Ch 1 Concepts of World Geography

The interconnectedness of people and places through converging economic, political, and cultural activities is called

• trade

• economics

• geography

• globalization

What is NOT a part of economic globalization?

• Increase in communication

• Increase in travel

• Increase in trade

• All of the above are a part of globalization

Globalization would not have been possible without

• the Revolutionary War

• the Cold War

• the Industrial Revolution

• all of the above

When new products and ways of doing business replace old methods

• economics

• creative destruction

• globalization

• job loss

Globalization has led to increases in growth and trade, and decreased income inequality.

• true

• false

Geopolitics or international relations is the study of

• power relations between countries and how geography influences it

• how power relations lead to peace between countries

• how geography play a small role in the politics between countries

• how power relations led to the forming of the United Nations

Globalization has played a part in better technological innovations and increased competition among businesses.

• true

• false

The study of the earth's lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena is called

• globalization

• economics

• geography

• social studies

The geographic coordinates of the earth's surface are called latitude and longitude. Latitude lines are vertical and longitude lines are horizontal.

• true

• false

The ______ is at 0 degrees latitude and the ______ is at 0 degrees longitude

• north pole, south pole

• prime meridian, equator

• equator, prime meridian

• northern hemisphere, southern hemisphere