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ESCI Exam 3
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- 1Which of the following is associated with the concept of continental drift? a) separate development b) Pangaea c) land alienation d) continentality e) apartheidb) Pangaea
- 2The first Europeans to develop trading relationships with West Africa were the a) Spanish b) French c) English d) Dutch e) Portuguesee) Portuguese
- 3Historically West Africa shows a high degree of regional complementarity between ____________. a) Islamic and African languages b) French and British colonies c) former West Africa and East Africa d) peoples in the east and peoples in the west e) peoples of the tropical forest and peoples of the dry interiore) peoples of the tropical forest and peoples of the dry interior
- 4Before independence, the modern state of DRCongo was a colony of ______________. a) France b) Germany c) Britain d) Belgiumd) Belgium
- 5Which of the following states was not a colony of France prior to its independence? a) Ivory Coast b) Chad c) Ghana d) Senegal e) Burkina Fasoc) Ghana
- 6Which of the following associations is INCORRECT? a) Niger River—Mali b) Congo River—DRCongo c) Zambezi River—Zambia d) White Nile River—South Sudan e) Orange River—Nigeriae) Orange River—Nigeria
- 7Which of the following is associated with the concept of continental drift? a) separate development b) Pangaea c) land alienation d) continentality e) apartheidb) Pangaea
- 8The rifts shown on the map in Figure 7-2 are found predominantly near this feature: a) the Niger River b) Lake Victoria c) the Namib Desert d) the Kalahari Basin e) the Cape of Good Hopeb) Lake Victoria
- 9The first Europeans to develop trading relationships with West Africa were the f) Spanish g) French h) English i) Dutch j) Portuguesej) Portuguese
- 10Historically West Africa shows a high degree of regional complementarity between ____________. a) Islamic and African languages b) French and British colonies c) former West Africa and East Africa d) peoples in the east and peoples in the west e) peoples of the tropical forest and peoples of the dry interiore) peoples of the tropical forest and peoples of the dry interior
- 11Before independence, the modern state of DRCongo was a colony of ______________. a) France b) Germany c) Britain d) Belgium e) South Africad) Belgium
- 12Which of the following states was not a colony of France prior to its independence? a) Ivory Coast b) Chad c) Ghana d) Senegalc) Ghana
- 13Which of the following countries was not a British colony prior to its independence? a) Zimbabwe b) Zambia c) Kenya d) Ethiopia e) Malawid) Ethiopia
- 14Of the following, which European country was the last to give up its African colonies? a) Italy b) Germany c) the Netherlands d) Belgium e) Portugale) Portugal
- 15The primary source areas for slaves during the slave trade era were ______ and ______ Africa. a) West; Southern b) West; East c) Equatorial; Southern d) North; West e) East; Equatoriala) West; Southern
- 16According to Figure 7-6, the largest proportion of the West African slave trade went to ___________________. a) North America b) the British Caribbean Islands c) the French Caribbean Islands d) Brazil e) the Arabian Peninsulad) Brazil
- 17Land tenure refers to _______________. a) the balance between population and land resources b) the sustainable development level of a tract of land c) the way people own, occupy, and use land d) the time period farmers contractually own land e) a form of subsistence farmingc) the way people own, occupy, and use land
- 18Farmers in Subsaharan Africa today are greatly assisted by the advent of _______. a) Green Revolution crop varieties b) women more engaged in farming c) free chemical fertilizers d) mobile telephone systems e) access to better, foreign-owned landd) mobile telephone systems
- 19A disease that spreads worldwide is known as a(n) ___________. a) vector b) globular diffusion c) pandemic d) endemic e) epidemicc) pandemic
- 20The deadliest disease in Subsaharan Africa is _____. a) HIV/AIDS b) malaria c) sleeping sickness d) hepatitis e) Ebolab) malaria
- 21The country located immediately northwest of India is __________. a) China b) Kashmir c) Bangladesh d) Afghanistan e) Pakistane) Pakistan
- 22The leading river of Pakistan is the ______________. a) Tigris b) Ganges c) Brahmaputra d) Indus e) Irrawaddyd) Indus
- 23The huge volcanic plateau that extends across most of southern India is known as the __________. a) Ghats b) Double Delta c) Sindh d) Deccan e) Malabard) Deccan
- 24The belt of river lowlands that extends across northern South Asia lies between _________ and ________. a) the Himalaya; the Deccan plateau b) the Ganges; Indus rivers c) the Eastern Ghats; Western Ghats d) Pakistan; Bangladesha) the Himalaya; the Deccan plateau
