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Exam 3 Review

Total questions: 73

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What global issue is causing the extreme decline of the Great Barrier Reef coral populations?

a)

rising ocean temperatures lowering the pH of the coral environment

b)

declining ocean temperatures increasing the pH of the coral environment

c)

rising ocean temperatures increasing the pH of the coral environment

d)

declining ocean temperatures lowering the pH of the coral environment

2.

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?

a)

Political

b)

Scientific

c)

Economic

d)

Cultural

3.

The Caste system was entrenched in this country due to its history:

a)

Thailand

b)

India

c)

Cambodia

d)

Japan

4.

The general climate type in the interior of Australia is:

a)

BW

b)

Cs

c)

Aw

d)

Cf

5.

Which of the following Pacific Islands is NOT a US state/holding/protectorate?

a)

Hawaii

b)

Midway islands

c)

Guam

d)

Tahiti

6.

Which of the following is NOT a fragmented state

a)

Malaysia

b)

Indonesia

c)

Thailand

d)

The Philippines

7.

Which of the following countries once formed a colonial component of British India?

a)

Singapore (Straits Settlement)

b)

Sumatera (Sumatra)

c)

Myanmar (Burma)

d)

Malaysia (Malaya)

8.

The Southeast Asian country that is still ruled by a communist regime is __________________.

a)

Vietnam

b)

Thailand

c)

Singapore

d)

Malaysia

9.

In Myanmar, Thailand, and Cambodia, most of the people are adherents of ______________.

a)

Buddhism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Islam

d)

Roman Catholicism

10.

What is the most prominent religion of the Southeast region of Asia?

a)

Roman Catholicism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Islam

11.

The colony formerly known as the Dutch East Indies is now the country of __________.

a)

Indonesia

b)

Thailand

c)

Myanmar

d)

East Timor

12.

A country in Southeast Asia that remained, for the most part, an independent state throughout the colonial era was __________.

a)

Malaya

b)

Borneo

c)

Burma

d)

Thailand

13.

The Khmer Rouge killed as many as 2 million people in their attempt to refashion the society of _______________.

a)

Cambodia

b)

Laos

c)

Thailand

d)

Vietnam

14.

The ethnic group that accounts for over 70 % of Singapore's population is the _____________.

a)

Chinese

b)

Indonesians

c)

Siamese

d)

Malays

15.

Angkor Wat is located in which country?

a)

Vietnam

b)

Thailand

c)

Laos

d)

Cambodia

16.

Large population clusters in Southeast Asia exist in all but which of the following areas?

a)

deltas of major rivers

b)

zones of plantation development in Ma

c)

areas of volcanic soil in the islands

d)

interior highland regions

17.

Which of the following is considered to be Southeast Asia's most economically advanced and globally connected entity:

a)

Indonesia

b)

Indonesia

c)

Singapore

d)

Vietnam

18.

Southeast Asia, compared to the South Asian realm, is ___________________.

a)

less densely populated

b)

more densely populated than India and possesses a much lower standard of living

c)

very heavily urbanized, with sparse populations in the rural areas

d)

entirely a remnant of Britain's East Indies colonial empire

19.

Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?

a)

The Southeast Asian realm exhibits shatter belt characteristics.

b)

Compared to neighboring realms, Southeast Asia has a comparatively low population density.

c)

The major river valleys of mainland Southeast Asia are sparsely populated.

d)

Southeast Asia is culturally fragment

20.

The state that has unresolved issues with Australia concerning undersea oil reserves is __________.

a)

Thailand

b)

Indonesia

c)

East Timor

d)

Philippines

21.

The Southeast Asia country that is most compact is ______________.

a)

Cambodia

b)

Vietnam

c)

Indonesia

d)

Laos

22.

An example of an "elongated state" is _______________.

a)

Indonesia

b)

Brunei

c)

Cambodia

d)

Vietnam

23.

Clearing land for what crop is causing extensive deforestation throughout the regions islands?

a)

Bananas

b)

Palm Oil

c)

Rice

d)

Tea

24.

An archipelago is _____________.

a)

a protruded state

b)

a divided state on the mainland

c)

an elongated state

d)

a chain of islands

25.

Which of the following countries has the busiest port?

a)

Indonesia

b)

Philippines

c)

Singapore

d)

Thailand

26.

