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1 Final Exam Quiz #3 Chap 6, 7 What are biofuels? Wood and charcoal used for household energy needs In what region of Sub-Saharan Africa is desertification most severe? The Sahel What disease is currently causing major problems in Sub-Saharan Africa, including death and leaving children orphaned? HIV/AIDS Which of the following was NOT one of the elements or characteristics of apartheid Non-whites (blacks, coloureds, and Indians) were enslaved It was an official policy of segregation It was practiced in the country of South Africa Whites, coloureds (mixed-race), Indians (South Asian), and Africans (blacks) were all categories for the purpose of segregations Blacks were crowded into the least desirable areas, forming squatter settlements called townships In what Sub-Saharan African nation is the war-torn region of Darfur located? Sudan What tropical disease in Sub-Saharan Africa severely limited the progress of European colonizers until daily doses of quinine were given to explorers? Malaria What religion was the earliest and is the major indigenous religion in Sub-Saharan Africa? Animism What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference? To divide up the African continent among various European colonial interests What is a kleptocracy? A state where corruption is so institutionalized that large percentages of the country's wealth is siphoned off by politicians and government bureaucrats

2 What is the dominant factor that determines where people live in Southwest Asia and North Africa? A plentiful supply of water What is physiological density? A population statistic that relates the number of people in a country to the amount of arable land What is "brain drain"? This occurs when bright young people migrate to foreign lands in search of better jobs. What was the goal of the Balfour Declaration? It established Israel within Palestine as a homeland for the Jewish people What is a "qanat"? An irrigation system, developed in Iran, that taps into groundwater through a series of gently sloping tunnels What is a medina? The walled urban core of an Islamic cityl it is dominated by a central mosque and bazaar Which of the following religions arose in North Africa/Southwest Africa Judaism, Christianity, and Islam What does the acronym OPEC stand for? Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries What is schistosomiasis? A harmful parasitic disease spread by waterborne snails Quiz #4 Chap 9, 10

3 Why is the city of Chernobyl well-known? It is the site of the world's worst-ever nuclear accident What is the primary reason why European Russia has a higher population than Asian Russia European Russia is better suited for agriculture In what region of the Russian Domain was the Soviet Union's Gulag Archipelago located? Siberia What was social realism of the Soviet era in the Russian Domain? An art style devoted to the realistic depiction of workers challenging nature or struggling against capitalism Why has the population of the Russian Black Sea sturgeon declined? A global black market for the eggs of this species to produce caviar has caused overfishing. Glasnost called for greater political openness in the former Soviet Union True What has been the pattern of population growth in the Russian Domain since the demise of the Soviet Union Consistently declining population Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, what has become the process of Russification within former Soviet republics? Russification has been reversed, greater numbers of Russians are leaving these areas because of stricter citizenship and language requirements and are returning to Russia What was the policy of the former Soviet Union regarding religion within its borders? The Soviet Union severely discouraged and even persecuted religious practice What is the primary reason for the shrinking of the Aral Sea Large-scale irrigation projects implemented by the Soviets in the 1950s have diverted water from the two rivers that feed the sea

4 Since the 1960s, where has the largest proportion of migrants to Tibet and the western provinces of China come from? Han Chinese from eastern China Followers of which religion in Central Asia suffered brutal persecution when China invaded Tibet? Lamaist Buddhism What is the Taliban? A fundamentalist Islamic group in Afghanistan Why is the environment in Central Asia relatively clean? Low population density Of all the Central Asian countries, which one has the worst overall composite record of social indicators? Afghanistan In the Tarim Basin, where do most of the people reside? In between the mountains and the Taklamakan Desert and in close proximity to the mountain streams Since 1999, which Central Asian country has been the world's largest producer of opium? Afghanistan Loess is a fan-shaped deposit of sediments dropped by a river or stream flowing out of a narrow mountain range FALSE - this is an alluvial fan Loess is a fine, wind deposited sediment that makes fertile soil but is very vulnerable to wind erosion Quiz #5 - Chap 11, 12, 14 What is China's rationale for constructing the massive Three Gorges Dam project? The nation is trying to reduce their dependence on coal as a power source, which is causing widespread air pollution in the country.

5 As nations such as Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan have industrialized, what strategy have they used to address their air pollution problems? To move their pollution generating activities to countries that have less stringent environmental standards (pollution exporting) What is an anthropogenic landscape? A landscape that has been heavily transformed by human activities What writing system forms the basis for the writing throughout East Asia Ideographs What is both "the common language" and the national language of China? Mandarin What is the name of the belief system that deals with designing buildings and placing of objects on the landscape in accordance with the spiritual powers that course through the local topography? Feng Shui (Geomancy) The "Great Leap Forward" led to a major famine as the government melted down peasants' farm tools What country of South Asia has the greatest reason to be concerned about global warming? The Maldives Why is Bhopal, India known? It was the site of a 1984 explosion at a fertilizer factory that killed 1000s of people Where do the Himalayan Mountains lie, relative to the region of South Asia? North of South Asia What are bustees? Sprawling squatter settlements in South Asia What is the source of the place named "Mumbai"?

6 It is named after a Hindu goddess What exotic animal was introduced to Australia by Europeans, reached plague proportions, and was finally brought under control only after the purposeful introduction of a virus, myxomatosis, that affected only this particular species? Rabbits What is the outback? Australia's huge, dry interior Viticulture refers to the growing of what crop? Grapes What causes a tsunami? An earthquake What is the largest country (in terms of land area as well as population) in the region encompassing Australia and Oceania? Australia What was the purpose of the White Australia Policy To promote immigration of (white) North Americans and Europeans to Australia

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