GY101 EXAM 3 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
1. Which of the following statements does NOT describe B) The region is extremely
sub-Saharan Africa? densely populated
A) The region is geographically larger than North
America and Europe combined
B) The region is extremely densely populated
C) It is home to several of the world's fastest-growing
economies
D) The region includes 48 countries
2. Which term refers to a type of farming in which the B) subsistence agriculture
farmer produces food only for the farmer's family?
A) mixed agriculture
B) subsistence agriculture
C) grameen agriculture
D) Aquaculture
3. Most African famines have been caused by: C) political instability
A) drought
B) volcanic eruptions
C) political instability
D) global warming
4. Desertification in Africa is most apparent along the: B) Sahel
A) equator
B) Sahel
C) Maghreb
D) Congo Basin
5. Between 1600 and 1865 into what type of service were C) plantation labor in the
many African slaves sold? Americas
A) underground mining in India and South America
B) domestic workers in Europe
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C) plantation labor in the Americas
D) factory workers in the Americas
6. By which of the following means are many of the local B) women on foot
transport needs for the village and domestic units in
sub-Saharan Africa satisfied?
A) women in animal-powered vehicles
B) women on foot
C) children on bicycles
D) men in motor vehicles
7. The greatest contributor to the rapid growth of cities C) migration
in sub-Saharan Africa is:
A) the high birth rate
B) the low mortality rate
C) migration
D) global climate change
8. Which of the following statements describes a typical C) dense assemblages of
squatter settlement in sub-Saharan Africa? shanties built by poor ur-
A) communities dating from the colonial period where ban migrants in need of
foreign administrators lived housing
B) villages built on lands set aside for farmers dis-
placed by corporate agriculture
C) dense assemblages of shanties built by poor urban
migrants in need of housing
D) tent villages erected on lands appropriated by the
state for export agriculture
9. The leading cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa is: C) AIDS
A) malaria
B) dengue
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C) AIDS
D) narcolepsy
10. The belief system that sees spirits, including those of A) animism
the deceased, as existing everywhere is called:
A) animism
B) monotheism
C) polygyny
D) tribalism
11. What landforms shield South Asia from the cold air- A) Himalayas
flows to the north of the region?
A) Himalayas
B) Western Ghats
C) Eastern Ghats
D) the Ganga River
12. Because of its high degree of tectonic activity, South C) earthquakes and
Asia is prone to: tsunamis
A) droughts
B) hurricanes and tornadoes
C) earthquakes and tsunamis
D) sinkholes and quicksand
13. The monsoon that brings plentiful rain to South Asia A) summer
occurs during which season?
A) summer
B) winter
C) spring
D) autumn
14. The country with the most people vulnerable to the C) Bangladesh
effects of a rise in sea level in South Asia is:
1. Which of the following statements does NOT describe B) The region is extremely
sub-Saharan Africa? densely populated
A) The region is geographically larger than North
America and Europe combined
B) The region is extremely densely populated
C) It is home to several of the world's fastest-growing
economies
D) The region includes 48 countries
2. Which term refers to a type of farming in which the B) subsistence agriculture
farmer produces food only for the farmer's family?
A) mixed agriculture
B) subsistence agriculture
C) grameen agriculture
D) Aquaculture
3. Most African famines have been caused by: C) political instability
A) drought
B) volcanic eruptions
C) political instability
D) global warming
4. Desertification in Africa is most apparent along the: B) Sahel
A) equator
B) Sahel
C) Maghreb
D) Congo Basin
5. Between 1600 and 1865 into what type of service were C) plantation labor in the
many African slaves sold? Americas
A) underground mining in India and South America
B) domestic workers in Europe
, GY101 EXAM 3 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
C) plantation labor in the Americas
D) factory workers in the Americas
6. By which of the following means are many of the local B) women on foot
transport needs for the village and domestic units in
sub-Saharan Africa satisfied?
A) women in animal-powered vehicles
B) women on foot
C) children on bicycles
D) men in motor vehicles
7. The greatest contributor to the rapid growth of cities C) migration
in sub-Saharan Africa is:
A) the high birth rate
B) the low mortality rate
C) migration
D) global climate change
8. Which of the following statements describes a typical C) dense assemblages of
squatter settlement in sub-Saharan Africa? shanties built by poor ur-
A) communities dating from the colonial period where ban migrants in need of
foreign administrators lived housing
B) villages built on lands set aside for farmers dis-
placed by corporate agriculture
C) dense assemblages of shanties built by poor urban
migrants in need of housing
D) tent villages erected on lands appropriated by the
state for export agriculture
9. The leading cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa is: C) AIDS
A) malaria
B) dengue
, GY101 EXAM 3 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
C) AIDS
D) narcolepsy
10. The belief system that sees spirits, including those of A) animism
the deceased, as existing everywhere is called:
A) animism
B) monotheism
C) polygyny
D) tribalism
11. What landforms shield South Asia from the cold air- A) Himalayas
flows to the north of the region?
A) Himalayas
B) Western Ghats
C) Eastern Ghats
D) the Ganga River
12. Because of its high degree of tectonic activity, South C) earthquakes and
Asia is prone to: tsunamis
A) droughts
B) hurricanes and tornadoes
C) earthquakes and tsunamis
D) sinkholes and quicksand
13. The monsoon that brings plentiful rain to South Asia A) summer
occurs during which season?
A) summer
B) winter
C) spring
D) autumn
14. The country with the most people vulnerable to the C) Bangladesh
effects of a rise in sea level in South Asia is:
