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1
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What is globalization?

A

the increasing interconnectedness of people and places through converging economic, political, and cultural activities.

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What is glocalization?

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a company that changes apart of what they produce to accommodate local cultures

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3
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Map Projections are great, but will always still have some degree of________?

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distortion

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4
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What are the stages of the demographic transition?

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What are the countries of central Asia?

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Pakistan is not apart of central Asia

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6
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Astana is the capital of what country?

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Kazakhstan

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7
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What happened to the Aral Sea?

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Declined into major environmental disaster

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What country is the least populated in central Asia?

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Mongolia

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When China invaded Tibet, which religion was severely persecuted?

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Buddhism

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10
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Who were the Muslim people in Xinjiang we watched a video about?

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Uyghurs

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The two dominant faiths of central Asia are?

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Islam and Buddhism

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Which are China’s autonomous regions?

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Xinjiang

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What is the general state of the natural resources in central Asia?

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One of the poorest regions, significant natural resources though

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What is pollution exporting and which country does this?

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Whenever countries ship wasteful materials to other countries to deal with. Japan does this

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On which river was the Three Gorges Dam built on?

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Yangtze

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16
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What form of energy use is most prevalent in China?

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coal

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What is the capital city in South Korea, and what is its population?

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Seoul, 25 million

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18
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The economic boom in South Korea is called_____?

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The Miracle on the Han River

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19
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Where are the Ainu found?

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Hokkaido, near Ashikawa

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Which God was quoted as the most important to the Ainu?

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Fire

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21
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What is the PRC’s unification movement called, or at least how does the PRC see it?

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Peaceful National Reunification

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22
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Where are and aren’t clusters of population in East Asia?

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Eastern side, along the coast

23
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Where is the Shinto religion found?

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Japan

24
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Which countries are vying for Kashmiri land, causing significant conflict?

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Pakistan, India, a little bit of China

25
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What happened in 1998 to escalate the conflict?

A

Became nuclear capable

26
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How many people live in Dharavi? What is Dharavi? Where is it?

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1 million people live there and it is a shanty town in India

27
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What is happening to some of the slum areas of Dharavi?

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Slums are being torn down and apartments built

28
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What happens with the South Asian monsoon?

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Low pressure cell builds on land during the summer, bringing precipitation to South Asia

29
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What is the primary religion in India?

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Hinduism

30
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Where are the majority of Islamic peoples in South Asia?

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Pakistan and Kashmir

31
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What is the story/relations in between Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh?

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India never included Bangladesh, because Pakistan split off after the British left, then split into Pakistan and Bangladesh

32
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What percent of people in India live on less than 3.10 a day?

A

More than 50

33
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What are the insular regions of Southeast Asia?

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countries on islands!!!!!!!!!

34
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What is transmigration?

A

Formal relocation of citizens from populated to unpopulated areas within its territory

35
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Which country in SE Asia is a city-state?

A

Singapore

36
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Which island in SE Asia is most densely populated?

A

Java

37
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Population pyramids of Singapore and Thailand-what is happening?

A

Singapore has a lower natural increase rate than the Philippines

38
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Where is Christianity found in SE Asia? Why?

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Philippines….missionaries

39
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Where is Buddhism found in SE Asia?

A

Thailand and Cambodia, Theravada specifically

40
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Which country was not colonized by Europeans in SE Asia?

A

Thailand

41
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What is an EEZ?

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Gives a country economic control over resources such as fisheries as well as retaining ocean floor mineral rights 200 miles beyond its coastline

42
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Which countries have a claim to the Spratly islands?

A

China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines

43
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What has China been doing to assert authority in the South China Sea?

A

Created islands for military bases

44
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What are the four subregions of Oceania as described in class? What countries belong in which regions?

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Micronesia, Polynesia, Melanesia, Austrolasia

45
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Australia holds about how much of the population of Oceania?

A

1/2

46
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Which country in Oceania is the farthest south?

A

New Zealand

47
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How many languages can be found in Papua New Guinea?

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800

48
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Why is Oceania a strong supporter of limiting greenhouse gases?

A

the region is not a major emitter and has the greatest environmental risks with climate change

49
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Which part of this region receives the least precipitation?

A

interior of australia

50
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How are atolls created? Which country used Bikini Atoll for nuclear testing?

A

Volcanic eruption, USA

51
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What island do 70% of the people of New Zealand live on?

A

North Island

52
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Australia was originally used by ____ as a ___?

A

Penal Colony, Britain

53
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60% of the population of which island have access to electricity, and where do they get it from?

A

Kiribati, diesel run generators

54
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A

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