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Q: As of 2013 the Dominican Republic had how many Free Trade Zones? A) 5 B) 10 C) 12 D) 24 E) 50
Q: What is the major attraction for offshore banking in the Caribbean? A) specialized services that are confidential and tax-exempt B) confidential services C) tax-exempt deposits D) specialized services and tax exempt deposits E) confidential and specialized services
Q: What language is spoken by the most people in the Caribbean? A) English B) Spanish C) French D) Dutch E) Portuguese
Q: The most widely practiced African-influenced religion in Haiti is A) Voodoo. B) Candomble. C) Santeria. D) Obeah. E) Umbanda.
Q: Which of the following areas received the largest number of slaves between 1492 and 1870? A) the French Caribbean B) the Danish Caribbean C) the British Caribbean D) Spanish America E) the Middle East
Q: Which of the following types of music is NOT associated with the Caribbean? A) reggae B) calypso C) merengue D) jazz E) rumba
Q: Plantation America refers to A) a cultural region within the Americas. B) a primarily coastal area engaged in monocropping. C) villages for freed or runaway slaves. D) a cultural region within the Americas that was primarily coastal and engaged in monocropping. E) farms raising sugar cane or bananas.
Q: Which Caribbean country is the site of a black howler monkey sanctuary created by local farmers? A) Jamaica B) Puerto Rico C) Guyana D) Cuba E) Belize
Q: What causes the destruction associated with hurricanes? A) high winds B) heavy rainstorms C) severe flooding and coastal tidal surges D) high winds and heavy rainstorms E) high winds, heavy rainstorms, severe flooding and coastal tidal surges
Q: Where do the hurricanes that wrack the Caribbean originate? A) in the Gulf of Mexico near Miami, Florida B) in the Caribbean Sea, due east of Honduras C) just east of the Lesser Antilles, in the Atlantic Ocean D) off the coast of West Africa E) in the Pacific Ocean, just south of Guatemala
Q: Describe and analyze the nature of U.S. involvement in the Caribbean from 1898 to the present.
Q: Discuss the role of free trade zones (FTZs) in the economic and social development of the Caribbean.
Q: Discuss the role of slavery in the Caribbean region.
Q: What is dollarization and how has it recently affected the economy of specific Latin American countries? Also, what are preventive measures that some of these countries are taking to avoid problems associated with this phenomenon?
Q: How are trade blocs reshaping the region's geopolitics and development?
Q: Discuss and analyze the reasons for the demographic collapse of the indigenous population of Latin America. Using the map of languages of Latin America as a guide, explain the geography of Amerindian survival.
Q: Discuss and analyze the patterns of immigration to Latin America as well as patterns of emigration from Latin America after independence in the 19th Century.
Q: Describe and discuss the environmental problems of Mexico City.
Q: Label the "altitudinal zonation" and discuss how the environmental lapse rate affects the economic activities that can be pursued at different elevations.
Q: Assembly plants located in Mexico City are known as maquiladoras.
Q: Brazil has the highest population of any country in Latin America.
Q: Which of the following modern countries of South America was NOT part of Gran Colombia? A) Panama B) Bolivia C) Ecuador D) Venezuela E) Guiana
Q: What factor has been most crucial to the survival of the remaining indigenous people of Latin America? A) land B) water C) energy D) education E) jobs
Q: Which of the following products made its way to the New World as part of the Columbian Exchange? A) corn B) wheat C) potatoes D) tomatoes E) avocados
Q: Which of the following products made its way to Europe as part of the Columbian Exchange? A) potatoes B) wheat C) horses D) grapes E) barley
Q: Geographer William Denevan's "pristine myth" argument does not support which of the following statements? A) Latin America was sparsely populated B) Native populations in the Americas cleared forests C) Latin America had urban centers upon the arrival of the Europeans D) Native populations dramatically altered Latin American ecosystems E) All of the above
Q: The rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has increased since 2000. Why? A) Because of growth of corporate farms and development of new roads and dams B) Because of growth in corporate farms C) From the development of new roads and dams D) From increased global demand for tropical wood E) From the clearing of land for farming by local villagers
Q: Identify the environmental problems in North America, then discuss the role of affluence in creating these problems.Discuss the close geopolitical relationship between the United States and Canada. Be certain to discuss such issues as trade and mutual cooperation, as well as political conflicts between these two nations.
Q: The Acadians of Louisiana share a common language with the Inuits of Nunavut.
