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Contagious diffusion is strongly associated with local distance effects, whereas hierarchical diffusion often involves the leapfrogging of innovations among widely separated places. True/False

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True

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Japan’s natural landscapes:

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are mountainous and hilly, with flat land at a premium

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Taiwan was invaded by the Communist Chinese in 1945.

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False

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Biogeography is divided into the fields of climatology and geomorphology.

True/False

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False

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The largest oil reserves in the realm are located in:

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Saudi Arabia

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In Iraq, the Shi’ite population is concentrated in:

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Southeast

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For many years, Australia had an immigration policy that:

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Allowed only white people to enter the country

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More than half of Southeast Asia’s population lives in which two countries?

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Indonesia and the Philippines

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Native Australians are known as:

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Aborigines

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A former Portuguese colony that is the newest state in Southeast Asia is:

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East Timor

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Darfur Province, the recent scene of a massive ethnic cleansing, is located in the central-west of:

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Sudan

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The concept that indicates that destabilization in one area will eventually affect neighboring areas is known as the:

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Domino Theory

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Which of the following mother country-colony associations is incorrect?

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Netherlands–Brunei

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Wallace’s Line refers to:

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the line separating Australian animal species from non-Australian species

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The empire that ruled over much of Southwest Asia prior to World War I was the:

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Ottoman Empire

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Hydraulic civilization theory holds that:

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Cities able to control irrigated farming over large hinterlands hold power over other cities

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Which of the following is true?

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While much of interior Australia is desert, most of interior New Zealand is mountainous.

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Today, more than 80 percent of all Muslims are Sunnis. True/False

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True

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Which of the following is not included in the North Africa/Southwest Asia realm?

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Pakistan

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The two core areas of Vietnam are centered at:

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Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City

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The first stage in boundary evolution is:

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Definition

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The leader of the legendary Long March through interior China was Mao Zedong True/False

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True

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Vietnam constitutes an elongated state.

True/False

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True

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A boundary is actually marked on the ground during the stage called:

