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1
Q

A major __ of Laos is electricity

A

Export

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2
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An insect that carries a disease from one host to another is known as a ___

A

vector

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3
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Australia’s population is about __ of California’s Population

A

60%

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4
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The world’s most active volcano is located in __

A

Hawaii

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5
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The principle religion of Bali, Indonesia is __

A

hinduism

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6
Q

__ of New Zealand’s land area is devoted to pasture

A

half

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7
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Kemal Ataturk moved the capital of Turkey to Ankara, in the center of the country, to remind Turks they were Anatolians.

A

true

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8
Q

If the Antarctic ice sheet were to melt, world sea level would ___ by over 200 feet.

A

rise

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9
Q

. The “Opium Wars” were fought over

the ____

A

import of Indian opium to

China.

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10
Q

Malays are mostly __

A

Muslims

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11
Q

Nepal, dominated physically by the
Himalaya Mountains, is 90% Hindu
and very poor, and has problems of
deforestation.

A

true

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12
Q

. The term for the seasonal flow of
warm, moist ocean air into South
Asia is ___

A

wet monsoon.

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13
Q

Of India’s over 1 billion population,

over___

A

150 million are Muslims.

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14
Q 
The \_\_\_\_ of the 1960s
introduced "miracle" varieties of
wheat and rice that significantly
increased the productivity of these
crops.
A

Green Revolution

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15
Q 
Both Gandhi and Nehru tried to
lessen discrimination against the
untouchables, the lowest caste. The
caste system is strongest in rural
areas, and may have an ancient racial
basis
A

true

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16
Q

The partitioning of Hindu India from

Muslim Pakistan occurred in ___

A

1947

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17
Q

Carpets, cotton textiles and rice are
major contributors to the Pakistani
economy, ____

A

but not oil production

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18
Q

The Sikh population is concentrated

in the ____

A

Punjab.

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19
Q

The official language of India, one of

14 given national status, is ___

A

Hindi.

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20
Q

India is probably in the ___

of the demographic transition.

A

third stage

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21
Q

About ____ of Pakistan is Shiite

A

20%

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22
Q

____ has been imposed in

Northern Nigeria.

A

Sharia Law

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23
Q

The primate city and capital of North

Korea is _____

A

Pyongyang.

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24
Q

____ owns the Suez Canal.

A

Egypt

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25
Q

The capital of Kenya, which is today
marked by a modern CBD with
skyscrapers, is ___

A

Nairobi.

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26
Q

Over a million people of Indian
descent reside in South Africa, most
of them near the city of ____.

A

Durban

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27
Q 
Taiwanese have a higher per capita
income than Mainland Chinese.
Taiwan’s capital is Taipei, and its
highest peak is over 12,000 feet. A
main export is personal computers
A

true

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28
Q

. The purpose of the Berlin

Conference of 1885 was to ______

A

divide Africa among European powers

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29
Q

A common language, used by
speakers of different languages to
communicate, is a _____

A

lingua franca

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30
Q

The prophet Muhammad lived from

_____

A

570 A.D. to 632 A.D.

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31
Q

The HIV/AIDS pandemic is at its

worst in _____

A

Southern Africa.

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32
Q

Africa’s climate and vegetation
regions are arranged symmetrically
around the ____

A

Equator

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33
Q

“Jakota Triangle” refers to______

A

three
countries that developed strong,
modern economies

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34
Q 
. Mongolia, a buffer state between
Russia and China, was guided in its
development for 60 years by the
Soviet Union. It became independent
from China in 1911 and wishes to
remain independent.
A

TRUE

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35
Q

Historically, China’s most influential
philosopher and teacher was
_____

A

Confucius

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36
Q

Early African civilizations included
Ghana, Mali, and Zimbabwe, but not
_____

A

Toltec

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37
Q

A city whose role may change as a result of the Three Gorges Dam and may become the number one growth pole of China’s interior is ____

A

Chongqing

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38
Q

The Kanto Plain is the site of ___

A

Tokyo

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39
Q

___ were found at the

confluence of the Orange and Vaal Rivers, changing the economic geography of South Africa

A

Diamonds

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40
Q

Shanghai lies near the mouth of the

_____.

A

Chang-Yangzi River

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41
Q

Most people in west Africa live near

the ____

A

seacoast

42
Q

The “Golden Triangle” is located at

the borders of _____

A

Myanmar, Laos, and

Thailand

43
Q

The genetic classification of
boundaries relates the political
boundary’s creation to ____

A 
the stage of
development of the cultural
landscape in the boundary area at
the time the boundary was laid
down.
44
Q

Muslims believe Jesus was a ____.

A

great

prophet

45
Q

The Islamic group called the Taliban

ruled ___ until 2001.

A

Afghanistan

46
Q

The country with the largest oil

reserves in the Middle East is ____.

A

Saudi

Arabia

47
Q

The Southeast Asian country with an

elongated morphology is ____

A

Vietnam

48
Q

The most fertile part of Algeria is

known as ___

A

The Tell.

49
Q

___ does not lie in the Fertile

Crescent

A

Oman

50
Q

____ is located closer to
Southeast Asia’s vitally important
Strait of Malacca than is Manila,
Bangkok, or Jakarta.

A

Singapore

51
Q

The group forming a significant part
of the commercial class in Southeast
Asia is the ____

A

Chinese

52
Q

The country that controls the
Musandam Peninsula, controlling the
entrance to the Persian Gulf, is
____

A

Oman.

