World Geography Exam Questions And Answers

One of the side effects of China's One-Child policy has been an imbalance in the traditional, biological ratio of male to female births. {Ans: True, sometimes referred to as female infanticide}Volcanic rock usually breaks down to form fertile soils. {Ans: True}In Chechnya, the population is predominantly Sunni Muslim, it resisted Russian rule and sought independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union and continues a guerrilla war to the current time. {Ans: True}Many volcanic islands with a fringing reef will become atolls following thousands of years of gravity, erosion, and subsidence. {Ans: True}The International Date Line is the starting point for longitudinal measurements. {Ans: False}The prevailing sea-to-land and land-to-sea winds that are the dominant climatic concern for people living in the Asian region are ___. monsoons typhoons tsunamis cyclonic or frontal lifting {Ans: monsoons}