Q: Which territory is home to the Inuit people and is the most recently formed Canadian territory?A) British ColumbiaB) NewfoundlandC) Prince Edward IslandD) GreenlandE) Nunavut
Q: During the fourth Phase of migration to the United States (1920-1970), where did the majority of immigrants come from? A) England and Africa B) Ireland and Germany C) Southern and Eastern Europe D) Canada and Latin America E) Latin America and Asia
Q: During the third Phase of migration to the U.S. (1870-1920), where did the majority of immigrants come from? A) England and Africa B) Ireland and Germany C) Southern and Eastern Europe D) Canada and Latin America E) Latin America and Asia
Q: During the first Phase of migration to the United States (1800-1820), where did the majority of immigrants come from? A) Ireland and Germany B) Southern and Eastern Europe C) Canada and Latin America D) Latin America and Asia E) England and Africa
Q: What are new suburbs called that include shopping centers, industry, office, and entertainment activities, but are less connected to the central city, and more connected to other suburban centers? A) urban decentralization B) counterurbanization C) concentric zones model D) urban realms model E) edge cities
Q: Cities were compact, usually about 3-4 miles in diameter, during which era of the Historical Evolution of the U.S. City? A) Electric Streetcar era B) Pedestrian/Horse car era C) Automobile era D) Freeway era E) Internet era
Q: Where is Megalopolis located? A) Midwestern United States, from St. Louis to Cincinnati B) East Coast of the United States, from Boston to Washington, D.C. C) The intermountain west of the United States, from Salt Lake City to Denver D) Texas, from Houston to San Antonio E) West Coast of United States, from Portland to Seattle
Q: Following the arrival of Europeans to the North American continent what happened to the Native American population? A) They began trading with the Europeans and benefited economically. B) European diseases and disruptions reduced their numbers by more than 90%. C) They migrated to better land in the interior of North America. D) The European educational system transformed their way of life, enabling them to benefit from early globalization. E) They continued as before, having little contact with European immigrants.
Q: Demographers predict that by the year 2050 __________ number of people will live in the North American Region? A) 270 million B) 464 million C) 423 million D) 552 million E) 1 billion
Q: Which of the following reflects growing environmental awareness in North America? A) fewer farms that are larger in size B) the selective removal of dams C) heavy reliance on pesticides and herbicides in industrial agriculture D) government incentives for coal as a primary energy source E) the over-pumping of water for irrigation from the Ogallala Aquifer
Q: Discuss how latitude influences the pattern of bioregions on Earth.
Q: Please explain the three major factors contributing to tropical deforestation. In which regions do we find this problem especially pronounced?
Q: Discuss the concepts of water scarcity, water sanitation and access to water.
Q: Discuss the most important sources of renewable energy and their potential drawbacks and benefits.
Q: What are the major causes and effects of climate change?
Q: Discuss the evolution of international agreements to address the problem of greenhouse gas emissions.
Q: Please explain the Earth's five major climatic controls and how they have an effect on meteorological conditions.
Q: What geologic hazards do humans face around the world? Discuss the reasons for differences in the experience of these geologic hazards around the world and also the potential benefits to humans from volcanic activity.
Q: Explain the relationship between plate tectonics and the location of seismic activity around the world.
Q: Japanese and Chinese timber firms often outbid domestic firms for wood from U.S. and Canadian forests.
Q: The Mediterranean climate is only found in five areas of the world.
Q: Tropical Savanna bioregions are found in tropical locations with a dry season.
Q: Most tropical rainforests are found near the equator.
Q: The privatization of water in Cochabamba, Bolivia led to riots that led to violence and deaths.
Q: Privatization of water services has ensured that water is clean and helpful and affordable in many parts of the developing world.
Q: Nearly 4000 children die each day from drinking unsafe water.
Q: More people die each year from polluted water than are killed in all forms of violence.
Q: Only a very small proportion (3 percent) of the earth's water is freshwater.
Q: China is the largest importer of crude oil in the world.
Q: Global energy demand is predicted to remain constant for the next 15 years.
Q: Renewable energy sources can be more costly than fossil fuels because of lack of government subsidies.
Q: The United States is a global leader in the use of renewable energy sources.
Q: Iceland generates 95% of its electrical power from renewable resources.
Q: Since 2008 the price per barrel of oil has not fluctuated much.
Q: Petroleum is a fossil fuel.
Q: Greenhouse gases were fairly stable through most of human history, but have decreased dramatically in the past 130 years.
Q: Global warming would be a greater immediate problem in the Netherlands than in Denver, Colorado.
Q: The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty with a goal of reducing major greenhouse gases.
Q: The United States did not ratify the Kyoto Protocol because no other industrialized country in the world supported it.
Q: Weather is the long-term condition of the Earth's atmosphere at a given location.
Q: Wind travels from areas of low pressure to areas of high pressure.
Q: Global pressure systems cause storms.
Q: Nitrous oxide accounts for more than half of the human-generated greenhouse gases.
Q: Anthropogenic emissions are those caused by animals.
Q: Desertification is most likely to occur in a grassland region.
Q: The spread of tropical plant diseases is a major cause of tropical deforestation.
Q: Temperate Deciduous forests are likely to have maple, beech, spruce, and pine trees
Q: A "steppe" bioregion is most closely associated with grasslands.
Q: Tropical forests are not well-suited for intensive agriculture because they tend to be located too far inland.
Q: Tropical rainforests typically have two major layers (or canopies) of vegetation.
Q: Scientists are more accurate at predicting earthquakes than they are at predicting volcanic eruptions.
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