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| Europe's relative location: |
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| is one of centrality within the land hemisphere |
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| is one of centrality within the land hemisphere |
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| local functional specialization |
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| The industrial revolution in Europe: |
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| initially was focused in England, where machinery was invented and the use of steam to drive engines emerged |
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| The process whereby regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy is known as: |
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| The process whereby regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy is known as: |
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| The population of Northern Ireland: |
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| is dominated by Protestants |
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| The country located directly across the Strait of Gibraltar from southernmost Spain is: |
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| Eastern Europe is a zone of politico-geographical splintering and fracturing known as a (an): |
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| Which of the following is not a state created by the breakup of former Yugoslavia? |
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| Britain's Midlands, Germany's Ruhr, aPoland's Silesia all possessed major coal deposits that helped launch Industrial Revolutions. |
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| Transferability is a spatial interaction concept related to the costs of overcoming the distance between two places |
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| The Law of the Primate City holds that a country's leading city is disproportionately large and exceptionally expressive of national capacity and feeling. |
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| Modern supranationalism in Europe began with the creation of Benelux in 1944. |
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| To a considerable degree, Belgium and the Netherlands are in a position of economic complementarity. |
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| The balkanization of a region implies its political unification. |
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| The Russian exclave located between Lithuania and Poland is called: |
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| Which of the following is not an example of European supranationalism? |
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| The only European country with coastlines on the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and the North Sea is: |
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| Eastern Europe is a zone of politico-geographical splintering and fracturing known as a (an): |
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| The Danube River empties into which sea? |
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| When a state seeks to acquire the neighboring territory that is home to ethnically similar people and territory on the other side of its international border by appealing to a concentrated group, this action is termed: |
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| Which of the following groups have formed a rapidly growing minority presence in many European countries? |
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A. occurred in 1990
B. has led to a country with 16 lander
C. made the Poles uneasy because of the territory Germany lost to Poland after WW II
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| Prague is the Czech Republic's primate city. |
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| The former Soviet Union lasted about _____ years |
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| Most of the population of Russia is found in the: |
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| western part of the country |
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| The term ________ is used to describe an inland climate that is remote from the moderating influences of large water bodies. |
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| The majority of Russia falls within the humid cold climate region. In the Köppen-Geiger classification scheme, this is signified by the letter: |
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| The vegetation on a higher-latitude treeless plain (mostly mosses, lichens, and sparse grasses) is known as: |
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| The coniferous forest vegetation on the equatorward side of the tundra is known as: |
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| The mountain chain in west-central Russia that is sometimes regarded as the "boundary" between Europe and Asia is known as the: |
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| __________ was responsible for consolidating Russia's gains in the early 1700s and in making a European-style state out of the loosely knit country. |
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| The movement of the headquarters of the Russian Empire to St. Petersburg allowed that city to become a(n): |
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| In the Russian Revolution of 1917: |
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| the Bolsheviks defeated the Mensheviks |
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| The movement of the Soviet capital from Petrograd (St. Petersburg) to Moscow: |
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| was symbolic of a new period in Russian political and economic history, whose chief architect was V. I. Lenin |
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| The population of Russia is: |
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| shrinking by more than 750,000 per year |
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-often contains a state's capital city
-incorporates the nation's largest population cluster
-contains the region with the country's most efficient communications networks
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| incorporates the Central Industrial Region, at the heart of which lies the city of Moscow |
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| The dominant religion in Chechnya is: |
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| The major mountain range located in the land corridor between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea is the: |
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| The former Soviet Socialist Republic on the Black Sea containing the birthplace of Stalin is: |
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| This former Soviet Socialist Republic contains the oil city of Baki (Baku) and its people have ethnic affinities with Iran. |
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| The Russian port of ______ is kept open year-round by warm water from the North Atlantic. |
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| Lenin led the former Soviet Union during World War II. |
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| Russia is the world's largest state in population size. |
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| The north-south mountain range in the west-central USSR that is often regarded as the “boundary” between Europe and Asia is called the Ural Mountains. |
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| The great majority of Russia's inhabitants are concentrated to the east of the Ural Mountains. |
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| Russia is about twice as large as the United States in area. |
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| The Russian population today totals just under 200 million. |
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| The mountain ranges in the north of Russia act as a significant barrier to the flow of Arctic air masses, resulting in a warmer climate than might otherwise be expected. |
