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The process of defending a cultural system against offensive cultural expressions while promoting local cultural values is cultural nationalism.
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The active promotion of one cultural system at the expense of another is cultural nationalism.
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Culture is learned.
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Cultural syncretism is a synonym for cultural hybridization.
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A population pyramid such as the one below is associated with a negative growth rate.
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A population pyramid with a wide base and a narrow peak is characteristic of a slow growth rate.
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In Stages 1 and 4 of the Demographic Transition, the rate of natural increase is (RNI) low.
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In the Demographic Transition, birthrates are equal to death rates in Stage 1 and Stage 2.
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In the Demographic Transition, birthrates and death rates are both high in Stage 1.
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On average, Africa has the lowest percentage of population over the age of 65.
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Among world regions, Europe has one of the lowest percentages of population under age 15.
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The percentage of a population under age 15 is a poor indicator of the momentum (or lack thereof) for continued population growth.
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Japan has a high total fertility rate.
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The current population of the Earth is about 3 billion.
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Total fertility rate (TFR) is high when women marry early and have many children over a long span of years.
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The rate of natural increase (RNI) depicts the annual population growth rate for a country as a percentage increase.
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A vernacular region is the visible, material expression of human settlement including the past and the present.
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America's Corn Belt is a functional region.
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The World Trade Organization helps to make possible the flow of goods and capital across international boundaries.
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An argument in favor of globalization is that the removal of trade barriers will cause inefficient local industries to become more efficient, and more able to compete internationally.
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Most scholars agree that the economic reorganization of the world is the most significant component of globalization.
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According to your text's authors, globalization is the most fundamental reorganization of the planet's social and economic structures since the Renaissance.
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The growing interconnectedness of people and places through converging processes of economic, political, and cultural change is globalization.
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Which of the following is NOT likely to be reflected in the "Under age 5 mortality indicator"?A) heart diseaseB) food availabilityC) basic health servicesD) public sanitationE) accidents
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What does the Gender Equity measure?
A) ratio of male to female college graduates
B) ratio of male to female students enrolled in primary and secondary schools
C) ratio of male to female wages
D) ratio of male to female survival rates
E) ratio of male to female wages AND ratio of male to female survival rates
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How does Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) adjust Gross National Income per capita?
A) PPP takes into account the age and productivity of the local populations.
B) PPP takes into account the rise and fall of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
C) PPP takes into account the 2008-2009 economic decline.
D) PPP takes into account the strength or weakness of local currencies.
E) It is a composite indicator that takes into account all of the above features.
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Why are "growth" and "development" NOT interchangeable terms?
A) "Growth" normally refers to improvements, while "development" usually refers to an increase in the size of a system.
B) "Growth" normally refers to the economic system, while "development" normally refers to the political system in a country.
C) "Growth" normally refers to the standard of living, while "development" normally refers to the economic system in a country.
D) "Growth" normally refers to the increase in agricultural output, while "development" usually refers to the improvement in the educational system of a country.
E) "Growth" normally refers to increase in the size of the system, while "development" usually refers to improvements.
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If the less developed world is called "The Third World," then what are "The First World" and "The Second World"?
A) The wealthiest countries are the First World; the middle-income countries are the Second World.
B) Capitalist, democratic countries are the First World; communist countries are the Second World.
C) Countries of the Americas are the First World; countries of Eurasia are the Second World.
D) The world leaders in technology comprise the First World; the world leaders in natural resources comprise the Second World.
E) There are no First and Second Worlds; the "Third World" designation is merely an indication of the level of poverty in these less developed countries.
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The term "Third World" was originally a product of which of the following?
A) the Cold War
B) World War II
C) the Kyoto Protocol
D) a United Nations ruling
E) asymmetrical warfare associated with terrorism
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Which of the following countries does (or do) NOT fit the core-periphery model?
A) Russia
B) Singapore
C) Australia
D) New Zealand
E) Australia, New Zealand, Russia and Singapore
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What is the major underlying assumption of the core-periphery model?
A) that the wealth of the developed core will eventually diffuse to the less developed periphery
B) that the different levels of development between the core and the periphery are caused by the relative levels of natural resources in each area
C) that the less developed periphery will eventually revolt against the wealthier core
D) that the developed core achieved its wealth primarily by taking advantage of the southern periphery, through either colonialism or imperialism
E) that the core and periphery will work together to eliminate uneven development
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According to the core-periphery model, where are the richest nations in the world mostly located?
A) Southern Hemisphere
B) Western Hemisphere
C) Northern Hemisphere
D) Eastern Hemisphere
E) on the equator
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What is the process of a colony's gaining (or regaining) control over its territory and establishing a separate, independent government?
A) revolution
B) imperialism
C) colonization
D) decolonialization
E) autonomy
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What was the main period of colonization by European states?
A) 1300 through the 1600s
B) 1400 through the mid-1550s
C) 1500 through the mid-1900s
D) 1700 through the 1800s
E) the 1800s
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What is colonialism?
