By which means are many of the local transport needs for the village and domestic units in sub-Saharan Africa satisfied?
Select one:
A. women in animal-powered vehicles
B. children on bicycles
C. women on foot
D. men in motor vehicles
C. women on foot
Which statement describes an outcome of independence in most countries of sub-Saharan Africa?
Select one:
A. Ethnic hostilities were resolved.
B. Newly formed political institutions resulted in hostilities between ethnic groups that have at times led to c
B. Newly formed political institutions resulted in hostilities between ethnic groups that have at times led to civil wars.
Which factor is NOT one of the causes of the drastic decline of land productivity experienced in Malawi since the 1980s?
Select one:
A. large-scale commercial agriculture
B. fragile tropical soils forced into continuous cultivation
C. drought
D. populatio
D. population increase
Residents of the Sahara and the Sahel generally must trade for food with the coastal zones.
Select one:
A. False
B. True
B. True
Robert Mugabe's land redistribution program in Zimbabwe has NOT resulted in:
Select one:
A. a chronic food shortage and economic crisis.
B. concentration of land previously owned by the white minority in the hands of Mugabe's supporters.
C. Mugabe's overt
C. Mugabe's overthrow by a Marxist rebel movement.
In Nigeria, the Hausa and Fulani dominate the _____ and the Yoruba and Igbo dominate the _____.
Select one:
A. east; west
B. north; south
C. west; east
D. south; north
B. north; south
The rain produced by the intertropical convergence zone is MOST abundant:
Select one:
A. near the Equator.
B. near the Tropic of Capricorn.
C. near the Tropic of Cancer.
D. in South Africa, Swaziland, and Lesotho
A. near the Equator.
Tectonic activity continues today in Africa's eastern flank.
Select one:
A. False
B. True
True
There has been a decrease in the number of women across Africa who are assuming positions of political influence.
Select one:
A. False
B. True
False
About half of all the deaths in sub-Saharan Africa are caused by:
Select one:
A. malnutrition.
B. stillbirth.
C. infectious diseases.
D. heart disease.
C. infectious diseases.
The national boundaries in modern-day Africa are largely the result of European colonialism.
Select one:
A. True
B. False
A. True
Central Africa has had difficulty attracting foreign investment despite its well-developed and maintained infrastructure (waterways, roads, railroads, electricity grids, telephone networks).
Select one:
A. False
B. True
A. False
Which statement is TRUE of the Masai Mara game reserve?
Select one:
A. It is uniquely resistant to the effects of climate change.
B. It is located in West Africa.
C. It is starting to be controlled by park managers, directing migrating animals to safe cro
C. It is starting to be controlled by park managers, directing migrating animals to safe crossings.
By what means did nineteenth-century European powers prevent armed conflicts among themselves in Africa in their separate colonial efforts?
Select one:
A. They established distinct boundaries between their territorial claims in Africa to divide tribal gro
A. They established distinct boundaries between their territorial claims in Africa to divide tribal groups and weaken them.
What is the MOST obvious European legacy at the root of many armed conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa?
Select one:
A. environmental destruction
B. national borders
C. ethnic discrimination
D. socialist values
B. national borders
Which statement is TRUE of human well-being in sub-Saharan Africa?
Select one:
A. When a country's HDI drops below its approximate position on the GNI scale, it indicates that there might be a poor distribution of wealth and social services in the country
A. When a country's HDI drops below its approximate position on the GNI scale, it indicates that there might be a poor distribution of wealth and social services in the country.
For most Africans, what activity remains a major source of their livelihood?
Select one:
A. tourism
B. manufacturing
C. mining
D. subsistence agriculture
D. subsistence agriculture
At the center of the Southern Africa subregion of sub-Saharan Africa is:
Select one:
A. the Blue Nile.
B. the Kalahari Desert.
C. the Namib Desert.
D. Victoria Falls.
B. the Kalahari Desert.
In Eastern Africa, the great majority of the population earns its living from:
Select one:
A. agriculture.
B. factory work.
C. forestry.
D. fishing.
A. agriculture.
Today, South Africa produces approximately 30 percent of the region's economic output.
