Pop. Density and Ec. and En. Growth Quiz

Question 0

List some examples of import participation in terms of national exports: (list 3-5)

Answer 0

Factory work, mining, lumber/forestry, Subsistence/commercial farming, commercial fishing.

Question 1

What is GDP?

Answer 1

The total value of goods and services produced within a country for a year by considering import participation and all national exports.

Question 2

What two things have the area gone through since the fall of the Soviet Union?

Answer 2

boom and bust cycles

Question 3

What has the dependence on jobs such as commercial farming and factory work kept people from doing?

Answer 3

Financially prospering

Question 4

Russia has dealt with a ___________ __________ until 1991.

Answer 4

Command economy

Question 5

What is a command economy?

Answer 5

An economy system that is controlled by a single government.

Question 6

What type of system did Russia end up transforming into?

Answer 6

A free market

Question 7

What is a free market?

Answer 7

An open economy that is moderately controlled by the government.

Question 8

List the three different types of businesses and how they are run:

Answer 8

-Proprietorship: 1 person, 1 place -Partnership: 2 people, 1 place or more -Corporation: Multiple owners, multiple places

Question 9

During post Soviet Union (1991), Russians attempted to shift to a 1.________________. During this, Russians attempted to open 2.______________________ with mixed results.

Answer 9

1. Free market 2. Private businesses

Question 10

During post Soviet Union (1991), what led to inflating prices? Additinonally, what happened to the Ruble during this period of time?

Answer 10

Secure government jobs and set prices were let go. The ruble experienced inconsistent periods of stable value during the 1990s.

Question 11

What are Central Asia’s GDP’s different to?

Answer 11

Russia’s GDP

Question 12

Why have GDP’s remained low on a global scale? What has this additionally led to?

Answer 12

Due to the limitations that the physical landscape, climate, and ecosystem bring. This has directly affected population densities and economic growth.

Question 13

Before 1917, what did nomadic herding allow for?

Answer 13

Spontaneous development but not enough for any substantial economic growth.

Question 14

By 1917 (USSR), people began to settle as the 1.____________ demanded participation in 2.____________________.

Answer 14

1. Communists 2. government, or collective farms

Question 15

Crops grown by 1917: (list 3)

Answer 15

Wheat, dry land produce (carrots, asparagus, corn), & cotton.

Question 16

What is the main issue with cotton?

Answer 16

The grounds nutrients gets used up, and the ground gets exhausted. Land is now not worth much to sell for new land.

Question 17

In what time period did the Soviet Union attempt to indutrialize?

Answer 17

The 1960s-1980s.

Question 18

Results of the Soviet Union industrializing: Few incentives under the 1._______________________, which leads to low distribution totals. Additionally, levels of 2._______________________ are permitted to a certain extent due to lack of incentives. 3.____________ was brought into 4.____________ in order to develop industries.

Answer 18

1. Command economy 2. Subsistence farming 3. Machinery 4. Factories

Question 19

Name three industries that machinery brought to factories as a result of the Soviet Union indutrializing:

Answer 19

Vehicles, Electronics (TV), Process Food

Question 20

Why was money not being allocated, or distributed accordingly?

Answer 20

Citizens were seen as less of a priority than the military.

Question 21

In the 1980s, 1._______________ started to implement radical economic reforms. Now, 2._____________ was first priority and 3._____________ was second.

Answer 21

1. Mikhail Gorbachev 2. People 3. Military

Question 22

What are two economic policies that occurred and what do they allow:

Answer 22

-Glasnost: “Sense of openness, which brought along private businesses and freedom of speech. -Perestroika: Allows people to own their own businesses, and consistently keep the profit.

Question 23

1.______ of the Russian population lives in Siberia due to the 2.________________.

Answer 23

1. 20% 2. Thematic limitation

Question 24

Which natural resources are found in Siberia? (list 3-5)

Answer 24

Oil, natural gas, coal, species of fish, and timber.

Question 25

Why has tapping into resource potential been difficult in Siberia?

Answer 25

Due to the harsh conditions, the remote location, and the limited transportation avenues.

Question 26

What were the two methods of moving goods and in what time periods did these systems take place in.

Answer 26

-Trans-Siberian Railroad -Complex system of pipelines -Were developed in 1900s.

Question 27

What problems are Central Asian countries faced with?

Answer 27

These countries are landlocked and contain a mountainous terrain, making it difficult for production and trade.

Question 28

Who were the fist group of people to arrive in Central Asia. Who were the second?

Answer 28

-1st came the Nomads -2nd came the Soviets

Question 29

When the Soviets arrive, what happens to the Nomads?

Answer 29

They are forced to live and work under the Soviets.

Question 30

What happens when collective farms are put in?

Answer 30

Scarce water sources have been depleted

Question 31

In what time periods did the Nomads exploit or tap into oil reserves?

Answer 31

The 1500s-1800s

Question 32

What do Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan benefit from?

Answer 32

Natural gas and oil production.

Question 33

In Turkmenistan, 1._______ of all 2.___________________ are within this country’s 3._________.

Answer 33

1. 80% 2. National exports 3. GDP

Question 34

What do geographers predict oil and natural gas production will reach this year?

Answer 34

120 million tons

Question 35

Who was the ruler of Russia before Putin?

Answer 35

-Boris Yeltsin

Question 36

What do farmers rely on in order to produce enough crops for profit?

Answer 36

A system of complex irrigation systems.

Question 37

What two main rivers have allowed for farming to develop?

Answer 37

-Syr Darya -Amu Darya

Question 38

What do Soviets order workers to do and what has this led to?

Answer 38

They order workers to set up irrigation systems. This led to a mismanagement of water diverting.

Question 39

What does being uneducated about water diversion lead to?

Answer 39

Massive depletion of the Aral Sea.

Question 40

Who was the person that ordered the nomads and indigenous people of Central Asia to divert water from the Aral Sea?

Answer 40

Nikita Khrushchev

Question 41

Who was Nikita Khrushchev?

Answer 41

Leader of USSR during the 1960s

Question 42

Even though the water in the Aral Sea flowed to collective farms, what did this depletion of the water leave behind?

Answer 42

Left the area full of pesticides, toxic waste, and fertilizers

Question 43

What were the consequences of the dangerous waste left behind from the depletion of the Aral sea? (List 4 consequences)

Answer 43

Tuberculosis, Cancer, Accelerated heart rates, and poor nutrition

Question 44

How has the dried parts of the Aral Sea contribute to climate change?

Answer 44

Dust from the wind in the deserts around the Aral Sea has blown into the atmosphere and hence contributing to change in climate.

Question 45

In these situations, what does it mean when people become arrogant?

Answer 45

They know what’s going on, but don’t choose to take action and try to fix the problem.