WorksheetsExam 3 Review
Total questions: 73
Worksheet time: 37mins
What global issue is causing the extreme decline of the Great Barrier Reef coral populations?
rising ocean temperatures lowering the pH of the coral environment
declining ocean temperatures increasing the pH of the coral environment
rising ocean temperatures increasing the pH of the coral environment
declining ocean temperatures lowering the pH of the coral environment
Sonia Shah (TED talk) discussed three issues allowing malaria to still be in existence that are all related to a fourth, culminating reason. What was the encompassing reason that malaria is still a threat?
Political
Scientific
Economic
Cultural
The Caste system was entrenched in this country due to its history:
Thailand
India
Cambodia
Japan
The general climate type in the interior of Australia is:
BW
Cs
Aw
Cf
Which of the following Pacific Islands is NOT a US state/holding/protectorate?
Hawaii
Midway islands
Guam
Tahiti
Which of the following is NOT a fragmented state
Malaysia
Indonesia
Thailand
The Philippines
Which of the following countries once formed a colonial component of British India?
Singapore (Straits Settlement)
Sumatera (Sumatra)
Myanmar (Burma)
Malaysia (Malaya)
The Southeast Asian country that is still ruled by a communist regime is __________________.
Vietnam
Thailand
Singapore
Malaysia
In Myanmar, Thailand, and Cambodia, most of the people are adherents of ______________.
Buddhism
Buddhism
Islam
Roman Catholicism
What is the most prominent religion of the Southeast region of Asia?
Roman Catholicism
Buddhism
Hinduism
Islam
The colony formerly known as the Dutch East Indies is now the country of __________.
Indonesia
Thailand
Myanmar
East Timor
A country in Southeast Asia that remained, for the most part, an independent state throughout the colonial era was __________.
Malaya
Borneo
Burma
Thailand
The Khmer Rouge killed as many as 2 million people in their attempt to refashion the society of _______________.
Cambodia
Laos
Thailand
Vietnam
The ethnic group that accounts for over 70 % of Singapore's population is the _____________.
Chinese
Indonesians
Siamese
Malays
Angkor Wat is located in which country?
Vietnam
Thailand
Laos
Cambodia
Large population clusters in Southeast Asia exist in all but which of the following areas?
deltas of major rivers
zones of plantation development in Ma
areas of volcanic soil in the islands
interior highland regions
Which of the following is considered to be Southeast Asia's most economically advanced and globally connected entity:
Indonesia
Indonesia
Singapore
Vietnam
Southeast Asia, compared to the South Asian realm, is ___________________.
less densely populated
more densely populated than India and possesses a much lower standard of living
very heavily urbanized, with sparse populations in the rural areas
entirely a remnant of Britain's East Indies colonial empire
Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?
The Southeast Asian realm exhibits shatter belt characteristics.
Compared to neighboring realms, Southeast Asia has a comparatively low population density.
The major river valleys of mainland Southeast Asia are sparsely populated.
Southeast Asia is culturally fragment
The state that has unresolved issues with Australia concerning undersea oil reserves is __________.
Thailand
Indonesia
East Timor
Philippines
The Southeast Asia country that is most compact is ______________.
Cambodia
Vietnam
Indonesia
Laos
An example of an "elongated state" is _______________.
Indonesia
Brunei
Cambodia
Vietnam
Clearing land for what crop is causing extensive deforestation throughout the regions islands?
Bananas
Palm Oil
Rice
Tea
An archipelago is _____________.
a protruded state
a divided state on the mainland
an elongated state
a chain of islands
Which of the following countries has the busiest port?
Indonesia
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
The two main islands in the Philippines are ____________________.
Mindanao & Luzon
Borneo & Visayan
Singapore & Cebu
Timor & Jawa
Southeast Asian physiography is dominated by ________________.
extensive plateaus
high relief
rolling hills
vast flat plains
Vietnam today ranks among the top producers in the world for which of the following crops:
apples
coffee
rice
tea
The small oil-rich Islamic country of Insular Southeast Asia is _________________.
Sulawest
Papua
Kalimantan
Brunei
Which Indonesian island is LEAST likely to experience a volcanic eruption?
Sumatera
Jawa
Borneo
Bali
The Chinese city containing the largest population is ___________.
Beijing
Hong Kong
Shenzhen
Shanghai
North and South Korea may be said to be in a situation of ____________________________.
joint state capitalism
geographic inertia
areal functional specialization
regional complementarity
Which of the following regions has been known as, and is sometimes still called, "Manchuria"?
Northeast China
Taiwan
Xinjiang
Red Basin of Sichuan
Which of the following is the Chinese name for Tibet?
Hainan
Xinjiang
Xian
Xizang
Which of the following is NOT one of China's Autonomous Regions?
Xizang
Chongqing
Inner Mongolia
Guangxi Zhuang
Two former colonial entities that were reunited with China during the late 1990's are ___________________.
Macau & Hong Kong
Vietnam & Tibet
Hong Kong & Shenzhen
Macau & Shenzhen
Taiwan was at one time a colony of __________________.
Britain
Russia
Japan
the United States
The country of the "people of Han" is ________________.
Mongolia
China
Japan
Korea
The former Portuguese colony that is now a Special Administrative Region (SAR) is _____________.
Macau
Shenzhen
Guangdong
Taiwan
The outcome of the Korean War in the 1950's was _____________________.
the defeat of North Korea, which was returned to the country of Japan
victory for the South, which soon became communist
a military stalemate resulting in the continued division of the country
the unification of the two Koreas
Which of the following is NOT considered an Asian Tiger?
Hong Kong
North Korea
South Korea
Taiwan
Which of the following has NOT been important in the development of Shenzhen as an SEZ?
proximity to Hong kong
the socialist economic principles applied by the Chinese government to its development
nvestment of Oversees Chinese in it
the fastest urban growth rate in human history
The Xinjiang Autonomous Region ________________.
is the home of the Uyghur people
is located south of Tibet
contains the Gobi Desert
lies in northeast China
Japan's population ________.
is expected to decline over the next half-centry
exhibits a low rate of literacy
is concentrated on Hokkaido and Shikoku
is reflective of a multicultural society
Japan's natural landscapes ____________________.
resemble those of populous South Asia: wide alluvial valleys crowded by millions of farmers, plateau country elsewhere
being tropical, consist of dense stands of forest and clearings of farmland
are mountainous and hilly, with flat land at a premium
consists of all the usual landforms except mountains, which rarely occur in the Japanese archipelago
The southernmost of China's three great rivers is the ______________.
Huang He
Chang - Yangzi
Xi/Pearl
Liao
What mode of transportation is having the largest impact in the Chinese Western Periphery?
Interstates
High Speed Rail
Large Buses
Helicopters
Indigenous Australians are known as __________________.
Aboriginals
Cook Islanders
Marsupials
Maoris
Approximately ____________ percent of Australians live in cities or towns.
20
40
60
80
The governmental structure of Australia is that of a(n) __________________.
federal state
unitary state
British colony
monarchy
Which of the following is true?
New Zealand lies less than 100 miles from Australia
Whereas much of interior Australia is desert, most of interior New Zealand is mountainous
New Zealand consists mainly of three large islands
Most of New Zealand's population lives in the interior of the North Island
Which of the following is NOT one of Australia's major problems?
aboriginal land claims
environmental degradation
immigration issues
land border disputes
The vast interior rural heart of Australia is known as the _____________-
Aboriginal Territories
Central Australian State
Empty Quarter
Outback
_______________ is the study of fauna in spatial perspective
Ecology
Phytogeography
Zoogeography
Plant Geography
The animals found in Australia who carry their young in pouches are collectively known as __________.
australpods
marsupials
outbacks
anzacs
Most of the core area of Australia is located in the _______________.
northwest
northeast
southwest
southeast
What Australia landmark is closest to the geographic center of Australia?
Ayers Rock
Great Barrier Reef
Tasmania
Queensland Museum
Which of the following causes the most destruction in New Zealand?
earthquakes
monsoons
tsunamis
floods
Wallace's Line refers to the __________________.
fault line in Australia where earthquakes are
middle ridge of the Great Dividing Range
place at which Australia waters are divided from New Zealand waters
line separating Australian animal species from non-Australian species
The environmental crisis that most severely threatens economic activity in the Murray-Darling River Basin is ___________________.
overpopulation
mining pollution
drought
repeated floods
The United States conducted nuclear weapons tests after World War II in _______________.
Fiji
Marshall Islands
Solomon Islands
Kiribati
Guam is politically affiliated with _____________________.
Japan
France
Philippines
United States
Prior to independence, New Guinea was under the administration of _____________________.
Australia
United Kingdom
Indonesia
Japan
The majority of people of New Guinea are ____________________.
Polynesian
Indonesian ancestry
Dutch descent
Papuans
Regionally, the Hawaiian Islands are part of __________________.
Melanesia
Micronesia
Polynesia
Pacific Rim
The UNCLOS allows states to claim all resources within a(n) _________________ that extends up to 200 nautical miles from their coasts.
Special Administrative Region
Exclusive Economic Zone
Extraterritorial Zone
Territorial Sea
The island of New Guinea is part of the Pacific region known as: ___________________
Melanesia
Micronesia
Polynesia
Indonesia
A territorial sea is _____________.
an adjacent area of the ocean where all of the rights of a coastal state prevail
a body of water completely surrounded by a state
a small body of water that connects to larger bodies of water
an area where a state has no rights to exploit minerals
When a body of water is less than 24 nautical miles wide, the boundary between the states on each shore is drawn a long __________________.
the choke point
the deepest channel
the median line
the political convergence line
Which of the following is located in Micronesia?
Hawaiian Islands
New Caledonia
Marshall Islands
Solomon Islands
The largest cluster of population in Melanesia is found in __________________.
Fiji
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Vanuatu
In the video, Years of Living Dangerously, what cultural geography topic did the professor in Texas link to the topic of climate change when speaking to communities in West Texas?
(where the meat processing plant closed down)
Religion
Drought
Employment
Water
In the video, Years of Living Dangerously, what was the important physical geography resource that was causing unrest along with Syria and Turkey border?
Water
Lumber
Oil
Education
