World Regional Geography Exam One
Questions and Answers
Climate change and aridity - Answer-long-term shifts in temperature and precipitation
at a regional or global scale, changing the Earth's system. aridity is a characteristic
of a climate with insufficient moisture to support trees or woody plants
Primary and secondary urbanization eras - Answer-?
Arab Spring - Answer-a term that refers to the numerous recent protests against
dictatorships across the Middle East region in which people motivated by economic
inequalities and lack of access to basic resources have taken to the streets to voice
their concerns
Hydraulic civilizations - Answer-large scale societies hypothesized to have arisen
from the needs of organizing massive irrigation systems: civilizations that survive,
thrive, and expand based on their capacity for controlling water
Hajj - Answer-a pilgrimage to Mecca required of all Muslims
Islamism - Answer-political movement or political identity that promotes islamic law,
pan-islamic unity, and rejection of Western influences in the Muslim world
Jihad - Answer-a sacred struggle or striving to carry out god's will according to the
tenets of Islam; the term connotes both an inward spiritual struggle to attain perfect
faith and an outward material struggle to promotes justice and the Islamic social
system
Burqa - Answer-In the Islamic world- the most conservative women 's covering.
Covers eyes
How have humans modified the environment? In your response, provide one
example of human modification to biodiversity. - Answer-Introducing a species to a
new environment my moving it from one place to another
Compare and contrast two models of development - Answer-The neoliberal
development model prioritizes financial wealth whereas the alternative model
prioritizes quality of life
What are the five main categories of social identification? - Answer-The five main
categories are ethnicity, race, gender, class, and sexuality. Ethnicity is a socially
created community. Race is the classification of humans by their skin color. Gender
is the socially enforced behaviors of men and women. Class is distinction among
individuals based on their financial standing. Sexuality is series of practices that
relate to sexual acts.
Describe the relationship between colonialism and capitalism - Answer-Colonialism
helped fuel the industrial revolution which spurred the growth of capitalism
Questions and Answers
Climate change and aridity - Answer-long-term shifts in temperature and precipitation
at a regional or global scale, changing the Earth's system. aridity is a characteristic
of a climate with insufficient moisture to support trees or woody plants
Primary and secondary urbanization eras - Answer-?
Arab Spring - Answer-a term that refers to the numerous recent protests against
dictatorships across the Middle East region in which people motivated by economic
inequalities and lack of access to basic resources have taken to the streets to voice
their concerns
Hydraulic civilizations - Answer-large scale societies hypothesized to have arisen
from the needs of organizing massive irrigation systems: civilizations that survive,
thrive, and expand based on their capacity for controlling water
Hajj - Answer-a pilgrimage to Mecca required of all Muslims
Islamism - Answer-political movement or political identity that promotes islamic law,
pan-islamic unity, and rejection of Western influences in the Muslim world
Jihad - Answer-a sacred struggle or striving to carry out god's will according to the
tenets of Islam; the term connotes both an inward spiritual struggle to attain perfect
faith and an outward material struggle to promotes justice and the Islamic social
system
Burqa - Answer-In the Islamic world- the most conservative women 's covering.
Covers eyes
How have humans modified the environment? In your response, provide one
example of human modification to biodiversity. - Answer-Introducing a species to a
new environment my moving it from one place to another
Compare and contrast two models of development - Answer-The neoliberal
development model prioritizes financial wealth whereas the alternative model
prioritizes quality of life
What are the five main categories of social identification? - Answer-The five main
categories are ethnicity, race, gender, class, and sexuality. Ethnicity is a socially
created community. Race is the classification of humans by their skin color. Gender
is the socially enforced behaviors of men and women. Class is distinction among
individuals based on their financial standing. Sexuality is series of practices that
relate to sexual acts.
Describe the relationship between colonialism and capitalism - Answer-Colonialism
helped fuel the industrial revolution which spurred the growth of capitalism
