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Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) What is geography? 1) _______ A) an academic discipline that describes Earth and explains the patterns on its surface B) the subject matter of National Geographic magazine C) an academic discipline that studies the physical processes on the earth D) an academic discipline that studies the human process on the earth E) a category in the game show Jeopardy 2) How do the authors of your text (Globalization & Diversity) define globalization? 2) _______ A) the growing interconnectedness of people and places through converging processes of economic, political, and cultural change B) the pattern of increasing telephone and internet connections around the world C) the trend toward international trade agreements among the countries of the world D) the growth of international and supranational organizations uniting the world's people E) the spread of McDonald's throughout the world 3) The growing interconnectedness of people and places through converging processes of economic, political, and cultural change is ________. 3) _______ A) diversity B) world geography C) colonialism D) globalization E) global geography 4) Which of the following processes is (are) part of the process of globalization? 4) _______ A) economic change B) political change C) cultural change D) A, B, and C above E) A and C above 5) According to your text's authors, globalization is the most fundamental reorganization of our planet's social and economic structures since which of the following events? 5) _______ A) World War II B) Industrial Revolution C) Ice Age D) Demographic Transition E) the Renaissance 6) What do most scholars agree is the most significant component of globalization? 6) _______ A) cultural hybridization B) international terrorism C) economic reorganization of the world D) global warming E) political transition around the planet 7) Which of the following may be affected by globalization? 7) _______ A) cultural patterns B) social development C) political arrangements D) natural resources E) all of the above 8) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of our increasingly globalized world? 8) _______ A) powerful transnational conglomerate corporations B) transportation systems capable of moving goods quickly by air, sea, and land C) communications systems that link all regions of the earth instantaneously D) new and more flexible forms of monetary flow E) proliferation of local folk cultures 9) Which of the following problems may accompany the spread of global consumer culture? 9) _______ A) erosion of local diversity C) the removal of trade barriers will cause inefficient local industries to become more efficient, and more able to compete internationally. D) globalization encourages the spread of beneficial new technologies and ideas. E) globalization will lead to world peace. 18) What type of consumer product is most likely to be made in a sweatshop? 18) ______ A) clothing B) toys C) furniture D) automobiles E) electronics 19) What do the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the World Trade Organization (WTO) do? 19) ______ A) They make possible the flow of goods and capital across international boundaries. B) They are "think tanks" that advise countries on international banking and trade. C) They strictly regulate all the international commercial transactions in the world. D) They make the banking and trade laws of the member countries of the United Nations. E) They are the banking systems of (respectively) Europe, Asia, and the United Nations. 20) What is the middle position on globalization, according to your text's authors? 20) ______ A) Globalization will not be as bad as the critics believe it will be. B) Globalization is avoidable with cooperative effort. C) Globalization is probably unavoidable, but it can be managed. D) Globalization will eventually fail. E) Globalization will bring more good than bad. 21) What is the current population of the Earth? 21) ______ A) 6.6 million B) 660 million C) 1.6 billion D) 6.6 billion E) 1.6 trillion 22) About how many humans are added to the world's population each hour? 22) ______ A) 500 B) 2,000 C) 8,000 D) 14,000 E) 48,000 23) Which of the following depicts the annual growth rate for a country as a percentage increase? 23) ______ A) crude birth rate (CBR) B) life expectancy C) infant mortality rate D) total fertility rate (TFR) E) rate of natural increase (RNI) 24) What is the current overall rate of natural increase (RNI) for the world? 24) ______ A) 0.2% per year B) 1.2% per year C) 2% per year D) 8% per year E) 12% per year 25) What is the term for the average number of children who will be borne by women of a hypothetical, yet statistically valid, population? 25) ______ A) life expectancy B) crude birth rate (CBR) C) infant mortality rate D) total fertility rate (TFR) E) rate of natural increase (RNI) 26) In which of the following cases will the total fertility rate (TFR) be highest? 26) ______ A) when women marry early and have one or two children B) when women marry early and have many children over a long span of years C) when women marry in their late 20s, then have several children D) when women marry early, have children, then die in their late 20s E) when women marry in their late 30s, and then have children 27) What is the current total fertility rate (TFR) for the world as a whole? 27) ______ A) 1.8 children B) 2.1 children C) 2.7 children D) 3.1 children E) 3.8 children 28) Which world region has the highest total fertility rate? 28) ______ A) Africa B) Australia C) North America D) Europe E) Antarctica 29) Which of the following factors influences life expectancy? 29) ______ A) accident rates B) nutrition C) frequency of disease D) sanitation E) all of the above 30) In which world region is life expectancy the same as it was in 1975? 30) ______ A) Africa B) Australia C) East Asia D) Europe E) North America 31) What country has seen a drop in average life expectancy in recent years as a result of declining economic conditions? 31) ______ A) Japan B) Germany C) Russia D) United States E) Canada 42) At this time, about how many people in the world can be considered migrants of some sort? 42) ______ A) 190,000 B) 1 million C) 19 million D) 190 million E) 1 billion 43) In migration, which of the following is an example of a push force? 