WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY
EXAM #3 GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
This powerful intergovernmental and international organization of 15 oil-producing
nations has a hand in influencing and regulating the global prices and supplies of oil.
a) Regional Petroleum Export Consortium of the Middle East (RPECME)
b) Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
c) International Oil Producers (IOP)
d) SW Asia Petroleum Group (SWAPG) - ANSWER-b) Organization of the
Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
___ is a systematic study of conflict and cooperation between states over water
resources that transcend international borders. It can also refer to conflict driven by
the availability and control of water.
a) Water Wars
b) Hydropolitics
c) Political ecology
d) Integral ecology - ANSWER-b) Hydropolitics
This World Bank planned pipeline will provide portable water to Jordan, Israel and
the Palestinian territories, bring sea water to stabilize the Dead Sea water level and
generate electricity to support the energy needs of the project.
a) Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance
b) Great Suez Connector
c) Tigris-Euphrates Project
d) Palestinian Water Initiative - ANSWER-a) Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance
___ is caused by a lack of investment in infrastructure or technology to draw water
from rivers, aquifers or other water sources, or insufficient human capacity to satisfy
the demand for water.
a) Drought
b) Desertification
c) Water imperialism
d) Economic water scarcity - ANSWER-d) Economic water scarcity
In 2015, this Shia-led fundamentalist, ultraconservative, and religious-political group
descended from the north to take over large parts of Yemen, bringing about a
disastrous civil war.
a) Alawites
b) Kurds
c) Houthis
d) al-Nusra - ANSWER-c) Houthis
___ refers to the political, social, economic and administrative systems in place that
influence water's use and management. Essentially, who gets what water, when and
, how, and who has the right to water and related services and their benefits. -
ANSWER-Water Governance
___ are a subset of environmental migrants who were forced to flee due to sudden
or gradual alterations in the natural environment related to at least one of three
impacts of climate change: sea-level rise, extreme weather events, and drought and
water scarcity. - ANSWER-Climate Refugees
___ refers to a set of goals adopted by the UN in 2015 to end poverty, protect the
planet and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development
agenda. Each goal has specific targets to be achieved over the next 15 years. -
ANSWER-Sustainable Development Goals
The semi-desert, grassy region at the southern fringe of the Sahara Desert, which
extends from Senegal to Sudan, is known as:
a) the Sahel
b) the Kalahari
c) the Ethiopian Highlands
d) the Maghreb - ANSWER-a) the Sahel
This generally continuous trench, which runs from northern Syria to central
Mozambique, is caused by the splitting of the African tectonic plate into two separate
plates.
a) Marianas Trench
b) great Rift Valley
c) Bering Strait
d) Congo Basin - ANSWER-b) great Rift Valley
The triangular peninsula that juts out from northeastern Africa, and which includes
the nations of Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti is called the ___.
a) Cape of good hope
b) Mozambique Ridge
c) Horn of Africa
d) Saharan Plateau - ANSWER-c) Horn of Africa
Farming that provides food for only the farmer's family, and which is usually done on
small-scale farms, is known as:
a) Monocropping
b) Swidden
c) Dry farming
d) Subsistence agriculture - ANSWER-d) Subsistence agriculture
The belief system in which spirits -- including those of the deceased, human, and / or
nonhuman -- are thought to exist everywhere and to offer protection to those who
pay their respects.
a) Perspectivism
b) Necrology
c) Animism
d) Relativism - ANSWER-c) Animism
EXAM #3 GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
This powerful intergovernmental and international organization of 15 oil-producing
nations has a hand in influencing and regulating the global prices and supplies of oil.
a) Regional Petroleum Export Consortium of the Middle East (RPECME)
b) Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
c) International Oil Producers (IOP)
d) SW Asia Petroleum Group (SWAPG) - ANSWER-b) Organization of the
Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
___ is a systematic study of conflict and cooperation between states over water
resources that transcend international borders. It can also refer to conflict driven by
the availability and control of water.
a) Water Wars
b) Hydropolitics
c) Political ecology
d) Integral ecology - ANSWER-b) Hydropolitics
This World Bank planned pipeline will provide portable water to Jordan, Israel and
the Palestinian territories, bring sea water to stabilize the Dead Sea water level and
generate electricity to support the energy needs of the project.
a) Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance
b) Great Suez Connector
c) Tigris-Euphrates Project
d) Palestinian Water Initiative - ANSWER-a) Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance
___ is caused by a lack of investment in infrastructure or technology to draw water
from rivers, aquifers or other water sources, or insufficient human capacity to satisfy
the demand for water.
a) Drought
b) Desertification
c) Water imperialism
d) Economic water scarcity - ANSWER-d) Economic water scarcity
In 2015, this Shia-led fundamentalist, ultraconservative, and religious-political group
descended from the north to take over large parts of Yemen, bringing about a
disastrous civil war.
a) Alawites
b) Kurds
c) Houthis
d) al-Nusra - ANSWER-c) Houthis
___ refers to the political, social, economic and administrative systems in place that
influence water's use and management. Essentially, who gets what water, when and
, how, and who has the right to water and related services and their benefits. -
ANSWER-Water Governance
___ are a subset of environmental migrants who were forced to flee due to sudden
or gradual alterations in the natural environment related to at least one of three
impacts of climate change: sea-level rise, extreme weather events, and drought and
water scarcity. - ANSWER-Climate Refugees
___ refers to a set of goals adopted by the UN in 2015 to end poverty, protect the
planet and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development
agenda. Each goal has specific targets to be achieved over the next 15 years. -
ANSWER-Sustainable Development Goals
The semi-desert, grassy region at the southern fringe of the Sahara Desert, which
extends from Senegal to Sudan, is known as:
a) the Sahel
b) the Kalahari
c) the Ethiopian Highlands
d) the Maghreb - ANSWER-a) the Sahel
This generally continuous trench, which runs from northern Syria to central
Mozambique, is caused by the splitting of the African tectonic plate into two separate
plates.
a) Marianas Trench
b) great Rift Valley
c) Bering Strait
d) Congo Basin - ANSWER-b) great Rift Valley
The triangular peninsula that juts out from northeastern Africa, and which includes
the nations of Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti is called the ___.
a) Cape of good hope
b) Mozambique Ridge
c) Horn of Africa
d) Saharan Plateau - ANSWER-c) Horn of Africa
Farming that provides food for only the farmer's family, and which is usually done on
small-scale farms, is known as:
a) Monocropping
b) Swidden
c) Dry farming
d) Subsistence agriculture - ANSWER-d) Subsistence agriculture
The belief system in which spirits -- including those of the deceased, human, and / or
nonhuman -- are thought to exist everywhere and to offer protection to those who
pay their respects.
a) Perspectivism
b) Necrology
c) Animism
d) Relativism - ANSWER-c) Animism
