6. How has globalization affected regional thinking at the local and national scales?
a. Many local and national leaders seek to make their communities self-sufficient and reduce dependence on the global economy.
b. Many local and national leaders embrace increasingly similar cultural preferences to promote syncretism.
c. Transnational corporations consolidate operations to expand their influence in an ever-increasing number of countries.
d. Transnational corporations reduce spatial division of labor in order to increase profits for shareholders.
e. Many local and national leaders seek to define their communities’ specialized strengths in order to compete economically.
8. Which of the following accurately describes how the distinction between density and concentration is useful to geographers?
a. High concentrations of a given feature indicates high density, which raises questions about sustainability.
b. Linear distributions are the most interesting to geographers because they are easily quantified.
c. Comparisons of concentration and density help geographers evaluate changes over time.
d. High population density is related to concentrations of poverty and economic stagnation.
e. Geometric patterns are generally seen in high concentrations of features.
In January, 2018, the city of Cape Town, South Africa, faced a water crisis due to a three-year drought and rapidly increasing population. On January 1, leaders in the city of four million asked residents to reduce their water usage to no more than 87 liters (about 23 gallons) per day, expressing concern that most water taps would have to be shut off within a few months if the situation did not improve dramatically. A month later, the government dropped the recommended limit to 50 liters, about 13 gallons, noting that only about 55 percent of the population had been adhering to the previous recommendations. Government agencies offered suggestions about cooking techniques that would reduce water usage and asked hotels in the tourist district to fill their swimming pools with saltwater. Officials also worked to expand desalination facilities that could process saltwater into drinking water and to develop new water-recycling centers.
12. Which sustainability measures were implemented in the face of this crisis?
a. preservation and conservation
b. resource development and conservation
c. resource development and preservation
d. environmental protection and social equity
e. environmental protection and economic growth
14. Which of the following accurately describes the current trend in global population growth?
a. Earth’s population is growing by approximately 7.5 million people per year.
b. Earth’s population is growing by approximately 750 million people per year.
c. At the current rate, Earth’s population will double in approximately 7 years.
d. At the current rate, Earth’s population will double in approximately 5 years.
e. Earth’s population is growing by approximately 75 million people per year.
6. e. Many local and national leaders seek to define their communities’ specialized strengths in order to compete economically.
8. c. Comparisons of concentration and density help geographers evaluate changes over time.
12. a. preservation and conservation
14. a. Earth’s population is growing by approximately 7.5 million people per year.