Exam 2: Study Guide

Question 1

Which of the following islands is NOT part of the Greater Antilles?

Answer 1

Bahamas

Question 2

Of the following Caribbean countries, which one is the farthest north?

Answer 2

Cuba

Question 3

What cause the destruction associated with hurricanes?

Answer 3

High winds, heavy downpours, severe flooding and coastal tidal surges

Question 4

What effects are predicted for the Carribean as global climate change increases average temperatures

Answer 4

Sea level rise, increased intensity of storms and variable rainfall

Question 5

What practice was most responsible for the deforestation of the islands of the Carribean?

Answer 5

Sugarcane plantation agriculture

Question 6

The most widely practiced religion in Haiti is

Answer 6

Voodoo

Question 7

Which Carribean country has no diplomatic relations with the U.S

Answer 7

Cuba

Question 8

Which Carribean country was a close ally of the former Soviet Union in the Cold War era after World War II?

Answer 8

Cuba

Question 9

How many island is the Carribean composed of?

Answer 9

700 islands

Question 10

What physical processes are responsible for the creation of the Rift valleys of eastern Africa?

Answer 10

Tectonic plates that are separating

Question 11

Precipitation in Sub-Saharan Africa

Answer 11

Varies significantly

Question 12

The Sub-Saharan African vegetation zone characterized by a mixture of trees and tall grasses with rainfall occuring in late Spring through early Fall is

Answer 12

Savanna

Question 13

Desertification is

Answer 13

Expansion of the desert due to human degradation of the environment

Question 14

In what region of Sub-Saharan Africa is desertification most severe?

Answer 14

The Sahel

Question 15

What is Sub-Saharan Africa’s largest city?

Answer 15

Lagos, Nigeria

Question 16

Which of the following resources presents the greatest challenge for survival in Southwest Asia and North Africa?

Answer 16

Water

Question 17

What is a “qanat”?

Answer 17

An irrigation system, developed in Iran, that taps into groundwater through a series of gently sloping tunnels

Question 18

Which of the following cities in Southwest Asia and North Africa receives the highest amounts of annual precipitation?

Answer 18

Istanbul, Turkey

Question 19

The geography of human populations across Southwest Asia and North African demonstrates the ties between what resource and life in this part of the world?

Answer 19

Water

Question 20

What type of subsistence agriculture depends on the seasonal movement of livestocks for their livelihood?

Answer 20

Pastoral Nomadism

Question 21

Which of the following is NOT one of the five pillars of Islam?

Answer 21

Making a pilgrimage to Jerusalem

Question 22

What is the main crop for most islands in the Carribean?

Answer 22

Sugarcane

Question 23

The Carribean is characterized by

Answer 23

Tropicality

Question 24

Where are the Atlas Mountains located?

Answer 24

northern Africa

Question 25

How many climate zones does sub-Saharan Africa have?

Answer 25

8

Question 26

What are some reasons that poaching is still prevalent?

Answer 26

Demand for ivory, trophy hunting, medicinal reasons, less enforcement

Question 27

What animals do the park rangers at Virunga national park protect?

Answer 27

Mountain gorillas

Question 28

(True/False) The purpose of the Berlin Conference was to solve the AIDS crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa

Answer 28

False

Question 29

Which country in Sub-Saharan Africa has the largest population in the region?

Answer 29

Nigeria

Question 30

Where is the proposed Masdar city located?

Answer 30

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (U.A.E)

Question 31

(True/False) The hurricanes that are so prevalent in the Carribean originate in the Pacific Ocean

Answer 31

False

Question 32

(True/False) At 74 mph, a tropical disturbance becomes a hurricane

Answer 32

True

Question 33

(True/False) The Greater Antilles contain 87 percent of the population of the Carribean

Answer 33

True

Question 34

(True/False) Subsistence agriculture was most responsible for the deforestation of the islands of the Caribbean

Answer 34

False

Question 35

(True/False) Lake Chad is Sub-Saharan Africa's largest lake

Answer 35

False

Question 36

(True/False) The Congo River is second only to the Amazon in the amount of water it discharges into the oceans

Answer 36

False

Question 37

(True/False) The Sahel is a zone of ecological transition between the Sahara to the north and the wetter savannas and forests to the south

Answer 37

True

Question 38

(True/False) The most populous country in Sub-Saharan Africa is Kenya

Answer 38

False

Question 39

(True/False) Family size is large in much of Sub-Saharan Africa because of the high rate of urbanization FALSE

Answer 39

False

Question 40

(True/False) Sub-Saharan Africa's largest city is Lagos, Nigeria

Answer 40

True

Question 41

(True/False) Salinization, deforestation, overgrazing, and water shortages are environmental problems facing North Africa/Southwest Asia

Answer 41

True

Question 42

(True/False) The lowlands of northern Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia experience some of the driest conditions in Southwest Asia and North Africa

Answer 42

False

Question 43

(True/False) One of the most important patterns of migration in Southwest Asia & North Africa is rural-to-urban migration.

Answer 43

True

Question 44

(True/False) The location of the population in North Africa and Southwest Asia is most often dependent on access to oil

Answer 44

False

Question 45

(True/False) Judaism, Christianity, and Islam arose in North Africa/Southwest Asia

Answer 45

True

Question 46

(True/False) Saudi Arabia has the largest known oil reserves in the world

Answer 46

False

Question 47

(True/False) Salinization is the removal of salt from the Saharan desert

Answer 47

False

Question 48

(True/False) The Tigris and Euphrates rivers are located in the Carribean

Answer 48

False

Question 49

(True/False) Southwest Asia and North Africa is known for being arid

Answer 49

True