Deck 13: A World of Geography

Question 1

After the end of the Cold War, world political emphasis shifted to

A) individual countries
B) the United Nations
C) terrorists
D) regional associations

Answer 1

individual countries

Question 2

Countries have the power to do all the following except

A) tax their own residents
B) defend their borders
C) enforce their laws in other countries
D) set up their own legal systems within their borders

Answer 2

enforce their laws in other countries

Question 3

The Cold War was followed by

A) a world government
B) a vacuum of political ideas
C) liberal attitudes in the West
D) "hot" war

Answer 3

a vacuum of political ideas

Question 4

Global environmental concerns include

A) effects of global warming
B) El Nino
C) The ozone hole over Australia
D) All of the choices are correct

Question 5

People have changed the natural environment by

A) increasing water runoff
B) creating "heat islands" over cities
C) adding gasses to the atmosphere
D) all of the choices are correct

Question 6

Economic activities are increasingly

A) local
B) global
C) regional
D) none of the choices are correct

Question 7

Countries have revived regional economic agreements mainly through

A) trade
B) the environment
C) exchange students
D) defense

Question 8

Which of the following is not a major controller of investment, production, and consumption of goods?

A) the United States
B) Japan
C) Western Europe
D) China

Question 9

All are consequences of migration except

A) overcoming cultural barriers
B) face xenophobia (fear and mistrust of strangers)
C) give up traditional customs
D) integrate into host society

Question 10

Politics is about power.

Question 11

Wealthier people in the world use a disproportionate share of Earth's resources.

Question 12

In the 1990s the middle classes grew wealthier in poorer countries.

Question 13

Most countries are true nation-states,composed of a single religious,linguistic,and ethnic group.

Question 14

European global influence after 1750 was related to the industrial revolution.

Question 15

The tension between nationalism and cosmopolitanism in the 1930s precipitated World War II.

Question 16

At the end of the 1900s, the Cold War reduced globalization.

Question 17

Economic motives primarily drive international migration.

Question 18

Increased urbanization leads to a phenomenon called "heat islands".

Question 19

In the 1900s the world population increased from _____ billion to _____ billion.

Question 20

_____ are self-contained political entities with established borders.

Question 21

_____________________________________ is an organization created to defend western Europe against potential attacks from the Soviet Union.

Question 22

People modify the natural landscapes in which they live leaving their human impacts on the natural world. This is referred to as ______________.