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| Convectional precipitation |
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| What type of precipitation is typical of the equatorial climate with high temperatures and rainfall year round? |
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| ________ is a socially created system of rules about who belongs to a particular group based on actual or perceived commonalities, such as language or religion. |
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| This is a form of social and economic organization characterized by the common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange. |
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| Shifting Cultivation is also known as "swidden". T/F? |
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| Tends to earn the highest incomes. |
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| The most basic difference between gross national product and gross domestic product is that gross national product: |
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| Includes income earned abroad |
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| Developing countries tend to have a high percentage working in the: |
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| This is the smallest sector of employment in the most developed countries. |
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| Which of the following is an example of a supranational organization? ASEAN, NAFTA, European Union, All, None? |
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| The intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) |
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| This is the region where air flows together and rises vertically as a result of intense solar heating at the equator, often with heavy rainfall. |
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| Which of the following also includes the value of income from outside a country's borders? |
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| What is causing atmospheric circulation on Earth? |
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| Differences in atmospheric pressure and temperature over Earth's surface. |
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| What is the primary function of the World Bank? |
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| Provide low interest loans to developing countries |
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| What is the prevalent wind flow in the Tropics? |
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| The spatial distribution of plants, animals, and ecosystems is known as bio-geography. T/F? |
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| The Theory of Plate Tectonics not explain? |
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| This view of the development process supports the idea that developing countries should emphasize privatization, export production, and limited restrictions on imports. |
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| The process whereby wind and water move across the land surface, picking up material and transporting it to other locations is called: |
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| Irredentism is based on the assertion by the government of a country that a ________ living ________ its borders belongs to it historically and culturally. |
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| Minority population, outside |
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| What type of precipitation is associated with mountainous areas? |
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| Almost all of the world's inhabitants are living on this percentage of the total land surface. |
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| Describes the economic concept of a commodity chain? |
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| Reflects the inequality basic to the world economic system, applies to almost every mass-marketed manufactured product, depends on global connections to function. |
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| A state is group of people sharing common elements of culture, such as language and religion. T/F? |
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| The final phase of the Demographic Transition is: |
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| Low birth rates and low death rates |
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| Which of these does not explain global patterns of average temperature? |
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