and other life around the
lakes
Coloreds - Answer-A South African term for persons of mixed racial ancestry
Communal lands - Answer-Where millions of blacks were crowded onto lands with
inferior agricultural capabilities
Compulsory licensing - Answer-loophole allows the countries to breach patents
during national emergencies to manufacture generic versions of patented drugs
Conflict diamonds - Answer-Blood diamonds
Curse of Africa - Answer-Corn, it has high water requirements and in a draught
region
Desertification - Answer-The expansion of a desert brought about by changing
environmental conditions or unwise human use
Dirty Diamonds - Answer-Another word for conflict diamonds or blood diamonds
Donor democracy - Answer-When leaders make just enough concessions to win the
aid without instituting real reform
Employment Equity Act - Answer-Does not impose quotas but requires employers to
move toward "demographic proportionality"
Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity - Answer-Ancient branch of Coptic Christianity that
came to Ethiopia in 4th century from Egypt