The two main islands in the Philippines are ____________________.

a)

Mindanao & Luzon

b)

Borneo & Visayan

c)

Singapore & Cebu

d)

Timor & Jawa

27.

Southeast Asian physiography is dominated by ________________.

a)

extensive plateaus

b)

high relief

c)

rolling hills

d)

vast flat plains

28.

Vietnam today ranks among the top producers in the world for which of the following crops:

a)

apples

b)

coffee

c)

rice

d)

tea

29.

The small oil-rich Islamic country of Insular Southeast Asia is _________________.

a)

Sulawest

b)

Papua

c)

Kalimantan

d)

Brunei

30.

Which Indonesian island is LEAST likely to experience a volcanic eruption?

a)

Sumatera

b)

Jawa

c)

Borneo

d)

Bali

31.

The Chinese city containing the largest population is ___________.

a)

Beijing

b)

Hong Kong

c)

Shenzhen

d)

Shanghai

32.

North and South Korea may be said to be in a situation of ____________________________.

a)

joint state capitalism

b)

geographic inertia

c)

areal functional specialization

d)

regional complementarity

33.

Which of the following regions has been known as, and is sometimes still called, "Manchuria"?

a)

Northeast China

b)

Taiwan

c)

Xinjiang

d)

Red Basin of Sichuan

34.

Which of the following is the Chinese name for Tibet?

a)

Hainan

b)

Xinjiang

c)

Xian

d)

Xizang

35.

Which of the following is NOT one of China's Autonomous Regions?

a)

Xizang

b)

Chongqing

c)

Inner Mongolia

d)

Guangxi Zhuang

36.

Two former colonial entities that were reunited with China during the late 1990's are ___________________.

a)

Macau & Hong Kong

b)

Vietnam & Tibet

c)

Hong Kong & Shenzhen

d)

Macau & Shenzhen

37.

Taiwan was at one time a colony of __________________.

a)

Britain

b)

Russia

c)

Japan

d)

the United States

38.

The country of the "people of Han" is ________________.

a)

Mongolia

b)

China

c)

Japan

d)

Korea

39.

The former Portuguese colony that is now a Special Administrative Region (SAR) is _____________.

a)

Macau

b)

Shenzhen

c)

Guangdong

d)

Taiwan

40.

The outcome of the Korean War in the 1950's was _____________________.

a)

the defeat of North Korea, which was returned to the country of Japan

b)

victory for the South, which soon became communist

c)

a military stalemate resulting in the continued division of the country

d)

the unification of the two Koreas

41.

Which of the following is NOT considered an Asian Tiger?

a)

Hong Kong

b)

North Korea

c)

South Korea

d)

Taiwan

42.

Which of the following has NOT been important in the development of Shenzhen as an SEZ?

a)

proximity to Hong kong

b)

the socialist economic principles applied by the Chinese government to its development

c)

nvestment of Oversees Chinese in it

d)

the fastest urban growth rate in human history

43.

The Xinjiang Autonomous Region ________________.

a)

is the home of the Uyghur people

b)

is located south of Tibet

c)

contains the Gobi Desert

d)

lies in northeast China

44.

Japan's population ________.

a)

is expected to decline over the next half-centry

b)

exhibits a low rate of literacy

c)

is concentrated on Hokkaido and Shikoku

d)

is reflective of a multicultural society

45.

Japan's natural landscapes ____________________.

a)

resemble those of populous South Asia: wide alluvial valleys crowded by millions of farmers, plateau country elsewhere

b)

being tropical, consist of dense stands of forest and clearings of farmland

c)

are mountainous and hilly, with flat land at a premium

d)

consists of all the usual landforms except mountains, which rarely occur in the Japanese archipelago

46.

The southernmost of China's three great rivers is the ______________.

a)

Huang He

b)

Chang - Yangzi

c)

Xi/Pearl

d)

Liao

47.

What mode of transportation is having the largest impact in the Chinese Western Periphery?

a)

Interstates

b)

High Speed Rail

c)

Large Buses

d)

Helicopters

48.

Indigenous Australians are known as __________________.

a)

Aboriginals

b)

Cook Islanders

c)

Marsupials

d)

Maoris

49.

