THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN OLD EXAM FOR USE AS A SUPPLEMENTAL STUDY GUIDE

WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY

MID-TERM #3

True –False (2 points each)

The slide show on Latin America featured cities hit by earthquake damage.
The slide show on Latin America featured mining industries in the Andes.
The slide show on Latin America featured the incredible Galapagos Islands.
One of the four main parts of food security programs in Africa is adding genetically-modified food.
Food-security programs include improved monitoring and prediction.
Current thought argues that Africa was home to the earliest hominid populations.
The tse tse fly has been eradicated throughout Africa.
Bilharzia (schistosomiasis) is a water-borne disease.
Pastoralists in Africa make their living by painting landscapes.
The prevalence of democracy in Africa is greater than it was thirty years ago.
African boundaries were drawn over one hundred years ago largely based on local ethnic divisions.
The soil in Africa is the most fertile in the world.
Highland parts of Africa often have pleasant climates.
The Balfour Declaration made somewhat conflicting promises to the Palestinian and Jewish populations.
Oil in the Middle East ‘super fields” is considerably cheaper on average to obtain than in the US or Europe.
Comparing India and China over the last 50 years, India’s economic growth has been clearly superior.
Microenterprise lending is criticized since it dominantly impacts males over females.
Microenterprise lending is diminishing since the majority of women do not pay back their loans.
China initiated a “one-child policy” to deal with its population growth situation.
While China’s economy has transitioned to a near-market economy, its political situation has changed less and cannot be considered democratic at this time.
The slide show on Africa featured a variety of wildlife.
The slide show on Africa showed that slavery is still very prevalent in Malawi.
The slide show on Africa featured the difficulty of transport problems on the continent.
The slide show on Africa featured South Africa, including penguins.
Prof. Gaile failed to show up for a class this semester.

MULTIPLE CHOICE: (2 points each—only one correct answer)

26. In the caste system those who pursue wealth____

a) are highly regarded b) are less well regarded

c) do not matter d) become a god

27. Buddhism is the main religious practice in ___

a) Bhutan b) Pakistan

c) India d) none of the above

28. All of these are mostly Muslim countries, except,

a) Sri Lanka b) Maldives

c) Afghanistan d) none of the above

29. Pakistan was established as a:

a) Hindu country b) Muslim country

c) Buddhist country d) none of the above

30. Who was India’s major trading partner before 1992?

a) Great Britain b) Soviet Union

c) United States d) none of the above

31. Since independence, all of these countries have had periods of military rule, except:

a) Pakistan b) India

c) Bangladesh d) all of the above

32. What is the “security” of a bonded loan in traditional Indian society?

a) marriage with the borrower’s child b) the borrower’s labor

c) the borrower’s house d) none of the above

33. Which of the following experiences the most regular and widespread flooding from

the South Asian monsoon:

a) Afghanistan b) Bangladesh

c) India d) Pakistan

34. Which of the following religions was born in the Middle East and North Africa region?

a) Judaism b) Christianity

c) Islam d) all of the above

35. OPEC is:

a) an Arabic group b) a Muslim group

c) a group of oil-exporting nations d) none of the above

36. Sunnis and Shiites differ because of:

a) the distribution of oil revenues b) the supremacy of the pope

c) the leadership of the Islam nation d) the alliance with Soviet Union

Who would be most likely to see the subordination of women as natural, determined by biology?

a) Muslim men b) Muslim women

c) both of the above d) neither of the above

Most Muslims in Iran are:

a) Sunni b) Shi’i

c) neither of the above d) both of the above

____ is a pilgrimage to Mecca

a) Jihad b) Hajj

c) Sunna d) none of the above

Which of the following is the dominant religion in the Middle East and North Africa?

a) Islam b) Judaism

c) Christianity d) none of the above

This country possesses about 25% of the world’s oil reserves.

a) Egypt b) Saudi Arabia

c) Turkey d) Israel

Which of the following is NOT considered an Asian Tiger?

a) North Korea b) Taiwan

c) South Korea d) none of the above

Hong Kong was a _________ colony for most of the 19^th and 20^th centuries.

a) Korean b) British

c) Japanese d) American

This is the third largest economy in world, after the U.s. and Japan:

a) China b) North Korea

c) Taiwan d) South Korea

____ production helped foster rapid industrialization in Japan in the late 19t h and early 20^th century.

a) fish b) silk

c) rice d) none of the above

The Opium War allowed control of Hong Kong to go to

a) United States b) China

c) Great Britain d) none of the above

This country does not belong to the United Nations

a) Taiwan b) North Korea

c) China d) Mongolia

Where are most of the Special Economic Zones in China located?

a) deep in the interior b) surrounding the capital

c) along the coast d) none of the above

The best explanation for the economic differences between North Korea and South Korea is:

a) their climates b) the topography in the peninsula

c) their respective governments d) their resource bases

This country became involved in the Korean War when U.S. forces pushed the North Korean forces back to its borders.

a) Soviet Union b) China

c) Mongolia d) none of the above