FINAL PREP

Question 1

Which activity has been particularly useful in helping the indigenous people of Sarawak Indonesia stop the expansion of oil companies in the clear cutting of the forests?

Answer 1

Community-based mapping

Question 2

for most Africans, what activity remains a major source of their livelihood?

Answer 2

subsistence agriculture

Question 3

about half of all deaths in sub-Saharan Africa are caused by:

Answer 3

infectious diseases

Question 4

what country influenced Mongolia’s government and economy for most of the 20th century?

Answer 4

The Soviet union

Question 5

in China, the lowland river basins, once used to for agricultural production, have been invaded by expansion of the coastal cities.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

The most cost-effective energy option for most of the countries of Southeast Asia is:

Answer 6

Wind energy

Question 7

The economic efforts of women in the Pacific Islands or strongly recognize and aided by banks.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

The Rapa Nui people experienced decline because of a range of environmental problems that prohibited continual production of sufficient food.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

from 1895 until 1945, Japan controlled an empire designed to provide a larger resource base to fuel its economy.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

in Nigeria the Hausa and Fulani dominate the _____ and the Yoruba and Igbo dominate the _______

Answer 10

North; south

Question 11

The enactment of the United Nations convention of the law of the sea facilitated environmental protection efforts in Oceana

Answer 11

False

Question 12

scientists have discovered the origins of the La Niña phenomenon

Answer 12

False

Question 13

Because of its high degree of tectonic activity, south Asia is prone to:

Answer 13

Earthquakes and tsunamis

Question 14

Which factor often insights conflict between Muslims and Hindus in south Asia?

Answer 14

religious rules about food

Question 15

Is this statement least a characteristic of north eastern south Asia? Industry is the primary employer.

Answer 15

Yes

Question 16

Confucian ideology views the patriarch of the family as an ideal model for the state in society.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

what characteristic of the physical environment largely explains the sparseness of human settlement in Laos in the northern parts of Vietnam?

Answer 17

Mountainous topography

Question 18

Which event did not lead to the collapse of Chinese influence?

Answer 18

The china-Indian war of 1887

Question 19

Which facet of life in south east Asia is sometimes used by leaders to make the case that Asian nations are not well-suited to democracy?

Answer 19

Confucianism

Question 20

What is not true of the HUKOU system in China?

Answer 20

The system is currently being reformed so migrants can move to any city they want

Question 21

According to Dr. Applegate’s lecture on east Asia, wet rice agriculture is critical to the rise of Chinese culture over 3000 years ago because it required sophisticated knowledge of resource management

Answer 21

True

Question 22

Nearly all of Australia’s endemic plant species are adapted to cool and wet conditions.

Answer 22

False

Question 23

What is the most obvious European legacy at the root of many armed conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa?

Answer 23

National borders

Question 24

Central Africa has had difficulty attracting foreign investment despite its well developed and maintained infrastructure.

Answer 24

False

Question 25

Which statement is not true of agriculture in West Bengal?

Answer 25

Agricultural land is well-managed and farmers use traditional methods to continually increase soil fertility