East and southeast asia - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Globalization - the process through which an increasingly free flow of ideas, people, goods, services and capital leads to the integration of economies and societies How do major international institutions facilitate globalization? - help transmit information, enforce contracts/property rights, promote market competition Why is it important for political leaders and institutions to be transparent in responding to global competition? - social unrest leading to political instability, ineffect...

Urban Planning 100 FINAL EXAM Questions with 100% Correct In 1800, about 3% of the world's population lived in cities. Today, that proportion is: - about 55% The United Nations now recognizes a new category of city size: metacities. What is a metacity? - an urban agglomeration with over 20 million inhabitants The world's three most populous urban agglomerations are located on what continent? - Asia In which of the following regions would less than three-quarters of the population...

AMSCO AP Modern World History Unit 1 ReviewUnit 1.1 East Asia Multiple Choice - correct answers - Based on the passage which of the statements concerning the trading city of Hangzhou is most accurate? - correct answers Based on the passage which of the statements concerning the trading city of Hangzhou is most accurate? What development, which began before the passage above was written, allowed Europeans to obtain the products of East Asia? - correct answers Chinese dynasties, such as the ...

AMSCO - 2.5 Reading Notes - AP History Generally, in which ways did cultural diffusion in c. effect places? - correct answers Goods, people, and ideas traveled with relative freedom through the networks of exchange in Afro- Eurasia in the years between c. 1200 and c. 1450. Technological developments were diffused by trade. Literary and artistic interactions and cultural exchanges were documented by travelers. How did it (Buddhism) spread to China? - correct answers Buddhism came to China fr...

NCSU BIO 181 EXAM 1The idea that most speciation is slow and uniform is known as: - correct answer Gradualism Darwin's work on the Galapagos Islands led him to derive all of the following concepts, EXCEPT - correct answer . Inheriting acquired characteristics Correct People who are wealthy, and only marry people who are wealthy who have blond hair and blue eyes are practicing a form of _____ mating - correct answer assortative To the west of Wallace's Line in Southeast Asia are organi...

2.5 AP WorldGenerally, in which ways did cultural diffusion in c. effect places? - correct answer Goods, people, and ideas traveled with relative freedom through the networks of exchange in Afro- Eurasia in the years between c. 1200 and c. 1450. Technological developments were diffused by trade. Literary and artistic interactions and cultural exchanges were documented by travelers. How did it (Buddhism) spread to China? - correct answer Buddhism came to China from its birthplace in India via...

APHG REQUIRED Cumulative Set Exam 753Questions with Verified Answers cartography - CORRECT ANSWER the science of mapmaking purposes of maps - CORRECT ANSWER 1. As a reference tool, to find the shortest route between two distances 2. As a communications tool, to depict the distribution of human activities or physical features as well as to think about the reasons underlying a distribution Eratosthenes - CORRECT ANSWER (276?-194?, B.C.) the first person of record to use the word geograph...

AP Human Geography Chapter 9 – Agriculture All Answers Correct START OF KEY ISSUE 1: Define agriculture Agriculture is deliberate modification of Earth's surface through cultivation of plants and rearing of animals to obtain sustenance or economic gain. Define cultivate Define crop To care for; to prepare crops for farming. Any plant cultivated by people Why is the exact origin of agriculture hard to determine? It began before recorded history; scholars try to reconstr...

PRAXIS II 5081 SS CONTENT KNOWLEDGE: GEOGRAPHY (2023/2024) GRADED A+ Define the term geography The study of the earth. What do Geographers do? Geographers study physical characteristics of the earth as well as man made borders. Studies location, regional characteristics, spatial relations, and natural and man-made forces. Define physical features study of earth's physical features like climate, land, water and how they develop Define cultural features Compares various cultures, how their lif...

Primavera World History A Unit 4: Exploration, Encounters, and Exchanges 100% Correct CHECKPOINT 16 Why did Europeans sail across the Atlantic Ocean during the Age of Discovery? Select all that apply. European explorers wanted to gain wealth and notoriety. European explorers tried to find oceanic routes to Asia to trade for spices. What resulted from European explorers discovering new lands during the Age of Discovery? New foods and resources were brought back to European markets. What wer...