1. The world region which currently accounts for the largestshare of global population is:
Africa.
Latin America.
Europe.
Asia.
2. The largest community of immigrant Japanese in Latin Americaresides in:
Peru.
Brazil.
Mexico.
Paraguay.
3. The Green Revolution in southeast Asia:
developed new varieties of rice that increased yields.
led to the emergence of new environmental political parties.
was a reforestation campaign in the Philippines that plantedmillions of trees.
refers to Malaysian Islamists, who carrying green banners whenprotesting.
4. Horizontal integration in economic production occurs when:
factories are located next to one another, to ease transportationcosts.
owners of a factory buy out other producers in the industry.
new technologies allow for greater competition and lowerprices.
banks buy up the stock of a specific industry, in order to increaseproduction.
5. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is a political party based inwhich religious group?
Muslims
Hindus
Sikhs
Buddhists
6. Mansu Musa was the ruler of the __________ empire.
Ghana
Songhai
Mali
Fulani
7. The river which carries the most traffic in Europe and is thecontinent’s most important inland waterway is the:
Rhone.
Rhine.
Danube.
Elbe.
8. The largest ethnic group in China is the:
Han.
Tibetans.
Mongolians.
Uighurs.
9. Glasnost and perestroika were policies pursued by which Sovietleader?
Vladimir Lenin
Josef Stalin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nikita Khrushchev
10. The Itaipu Dam, the world’s second-largest hydroelectricproject, generates electricity shared between:
Venezuela and Brazil.
Colombia and Ecuador.
Chile and Argentina.
Brazil and Paraguay.





