Reflections of History and Globalization

Based on the map, how does the location of China today reflect the history of the region?

• Modern China is located at a crossroad of invasion routes.

• Much of modern China contains the cultural hearth of its ancient past.

• The location of Chinese culture has steadily moved eastward to the coastline.

• Chinese culture has become more concentrated in a smaller region over time.

Why has Singapore served as an important location for globalization in the world?

• It is a center of agriculture production, exporting rice and wheat to the region.

• It is an international port city, connecting trade across the Indian and Pacific oceans.

• It has the world's busiest airport, providing connections to Australia and the Asian mainland.

• It serves as a major center for education, with many people traveling from across Asia to attend its schools and universities.

What is one way the governments of China and the United States operate differently?

• In China the electorate only has one party to choose from and in the United States there are multiple political parties.

• In China elections are only conducted on the provincial level and in the United States elections are held on the national level.

• In China the executive leader is elected by a legislative body and in the United States the executive leader is chosen by popular vote.

• In China legislative representatives are chosen from groups of local leaders and in the United States legislative representatives generally have served as state governors.

Which condition most affects the average rainfall in Birdsville, Australia?

• Its corresponding latitude

• Its position on the continent

• Its location in the Southern Hemisphere

• Its close proximity to a political border

The distribution of climate regions in Australia has created settlement patterns characterized by —

• densely populated areas located along major rivers

• a concentration of urban centers along the eastern coast

• an even split of the population living in villages and in cities

• a majority of people living in villages scattered across the continent

Which factor most contributed to the change in the settlement patterns of the original inhabitants of Australia shown on the maps?

• Better irrigation techniques led many original inhabitants to move to land that previously had not been farmed.

• Population increases among European colonists pushed many original settlements from the coast to the interior.

• Climate changes led many original inhabitants to move away from increasingly violent storms along the coastline.

• Changing employment opportunities forced many original inhabitants to work for large farms and ranches in the interior.

Large segments of the population of Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands meet their basic economic needs by —

• providing services to tourists

• practicing subsistence farming

• producing small commercial crops

• creating commercial fishing companies

Islam originated in Saudi Arabia in the seventh century in the city of Mecca. Which Islamic religious practice reflects the importance of Mecca?

• Muslims pray facing Mecca and make a pilgrimage to Mecca.

• Once in a lifetime a Muslim must celebrate Ramadan in Mecca.

• Mecca is home to the famous Muslim Dome of the Rock mosque.

• Islamic law requires Muslims to help feed and clothe the poor in Mecca.

How does the spatial diffusion of Islam compare to that of Christianity?

• Islamic leaders faced fewer physical geographic barriers than did Christian missionaries.

• Christian missionaries arrived in North Africa after Muslim leaders had conquered the territory.

• Both originated in Southwest Asia yet Christianity spread from the region to dominate in Europe.

• Most Christians living in Southwest Asia today migrated to the region after the formation of Israel.

Based on the information in the excerpt, the United States' government has attributed the cause of the conflict in Syria to —

• the violent behaviors of the dissident crowds

• the spread of tension throughout Southwest Asia

• the lack of cohesion amongst the protesting groups

• the authoritarian policies of the Syrian government