Final Flashcards
A major __ of Laos is electricity
Export
An insect that carries a disease from one host to another is known as a ___
vector
Australia’s population is about __ of California’s Population
60%
The world’s most active volcano is located in __
Hawaii
The principle religion of Bali, Indonesia is __
hinduism
__ of New Zealand’s land area is devoted to pasture
half
Kemal Ataturk moved the capital of Turkey to Ankara, in the center of the country, to remind Turks they were Anatolians.
true
If the Antarctic ice sheet were to melt, world sea level would ___ by over 200 feet.
rise
. The “Opium Wars” were fought over
the ____
import of Indian opium to
China.
Malays are mostly __
Muslims
Nepal, dominated physically by the
Himalaya Mountains, is 90% Hindu
and very poor, and has problems of
deforestation.
true
. The term for the seasonal flow of
warm, moist ocean air into South
Asia is ___
wet monsoon.
Of India’s over 1 billion population,
over___
150 million are Muslims.
The \_\_\_\_ of the 1960s introduced "miracle" varieties of wheat and rice that significantly increased the productivity of these crops.
Green Revolution
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
true
The partitioning of Hindu India from
Muslim Pakistan occurred in ___
1947
Carpets, cotton textiles and rice are
major contributors to the Pakistani
economy, ____
but not oil production
The Sikh population is concentrated
in the ____
Punjab.
The official language of India, one of
14 given national status, is ___
Hindi.
India is probably in the ___
of the demographic transition.
third stage
About ____ of Pakistan is Shiite
20%
____ has been imposed in
Northern Nigeria.
Sharia Law
The primate city and capital of North
Korea is _____
Pyongyang.
____ owns the Suez Canal.
Egypt
The capital of Kenya, which is today
marked by a modern CBD with
skyscrapers, is ___
Nairobi.
Over a million people of Indian
descent reside in South Africa, most
of them near the city of ____.
Durban
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
true
. The purpose of the Berlin
Conference of 1885 was to ______
divide Africa among European powers
A common language, used by
speakers of different languages to
communicate, is a _____
lingua franca
The prophet Muhammad lived from
_____
570 A.D. to 632 A.D.
The HIV/AIDS pandemic is at its
worst in _____
Southern Africa.
Africa’s climate and vegetation
regions are arranged symmetrically
around the ____
Equator
“Jakota Triangle” refers to______
three
countries that developed strong,
modern economies
. 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.
TRUE
Historically, China’s most influential
philosopher and teacher was
_____
Confucius
Early African civilizations included
Ghana, Mali, and Zimbabwe, but not
_____
Toltec
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 ____
Chongqing
The Kanto Plain is the site of ___
Tokyo
___ were found at the
confluence of the Orange and Vaal Rivers, changing the economic geography of South Africa
Diamonds
Shanghai lies near the mouth of the
_____.
Chang-Yangzi River
Most people in west Africa live near
the ____
seacoast
The “Golden Triangle” is located at
the borders of _____
Myanmar, Laos, and
Thailand
The genetic classification of
boundaries relates the political
boundary’s creation to ____
the stage of development of the cultural landscape in the boundary area at the time the boundary was laid down.
Muslims believe Jesus was a ____.
great
prophet
The Islamic group called the Taliban
ruled ___ until 2001.
Afghanistan
The country with the largest oil
reserves in the Middle East is ____.
Saudi
Arabia
The Southeast Asian country with an
elongated morphology is ____
Vietnam
The most fertile part of Algeria is
known as ___
The Tell.
___ does not lie in the Fertile
Crescent
Oman
____ is located closer to
Southeast Asia’s vitally important
Strait of Malacca than is Manila,
Bangkok, or Jakarta.
Singapore
The group forming a significant part
of the commercial class in Southeast
Asia is the ____
Chinese
The country that controls the
Musandam Peninsula, controlling the
entrance to the Persian Gulf, is
____
Oman.
