Industrial/Economic Dev
Which of the following has a positive correlation with the Human Development Index (HDI)?
GDP, GDP per capita, IMR, or Natural Increase Rate?
Ancient river valleys, such as the Tigris and Euphrates or the Nile, had comparatively high population densities because of their _____________.
proximity to water
Folk culture spreads primarily through _____________.
contagious diffusion
hierarchical diffusion
relocation diffusion
spontaneous diffusion
relocation diffusion
The boundary between the United States and Canada is both ____________________.
ethnic and religious
ethnic and geometric
geometric and religious
geometric and physical
geometric and physical (go over types of borders)
Hunting and gathering, slash-and-burn agriculture, and pastoral nomadism are _______________.
commercial agriculture
plantation agriculture
subsistence agriculture
no longer practiced
A country's literacy rate has a positive correlation with ALL of the following EXCEPT:
birthrate, energy consumption, per capita income, female employment, or standard of living?
birthrate (women don't wanna pop out babies no more!)
The United States had a crude birth rate of 13.2 in 2013, which means _______________.
13.2 babies were born per 100 people
13.2 babies were born per 1,000 people
132 babies were born per 1,000 people
the number of babies born increased by 13.2 %
13.2 babies were born per 1,000 people
Compared to folk culture, which of the following is true of popular culture?
Pop culture changes slowly over time.
Pop culture encourages regional diversity.
Pop culture represents cultural homogeneity.
Pop culture emphasizes non-western values.
Popular culture represents cultural homogeneity.
A state that divides power between a central government and several regional governments has a _________ form of government.
compact
federal
unitary
confederal
federal (go over types of governments and types of countries)
A world map of beef production per capita would reveal the lowest values in which of the following regions?
North America
South America
South Asia
Eastern Europe
South Asia
What is included in the Gender Inequality Index (GII)?
% of seats held by women in government, % of women in labor force, %of women with high school diplomas, % of women that die during childbirth
A country with a relatively older age structure is usually found in ____________.
less developed countries
more developed countries
countries with high death rates
countries with high fertility rates
countries with low standards of living
more developed countries
Which of the following is NOT a romance language?
English
French
Portuguese
Romanian
Spanish
English (Germanic)
European countries sought colonies in the 16th-19th century for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
nationalism
raw materials
egalitarianism
religion
egalitarianism (think God, gold, and glory)
Terracing would be most likely found in a _________.
desert
coastal area
mountainous area
grassland
mountainous area
Define the "take-off" stage of Rostow's Stages of Economic Growth.
Stages: pre-conditions of take-off, take-off, drive to maturity, age of mass consumption
A country is likely to be in which stage of the demographic transition when its birth rate significantly exceeds its death rate?
Stage 2 (go over each stage)
The world's three major monotheistic religions originated in which of the following regions?
East Africa
Eastern Europe
Southern Europe
Southwest Asia
Southwest Asia (aka Middle East)
Which of the following is best described as a nation state?
Japan
South Africa
UK
USA
Japan (go over multiethnic v. multinational)
Which of the following is NOT associated with the Green Revolution?
GMOs
Herbicides
Pesticides
Organic farming
Organic farming (what is the Green Revolution?)
Which model explains the economic effects of 19th century colonialism on present day trade patterns?
Hoyt's sector model, Richter scale of cultural development, Rostow's stages of economic growth, Von thunen's land use model, or Wallerstein's World system theory
Wallerstein!
A country with a natural increase rate at or about zero is at which stage of demographic transition?
Stage 4
Which court case established the "separate but equal" doctrine?
And which court case overturned it?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Which of the following is best described as a multi-state nation?
France
Israel
Korea
USA
Korea (go over nation states etc)
Von Thunen emphasized which of the following factors in his model of agricultural land use?
labor costs and land costs
labor costs and transportation costs
land costs and transportation costs
land costs and machinery costs
land costs and transportation costs (go over model visual)