Select one:
A. True
B. False
True
India's economic boom is causing Indian migrants to return to India.
Select one:
A. False
B. True
True
The MOST privileged of the castes in terms of ritual status are the:
Select one:
A. Kshatriyas.
B. Sudras.
C. Adivasis.
D. Brahmins.
D. Brahmins.
Which factor is NOT drawing foreign investment into India?
Select one:
A. excellent educational infrastructure for the middle and upper classes
B. large and cheap Indian workforce
C. official government policy of employing children for lower wages than ad
C. official government policy of employing children for lower wages than adults
Results of deforestation in hilly areas do NOT include:
Select one:
A. increased flooding.
B. increased soil fertility.
C. landslides.
D. clogged waterways.
B. increased soil fertility.
Which statement is NOT true of the languages spoken in South Asia?
Select one:
A. Both Hindi and English are commonly spoken in the region.
B. Hindi is the native language of the majority of the South Asian people.
C. Some of the languages spoken in the r
B. Hindi is the native language of the majority of the South Asian people.
Which factor often incites conflict between Muslims and Hindus in South Asia?
Select one:
A. the conversion of Muslims to Hinduism to enjoy high-caste status
B. intermarriage
C. historical conflict between Gandhi and Nehru
D. religious rules about food
D. religious rules about food
Why has India renamed several of its large cities, with Calcutta becoming Kolkata and Bombay becoming Mumbai?
Select one:
A. to make the city names more easily pronounceable
B. to unite warring factions in North and South India
C. to replace the names giv
C. to replace the names given to those cities during British colonial rule
Opportunities for women expanded when the revolutionary group known as the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan in the early 1990s.
Select one:
A. True
B. False
False
India is the world's largest exporter of rice and the second largest exporter of cotton; the South Asian region as a whole is also a major exporter of virtual water.
Select one:
A. True
B. False
A. True
Which statement is the BEST summary of South Asian countries' approach to economic development following independence from Great Britain?
Select one:
A. Government policies contributed to inefficiency and were not driven by consumer demand.
B. The governm
A. Government policies contributed to inefficiency and were not driven by consumer demand.
Which statement is NOT true of the regional conflict in Sri Lanka?
Select one:
A. Singhalese was made the only official language, and the government focused on investing in industries dominated by Singhalese.
B. The Singhalese have dominated Sri Lanka sin
D. Some Tamils have done well, especially in urban areas, where they dominate the commercial sectors of the economy
The frequent occurrence of massive flooding of the Ganga/Brahmaputra River delta has left that area almost completely unoccupied.
Select one:
A. False
B. True
A. False
Many Hindus believe that the Ganga River is a goddess who purifies all that she touches.
Select one:
A. True
B. False
A. True
Which statement is NOT true of traditional marriage arrangements in South Asia?
Select one:
A. The new bride goes to live in her husband's family compound.
B. Most marriages are arranged.
C. The mobility of women in South Asia decreases after the woman's
C. The mobility of women in South Asia decreases after the woman's children are grown.
Which statement is NOT true of agriculture in West Bengal?
Select one:
A. 25 percent of India's tea comes from West Bengal, around the city of Darjeeling.
B. Better farming opportunities draw a continual flow of Bangladeshi migrants across the border into
C. Agricultural land is well managed and farmers use traditional methods to continually increase soil fertility
Because of its high degree of tectonic activity, South Asia is prone to:
Select one:
A. earthquakes and tsunamis.
B. droughts.
C. hurricanes and tornadoes.
D. sinkholes and quicksand.
A. earthquakes and tsunamis.
Economic modernization in India is focusing on:
Select one:
A. parks and tourism.
B. textile manufacturing.
C. organic produce.
D. information technology.
D. information technology.
Kashmir has long been dominated by:
Select one:
A. Sikhs.
B. Hindus.
C. Muslims.
D. untouchables.
C. Muslims.
Which statement is LEAST characteristic of northeastern South Asia?