Singapore, a former ___,
is on a small island off Southeast
Asia and ____
British Colony
has a large Chinese
population.
The main religion in the Philippines
is ____
Roman Catholicism.
The Great Bantu Migration began
thousands of years ago in the region
of ___
Nigeria.
About ___ of Australians live in
cities or towns.
89%
Australia’s major trading partner is
______.
Japan
Aborigines came to Australia ____
years ago
50,000
Most of the core area of Australia is
in the ____ part of the country.
southeast
The animals found in Australia who
carry their young in pouches are
collectively known as _____
marsupials
The Eddie Mabo ruling in Australia
deals with the rights of ____
Aborigines
Wallace’s Line refers to ______
the line
separating Australian species from
non-Australian species.
Australia is seeing its most
significant growth in immigration
from ____
East Asia.
Great Barrier Reef, built by sea
animals called coral polyps, is over
1,000 miles long of the coast of
Queensland, however, _____.
half its coral
has died in the past 30 years
The largest city of New Zealand is
_____
Auckland.
When a body of territorial water is
less than 24 miles wide, a ____ is drawn to divide the
overlapping claims.
median
line
The Tasmanian devil, koala, and
Wallaby are marsupial mammals, but
____
the Dingo is not.
One consequence of colonial rule in
Africa is that _____
national boundaries
ignore cultural differences and
similarities.
The term for a disease that is
constantly present to a greater or
lesser degree in people living in a
particular location is _____
endemic
An indigenous minority group of
Polynesian ancestry in New Zealand
is the _____
Maoris
The Pacific region called \_\_\_\_ is contained within a huge triangle whose corners are New Zealand, Easter Island, and the Hawaiian Islands.
Polynesia
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.
Exclusive Economic
Zone
Papua New Guinea is considered
part of _____.
Melanesia
. The largest city of the Pacific Realm
is ______.
Honolulu, Hawaii
The better-watered volcanic islands,
where the economy is based upon
agriculture, are known as ____
high
islands
____ is located on the Bulge of
Africa.
Liberia
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. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_
Few Australians have retired
there.
Economies of low coral islands are
most often based on ____
fishing and
coconuts.
The Sahel region is located
immediately ____ of the Sahara
Desert.
south
About half of Fiji’s nearly one
million people are ____
Indian.
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.
true
The country that gained
independence from the United States
on July 4, 1946 is the ____
Philippines
The body of water called the____ separates Honshu from Shikoku
and Kyushu, providing a sheltered
inland shipping channel within
Japan’s core area.
Inland
Sea
The Yellow River (Huang He) and
Yellow Sea derive their color from
____.
soil
. The two parties to the Treaty of
Waitangi in 1840 ___
were Great
Britain and the Maori.
The term ____ is used for
an area of the ocean where all the
rights of a coastal state prevail (its
12-mile zone).
Territorial Sea
The city of ____ is located at
the confluence of the White Nile and
the Blue Nile and serves as the
capital of ____
Khartoum
Sudan.
The narrow entrance to the Persian
Gulf is the ____
Strait of Hormuz.
The boundary between Indonesia and
Papua New Guinea on New Guinea
is an example of an ___
boundary.
imposed
The boundary between Vietnam and
China is an example of a ____
boundary
subsequent
. The longest River in Asia is the
_____
Chang-Yangzi.
The main religion in East Timor is
_____
Roman Catholicism.
____ of the
Demographic Transition Model have
the greatest increase in population
Stages II and III
New Zealand, Hawaii, and Easter
Island are all in Polynesia, but not
____
Guam.
Mount Everest is located on the
border of ____
Nepal and China
The Gobi Desert lies between China
and ____
Mongolia.
The most widely spoken SinoTibetan
language is ____
Han.
About half of Chinese exports come
from the province of _____
Guangdong.
An earthquake and tsunami struck
the ____ on March
11, 2011
east coast of Honshu
Antarctica has ____
no capital.
