GEA2000 REVIEW
GEA 2000 Fall 2013
Exam # 1 Review Questions*
Introduction chapter and Globalization (PPT)
1. Alfred Wegener's supercontinent is known as:
Pangaea
2. The process by which a tectonic plate consisting of less heavy rock rides up over a heavier plate is known as:
Subduction
3. The current interglacial period is known as the:
Holocene
4. Which water body is surrounded by a geologically-active Ring of Fire:
The Pacific Ocean
5. Which of the following locations is not one of the world's great population clusters?
Easter North America (1/4 size the smallest of the Eurasian concentration)
Major population Clusters: East Asia, South asia, Europe (more than 3.7M =54%
6. Which of the following statements concerning the world's most widely distributed language family is incorrect?
Its many languages are mutually understandable (English, French, Spanish, Russian, Persian, Hindi)
7. A bridge language of national politics, commerce, and trade is known as a(n):
Linguafranca
8. Which statement below best characterizes the concept of culture?
Learned patterns of thought and behavior characteristic of a population or society.
Or: Language is the essence of culture.
9. The downtown of an American city, which is usually characterized by a square-grid layout, is called the:
Central Business District (CBD)
10. States first began to develop: in areas where cities could begin to command their hinterlands
11. In his book, “The global imperative” (1997), Robert Clark mentions that “Today’s globalization process differs from earlier times in [several] ways. Which of the following in not one of the processes he mentions in his book?
12. Which of the following is not an example of globalization?
Tariffs imposed on automabiles
13. The gradual reduction of regional contrasts resulting from increasing cultural, economic, political and other types of exchanges is known as:
Globalization
14. What aspect
Exam # 1 Review Questions*
Introduction chapter and Globalization (PPT)
1. Alfred Wegener's supercontinent is known as:
Pangaea
2. The process by which a tectonic plate consisting of less heavy rock rides up over a heavier plate is known as:
Subduction
3. The current interglacial period is known as the:
Holocene
4. Which water body is surrounded by a geologically-active Ring of Fire:
The Pacific Ocean
5. Which of the following locations is not one of the world's great population clusters?
Easter North America (1/4 size the smallest of the Eurasian concentration)
Major population Clusters: East Asia, South asia, Europe (more than 3.7M =54%
6. Which of the following statements concerning the world's most widely distributed language family is incorrect?
Its many languages are mutually understandable (English, French, Spanish, Russian, Persian, Hindi)
7. A bridge language of national politics, commerce, and trade is known as a(n):
Linguafranca
8. Which statement below best characterizes the concept of culture?
Learned patterns of thought and behavior characteristic of a population or society.
Or: Language is the essence of culture.
9. The downtown of an American city, which is usually characterized by a square-grid layout, is called the:
Central Business District (CBD)
10. States first began to develop: in areas where cities could begin to command their hinterlands
11. In his book, “The global imperative” (1997), Robert Clark mentions that “Today’s globalization process differs from earlier times in [several] ways. Which of the following in not one of the processes he mentions in his book?
12. Which of the following is not an example of globalization?
Tariffs imposed on automabiles
13. The gradual reduction of regional contrasts resulting from increasing cultural, economic, political and other types of exchanges is known as:
Globalization
14. What aspect