Select one:
A. The climate is wet and tropical.
B. Industry is the primary employer.
C. The population density is high.
D. There is much religious and ethnic diversity.
B. Industry is the primary employer.
Which statement captures the idea of microcredit that has developed in South Asia?
Select one:
A. accepts development loans only from lenders in the developing world
B. offers collateral-free loans to private, locally owned companies
C. makes small loans
C. makes small loans available to poor entrepreneurs
In Japan, the long-standing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is facing challenges from the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) related to the LDP's stance against China and Japan's other neighbors.
Select one:
A. True
B. False
A. True
In China, the lowland river basins, once used for agricultural production, have been invaded by expansion of the coastal cities.
Select one:
A. True
B. False
A. True
Northeast China's re-development at the hands of Japanese and Korean firms is largely associated with heavy industry.
Select one:
A. False
B. True
A. False
Which statement is TRUE of Taiwan?
Select one:
A. Compared to the United States and Europe, its air is cleaner.
B. It is relatively free of polluting factories and industry.
C. It is primarily a rural nation with high agricultural output.
D. It is clogged
D. It is clogged with cars that produce exhaust and air pollution.
Which statement is NOT true of Shanghai?
Select one:
A. A local custom allows people to wear pajamas in public.
B. It has developed rapidly and now has the world's busiest cargo port.
C. It only opened to Western trade in the 1980s when China enacted its
C. It only opened to Western trade in the 1980s when China enacted its market reforms.
Which factor is NOT an explanation for the shrinking of fertile zones in East Asia?
Select one:
A. agricultural mismanagement
B. longer monsoon seasons
C. urban development
D. industrial expansion
B. longer monsoon seasons
From 1895 until 1945, Japan controlled an empire designed to provide a larger resource base to fuel its economy.
Select one:
A. False
B. True
B. True
Which factor is NOT mentioned in the textbook as being a significant impetus for Chinese emigration?
Select one:
A. trade
B. economic hardship
C. disease
D. fleeing repression
C. disease
Which statement is NOT true of the hukou system in China?
Select one:
A. The reforms to the hukou system will encourage more migration to cities.
B. The government only weakly enforced the hukou system for decades.
C. Its original objective was to maintai
D. The system is currently being reformed so migrants can move to any city they want.
For the most part, the western part of East Asia is dry.
Select one:
A. False
B. True
B. True
Following the 1989 end of Communism, the availability of social services such as education and health care went into steep decline in Mongolia.
Select one:
A. True
B. False
A. True
Confucian ideology views the patriarchal family as an ideal model for the state and society.
Select one:
A. False
B. True
B. True
Which statement is NOT true regarding geopolitics in the East and South China Seas?
Select one:
A. The Senkaku (Daioyu) Islands in the East China Sea are claimed by China, Japan, and Taiwan.
B. The Spratly Islands in the South China Sea are claimed by Chi
D. All of the Senkaku (Daioyu) and Spratly Islands are unpopulated, making it difficult to claim rights to them.
Because it often suffers drought problems, China does not have to deal with any flooding problems.
Select one:
A. False
B. True
A. False
Which statement is NOT true regarding the people of Taiwan?
Select one:
A. Many have connections to ancient cultures in Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
B. Mountain dwellers have resisted assimilation more than plains people.
C. The vast majority of them a
C. The vast majority of them are of Kazakh decent.
After World War II, South Korea allied itself with:
Select one:
A. Vietnam.
B. Russia.
C. the United States, Japan, and Europe.
D. Cuba and Hispaniola.
C. the United States, Japan, and Europe.
What country influenced Mongolia's government and economy for most of the twentieth century?
Select one:
A. North Korea
B. Japan
C. The Soviet Union
D. China
C. The Soviet Union
Which event did NOT lead to the collapse of Chinese influence?