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| The mountain ranges in the north of Russia act as a significant barrier to the flow of Arctic air masses, resulting in a warmer climate than might otherwise be expected. |
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| The two leading language groups in Canada are: |
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| Which of the following States contains territory located in the Intermontane Basin and Plateau physiographic province? |
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| The Great Lakes' main outlet to the sea is the: |
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| The Continental Core region of the United States is also known as the: |
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| American Manufacturing Belt |
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| Which metropolitan area contains the United States' largest cluster of Asians? |
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| Which ethnic group does not fit with the area identified? |
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| Which of the following is a secondary economic activity? |
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| The transformation of raw materials into finished products is associated with the ____________ sector of a nation's economy. |
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| Which of the following is a major natural gas producing State? |
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| The capital of Canada is: |
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| More than 60 percent of all Canadians live in an urban region known as: |
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| Canada's primate city is: |
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| Canada has no primate city |
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| The North American Free Trade Agreement: |
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| includes only the United States, Canada, and Mexico |
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| Which statement best defines the North American Core? |
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| it encompasses a great rectangle from Boston to Washington to St. Louis to Milwaukee and includes southernmost Ontario. |
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| The “Kuwait of North America” is the nickname of: |
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| The North American region with the greatest disparity in income between rich and poor is: |
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| Much of the economic growth of Texas is based on which commodity? |
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| Utah, Nevada, Idaho, and western Colorado are all part of the: |
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| The major mountain range of the Pacific Northwest is the: |
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| More than 75 percent of North Americans live in urban areas. |
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| The United States is slightly less than ten times larger in population size than Canada. |
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| The intermontane region of North America is found in eastern Canada. |
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| Yearly temperature ranges are much larger where continentality prevails. |
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| Another name for the American Manufacturing Belt is the Continental Core Region. |
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| Most Americans are employed in the primary sector of the economy. |
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| Like the U.S., Canada is a federal state. |
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| Main Street is the conurbation extending from Quebec City to Windsor. |
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| The Spring Wheat Belt is located to the north of the Winter Wheat Belt. |
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| The Canadian Shield is located in the Northern Frontier. |
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| Vancouver is the most Asianized metropolis in North America. |
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| What is the prevailing climate in SE United States and Western Europe? |
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| What is the prevailing climate in Russia? |
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| inland climatic environment remote from the moderating & moistening effects of the ocean |
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| What is the difference between weather and climate? |
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climate- average weather conditions for a given area over an extended period of time
weather- atmospheric conditions at a specific place and time |
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| What is Local Functional Specialization? |
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| particular people & particular places that concentrate on the production of particular goods (Europe exhibits a high degree of it) |
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| What are the three main principles of spatial interaction? |
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1) complementarity
2)transferability
3)intervening opportunity |
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| When 2 places, through exchange of goods, can satisfy each other's demand |
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| easy transport at bearable cost (rivers, trains, mountains) |
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| What is "intervening opportunity"? |
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| The presence of nearer source of supply /opportunity that acts to diminish the attractiveness of more distant sources/sites |
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| division & fragmentation of the Eastern European region |
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| What are Centrifugal Forces? |
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| dividing of a country (religious, linguistic, ethnic) |
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| What are Centripetal Forces? |
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| uniting of a country (strong culture, common religion) |
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| any movement or aspiration to recover territory claimed back for ethnic or linguistic reasons (unredeemed) |
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| a country's leading urban center that is disproportionately large & exceptionally expressive of national feelings (London, Paris, Athens, Warsaw) |
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| What is a forward capital? |
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| A symbolic relocation of a capital city to a geographically or demographically peripheral location |
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| Which country dominates Western Europe demographically and economically? |
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| What origin are most foreign workers in Germany? |
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| Where is the European Union Headquarters? |
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| What was the Ireland/Northern Ireland conflict all about? |
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| The Protestants & Catholics divided into 2 warring camps over the issue of Irish home rule |
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| What/Where is the Iberian Peninsula? |
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-Spain & Portugal
-rising in economic, cultural, & political importance
-rapid economic improvement
-regional devolutionary pressures |
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| What is the difference between Shi'ite & Sunni Muslims? Which group is larger? Percent? Populaion in Iraq? |
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SUNNI- did not think a blood relationship is necessary for the succession
-65%
SHI'ITE- believed that blood relative is the only legitimate successor. Followers of Ali.
