World Geography CA U6 - Managing Resources & Sustainability

1. The internet is reshaping traditional economic arrangements by --

• A. Expanding the importance of express shipping.

• B. Increasing the importance of rail transportation.

• C. Bringing consumers and producers into face-to-face contact.

• D. Create more enclosed shopping malls.

2. The maquiladoras of northern Mexico are --

• A. manufacturing outsourcing plants.

• B. organic agricultural cooperatives.

• C. commercial produce farms.

• D. large-scale agribusiness operations.

3. Free-trade zones such as the countries of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) are established to increase the ease and volume of international trade by --

• A. Establishing a similar currency amongst member states.

• B. Opening borders to migrant guest workers from member states.

• C. Eliminating tariffs on goods that cross borders between member states.

• D. Increase diplomatic relations between member states.

4. Which of the following is true of popular culture?

• A. It is practiced among a similar group of people around the world.

• B. It incorporates traits that diffuse quickly to a wide variety of places.

• C. It promotes regional diversity.

• D. It is more common in less developed countries.

5. If two countries are about to start a war, what should the United Nations do to try and resolve the issue?

• A. Seek to find a peaceful resolution and avoid going to war.

• B. Invite other countries to create coalitions with the warring countries.

• C. Determine the safest location for the countries to go to war.

• D. Pick a country to support over the other.

6. Which of the following best completes the chart?

• A. Cultural divergence

• B. Creation of authoritarian regimes

• C. Decrease in international trade

• D. Cultural convergence

7. Which of the following is true about technology's impact on society?

• A. Technology has allowed for advances in medicine, thus allowing people to live longer.

• B. Technology has led to a decrease in pollution.

• C. Technology has made it more challenging for multinational corporations to run effectively.

• D. Technology has evened the playing field on competition between more developed countries and less developed countries.

8. Based on the excerpt, what has contributed the most to deforestation?

• A. Development of new technology

• B. Globalization and government policies

• C. Urbanization and an increase in the standard of living

• D. Migration to the Amazon from other Central American nations

9. The increasing connectedness of different areas of the world through cultural, political, and economic interaction is called --

• A. Diffusion

• B. Development

• C. Culture

• D. Globalization

10. Which of the following would NOT be considered an effect of globalization?

• A. The spread of cultures around the globe.

• B. Access to more products for consumers.

• C. Increasing connectivity of national economies.

• D. Increase in nationalist movements.