Human geography Answers

Why most rivers in malaysia originate from the cathcment area

Describe the three branches of government in the United States and Canada. How are they similar and how are they different?

When an ethnic group can no longer be distinguished from the receiving community; often incomplete but close by the third generation, it is

Cultural Boundaries: Provide three examples of each type of boundary listed.
Example: Ethnic boundaries: Border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
1.Geometric straight borders running north/south
2. Geometric straight borders running east/west
3. Straight borders not running east/west or north/south
4. Ethnic boundaries

Physical Boundaries: Provide two examples of each type of boundary listed.
1. Sea limits extended by claims on offshore islands:
2. States that claim a 200-mile offshore boundary:

1. A city which provides services (i.e. educational services, garbage collection) to people at a local, regional or national level is referred to as a_______________

2.A city’s _____________________ refers to its location compared to other cities, provinces and
countries as well as transportation routes.

3. The rural system of settlement found in the Prairies is the________________________.

The global pattern of gender inequality index scores is similar to the expected pattern of countries by level of economic development, with the exception of a few countries such as
(A) South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand
(B) Japan, Spain, and Canada
(C) Venezuela, Syria, and Iraq
(D) Brazil, Libya, and China
(E) Mexico, Argentina, and India
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Which of the following explains the limitations of the map shown for identifying the agricultural production regions of coffee beans?
(A) The map does not identify whether the country is a major exporter of coffee beans or whether the country consumes much of what it grows.
(B) The map is thematic, identifying countries by type, instead of a choropleth map that classifies countries by the amount produced.
(C) The map uses the descriptors “major” and “minor” and should instead use the amount of coffee beans produced per capita of the country’s total population.
(D) The map mainly identifies all land within a country, as opposed to the foothills and upland areas where coffee beans are grown.
(E) The map shows only coffee produced for the formal economy and does not account for informal or illegal production of coffee beans.
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Which of the following best explains the degree to which the Human Development Index (HDI) accurately calculates a country’s level of economic development?
(A) The HDI is a simplified means of comparing gross national income per capita in an indexed score that is on a 0 to 1.0 scale.
(B) The HDI is a simplified means of combining life expectancy and education levels in an indexed score that is on a 0 to 1.0 scale.
(C) Although the HDI factors in gross national income per capita, it also calculates indicators for health care and education to estimate the social aspects of development.
(D) Although the HDI factors in gross national income per capita, it also calculates the impact of exports and imports on the domestic economy.
(E) The HDI is a simplified means of ranking countries into distinct levels of development based on the total size of a country’s national economy.