WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY
PRACTICE QUIZ Q&A
briefly outline the problems associated with an aging population - Answer-the aging
of the European workforce will require more immigrants & much better integration of
immigrant workers
list two serious effects of climate change in the Russian federation & associated
regions - Answer-Growing seasons
Water availability
Forest fires
Heatwaves
Sea ice - melting along north coast - creating new resources region
Conflict
North caucasus - hotter and drier - increasing tension
mongolia/china/siberian border - water conflicts
what new connections does the opening of the arctic create between existing regions
of the world? - Answer-Greenland
Trade routes
New resources and wildlife
what have been the environmental costs of human development in the Russian
federation & associated regions - Answer-Resources over exploited
Pollution
Nuclear waste dumped irresponsibly
how & why has the fur trade changed in recent decades? - Answer-Fur trade has
been declining in recent decades due to declining animal population
define the important concepts of the soviet economic system - Answer-Public
ownership of industrial assets
A large marketing infrastructure
Oligarchs
macroeconomic stability
State control of investments
Negligible unemployment
High growth rates and high job security
identify & outline three key political conflicts in this region - Answer-Frozen conflict
zones
Chechnya and other places declaring independence.
Conflict with ukraine
Ethnic diversity conflicts
describe the changing geography of ethnic Russian populations outside of russia
after 1989 - Answer-Ukrain 17.2%
Belurus 8.3%
, Uzbekistan 8.4%
Kazakhstan 23.7%
Jajikistan 0.5%
analyze the pros & cons of an aging, or shrinking, population - Answer-Pros
-More resources to disperce amoungst fewer people
cons
-Fewer working age people
-Decline in productivity
-Higher labor costs
-Delayed buesness expansion
what has happened to women's rights in Russia since the end of the soviet union -
Answer-Under the russian federation, equality as a whole has taken a huge decline.
As far as women, their job opportunities are more scarce, there is now a 64% pay
gap between men and women, and their social status as a whole has declined.
analyze how climate change is affecting the region - Answer-Urbanization and
migration is leading toward more coastal salt water infiltration
Climate change is one of the factors contributing to the growing scarcity of water
list the environmental factors that created the beer/wine division in europe - Answer-
sharply reduced average temperatures during the little ice age meant viticulture
retreated to mediterranean Europe. Northerners left to satisfy their need for alcohol
with grain-based beverage
identify the ways in which Freiburg has worked to reduce carbon emissions -
Answer-Freiburg has established its own environmental protection agency, traffic &
transportation policies that encourage walking & cycling, and development of new
neighborhoods that follow ecological standards like houses using solar thermal
energy that reduces 20% CO2 emissions
describe the geographic extent of each of the three waves of industrialization -
Answer-first wave (1790-1850)
-based on cluster of early industrial technologies (steam engines, cotton textiles),
availability of key resources (coal, iron, ore, water)
second wave (1850-1870)
-involved exploitation of a technology system based on coal-powered steam engines,
railroads
third wave (1870-1914)
-electricity & telecommunications brought different resource needs & investment
opportunities
give three examples of inequalities in European economies - Answer--in
northwestern Europe there is a declining fortune of "rush belt" regions & the
prosperity of high-tech industry & advanced business services
-disparities seen in the annual per capita gross domestic product
PRACTICE QUIZ Q&A
briefly outline the problems associated with an aging population - Answer-the aging
of the European workforce will require more immigrants & much better integration of
immigrant workers
list two serious effects of climate change in the Russian federation & associated
regions - Answer-Growing seasons
Water availability
Forest fires
Heatwaves
Sea ice - melting along north coast - creating new resources region
Conflict
North caucasus - hotter and drier - increasing tension
mongolia/china/siberian border - water conflicts
what new connections does the opening of the arctic create between existing regions
of the world? - Answer-Greenland
Trade routes
New resources and wildlife
what have been the environmental costs of human development in the Russian
federation & associated regions - Answer-Resources over exploited
Pollution
Nuclear waste dumped irresponsibly
how & why has the fur trade changed in recent decades? - Answer-Fur trade has
been declining in recent decades due to declining animal population
define the important concepts of the soviet economic system - Answer-Public
ownership of industrial assets
A large marketing infrastructure
Oligarchs
macroeconomic stability
State control of investments
Negligible unemployment
High growth rates and high job security
identify & outline three key political conflicts in this region - Answer-Frozen conflict
zones
Chechnya and other places declaring independence.
Conflict with ukraine
Ethnic diversity conflicts
describe the changing geography of ethnic Russian populations outside of russia
after 1989 - Answer-Ukrain 17.2%
Belurus 8.3%
, Uzbekistan 8.4%
Kazakhstan 23.7%
Jajikistan 0.5%
analyze the pros & cons of an aging, or shrinking, population - Answer-Pros
-More resources to disperce amoungst fewer people
cons
-Fewer working age people
-Decline in productivity
-Higher labor costs
-Delayed buesness expansion
what has happened to women's rights in Russia since the end of the soviet union -
Answer-Under the russian federation, equality as a whole has taken a huge decline.
As far as women, their job opportunities are more scarce, there is now a 64% pay
gap between men and women, and their social status as a whole has declined.
analyze how climate change is affecting the region - Answer-Urbanization and
migration is leading toward more coastal salt water infiltration
Climate change is one of the factors contributing to the growing scarcity of water
list the environmental factors that created the beer/wine division in europe - Answer-
sharply reduced average temperatures during the little ice age meant viticulture
retreated to mediterranean Europe. Northerners left to satisfy their need for alcohol
with grain-based beverage
identify the ways in which Freiburg has worked to reduce carbon emissions -
Answer-Freiburg has established its own environmental protection agency, traffic &
transportation policies that encourage walking & cycling, and development of new
neighborhoods that follow ecological standards like houses using solar thermal
energy that reduces 20% CO2 emissions
describe the geographic extent of each of the three waves of industrialization -
Answer-first wave (1790-1850)
-based on cluster of early industrial technologies (steam engines, cotton textiles),
availability of key resources (coal, iron, ore, water)
second wave (1850-1870)
-involved exploitation of a technology system based on coal-powered steam engines,
railroads
third wave (1870-1914)
-electricity & telecommunications brought different resource needs & investment
opportunities
give three examples of inequalities in European economies - Answer--in
northwestern Europe there is a declining fortune of "rush belt" regions & the
prosperity of high-tech industry & advanced business services
-disparities seen in the annual per capita gross domestic product
