Geog Final Exam Flashcards
3 major types of national economies
- Subsitence
- Market
- Planned (communist)
How much global land is unsuitable for agriculture?
- 70%
How much of worlds population lived in the cities? 1800? Now?
- 1800 : 3%
- Now: 50%
What is a megacity and how many were there in 2008?
- Megacity = city with population over 10 million
- In 2008 there were 19 megacities
Is Chicago a megacity?
- No, not yet. 300,000 people away from 10 million
When was the population peak for most large U.S. cities?
-1950
Current world population
-7.1 billion
Where is most of the projected growth in world population to come from?
-Africa
How much of the worlds population lives north of the equator?
-90%
When did the U.S. go to war with Afghanistan and why?
-Because they refused o hand over Bin Laden, Taliban then fled to pakistan from afghanistan
Of all the countries in South Asia, which country experiences the most regular and widespread
flooding from the South Asian monsoon.
-Bangladesh
Which country has the largest democracy?
-India
What is the only Muslim country to have nuclear weapons?
-Pakistan
What does the Raj mean?
- The rule of the British in India
Who had troops in Afghanistan from 1979-89 during the ten year war?
-Soviet Union
Which country is a low lying county in danger of disappearing due to global warming?
-The Maldives
Who seceded from Indonesia in 1999?
-East Timor did after a long and bloody civil war
What percentage of South Asia is rural?
-Approximately 75%-
What are the two most populous Islamic country in the world?
- Indonesia
- Pakistan is 2nd
What are the 3 largest world economies in order?
- U.S.
- China
- Japan
Who was the 1st leader of China under a communist government?
-Mao Zedong
What language do Chinese people speak?
Mandarin
What is the dominant ethnic group in China
Han
Significance between Taiwan and China?
Taiwan is claimed by China
What country has the longest life expectancy in the world?
Japan
Where do 20% of the worlds earthquakes occur?
Japan
What is sericulture?
Cultivation of silkworms
Who has the 4th largest standing army?
North Korea
What is the majority religion in the Phillipines?
Over 80% are Roman Catholic
Unlike it’s neighbors which country was never a European colony?
Thailand
Which Muslim country is made up of many island groups?
Indonesia
Where do most of the people in Oceania live and what language do they speak?
In Australia and speak Engish
Where is the Great Barrier Reef?
In the Coral Sea in NE Australia?
What was the first nation to grant all women the right to vote and when?
New Zealand in 1893
The Maori
Indigenous population to New Zealand, about 14.6%
Are there any nuclear stations in New Zealand?
No, a change in law would be required for one to be built.
What was one of the last places to be inhabited by humans?
New Zealand
In 1850 U.S. workers were in which sector?
Agricultural
In 1950 U.S. workers were in which sector?
Manufacturing
86% of U.S. workers are in what sector today?
Service
Population of India
1.2 billion
Capital of China
Beijing
What Chinese leader is responsible for ushering the current wave of economic reforms?
Deng Xiaoping
Who ordered the brutal death march out of Cambodia?
Pol Pot
What is the only landlocked country in SE Asia?
Laos
Who was the Marxist-Leninist revolutionary that led Nnorth Vietnam from WW2?
Ho Chi Minh
What is the hi tech wealthy city-state in SE Asia?
Singapore
Indonesia has never been under communist rule unlike?
Laos
Vietnam
Cambodia