Select one:
A. the Opium Wars
B. the internal revolt of 1912
C. the China-Indian War of 1887
D. the Sino-Japanese War
C. the China-Indian War of 1887
In general, the bureaucratic nature of Chinese government has proven very resilient over the millennia.
Select one:
A. False
B. True
B. True
Which statement is TRUE about China's province of Sichuan?
Select one:
A. Huang He is the major transport artery.
B. The harsh climate prevents agriculture.
C. It is the least industrially developed province.
D. It is a very populous province.
D. It is a very populous province.
Which Southeast Asian nation is an archipelago composed of some 17,000 islands?
Select one:
A. Timor-Leste
B. Indonesia
C. Brunei
D. the Philippines
B. Indonesia
Which practice in Southeast Asia is NOT contributing to global climate change?
Select one:
A. commercial agriculture
B. wet rice cultivation
C. deforestation
D. fishing activities
D. fishing activities
Which statement BEST describes the Philippines today?
Select one:
A. Indigenous populations tend to hold the most power and wealth, creating resentment among people of Chinese and Spanish heritage.
B. Cut off from world trade, the country has managed to b
D. Democracy is fragile, and civil problems are common.
The MOST cost-effective energy option for most of the countries of Southeast Asia is:
Select one:
A. wind energy.
B. nuclear energy.
C. solar energy.
D. geothermal energy.
A. wind energy.
Which facet of life in Southeast Asia is sometimes used by leaders to make the case that Asian nations are NOT well suited to democracy?
Select one:
A. Hinduism
B. Confucianism
C. ASEAN
D. the nations' widespread physical geography and corresponding cultu
B. Confucianism
Which statement does NOT explain why bosses prefer to hire young single women in Southeast Asia?
Select one:
A. They usually do not agitate for promotions.
B. They are not likely to complain about poor working conditions.
C. They will work for low wages.
D. They tend to be more educated than their male counterparts.
Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos are all BEST described as:
Select one:
A. communist countries.
B. republics.
C. democracies.
D. theocracies.
A. communist countries.
Malaysia is an ethnically homogeneous country.
Select one:
A. True
B. False
B. False
The volcanoes of the Philippines are part of the Pacific Ring of Fire.
Select one:
A. True
B. False
A. True
Which group is NOT contributing to the fragile democracy in Thailand?
Select one:
A. corruption
B. the Acehnese ethnic group
C. a large populist movement
D. more than a dozen coup d' etat
B. the Acehnese ethnic group
The world's largest producers of opium are:
Select one:
A. China and India.
B. Afghanistan and Burma (Myanmar).
C. Uruguay and Paraguay.
D. Colombia and Brazil.
B. Afghanistan and Burma (Myanmar).
Which statement is NOT true of melting glaciers in Southeast Asia?
Select one:
A. The largest rivers are fed by glacial melt during the dry season.
B. Glacial melting can cause catastrophic flooding.
C. It can cause the loss of harvests and thus reduce ma
D. As glacial melting accelerates, the immediate risk is a greater occurrence of El Ni�o.
Which statement is NOT true of Burma (Myanmar)?
Select one:
A. It has a repressive military government.
B. It depends on agriculture.
C. It is home to many multinational manufacturing firms.
D. It is poor.
C. It is home to many multinational manufacturing firms.
Which statement is NOT true of Singapore?
Select one:
A. Most of its population live in squatter settlements in the urban areas.
B. Literacy is extremely high.
C. It has very little congestion, poverty, and unemployment.
D. A majority of the people live i
A. Most of its population live in squatter settlements in the urban areas.
Attempts by multinational companies to displace indigenous peoples often also have serious environmental impacts.
Select one:
A. True
B. False
A. True
The Philippines today have low levels of poverty and unemployment.
Select one:
A. False
B. True
A. False
Which activity has been particularly useful in helping the indigenous people of Sarawak stop the expansion of oil companies and the clear-cutting of forests?
Select one:
A. terrorism
B. sit-ins
C. chaining themselves to trees
D. community-based mapping
D. community-based mapping
The Dutch succeeded in making Catholicism the predominant religion of Southeast Asia.