53
Q

Singapore, a former ___,
is on a small island off Southeast
Asia and ____

A

British Colony

has a large Chinese
population.

54
Q

The main religion in the Philippines

is ____

A

Roman Catholicism.

55
Q

The Great Bantu Migration began
thousands of years ago in the region
of ___

A

Nigeria.

56
Q

About ___ of Australians live in

cities or towns.

A

89%

57
Q

Australia’s major trading partner is

______.

A

Japan

58
Q

Aborigines came to Australia ____

years ago

A

50,000

59
Q

Most of the core area of Australia is

in the ____ part of the country.

A

southeast

60
Q

The animals found in Australia who
carry their young in pouches are
collectively known as _____

A

marsupials

61
Q

The Eddie Mabo ruling in Australia

deals with the rights of ____

A

Aborigines

62
Q

Wallace’s Line refers to ______

A

the line
separating Australian species from
non-Australian species.

63
Q

Australia is seeing its most
significant growth in immigration
from ____

A

East Asia.

64
Q

Great Barrier Reef, built by sea
animals called coral polyps, is over
1,000 miles long of the coast of
Queensland, however, _____.

A

half its coral

has died in the past 30 years

65
Q

The largest city of New Zealand is

_____

A

Auckland.

66
Q

When a body of territorial water is
less than 24 miles wide, a ____ is drawn to divide the
overlapping claims.

A

median

line

67
Q

The Tasmanian devil, koala, and
Wallaby are marsupial mammals, but
____

A

the Dingo is not.

68
Q

One consequence of colonial rule in

Africa is that _____

A

national boundaries
ignore cultural differences and
similarities.

69
Q

The term for a disease that is
constantly present to a greater or
lesser degree in people living in a
particular location is _____

A

endemic

70
Q

An indigenous minority group of
Polynesian ancestry in New Zealand
is the _____

A

Maoris

71
Q 
The Pacific region called \_\_\_\_
is contained within a huge triangle
whose corners are New Zealand,
Easter Island, and the Hawaiian
Islands.
A

Polynesia

72
Q 
The UNCLOS allows states to claim
a so-called\_\_\_\_ that extends up to 200 nautical
miles from the coast. In this zone,
coastal states can control other
countries’ fishing fleets, exploration,
and other activities.
A

Exclusive Economic

Zone

73
Q

Papua New Guinea is considered

part of _____.

A

Melanesia

74
Q

. The largest city of the Pacific Realm

is ______.

A

Honolulu, Hawaii

75
Q

The better-watered volcanic islands,
where the economy is based upon
agriculture, are known as ____

A

high

islands

76
Q

____ is located on the Bulge of

Africa.

A

Liberia

77
Q 
On Fiji, South Asians arrived during
the British era to work on the sugar
plantations, and now they dominate
the commercial life of the country.
Most Fiji Melanesians are Christian,
whereas the South Asians are Hindu.
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
A

Few Australians have retired

there.

78
Q

Economies of low coral islands are

most often based on ____

A

fishing and

coconuts.

79
Q

The Sahel region is located
immediately ____ of the Sahara
Desert.

A

south

80
Q

About half of Fiji’s nearly one

million people are ____

A

Indian.

81
Q 
Antarctica, the world’s highest and
driest continent and about the size of
the United States and Mexico
combined, is covered by an ice sheet
averaging over a mile thick.
Ecologically, Antarctica plays a
critical role in the world
environmental system.
A

true

82
Q

The country that gained
independence from the United States
on July 4, 1946 is the ____

A

Philippines

83
Q

The body of water called the____ separates Honshu from Shikoku
and Kyushu, providing a sheltered
inland shipping channel within
Japan’s core area.

A

Inland

Sea

84
Q

The Yellow River (Huang He) and
Yellow Sea derive their color from
____.

A

soil

85
Q

. The two parties to the Treaty of

Waitangi in 1840 ___

A

were Great

Britain and the Maori.

86
Q

The term ____ is used for
an area of the ocean where all the
rights of a coastal state prevail (its
12-mile zone).

A

Territorial Sea

87
Q

The city of ____ is located at
the confluence of the White Nile and
the Blue Nile and serves as the
capital of ____

A

Khartoum

Sudan.

88
Q

The narrow entrance to the Persian

Gulf is the ____

A

Strait of Hormuz.

89
Q

The boundary between Indonesia and
Papua New Guinea on New Guinea
is an example of an ___
boundary.

A

imposed

90
Q

The boundary between Vietnam and
China is an example of a ____
boundary

A

subsequent

91
Q

. The longest River in Asia is the

_____

A

Chang-Yangzi.

92
Q

The main religion in East Timor is

_____

A

Roman Catholicism.

93
Q

____ of the
Demographic Transition Model have
the greatest increase in population

A

Stages II and III

94
Q

New Zealand, Hawaii, and Easter
Island are all in Polynesia, but not
____

A

Guam.

95
Q

Mount Everest is located on the

border of ____

A

Nepal and China

96
Q

The Gobi Desert lies between China

and ____

A

Mongolia.

97
Q

The most widely spoken SinoTibetan

language is ____

A

Han.

98
Q

About half of Chinese exports come

from the province of _____

A

Guangdong.

99
Q

An earthquake and tsunami struck
the ____ on March
11, 2011

A

east coast of Honshu

100
Q

Antarctica has ____

A

no capital.

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