Geographical Perspectives on World Issues
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Course Introduction
This course explores pressing global issues through a geographical lens, examining how spatial factors shape economic, environmental, social, and political challenges around the world. Students will analyze topics such as population growth, urbanization, resource distribution, climate change, globalization, and migration, considering the diverse ways these issues manifest across different regions. By integrating case studies and mapping tools, the course fosters critical understanding of how geography both influences and is influenced by world affairs, equipping students with analytical frameworks to assess current and emerging international problems.
Recommended Textbook World Regions in Global Context Peoples Places and Environments 5th Edition by
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Sallie A. Marston
Chapter 1: World Regions in Global Context
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Q1) The U.S.State Department estimates that at least ________ people are sold internationally each year.
A)2 million to 3 million
B)2,000 to 3,000
C)50 million
D)600,000 to 800,000
E)5 million
Answer: D
Q2) This economic policy emphasizes privatization,export production,and limited restrictions on imports.
A)neoliberalism
B)dependency theory
C)modernization theory
D)neocolonialism
E)Marxism
Answer: A
Q3) Today,195 states make up the totality of global sovereign entities.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Europe
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Q1) The Randstad,a densely populated,highly urbanized region,is located in this country.
A)Sweden
B)Belgium
C)the Netherlands
D)Germany
E)Denmark
Answer: C
Q2) Less than 3% of the European Union workforce is employed in this sector of the economy.
A)agriculture
B)industry
C)services
D)manufacturing
E)office work
Answer: A
Q3) Almost all Western Europeans live in a European Union member country.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Transcaucasus
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Q1) The acceleration of industrialization in Russia between 1860 and 1900 was in large part due to what?
A)introduction of democracy
B)end of czar rule
C)abolition of feudal serfdom
D)communist revolution
E)none of these
Answer: C
Q2) Russia's current population is approximately:
A)325 million
B)10 million
C)100 million
D)235 million
E)1 billion
Answer: D
Q3) Global warming has led to reduced energy demand in Russia.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Middle East and North Africa
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Q1) The holy book of Islam is the:
A)Qur'an
B)Sunni
C)Shia
D)Shari'a
E)none of these
Q2) In 2011,the country with the highest Gross National Income (GNI)per capita was:
A)Qatar
B)Iraq
C)Saudi Arabia
D)United Arab Emirates
E)Kuwait
Q3) The plight of internally displaced persons (IDPs)is better than refugees because their own governments are able and willing to provide them with the protection or assistance they have a right to expect.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The "Cedars of Lebanon" no longer exist due to extensive deforestation.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Sub-Saharan Africa
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Q1) ________ is a modification of shifting cultivation where crops are rotated around a village,fallow periods are shorter and soil may be enriched through household waste.
A)Bush fallow
B)Slash and burn
C)Pastoralism
D)Sedentary farming
E)none of these
Q2) This is the major river system in Central Africa.
A)Niger
B)Zambezi
C)Congo
D)Nile
E)Okavango
Q3) The civil war in the late 1990s in Liberia spread to the neighboring country of:
A)Ghana
B)Gabon
C)Nigeria
D)Sierra Leone
E)Guinea
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Chapter 6: The United States and Canada
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Q1) The urbanization rate for North America is approximately:
A)50 percent
B)25 percent
C)90 percent
D)80 percent
E)100 percent
Q2) The largest source of immigrants to the United States is:
A)Canada
B)Mexico
C)Panama
D)Honduras
E)Japan
Q3) More Americans died in this war than any other conflict in the U.S.history.
A)World War II
B)World War I
C)Korean War
D)Vietnam War
E)American Civil War
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Chapter 7: Latin America and the Caribbean
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Q1) Between 1942 and 1964,4.6 million temporary work permits were issued to Mexicans so they could participate in a guest worker program in America.This program was called:
A)Temporary Worker Program
B)Braceros Program
C)Maquiladora Program
D)NAFTA
E)REDD
Q2) What was the "Columbian Exchange"?
A)the interaction between the ecologies of two continents
B)the silver and gold trade with Europe
C)the adoption of European cultural practices
D)the slave trade from Africa to the Caribbean
E)none of these
Q3) All of these countries are located in Central America except:
A)Paraguay
B)Guatemala
C)Panama
D)Nicaragua
E)Costa Rica
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Chapter 8: East Asia
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Q1) All of these countries are mostly urban,except:
A)China
B)Japan
C)South Korea
D)North Korea
E)Taiwan
Q2) The Daimyos were the Japanese ________ during feudalism.
A)nobility
B)barons
C)warriors
D)peasants
E)none of these
Q3) The wolf is now extinct in Japan.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The blanket of air pollution nearly 2 miles thick over parts of East Asia is called "loess."
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: South Asia
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Q1) The main opposing force to the Marxist government of Afghanistan was the:
A)Mujahideen
B)Aryans
C)Sikhs
D)Tamil Nadu
E)Muhajirs
Q2) Sikhs are concentrated in the:
A)Ladakh region
B)Punjab region
C)Utter Pradesh region
D)Assam region
E)none of these
Q3) This country is believed to be the largest illicit opium producer in the world.
A)Afghanistan
B)Nepal
C)Pakistan
D)Sri Lanka
E)India
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Chapter 10: Southeast Asia
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Q1) Commercial sex workers are most likely to be found in:
A)Singapore
B)Philippines
C)Brunei
D)Indonesia
E)Thailand
Q2) Most of the people on Singapore are:
A)ethnic Chinese
B)of Portuguese ancestry
C)Muslim
D)Malayan
E)none of these
Q3) A belief system that focuses on the souls and spirits of non-humans objects in the natural world is called:
A)Buddhism
B)Sikhism
C)Animism
D)Hinduism
E)Confucianism
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Chapter 11: Australia, new Zealand, and the South Pacific
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Q1) Compared to the Australian Aborigines,the Maori of New Zealand have more power and recognition from their national government.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Hawai'ian Islands,ethnically and linguistically,are considered part of this island group.
A)Indonesia
B)Melanesia
C)Micronesia
D)Polynesia
E)Mesonesia
Q3) Two-thirds of Australia is occupied by this mass of old shield rocks.
A)Eastern Highlands
B)Interior Lowland
C)Western Plateau
D)Great Karoo
E)none of these
Q4) Playas are dry interior drainage basins found in Eastern Australia.
A)True
B)False
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