Select one:
A. True
B. False
B. False
What characteristic of the physical environment largely explains the sparseness of human settlement in Laos and the northern parts of Vietnam?
Select one:
A. mountainous topography
B. extreme heat
C. desert climate
D. extensive wetlands
A. mountainous topography
During the civil war in Vietnam that followed the Vietnam War, the south emerged victorious.
Select one:
A. True
B. False
B. False
Which statement is NOT true of migrants and refugees in Oceania?
Select one:
A. Australia and New Zealand have experienced a huge and unexpected influx of impoverished and desperate refugees.
B. Australia and New Zealand have a reputation for having very
B. Australia and New Zealand have a reputation for having very strict migration policies, resulting in less than 10 percent of their populations being foreign born.
During World War II, European powers provided strong resistance to Japan's invasion of the Pacific.
Select one:
A. True
B. False
B. False
Select one:
A. Fiji is now the subject of a Commonwealth embargo on its agricultural products.
B. Fiji has been suspended from the Commonwealth of Nations.
C. Fiji is no longer available for Commonwealth aid, and cannot participate in Commonwealth-sponsor
A. Fiji is now the subject of a Commonwealth embargo on its agricultural products.
Due to the lack of a written history, virtually nothing is known about the arrival of ancient Aborigines to Australia.
Select one:
A. False
B. True
A. False
Which group of people did NOT emigrate to Australia and New Zealand after World War II?
Select one:
A. Yugoslavians
B. Greeks
C. Italians
D. Vietnamese
D. Vietnamese
What was established by the 1985 Treaty of Rarotonga?
Select one:
A. the Oceania Free Trade Zone
B. the independence of Polynesia from France
C. the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone
D. the great Dingo Fence
C. the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone
The largest of the world's regions is:
Select one:
A. Russia and the Post-Soviet States.
B. East Asia.
C. Oceania.
D. North America.
C. Oceania
Because of the vast distances between islands, Polynesians engaged in almost no trade.
Select one:
A. True
B. False
B. False
Despite their proximity to the "Pacific Ring of Fire," none of the islands in the region of Oceania are volcanic in origin.
Select one:
A. False
B. True
A. False
Australia's landscape is characterized by high mountains separated by deep valleys carved by rivers, some of which rival the Amazon in terms of annual flow.
Select one:
A. True
B. False
B. False
New Zealand is characterized by mountainous topography and a wet temperate climate.
Select one:
A. True
B. False
A. True
If Hawaii were a country, it would rank higher than the United States as a whole on the Human Development Index.
Select one:
A. False
B. True
B. True
The country whose indigenous population was devastated by environmental pollution wrought by the Ok Tedi Mine is:
Select one:
A. Nauru.
B. Samoa.
C. Tonga.
D. Papua New Guinea.
D. Papua New Guinea.
_____ does NOT represent an increasingly important role played by Asia in the societies and economies of Oceania.
Select one:
A. Being a source of tourists
B. Owning industries in Oceania
C. Supplying raw materials
D. Being depended on for manufactured go
C. Supplying raw materials
In Oceania, the greatest strides toward male-female quality have been made in Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii.
Select one:
A. False
B. True
B. True
What continent buys 76 percent of Australia's exports?
Select one:
A. North America
B. Asia
C. Africa
D. Europe
B. Asia
Kiribati president Anote Tong has developed several strategies for helping his people do what?
Select one:
A. migrate with dignity
B. take a last stand
C. survive with honor
D. persevere with passion
A. migrate with dignity
Until quite recently, most people of European descent in Australia and New Zealand thought of themselves as Europeans in exile.
Select one:
A. False
B. True
B. True
The 1985 Treaty of Rarotonga is critical to preventing environmental degradation such as that exercised on Nauru during the last half of the twentieth century.
Select one:
A. False
B. True
A. False
The world's first 35-hour workweek was negotiated by Australian coal miners.
Select one:
A. True
B. False
A. True