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demarcation

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Iran differs from most of the North Africa/Southwest Asian realm in that:
Predominately Shi'ite
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Mao Zedong's proclamation creating the communist People's Republic of China was announced in:
1949
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The Australian capital city is:
Canberra
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Thailand is a good example of an elongated state. True/False
False
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The capital of Japan was moved:
from Kyoto to Tokyo by the Meiji rulers
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China's total area is:
Slightly larger than the United States
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The animals found in Australia who carry their young in pouches are collectively known as:
Marsupials
32
The SEZ located closest to China's largest city, Shanghai, is:
Pudong
33
Which of the following countries does not share a common border with Israel?
Iran
34
The two major cities on the North China Plain are:
Beijing and Tianjin
35
The fortified political boundary separating the two Koreas has done little to halt trade and population movements between the two political entities. True/False
False
36
The island across the Bass Strait off the southeastern coast of Australia is called:
Tasmania
37
Three countries located on the Malay Peninsula are:
Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar
38
New Zealand's largest ethnic minority group, whose roots are Polynesian, is known as the:
Maori
39
Xizang:
All of the above
40
The vast interior rural area of Australia is known as the:
Outback
41
When a body of water is less than 24 nautical miles wide, the boundary between the states on each shore is drawn along the:
median line
42
A territorial sea is:
an adjacent area of the ocean where all of the rights of a coastal state prevail
43
Pie-shaped best describes the cartographic form of national territorial claims that have been made in Antarctica. True/False
True
44
Polynesia is the Pacific's most populous region. True/False
False
45
Which of the following is located in Micronesia?
Marshall Islands
46
Regionally, the Hawaiian Islands are part of:
Polynesia
47
Melanesia is the most heavily populated of the three Pacific regions. True/False
True
48
The island of New Guinea is included in the Pacific region known as:
Melanesia
49
The people of New Guinea are:
Papuans
50
The better-watered volcanic islands, where the economy is based upon agriculture, are known as:
High islands
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True
Contagious diffusion is strongly associated with local distance effects, whereas hierarchical diffusion often involves the leapfrogging of innovations among widely separated places. True/False
52
are mountainous and hilly, with flat land at a premium
Japan's natural landscapes:
53
False
Taiwan was invaded by the Communist Chinese in 1945.
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False
Biogeography is divided into the fields of climatology and geomorphology. True/False
55
Saudi Arabia
The largest oil reserves in the realm are located in:
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Southeast
In Iraq, the Shi'ite population is concentrated in:
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Allowed only white people to enter the country
For many years, Australia had an immigration policy that:
58
Indonesia and the Philippines
More than half of Southeast Asia's population lives in which two countries?
59
Aborigines
Native Australians are known as:
60
East Timor
A former Portuguese colony that is the newest state in Southeast Asia is:
61
Sudan
Darfur Province, the recent scene of a massive ethnic cleansing, is located in the central-west of:
62
Domino Theory
The concept that indicates that destabilization in one area will eventually affect neighboring areas is known as the:
63
Netherlands--Brunei
Which of the following mother country-colony associations is incorrect?
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the line separating Australian animal species from non-Australian species
Wallace's Line refers to:
65
Ottoman Empire
The empire that ruled over much of Southwest Asia prior to World War I was the:
66
Cities able to control irrigated farming over large hinterlands hold power over other cities
Hydraulic civilization theory holds that:
67
While much of interior Australia is desert, most of interior New Zealand is mountainous.
Which of the following is true?
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True
Today, more than 80 percent of all Muslims are Sunnis. True/False
69
Pakistan
Which of the following is not included in the North Africa/Southwest Asia realm?
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Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City
The two core areas of Vietnam are centered at:
71
Definition
The first stage in boundary evolution is:
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True
The leader of the legendary Long March through interior China was Mao Zedong True/False
73
True
Vietnam constitutes an elongated state. True/False
74
demarcation
A boundary is actually marked on the ground during the stage called:
75
Predominately Shi'ite
Iran differs from most of the North Africa/Southwest Asian realm in that:
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1949
Mao Zedong's proclamation creating the communist People's Republic of China was announced in:
77
Canberra
The Australian capital city is:
78
False
Thailand is a good example of an elongated state. True/False
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from Kyoto to Tokyo by the Meiji rulers
The capital of Japan was moved:
80
Slightly larger than the United States
China's total area is:
81
Marsupials
The animals found in Australia who carry their young in pouches are collectively known as:
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Pudong
The SEZ located closest to China's largest city, Shanghai, is:
83
Iran
Which of the following countries does not share a common border with Israel?
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Beijing and Tianjin
The two major cities on the North China Plain are:
85
False
The fortified political boundary separating the two Koreas has done little to halt trade and population movements between the two political entities. True/False
86
Tasmania
The island across the Bass Strait off the southeastern coast of Australia is called:
87
Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar
Three countries located on the Malay Peninsula are:
88
Maori
New Zealand's largest ethnic minority group, whose roots are Polynesian, is known as the:
89
All of the above
Xizang:
90
Outback
The vast interior rural area of Australia is known as the:
91
median line
When a body of water is less than 24 nautical miles wide, the boundary between the states on each shore is drawn along the:
92
an adjacent area of the ocean where all of the rights of a coastal state prevail
A territorial sea is:
93
True
Pie-shaped best describes the cartographic form of national territorial claims that have been made in Antarctica. True/False
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False
Polynesia is the Pacific's most populous region. True/False
95
Marshall Islands
Which of the following is located in Micronesia?
96
Polynesia
Regionally, the Hawaiian Islands are part of:
97
True
Melanesia is the most heavily populated of the three Pacific regions. True/False
98
Melanesia
The island of New Guinea is included in the Pacific region known as:
99
Papuans
The people of New Guinea are:
100
High islands
The better-watered volcanic islands, where the economy is based upon agriculture, are known as:

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