A) the temporary occupation of another country
B) the formal establishment of rule over a foreign population
C) the establishment of trade relations with another country
D) the introduction of popular consumer culture in a traditional society
E) All of the other answers are definitions of colonialism.
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Which of the following groups of people is a nation without a state?
A) Turks
B) Kazakhs
C) Azeris
D) Kurds
E) Estonians
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What is a nation-state?
A) a large cultural group with many different sociocultural traits and its own fully independent political territory
B) a large cultural group that possesses a homeland within a larger country
C) a large group of people with shared sociocultural traits and a political identity with clear territorial boundaries
D) a a cultural group with shared sociocultural traits that poses a homeland within a larger country
E) a country that has two or more states, for example, the U.S.
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The close link between geography and politics is called
A) political science.
B) geopolitics.
C) comparative politics.
D) international relations.
E) geomorphology.
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The World Cup competition rule that players not born in or a citizen of the country they're playing for demonstrate a "clear connection" to that country is an example of
A) de-territorialization.
B) cultural syncretism.
C) re-territorialization.
D) cultural imperialism.
E) cultural nationalism.
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Which of the following religions are most closely related to Judaism?
A) Christianity and Islam
B) Hinduism and Sikhism
C) Shinto and Buddhism
D) Animism and Zoroastrianism
E) Taoism and Confucianism
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Approximately how many of the earth's people are Muslim?
A) 500 million
B) 1.3 billion
C) 1.9 billion
D) 2.4 billion
E) 2.8 billion
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Approximately how many of the earth's people are Christians?
A) 1.2 billion
B) 2.1 billion
C) 3.2 billion
D) 4.6 billion
E) 5.3 billion
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What is a universalizing religion?
A) a religion that attempts to appeal to all peoples regardless of location or culture
B) a metaphysical religion that seeks inner peace through contact with extraterrestrial beings
C) a religion that seeks to identify the common elements of all religions of the world in order to bring worldwide religious unity
D) a global movement to promote interfaith cooperation, similar to the United Nations
E) All of the other answers are definitions of a universalizing religion.
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Which of the following is (are) an ethnic religion(s)?
A) Judaism
B) Hinduism
C) Mormonism
D) Judaism and Hinduism
E) Judaism, Hinduism and Mormonism
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Which of the following is (are) a universalizing religion(s)?
A) Buddhism
B) Islam
C) Christianity
D) Buddhism and Christianity
E) Buddhism, Christianity and Islam
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An agreed-upon common language to facilitate communication on specific topics such as business is called a(n)
A) dialect.
B) official language.
C) language group.
D) language family.
E) lingua franca.
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What is the distinctive form of a language that is associated with different regions?
A) lingua franca
B) official language
C) language group
D) dialect
E) language family
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What country is well known for its official prohibition against unwanted cultural traits, especially in its language?
A) France
B) United States
C) Australia
D) India
E) Japan
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The process of defending a cultural system against offensive cultural expressions from elsewhere, while promoting local cultural values is called
A) cultural imperialism.
B) cultural assimilation.
C) cultural syncretization.
D) cultural hybridization.
E) cultural nationalism.
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The active promotion of one cultural system at the expense of another is called
A) cultural nationalism.
B) cultural assimilation.
C) cultural syncretization.
D) cultural imperialism.
E) cultural hybridization.
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What is cultural syncretism?
A) the blending of cultural forces to create a new, synergistic form of culture
B) the adoption of popular culture by a local ethnic group
C) the replacement of local cultural traditions with popular culture
D) the rejection of popular culture by a local ethnic group
E) the elimination of local cultures caused by the spread of popular culture
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of culture?
A) It is individual.
B) It is learned.
C) It is shared.
D) It has abstract dimensions.
E) It has material dimensions.
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By 2025, demographers predict that what percentage of the world will be living in urban areas?
A) about 60%
B) approximately 30%
C) at least 50%
D) a little less than 70%
E) almost 90%
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If a country is experiencing a negative net migration rate, then
A) more people are moving to the country than leaving it.
B) the number of people leaving the country is equal to the number moving there.
C) more people are dying in the country than are being born.
D) more people are leaving the country than moving to it.
E) a negative net migration rate does not tell us anything.
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What measure of migration tells whether more people are entering or leaving a country?
A) rate of in-migration
B) rate of out-migration
C) emigration rate
D) immigration rate
E) net migration rate
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In which stages of the Demographic Transition is the rate of natural increase (RNI) low?
A) stage 1 and stage 3
B) stage 1 and stage 4
C) stage 2 and stage 3
D) stage 2 and stage 4
E) stage 3 and stage 4
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In which stage of the Demographic Transition are birthrate and death rate both low?
A) stage 1
B) stage 2
C) stage 3
D) stage 4
E) stages 1 and 4
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In which stage of the Demographic Transition are birthrate and death rate both high?
A) stage 1
B) stage 2
C) stage 3
D) stage 4
E) stages 1 and 4
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In which world region is life expectancy about the same today as it was in 1975?
