WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY (CH
1 & 2) EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
What is the term for the services provided by the government- such as welfare,
unemployment, benefits, and health care- that prevent people from falling into
extreme poverty? - Answer-Social Safety Net
What is the name for the groups of individuals often from widely differing
backgrounds and locations, who agree on political, economic, social, or
environmental goals? - Answer-Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs)
What is the name of the 5 square mile settlement in Illinois from a thousands year
ago that was home to an estimated 30,000 people? - Answer-Cahokia
What is the political term for the transition toward political system that are guided by
competitive elections? - Answer-Democratization
What 2 diseases killed up to 90% of indigenous populations within the first 100 years
of European contact? - Answer-Measles and Smallpox
What is the "J-curve" in terms of population? - Answer-The perceived exponential
growth of population when graphed showing ever decreasing periods of doubling
times
What 3 things helped Europeans conquer indigenous populations more than
anything else? - Answer-European weapons, trained dogs, and horses
Explain why weather and climate are not the same thing? - Answer-Weather is the
short-term and spatially limited expression of climate while climate is the long-term
balance of temperature and moisture that keeps weather patterns consistent from
year to year
What is the term for the business of farming conducted by large-scale operations
that purchase, produce, finance, package, and distribute agricultural products? -
Answer-Agribusiness
What is the term for the geographers who make maps with a relevant map scale to
the phenomenon being mapped? - Answer-Cartographers
Since 1990, what 4 states of the U.S. have seen the largest upticks in population
increase? - Answer-Illinois, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah
What is the collective term for the rights and capacities that support individual and
collective liberty and public participation in political decision making? - Answer-
Political Freedoms
, What do we call the slow shifting of climate patterns caused by the general cooling
or warming of the atmosphere? - Answer-Climate Change
What former PM of Canada make a comment to Congress about how living next to
the U.S. is like sleeping with an elephant? - Answer-Pierre Trudeau
How are humans increasing GHG's in the atmosphere? - Answer-An increase in
industrialization, vehicles, and electricity generation needed to support expanding
populations of humans around the globe coupled with deforestation which removed
vegetation that can naturally scrub carbon from the air
What city in the U.S. is the "greenest" (has lowest per capita carbon footprint)
because of it's vertical urbanization? - Answer-Manhattan
What do we call the state of being in variation from typical male or female biology,
but this state does not indicate how the individual may behave or identify socially? -
Answer-Intersex
What do we call the graph that depicts the age and sex structures of a political unit,
usually a country? - Answer-Population Pyramid
Which particular religion dominates the state of Utah and surrounding areas? -
Answer-Mormonism
What is a legend and what is its purpose in regard to maps? - Answer-A small box
somewhere on a map that provides basic information about how to read the map,
such as the meaning of the symbols and colors used
What 2 things have lead to an overall aging of North Americans? - Answer-Longer
life expectancy and declining birth rates
What do we call the socially assigned roles for males and females although
exceptions and variations exist? - Answer-Gender Roles
What state of the U.S. produces the most fruits and vegetables that are sold in
supermarkets across the country? - Answer-California
What are the 4 NGOs mentioned in lecture? - Answer-WWF (World Wildlife Fund).
Doctors Without Borders, Red Cross/Red Crescent. and Oxfam
Surprisingly (or not), which country of the Caribbean does better at female
representation in government that the U.S. - Answer-Cuba
What is the term for the volume of water requires to produce, process, and deliver a
good or serve that a person consumes? - Answer-Virtual Water
What Spanish explorer was the first to settle in North America? - Answer-Ponce de
Leon
1 & 2) EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
What is the term for the services provided by the government- such as welfare,
unemployment, benefits, and health care- that prevent people from falling into
extreme poverty? - Answer-Social Safety Net
What is the name for the groups of individuals often from widely differing
backgrounds and locations, who agree on political, economic, social, or
environmental goals? - Answer-Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs)
What is the name of the 5 square mile settlement in Illinois from a thousands year
ago that was home to an estimated 30,000 people? - Answer-Cahokia
What is the political term for the transition toward political system that are guided by
competitive elections? - Answer-Democratization
What 2 diseases killed up to 90% of indigenous populations within the first 100 years
of European contact? - Answer-Measles and Smallpox
What is the "J-curve" in terms of population? - Answer-The perceived exponential
growth of population when graphed showing ever decreasing periods of doubling
times
What 3 things helped Europeans conquer indigenous populations more than
anything else? - Answer-European weapons, trained dogs, and horses
Explain why weather and climate are not the same thing? - Answer-Weather is the
short-term and spatially limited expression of climate while climate is the long-term
balance of temperature and moisture that keeps weather patterns consistent from
year to year
What is the term for the business of farming conducted by large-scale operations
that purchase, produce, finance, package, and distribute agricultural products? -
Answer-Agribusiness
What is the term for the geographers who make maps with a relevant map scale to
the phenomenon being mapped? - Answer-Cartographers
Since 1990, what 4 states of the U.S. have seen the largest upticks in population
increase? - Answer-Illinois, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah
What is the collective term for the rights and capacities that support individual and
collective liberty and public participation in political decision making? - Answer-
Political Freedoms
, What do we call the slow shifting of climate patterns caused by the general cooling
or warming of the atmosphere? - Answer-Climate Change
What former PM of Canada make a comment to Congress about how living next to
the U.S. is like sleeping with an elephant? - Answer-Pierre Trudeau
How are humans increasing GHG's in the atmosphere? - Answer-An increase in
industrialization, vehicles, and electricity generation needed to support expanding
populations of humans around the globe coupled with deforestation which removed
vegetation that can naturally scrub carbon from the air
What city in the U.S. is the "greenest" (has lowest per capita carbon footprint)
because of it's vertical urbanization? - Answer-Manhattan
What do we call the state of being in variation from typical male or female biology,
but this state does not indicate how the individual may behave or identify socially? -
Answer-Intersex
What do we call the graph that depicts the age and sex structures of a political unit,
usually a country? - Answer-Population Pyramid
Which particular religion dominates the state of Utah and surrounding areas? -
Answer-Mormonism
What is a legend and what is its purpose in regard to maps? - Answer-A small box
somewhere on a map that provides basic information about how to read the map,
such as the meaning of the symbols and colors used
What 2 things have lead to an overall aging of North Americans? - Answer-Longer
life expectancy and declining birth rates
What do we call the socially assigned roles for males and females although
exceptions and variations exist? - Answer-Gender Roles
What state of the U.S. produces the most fruits and vegetables that are sold in
supermarkets across the country? - Answer-California
What are the 4 NGOs mentioned in lecture? - Answer-WWF (World Wildlife Fund).
Doctors Without Borders, Red Cross/Red Crescent. and Oxfam
Surprisingly (or not), which country of the Caribbean does better at female
representation in government that the U.S. - Answer-Cuba
What is the term for the volume of water requires to produce, process, and deliver a
good or serve that a person consumes? - Answer-Virtual Water
What Spanish explorer was the first to settle in North America? - Answer-Ponce de
Leon
