Geo 135- Exam -3 Bauer Questions With Correct Answers

Geo 135- Exam #3 Bauer Questions With
Correct Answers

Monsoon - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a seasonal reversal in surface wind
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direction; associated primarily with south, east, and southeast Asia
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Plateau - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a flat, elevated landform that rises
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sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side
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Drought - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a period of time when an area or
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region experiences below- normal precipitation.
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abnormally low amounts of rain| | | |




Wildfire - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An uncontrolled fire in a natural
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setting


Connectivity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The degree of economic, social,
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cultural, or political connection between two places
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,What is the environmental impact on agriculture in Central Asia -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Natural grasslands, the primary use is for
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animal grazing. | |




- central asia is largely a desert so they had to rely on crops that didn't
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require a lot of rain. Including Opium, Wheat, rice, and tomatoes
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What is the environmental impact on agriculture in Australia and N.Z.? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- humid highlands, and mediterranean
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southwest east, interior desert. | | | |




- decrease in preciptiation as you move inward so populations stay
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toward the edges. | | |




- N.Z. has 10% of land capable of producing crops, only 5% is used for
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food crops |




- 40% of australia has ranching. To raise sheep, cattle, and other
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livestock
- higher risk of wild fire. increasing risk of droughts
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| - which create dust storms that kill plants
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- when sea leaves rise there is land loss, atoll, and coral loss which is
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essentially a barrier around the island | | | | |




What is the environmental impact on population dynamics in central
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asia? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- 33% of the world's population
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- urbanization has caused overcrowding of the limited live-able land
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, - air pollution from people in urban areas has caused environmental
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challenges


What is the environmental impact on population dynamics in Australia
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and N.Z.? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- conditions toward center of the
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island are unihabitable and unrealistic living conditions
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| - lack of water access and high drought conditions
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- limited land, 90% of population in urban areas
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- creating densely packed cities and limited sprawl due to risk of
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drought and wildfire. | | |




|- low connectedness between urban areas on the east and west side of
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the country |




- N.Z. is choked in its spot.
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| - they don't have room to spread out and are dwarfed by australia
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| - there are limited job opportunities due to space and competition
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What are the Megacity regions? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Jakarta
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- Manila
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- Bangkok
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What is Singapore considered? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A city-state-
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nation