Human Geography (Malinowski), 1st Edition

Chapter 18: Development and Geography

Quiz



1.

The map showing subjective measures of well-being around the world (like say increasing 'happiness') shows that the United States is
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A)not very happy.
B)relatively happy.
C)very happy.
D)relatively unhappy.
2.

Many of the world’s countries exist in a state of neocolonialism which is
A)that, though independent, they still have strong relations with the former colonial mother country.
B)what drew Africa’s current boundaries.
C)not applicable to any of the world’s most developed countries.
D)all of the above apply to neocolonialism.
3.

Two global agencies that attempt to promote third world development are
A)the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
B)the Center for Disease Control and the U.S. Dept. for Housing and Urban Development.
C)the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
D)the Warsaw Pact and the Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries.
4.

The map of world colonial or neocolonial regions shows world cores in
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A)central Japan and eastern coastal China.
B)the colonial powerhouses of the United Kingdom and Spain.
C)western cores of western Europe and the eastern United States.
D)newly influential regions like the central Russian plain and the Caucasus.
5.

In terms of economic global theory, the periphery is
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A)equally important to the core, just culturally subservient.
B)dependent on the core.
C)is becoming the core.
D)lacks the financial depth to connect with the core.
6.

The Brandt Line
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A)was one divider between the developed and undeveloped world.
B)divided Turkey from Europe.
C)placed China and South Korea in less developed realms.
D)did all of the above but was one of the first attempts to show a geographic division in global development.
7.

Civil war, ethnic strife, and the lack of good provision of food and resources mark
A)many countries in containing Collier’s bottom billion.
B)many countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
C)many countries that could also be labeled 'fourth world'.
D)all of the above.
8.

One main symbol of Somalia's political and cultural disintegration is
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A)stability throughout the country.
B)piracy in the Indian Ocean off of Somalia's coast.
C)improved agriculture techniques despite civil war.
D)none of the above.
9.

Several Asian countries have followed on Japan's good example of development. These countries include South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore. The name applied to these new marvels of Asian development is
A)the Asian dragons.
B)the Asian tigers.
C)the Asian praying mantises.
D)the Jackie Chan syndrome.
10.

Though Singapore is extremely developed, its political path has been
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A)riddled with civil unrest recently.
B)somewhat authoritarian.
C)confounded by problems touching on port deterioration.
D)all of the above.
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