Exam Name MULTIPLE CHOICE Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question 1 Despite independence marginalized countries must to compete in the world economy with increasing amounts of all of the following except A external debt B foreign investment C civil strife D people E poor health 1 World Map 2 Which of the following is landlocked does not have a sea coast A Mozambique B Zambia C United States D Jamaica E Bulgaria 2 3 The United Nations predicts that in the future the gap between the world s rich and poor will A stay about the same B narrow C widen D alternate unpredictably 3 1 4 According to Knox and Marston peripheral and semi peripheral countries will consume over half the world s by the year 2020 A energy B water 4 5 After the European Union the United States and Japan has the world s 4th largest economy A China B Australia 5 World Map 6 Botswana is identified by the number A 53 B 20 6 C 21 D 22 E 52 7 The capital of country 40 is A Nairobi B Ottawa C Bamako D Maputo E Gaborone 7 8 The Asian Brown Cloud affecting temperature rainfall and ultimately agricultural productivity is the result of A a rise in nuclear power generation and use B unexplained natural causes C dust storms combined with volcanic ash D pollution blown eastward from Europe E burning wood and fossil fuels 8 2 9 Information technologies A have already brought nearly 90 of the world on line B have yet to reach the peripheral countries C will increase the digital divide separating the world s core and periphery D have had the smallest impact on cities E include both soft and hardware 9 10 The biggest obstacles impeding regional integration lie in the desire of countries to remain culturally distinct and A a general unwillingness to resolve differences diplomatically B from fundamental differences in language and religion C the difficulties in bridging the North South divide D reluctance to give up control over their own affairs E in the competition over the same export markets 10 11 According to Knox and Marston the main challenger to U S hegemony is A India B the European Union 11 12 In the same way that the twentieth century was called the American Century some are beginning to forecast the twenty first century as the Century A Asian B European C Latino D Asian E Islamic 12 13 This mode of transport will see the smallest change from technology in the near future A sea travel B car travel C train travel D air travel 13 3 World Map 14 The capital of country 52 is A Ankara B Lusaka 14 C Akmola D Luanda E Sofia 15 According to numerous national and international agencies the most critical areas for future economic development include all of the following except A information technology B military technology C materials technology D biotechnology 15 16 With the stratification of the world economy through contemporary globalization the elite people and places in peripheral countries have more in common with A the poorer people and places in their own country B elite people and places in the core 16 17 Advances in materials technologies will A increase the weight and size of most products B produce large amounts of waste C lead to a cycle of creative destruction destructive to the world s periphery D reduce the demand for traditional raw materials 17 18 With the post Cold War homogenization of culture new cultural fault lines are emerging as A people attempt to reestablish distinctive cultural identities B the gap between the core and the periphery widens C transnational corporations search for new markets for their products D sports becomes the new arena for international conflict E governments impose new cultural requirements on their populations 18 4 19 Global consumer trends that transcend traditional national and cultural differences are most apparent among the world s A middle class B impoverished C upper class D lower middle class 19 20 Which of the following dimensions of human geography are most uncertain looking into the future most likely to bear the most surprises A politics and technology B demography environmental resources regional economies 20 21 China s competitive advantage in the world economy is in wages kept low by its A open door policy B huge labor force 21 World Map 22 Which of the following is not a sub Saharan country A Democratic Republic of the Congo B Botswana C Zambia D Bulgaria E Mozambique 22 23 According to your text the main resource issue in the near future will revolve around A raw materials B energy C labor D water E food 23 5 24 About which of the following do we know the least regarding its future trends A distribution of environmental resources B changes in technology C demographic characteristics D characteristics of regional economies 24 25 The hope for budding innovations in materials technology is that they A increase energy demands world wide B lead to a whole new wave of environmental problems C provide new opportunities for the economies of the world s periphery D replace biotechnology as a potential solution for regional food shortages E replace scarce natural resources 25 World Map 26 Which of the following is the European country A Jamaica B Mozambique C Botswana D Ukraine E Zambia 26 27 Bogota is the capital of A Morocco B Croatia C Ecuador D Hungary E Kazakhstan 27 6 28 The short twentieth century A ended with the end of the Cold War B ended with the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia C refers to the glory years of the baby boom D refers to the boom years of the 1990s E was still longer than the tedious fourteenth century 28 29 Of the following regions which has exploited the greatest percentage of its raw materials A Eurasia B East Asia C Europe D Africa 29 30 For human geographers the greatest areas of future uncertainty and surprise are in A politics B natural resources C politics and technology D demography technology E technology and natural resources 30 7 Answer Key Testname CHAPTER 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 B B C A A E D E C D B A A B B B D A C A B D B B E D C A C C 8