A) North America
B) Europe
C) Australia
D) Africa
E) East Asia
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Which of the following is NOT shown in a population pyramid?
A) a general, graphic indication of the growth rate
B) males in the population
C) females in the population
D) age distribution of the population
E) birth and death rates
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The population pyramid below is characteristic of what kind of growth rate? A) slow growth
B) zero growth
C) rapid growth
D) negative growth
E) It is impossible to tell the growth rate based on the shape of a population pyramid.
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A population pyramid with a wide base and a narrow peak is characteristic of what kind of growth rate?
A) slow growth
B) zero growth
C) rapid growth
D) negative growth
E) It is impossible to tell the growth rate based on the shape of a population pyramid.
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What is one of the best indicators of the momentum for continued population growth?
A) the youthfulness of a population
B) the death rate of a population
C) the average life expectancy of a population
D) the death rate and the average life expectancy
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What does a total fertility rate that is less than 2.1 indicate?
A) that a population has no natural growth
B) that a population is growing slowly
C) that a population is growing quickly
D) that a population has reached its peak
E) A TFR that is less than 2.1 has no particular significance.
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In which of the following cases will the total fertility rate (TFR) be highest?
A) when women marry early and have one or two children
B) when women marry in their late 30s, and then have children
C) when women marry in their late 20s, then have several children
D) when women marry early, have children, then die in their late 20s
E) when women marry early and have many children over a long span of years
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What is the term for the measure of the fertility of a statistically fictitious yet average group of women moving through their childbearing years?
A) rate of natural increase (RNI)
B) crude birthrate (CBR)
C) infant mortality rate (IMR)
D) total fertility rate (TFR)
E) life expectancy at birth
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What is the current overall rate of natural increase (RNI) for the world?
A) 0.2% per year
B) 1.2% per year
C) 2% per year
D) 7% per year
E) 11% per year
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What is the current population of the Earth?
A) over 7 million
B) 670 million
C) nearly 2 billion
D) over 7 billion
E) nearly 2 trillion
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Small-scale maps cover ________ areas than large-scale maps.
A) larger
B) smaller
C) the same
D) larger and smaller
E) it cannot be determined without additional information
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These lines run east-west around the globe and are used to locate places north and south of the equator.
A) meridians
B) longitude
C) meridians and longitude
D) parallels
E) Prime Meridians
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What type of region is defined by a certain activity (or cluster of activities) taking place there?
A) formal region
B) functional region
C) areal integration
D) areal differentiation
E) vernacular region
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Which of the following would NOT reflect Friedman's notion of a flat earth?
A) the ability of financial capital and production to flow easily from one place to another
B) the ability of financial capital to change locations to take advantage of technological innovation
C) the ability of financial capital to change locations to take advantage of labor costs
D) the ability of financial capital to develop new products that can be shipped and sold anywhere
E) there are local differences in geographies that may encourage or inhibit the flow of ideas and goods around the globe
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What is the neutral position on globalization, according to your text's authors?
A) Globalization will eventually fail.
B) Globalization is avoidable with cooperative effort.
C) Globalization will not be as bad as the critics believe it will be.
D) Globalization will bring more good than bad.
E) Globalization is probably unavoidable, but it can be managed.
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All of the following are arguments against globalization, EXCEPT
A) globalization is not a "natural" process.
B) globalization is a policy promoted by free-trade advocates, capitalist countries, and multinational firms, all of which benefit from the process.
C) policies of globalization increase the differences between rich and poor in the world.
D) globalization will lead to the use of nuclear weapons.
E) globalization is dangerously unstable.
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All of the following are arguments in favor of globalization, EXCEPT
A) globalization is a logical expression of international capitalism that will benefit all peoples and all nations.
B) globalization encourages the spread of beneficial new technologies and ideas.
C) the removal of trade barriers will cause inefficient local industries to become more efficient, and more able to compete internationally.
D) each country and region of the world will profit by concentrating on the activities for which they are best suited in the global economy.
E) globalization will lead to world peace.
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Which of the following problems does international globalization tend to exacerbate?
A) climate change
B) air and water pollution
C) deforestation
D) climate change, air pollution and water pollution
E) air and water pollution, climate change, and deforestation
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Which of the following groups is most likely to disrupt local ecosystems as they search for natural resources and manufacturing sites?
A) governments
B) transnational firms
C) indigenous ethnic groups
D) international organizations, such as the United Nations
E) non-governmental organizations, such as Greenpeace
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Which of the following is an example of the criminal element of globalization?
A) drugs
B) pornography and prostitution
C) terrorism
D) drugs, pornography and prostitution
E) terrorism, drugs, pornography and prostitution
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What do most scholars agree is the most significant component of globalization?
A) climate change
B) political transition around the planet
C) international terrorism
D) cultural hybridization
E) economic reorganization of the world
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Some might argue that globalization is the most fundamental reorganization of our planet's social and economic structures since which of the following events?
A) Ice Age
B) Demographic Transition
C) Industrial Revolution
D) World War II
E) the Renaissance