43) ______ A) unemployment in a person's homeland B) health services in a potential destination C) war in a potential destination D) economic opportunity in a person's homeland E) religious freedom in a potential destination 44) In migration, which of the following is an example of a pull force? 44) ______ A) economic opportunity in a person's homeland B) religious freedom in a potential destination C) a college scholarship in a person's homeland D) unemployment in a person's homeland E) war in a potential destination 45) What measure of migration tells whether more people are entering or leaving a country? 45) ______ A) Net migration rate B) Rate of in-migration C) Immigration rate D) Rate of out-migration E) Emigration rate 46) Overall, what percentage of the world's population lives in cities? 46) ______ A) 10% B) 30% C) 50% D) 70% E) 90% 47) In which of the following countries is the percentage of its population living in cities less than 75%? 47) ______ A) Australia B) Japan C) Europe D) Zimbabwe E) United States 48) What is the average rate of urbanization for developing countries? 48) ______ A) between 10% and 20% B) between 20% and 30% C) between 30% and 40% D) between 40% and 50% E) between 50% and 60% 49) The blending of popular culture with local cultural traditions is called ________. 49) ______ A) cultural transition B) hybridizaton C) cultural imperialism D) demographic transition E) cultural nationalism 50) Cultural syncretism is a synonym for which of the following phrases? 50) ______ A) cultural hybridization B) cultural evolution C) cultural development D) cultural disintegration E) cultural nationalism 51) What is cultural syncretism? 51) ______ A) the blending of popular culture with local cultural traditions B) the rejection of popular culture by a local ethnic group C) the elimination of local cultures caused by the spread of popular culture D) the adoption of popular culture by a local ethnic group E) the replacement of local cultural traditions with popular culture 52) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of culture? 52) ______ A) It is shared. B) It has material dimensions. C) It has abstract dimensions. D) It is learned. E) It is individual. 53) Which of the following is an example of a material dimension of culture? 53) ______ A) speech B) architecture C) livelihood D) value systems E) religion 54) Which of the following is an example of an abstract dimension of culture? 54) ______ A) ideology B) technology C) foods D) architecture E) music 55) The active promotion of one cultural system at the expense of another is called ________. 55) ______ A) cultural assimilation B) cultural imperialism C) cultural syncretization D) cultural hybridization E) cultural nationalism 56) The process of defending a cultural system against offensive cultural expressions from elsewhere, while promoting local cultural values is called ________. 56) ______ A) cultural imperialism B) cultural syncretization C) cultural hybridization D) cultural nationalism E) cultural assimilation 57) What country is well known for its official prohibition against unwanted cultural traits, especially in its language? 57) ______ 67) Approximately how many of the earth's people are Muslim? 67) ______ A) 500 million B) 1.3 billion C) 1.9 billion D) 2.4 billion E) 2.8 billion 68) Which ethnic religion is closely linked to India? 68) ______ A) Judaism B) Shinto C) Zoroastrianism D) Sufism E) Hinduism 69) Which of the following religions are most closely related to Judaism? 69) ______ A) Christianity and Islam B) Animism and Zoroastrianism C) Shinto and Buddhism D) Hinduism and Sikhism E) Taoism and Confucianism 70) Which of the following focuses on the interaction between power, territory, and space at different scales? 70) ______ A) international relations B) comparative politics C) geopolitics D) political science E) geomorphology 71) What is a nation-state? 71) ______ A) a country that has two or more states, for example, the U.S. B) a heterogenous cultural group that possesses a homeland within a larger country C) a heterogeneous cultural group with its own fully independent political territory D) a homogeneous cultural group that possesses a homeland within a larger country E) a relatively homogeneous cultural group with its own fully independent political territory 72) How common are nation-states? 72) ______ A) totally nonexistent B) relatively rare C) very common D) universal – every country is a nation-state E) no one knows 73) Which of the following groups of people is a nation without a state? 73) ______ A) Turks B) Azeris C) Kazakhs D) Kurds E) Estonians 74) What is micronationalism? 74) ______ A) the name given to describe a multi-ethnic society, such as the United States B) group identity with the goal of self-rule within an existing nation-state C) the process of re-drawing electoral districts to make them smaller D) the name given to describe the unification of many countries through international agreements such as the European Union E) the break-up of large countries into smaller ones, for example the former Soviet Union 75) What are centrifugal forces? 75) ______ A) economic forces acting to worsen a region's economy B) cultural and political forces acting to weaken or divide an existing state C) geological forces acting to cause tectonic plates to move further apart D) sociological forces acting to promote out-migration E) geophysical forces acting to create earthquakes 76) What are centripetal forces? 76) ______ A) economic forces acting to improve a region's economy B) geological forces acting to cause tectonic plates to move closer together C) sociological forces acting to promote in-migration D) cultural and political forces that promote political unity and reinforce the state structure E) geophysical forces acting to prevent earthquakes 77) Which of the following is an example of a centrifugal force? 77) ______ A) overarching economic structure B) need for military security C) shared sense of history D) ethnic separatism E) advantages that come from larger unified political structure 78) Which of the following is an example of a centripetal force? 