Final Exam Geography

1. Where are the desert regions of Central Asia located

Central belt of deserts

2. What is the primary reason for the shrinking of the Areal Sea

Irrigation from the 2 rivers that fed the Arel Sea have been used extensively

3. What geologic even created Central Asia's mountain ranges

Collision of the Indian subcontinent with the Asian mainland

4. Which Central Asian lake is the largest lake in the world

Caspian Sea

5. What is the Pamir Knot

Complex tangle of mountains located where Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, and Tajikistan meet - towering ranges in several direction

6. Beginning with increased diversion of water during the 1950s, what happened to the Aral Sea

It's shoreline retreated at an unprecedented rate Villages that had once enjoyed "seaside" location were stranded 40 miles inland Salinity levels increased, causing fish species to disappear Eventually sea consisted of 2 separate lakes.

7. Korea is located in which type of landform

Mountainous

8. Why has East Asia come to occupy a central position in climate change debates

because of China's rapid increases in carbon emissions

9. How does China generate most of its electricity

Coal

10. What country in East Asia has resorted to "pollution exporting" as a way to improve its environment

Japan

11. What single factor is most responsible for the severity of environmental problems in East Asia

Population density

12. The Three Gorges Dam is being constructed on which river in China

Yangtze River

13. Rugged mountains cut off___________China from Korea

Northeast

14. Currently, the Three Gorges Dam provides what % of China's electricity need

3%

15. What is the livelihood of Pastoralists

Raising livestock

16. In which country of Central Asia is the Gobi Desert found

Mongolia

17. In the Tarim Basin, where do most of the people reside

Along the edge(ring) of the basin

18. What is China's rationale for constructing the massive Three Gorges Dam project

Prevent flooding and provide energy

19. Why is the environment in central Asia relatively clean

Low population density

20. "Insular" Southeast Asia refers to what location

Countries located on the islands

21. Which country of Southeast Asia lies both on the mainland and in the islands of the region

Malakysia

22. What activity has placed the greatest pressure on the forests of Southeast Asia

International commercial logging

23. Of what material is the Khorat Plateau composed

Sandstone

24. What is the longest river in Southeast Asia

Mekong

25. By what other name is Kalimantan also known

Borneo

26. What country in Southeast Asia is a city-state

Singapore

27. What is the major difference between the two types of tropical climates found in Southeast Asia

Total amount of rainfall

28. In which country are Maoris the indigenous people

New Zealand

29. What is the greatest potential environmental threat to Oceania

Climate change

30. What caused the dramatic decline in Guam's native bird species

The accidental introduction of the non-native brown tree snake.

31. Which part of the Australia/Oceania region receives the least amount of precipitation

Austrailia's outback

32. What landform and/or vegetation pattern dominates in Australia

Deserts

33. What land form dominates much of New Zealand

Mountains

34. What is the "Outback"

Austrailia's huge, dry interior

35. What country of East Asia has the strongest forest preservation efforts in the region

Japan

36. Many forests with this type of tree have been destroyed in Australia to make way for pastures

Eucalyptus

37. What event sets off the process that creates an atoll

Volcanic eruption

38. What is the approximate population of Australia

22 Million

39. Which country in Southeast Asia contains the largest number of islands

Philipines

40. Where is the Great Barrier Reef located

Off the northeastern coast of Australia

41. What is the approximate population of New Zealand

4 Million

42. On which island of Indonesia are the forests still extensive

New Guinea

43. The Hawaiian Islands were formed by

An active hot spot beneath the moving Paficic Plate

44. Where do Australian cities tend to be located

along the coasts

45. In the early days of its colonization, Britain used Australia as a

prison colony

46. Where did European colonization of Australia and Oceania begin

Australia

47. What is the cultural origin of the majority of Australia's population

Aboriginal

48. In what part of Australia do most of its people live

southeast

49. Viticulture refers to the growing of what crop

grapes

50. What is New Zealand's most important commercial livestock

sheep