Approximately ____________ percent of Australians live in cities or towns.

a)

20

b)

40

c)

60

d)

80

50.

The governmental structure of Australia is that of a(n) __________________.

a)

federal state

b)

unitary state

c)

British colony

d)

monarchy

51.

Which of the following is true?

a)

New Zealand lies less than 100 miles from Australia

b)

Whereas much of interior Australia is desert, most of interior New Zealand is mountainous

c)

New Zealand consists mainly of three large islands

d)

Most of New Zealand's population lives in the interior of the North Island

52.

Which of the following is NOT one of Australia's major problems?

a)

aboriginal land claims

b)

environmental degradation

c)

immigration issues

d)

land border disputes

53.

The vast interior rural heart of Australia is known as the _____________-

a)

Aboriginal Territories

b)

Central Australian State

c)

Empty Quarter

d)

Outback

54.

_______________ is the study of fauna in spatial perspective

a)

Ecology

b)

Phytogeography

c)

Zoogeography

d)

Plant Geography

55.

The animals found in Australia who carry their young in pouches are collectively known as __________.

a)

australpods

b)

marsupials

c)

outbacks

d)

anzacs

56.

Most of the core area of Australia is located in the _______________.

a)

northwest

b)

northeast

c)

southwest

d)

southeast

57.

What Australia landmark is closest to the geographic center of Australia?

a)

Ayers Rock

b)

Great Barrier Reef

c)

Tasmania

d)

Queensland Museum

58.

Which of the following causes the most destruction in New Zealand?

a)

earthquakes

b)

monsoons

c)

tsunamis

d)

floods

59.

Wallace's Line refers to the __________________.

a)

fault line in Australia where earthquakes are

b)

middle ridge of the Great Dividing Range

c)

place at which Australia waters are divided from New Zealand waters

d)

line separating Australian animal species from non-Australian species

60.

The environmental crisis that most severely threatens economic activity in the Murray-Darling River Basin is ___________________.

a)

overpopulation

b)

mining pollution

c)

drought

d)

repeated floods

61.

The United States conducted nuclear weapons tests after World War II in _______________.

a)

Fiji

b)

Marshall Islands

c)

Solomon Islands

d)

Kiribati

62.

Guam is politically affiliated with _____________________.

a)

Japan

b)

France

c)

Philippines

d)

United States

63.

Prior to independence, New Guinea was under the administration of _____________________.

a)

Australia

b)

United Kingdom

c)

Indonesia

d)

Japan

64.

The majority of people of New Guinea are ____________________.

a)

Polynesian

b)

Indonesian ancestry

c)

Dutch descent

d)

Papuans

65.

Regionally, the Hawaiian Islands are part of __________________.

a)

Melanesia

b)

Micronesia

c)

Polynesia

d)

Pacific Rim

66.

The UNCLOS allows states to claim all resources within a(n) _________________ that extends up to 200 nautical miles from their coasts.

a)

Special Administrative Region

b)

Exclusive Economic Zone

c)

Extraterritorial Zone

d)

Territorial Sea

67.

The island of New Guinea is part of the Pacific region known as: ___________________

a)

Melanesia

b)

Micronesia

c)

Polynesia

d)

Indonesia

68.

A territorial sea is _____________.

a)

an adjacent area of the ocean where all of the rights of a coastal state prevail

b)

a body of water completely surrounded by a state

c)

a small body of water that connects to larger bodies of water

d)

an area where a state has no rights to exploit minerals

69.

When a body of water is less than 24 nautical miles wide, the boundary between the states on each shore is drawn a long __________________.

a)

the choke point

b)

the deepest channel

c)

the median line

d)

the political convergence line

70.

Which of the following is located in Micronesia?

a)

Hawaiian Islands

b)

New Caledonia

c)

Marshall Islands

d)

Solomon Islands

71.

The largest cluster of population in Melanesia is found in __________________.

a)

Fiji

b)

Papua New Guinea

c)

Samoa

d)

Vanuatu

72.

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)

a)

Religion

b)

Drought

c)

Employment

d)

Water

73.

In the video, Years of Living Dangerously, what was the important physical geography resource that was causing unrest along with Syria and Turkey border?

a)

Water

b)

Lumber

c)

Oil

d)

Education