78) ______ A) ethnic separatism B) disparities in income and well-being C) linguistic minority status D) shared sense of history E) territorial autonomy 79) Which of the following is an example of a geometric boundary? 79) ______ A) The 49th parallel defining the western part of the border between the U.S. and Canada B) The boundaries of the states of India, which are defined by language C) The Rio Grande defining the border between Texas and Mexico D) The boundaries of Bosnia and Serbia, which are based on ethnicity E) All of the above 80) Which of the following is an example of an ethnographic boundary? 80) ______ A) The boundaries of Bosnia and Serbia, which are based on ethnicity B) The Rio Grande defining the border between Texas and Mexico C) The 49th parallel defining the western part of the border between the U.S. and Canada D) The boundaries of the countries of Africa, drawn at the Berlin Conference E) All of the above 81) Which of the following statements about terrorism is false? 81) ______ A) Today's terrorism is financed through a complicated array of of holding companies and subsidies that traffic in a range of goods, such as honey, diamonds, and opium. B) Terrorism in today's world is highly centralized. C) Before the September, 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S., acts of global terrorism were usually connected to nationalist aspirations for independence. D) Russia E) all of the above 91) The term "Third World" was originally a product of which of the following? 91) ______ A) asymmetrical warfare associated with terrorism B) a United Nations ruling C) World War II D) The Kyoto Protocol E) The Cold War 92) If the less developed world is called "The Third World," then what are "The First World" and "The Second World?" 92) ______ A) the wealthiest countries are the First World; the middle-income countries are the Second World B) countries of the Americas are the First World; countries of Eurasia are the Second World C) capitalist, democratic countries are the First World; communist countries are the Second World D) the world leaders in technology comprise the First World; the world leaders in natural resources comprise the Second World E) there are no First and Second Worlds; the "Third World" designation is merely an indication of how poor these less developed countries are 93) What does LDC stand for? 93) ______ A) last decolonized countries B) linked democracies charter C) liberated democratic country D) less developed country E) liberal democracy of China 94) What does MDC stand for? 94) ______ A) major democratic countries B) more democratic country C) member of the democratic commonwealth D) minor democratic countries E) more developed country 95) Why are "growth" and "development" NOT interchangeable terms? 95) ______ A) "Growth" normally refers to improvements, while "development" usually refers to an increase in the size of a system. B) "Growth" normally refers to the standard of living, while "development" normally refers to the economic system in a country. C) "Growth" normally refers to the economic system, while "development" normally refers to the political system in a country. D) "Growth" normally refers to the increase in agricultural output, while "development" usually refers to the improvement in the educational system of a country. E) "Growth" normally refers to increase in the size of the system;" while "development" usually refers to improvements. 96) What does Gross Domestic Product measure? 96) ______ A) the value of all final goods and services produced in a country B) the value of all final goods and services produced in a country plus the net income from abroad C) the value of all final goods and services produced in a country, including all nonmarket economic activities D) the value of all final goods and services produced in a country plus the net income from abroad, taking into account nonmarket economic activity E) the value of a country's stock market 97) What does Gross National Income (GNI) measure? 97) ______ A) the value of all final goods and services produced in a country B) the value of all final goods and services produced in a country, including all nonmarket economic activities C) the value of all final goods and services produced in a country plus the net income from abroad, taking into account nonmarket economic activity D) the value of all final goods and services produced in a country plus the net income from abroad E) the value of a country's stock market 98) How does one calculate the Gross National Income (GNI) per capita? 98) ______ A) multiply a country's GNI by 10,000 B) divide a country's GNI by 10,000 C) divide a country's GNI by the population of that same country D) multiply a country's GNI by the population of that same country E) multiply a country's GNI by its population, then divide by 10,000 99) What is the primary value of using GNI per capita, rather than GNI? 99) ______ A) It permits a valid comparison of the GNI of countries regardless of the difference in population size. B) GNI per capita is readily available on the internet. C) GNI per capita takes into account the value of each country's stock exchange. D) GNI per capita includes the value of the informal sector of a country. E) all of the above 100) What does the Economic Growth Rate measure? 100) _____ A) the annual rate of expansion for the New York Stock Exchange B) the annual rate of expansion for the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) C) the annual rate of expansion for Gross National Income (GNI) D) the annual rate of expansion for Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) E) it is a composite indicator that measures all of the above 101) What is a "bubble economy?" 101) _____ A) a highly inflated economy that cannot be sustained B) a highly successful economy C) an economy that has recently experienced a major decline D) an economy with low rates of unemployment, and a future of steady growth E) an economy with high rates of unemployment 102) In which of the following countries did a "bubble economy" burst in the latter half of the 1990s? 102) _____ A) Thailand B) Russia C) Brazil D) United States E) China 103) What is the Group of Eight (G-8)? 103) _____ A) the world's top national soccer teams B) the world's richest transnational corporations C) another name for the United Nations Security Council D) the exclusive club of the world's richest nations