-central Iraq
-22% |
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| The ethnic group that accounts for over 75 percent of Singapore's population are the: |
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| The physiologic density of India is ________ the arithmetic population density. |
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| Islamic law is known as sharia. |
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| _____ is the name for the land between the rivers. |
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| The ethnic group forming a significant part of the commercial class in Southeast Asia are the: |
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| The power that massively penetrated India from the west in the tenth century AD was: |
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| Iran differs from most of the North Africa/Southwest Asian realm in that: |
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| Which of the following oil producers does not border the Persian Gulf? |
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| Southeast Asia, compared to the South Asia realm, is: |
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| The major mountain range in North Africa is the: |
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| Which of the following countries is not a major oil producer? |
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| The major river of Pakistan is the: |
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| Which of the following countries was once part of British India? |
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| Which of the following rivers flows through Iraq? |
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| Shi'ite Muslims constitute the great majority of the population of: |
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| The area known as the “land of the five rivers” is: |
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| The emerging economic region of China, driven by forces of globalization, is: |
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| In Iraq, the Shi'ite population is concentrated in: |
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| Israel regards which city as its capital? |
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| In Myanmar, Thailand, and Cambodia, most of the people are adherents of : |
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| Which of the following countries does not share a common border with Israel? |
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| The Syrians have lost which piece of territory to the Israelis? |
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| As a result of the Six Day War, the Golan Heights |
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| The caste system is most associated with which of the following religions: |
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| A country in Southeast Asia that remained, for the most part, an independent state throughout the colonial era was: |
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| The poorest state in Indochina is: |
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| The Southeast Asian nation that exhibits the greatest degree of compactness is: |
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| Bangladesh was formerly known as: |
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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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| Nepal and Bhutan are landlocked countries. |
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| In 1947, British India was partitioned into which of the following states? |
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| The largest Muslim country in the world in terms of population is: |
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| An area whose control is hotly disputed by India and Pakistan is: |
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| Which country has the largest oil reserve? |
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| Palestine-Israel conflicts? |
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-1967: Israel took the West Bank from Jordan (wk long war)
-1967: Israel took Golan Heights from Syria (wk long war) |
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| What do you know about the Aral Sea? |
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| The diversion of water from the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers for irrigation has caused the sea to shrink greatly since the 1960s |
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| What is the difference between arithmetic density and physiological density? |
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Arithmetic = (Population/Full size)
Physiological = (Population/Arable zones) |
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| What percent of Indonesia is Muslim? What percent of India's population is Muslim? |
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| Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir conflicts between which countries? |
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| Which of the following is located in the African Transition Zone? |
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| The Kalahari Desert is found in the central part of The Congo. |
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| Nigeria is a major oil producer. |
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| The great river of Southern Africa is the: |
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| Which of the following countries is not located in Southern Africa? |
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| Which of the following countries is not located in East Africa? |
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| Which of the following countries is not located in The African Transition Zone? |
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| As a group, the islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico constitute: |
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| A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land bodies is known as a(n): |
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| Which of the following countries is located within the culture hearth known as Mesoamerica? |
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| Central America's poorest country is: |
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| The tierra templada environmental zone is situated at a higher elevation than the tierra fría zone. |
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| Which of the following countries is located within the culture hearth known as Mesoamerica? |
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| Mestizos are persons who are of mixed ____________ heritage. |
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| a foreign-owned factory in northern Mexico that assembles duty-free goods |
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| A person of mixed European-African ancestry is a: |
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| Which of the following countries does not contain a portion of the Amazon Basin? |
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| Colombia's coffee growing areas are most often associated with the: |
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| tierra templada climate zone. |
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| The slums of South America's large cities are known as: |
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| The dominant economic activity in Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo Lowland is: |
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| Which of the following countries is landlocked? |
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