Exam 1
What form of data collection relies on information derived from numbers. Examples of this form include surveys, past statistics?
Quantitative methods
Mountaintop Mining is common in what region of the United States?
The Appalachian Mountains
A few factors are evaluated to establish a city's ranking on the Global Livability Index. Name two of these factors.
Stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure
What is the most popular social media app in China?
What is the difference between subsistence and commercial agriculture?
Subsistence agriculture is largely practiced in developing countries and it is the practice of producing food primarily for the consumption of the farmer’s family
Commercial agriculture is found in developed countries and it is the production of cash crops primarily for sale off the farm
Which map projection is preferably used because of its preservation of angles and shape?
Mercator projection
Name three well-known brands that have been said to rely on sweatshops.
Nike, Adidas, Disney, Primark, Uniqlo, Urban Outfitters, and more
Which two language families have the most speakers?
Indo-European and Sino-Tibetan
What is the top social media platform in the United States?
YouTube
Name one criticism of UNESCO.
Some areas are largely under-represented, no clear guidelines or effective methods to control the commercialization of world heritage sites, and residents often cannot make changes to the surrounding environment after a location is named a world heritage site
What are the three types of pull and push factors?
Economic factors, cultural factors, environmental factors
The ____________________ theory predicts that China is trying to establish a string of naval bases in the Indian Ocean that will allow it to station ships and guard shipping routes that move through the region
String of Pearls
What are the three styles of design that are generally found in Islamic tiles?
Geometric patterns, arabesque (floral patterns representing the underlying order of unity and nature), and calligraphy
The Green Book was created to provide African American travelers with a sense of security as they traveled in the United States during the time of Jim Crow era policies.
Who created this book and when was it first published?
The Green Book was first published in 1936 by Alma and Victor Hugo Green
How many cities are evaluated annually with the Global Livability Index?
173 cities
What is the name of the Ukrainian artist, known for her colorful scenes that incorporated themes from Ukrainian folk traditions, who had up to 25 major paintings destroyed during the war with Russia?
Maria Prymachenko
Define the Tragedy of the Commons.
Tragedy of the Commons refers to a situation in which individuals with access to a public resource (also called a common) act in their own interest and, in doing so, ultimately deplete the resource
When discussing dialects in the United States, the country is split into four regions. What are these regions?
Which of these regions uses the word Coke to describe a soft drink?
North, Midland, South, and West
Coke is largely used in the South to describe a soft drink
Name two countries that experienced an increase in internet freedom between 2020 and 2021.
Brazil, South Africa, France, Ukraine, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, and more
Define Film Tourism and provide two examples.
Film tourism is a tourist’s interest and visitation to a location based on its portrayal in television or film
Name the four regions of population clusters.
East Asia, South Asia, Europe, and Southeast Asia
What is the Urban Heat Island Effect?
Provide one example.
An urban heat island is when urbanized areas experience higher temperatures than outlying areas
This is because structures such as buildings, roads, and infrastructure absorb and re-emit the sun’s heat more than natural surfaces like forests and bodies of water
This is often worse in low-income neighborhoods because of a lack in vegetation
There are many regions with languages that are classified as threatened or endangered.
Which regions come in first, second, and third place for having the most languages on this endangered list?
1. Oceania
2. Asia
3. Africa
What are the four tourism paradigms?
The four tourism paradigms are:
1. Pro-growth tourism
2. Sustainability
3. Community-based
4. Ecotourism
Define a toponym and provide two examples of problematic toponyms.
Toponyms (place names)
This reminds us of the power involved in the act of representing
Class examples: Black Hills National Forest in South Dakota and Brown Hall at UVA