- 25The coastal edges of the Deccan plateau are marked by highlands known as the _______________. a) Afghans b) Ghats c) Aryans d) Muslim Kushes e) Hindu Kushesb) Ghats
- 26The southwestern Arabian Sea coast of India is known as the ______________ Coast. a) Coromandel b) Ivory c) Malabar d) Deccan e) Golcondac) Malabar
- 27The Bay of Bengal coast of India is also called the __________ Coast. a) Coromandel-Golconda b) Ghat c) Malabar-Konkan d) Deccan e) Bangladesha) Coromandel-Golconda
- 28According to Figure 8-3, which of these locations benefits LEAST from the summer monsoon rains in South Asia? a) the Western Ghats b) the North Indian Plain c) the Ganges Delta d) Bangladesh e) Pakistane) Pakistan
- 29The caste system is most associated with which of the following religions: a) Taliban b) Islam c) Buddhism d) Hinduism e) Sanskritd) Hinduism
- 30The earliest and fullest conversion of adherents to Islam in the South Asian realm occurred in the ____________. a) Ganges Valley b) Deccan Plateau c) Indus Valley d) Double Delta e) Brahmaputra Valleyc) Indus Valley
- 31The direct political administration of India by the British government (the raj) lasted for _____________. a) 18 years b) 90 years c) 124 years d) 163 years through 2016, and still continues e) 247 yearsb) 90 years
- 32Figure 8-4 shows that the Indus Valley civilization was located in which of South Asia's physiographic regions? a) the Northern Mountains b) the River Lowlands c) the Southern Plateaus d) the Eastern Highlands e) the Central Grasslandsb) the River Lowlands
- 33Of India’s more than 1.2 billion population, about _____ percent are Muslims. a) 4 b) 15 c) 26 d) 62 e) 88b) 15
- 34Which of the following pair of states emerged from the 1947 partition of British India? a) Bhutan and Nepal b) India and Pakistan c) Kashmir and Afghanistan d) Ceylon and Sri Lanka e) Bangladesh and Burmab) India and Pakistan
- 35The component(s) of India in which tensions continue to boil over border demarcation is ________. a) Jammu and Kashmir b) the Bombay (Mumbai) metropolitan region c) the central Gangetic Plain d) the States to the northeast of Bangladesh e) the southernmost States of the peninsulaa) Jammu and Kashmir
- 36The main river serving the hinterland of Shanghai is the __________ River. a) Xi/Pearl b) Huang He c) Chang-Yangzi d) Amur e) Yellowc) Chang-Yangzi
- 37The southernmost of China's three great rivers is the _______________. a) Huang He b) Chang-Yangzi c) Xi/Pearl d) Liao e) Amurc) Xi/Pearl
- 38Which river flows through Guangdong Province? a) Huang He b) Yangzi c) Yellow d) Chang Jiang e) Pearle) Pearl
- 39The country of the “people of Han” is_____. a) Mongolia b) China c) Japan d) Korea e) Tibetb) China
- 40Mao Zedong's proclamation marking the birth of the People's Republic of China occurred in a) 1911. b) 1925. c) 1949. d) 1976. e) 1997.c) 1949.
- 41The leader who took over in China following the struggle after Mao's death was a) Deng Xiaoping. b) Kim Jong Il. c) Xi Jinping. d) Yao Ming. e) Hu Jintao.a) Deng Xiaoping.
- 42Which of the following is NOT considered an Asian Tiger? a) Hong Kong b) South Korea c) North Korea d) Taiwan e) Singaporec) North Korea
- 43Taiwan was at one time a colony of ______________. a) Russia b) the United States c) Japan d) the Netherlands e) Britainc) Japan
- 44There is a dispute among China, Japan, and Taiwan over these islands in the East China Sea: a) Kurile Islands b) Okinawa Islands c) Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands d) Ryukyu Islands e) the Philippine Islandsc) Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands
- 45Two former colonial entities that were reunited with China during the late 1990s are . a) Vietnam and Tibet b) Macau and Shenzhen c) Hong Kong and Shenzhen d) Hong Kong and Guangdong e) Macau and Hong Konge) Macau and Hong Kong
- 46The Chinese city containing the largest population is ________________. a) Beijing b) Hong Kong c) Guangzhou d) Shenzhen e) Shanghaie) Shanghai
- 47China's current population is closest to _______________. a) 400 million b) 800 million c) 1.1 billion d) 1.4 billion e) 2.1 billiond) 1.4 billion
- 48Which of the following is the Chinese name for Tibet? a) Pudong b) Xian c) Xinjiang d) Xizang e) Hainand) Xizang
- 49The former Portuguese colony that is now a Special Administrative Region (SAR) is ________. a) Macau b) Shenzhen c) Guangdong d) Taiwan e) Hong Konga) Macau
- 50According to Figure 9-13, which of these locations was not designated as an SEZ (Special Economic Zone)? a) Beijing b) Pudong c) Shenzhen d) Hainan Island e) Binhai New Areaa) Beijing
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