Fall 2010

Geog 101
Moussa Koné

Final Exam Review Questions

(The correct answer for some questions is on the last page)

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do World Bank and IMF policies seem to fail in implementation in developing
countries?
A. The developing countries misuse the funds
B. The developing countries do not have the infrastructure needed for the policies to
succeed
C. The World Bank and the IMF implement policies that do not fit the situation of
developing countries, but instead work to push their own agenda (correct)
D. The World Bank and the IMF always succeed to implement successful policies in
developing countries

2. Who has a representative live with the poor so that they get the true picture?
A. World Bank
B. IMF
C. Both A and B
D. Neither A nor C

3. Africa’s debt service jumped from US$2 billion to US$8 billion from
A. 1970-1980
B. 1975-1982
C. 1985-2005
D. 1979-2000

4. Who is responsible for the economic crisis in Africa?

A. Questionable strategies launched by IMF
B. Political corruption of the African government
C. Oil crisis
D. Other donors such as IFI
E. All of the above

5. Why did Ethiopia pay off their loan with an American bank early?
A. They wanted to get an airplane
B. The IMF instructed them to do so
C. They were pressured by the bank to pay it off
D. The interest rate on the loan was higher than what they were getting from their
reserves

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6. Which of the following characterizes the aid industry in the 1970s?
A. Industrialization of African nations
B. Supporting competent governance
C. An increased focus on poverty-based allocation
D. A plan to structure debt through increased loans

7. Which of the following is not a factor discussed in the reading that affects percentage
of women in a nation?
A. East versus West
B. North versus South
C. Developed versus developing nation
D. Gainful employment

8. Which of the following is not a result of women obtaining “gainful employment”?

A. Better wages allow a woman to support herself
B. Improved status within the family
C. Acquired security and legal protection
D. Higher life expectancy
E. Experience in the outside world resulting in valuable education

9. Which of the following, as presented in the reading, would not cause a woman to find
the division of a family’s joint benefits less valuable?
A. If the woman can earn outside the home (outside income)
B. A woman’s work is seen as being productive and useful (usually outside the home
work)
C. A woman has her own economic resources and has certain rights which she can
execute
D. There is a clear understanding of how women can be deprived and there is a clear and
known solution
E. Is the woman is from a wealthy family

10. How many factors are involved when women are more favored in the division of a
family’ joint benefit? (FROM MORE THAN 100 WOMEN ARE MISSING)
A. None
B. Two
C. Six
D. Four
E. Seven

11. What is the ratio of men to women?

A. 105 or 106 to 100
B. 90 to 100
C. 80 to 100
D. 1 to 1

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12. Which one is not a factor of inequality between women and men?
A. Difference between the culture of the east and the west
B. Economic independency
C. Corrupt official
D. Cognition of female rights

13. What did male contractors not use to make it harder for the women to turn a profit in
the mines?
A. Threatening women with death if they don’t give up
B. Complaining that the historical architecture in the area will be destroyed
C. Refusing to let trucks come into the quarries to load stone
D. All of the above

14. All of the following stand against women and their rights in the article “A success
Carved in Stone” except:
A. Contractors
B. Political patrons
C. Mal quarry laborers
D. Corrupt officials

15. What are the factors why men outnumbered women in the West compared to the
East?
A. The cultural contrast, Western civilization is less sexist than Eastern
B. Unequal sharing in the advantages of medical and social progress
C. The division of a family’s joint benefits
D. Traditional bias against women
E. All of the above

16. In the Orangi project the author found that the residents of the slums had provided for
themselves:
A. Houses
B. Private schools
C. Health clinics
D. Transportation
E. All of the above

17. How many countries have banned the importing of used clothing?
0-9
10-19
20-29
30+

18. Which of the following exemplifies Mitumba?

A. A popular dish containing the egg yolks
B. The inflated currency used in the poverty stricken region
C. The act of using secondhand western clothing

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D. The chief export to America from Tanzania

19. The textile industry in East Africa is stagnant because

A. Political and economic handicaps
B. Outdated capital governance
C. Unwise costs on infrastructure
D. Inadequate educational level
E. All of the above

20. In “How Small Entrepreneurs Clothe East Africa with Old American T-Shirts”, what
is the main idea of the article?
Clothing the Africans creates many jobs
Providing clothing benefits people much more than just being able to wear the clothing
Clothing markets are booming in Africa
None of the above

21. Who is not part of the Mitumba trade?

A. Traders
B. Runners
C. Sorters
D. Launderers
E. Tailors

22. What is Mitumba?

Local textile in African villages
Traditional African dress
Used American clothing sold to Africa
Clothing factories in Africa

23. Due to Mitumba trade, how many jobs in Zambia’s textile industry have been lost?
A. About 10,000
B. About 20,000
C. About 30,000
D. About 40,000

24. In 1997, Mexico took over………….as the leading source of apparel imports
A. China
B. India
C. Turkey
D. Honduras

25. Which of these urban cities is not from a less developed country?
A. Mumbai
B. Chicago
C. Calcutta
D. Karachi

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26. Which of the following is the biggest sub-national planning entity in the world?
A. The Baghdad economic zone
B. The Tokyo economic zone
C. The Shanghai economic zone
D. The India-Counsel economic zone

27. What population is needed for the city to be considered a hypercity?

A. 8 million
B. 12 million
C. 16 million
D. 20 million

28. Which of the following cities had the highest population in 2004?
A. Mumbai
B. New York
C. Mexico City
D. Delhi

29 Which of the following is true regarding urban development?

A. Population will double to near 4 billion over the next generation
B. The largest posturban structures are emerging in East Asia
C. There will be a number of growing slums
D. All of the above

30. What items did the Orangi Pilot Project Program provide?
A. Family planning
B. Sanitation programs
C. Immunizations
D. All of the above

31. In late 1970s, how many Chinese move from rural to big cities?
A. 10 millions
B. 50 millions
C. 100 millions
D. 200 millions

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Short Answer Questions

32. What was Costa Rica’s main source of revenue?

33. Is the Balinese people’s use of temple and shubaks outdated? Do they face problem
with water conservation?

34. What are the consequences of the fluctuation of the banana prices for the workers and
the rainforests?

35. What are the three major agents of deforestation?

36. What factors were involved as to why people in other countries saw the Amazon in
different light over a few decades?

37. Which is more valuable to a country, rainforest or economic gain?

38. How can we promote growth of additional crops while maintaining the fragile
ecosystems of the world?

39. Are there any possible ways to stop green revolution and put the water templates back
in control of the distribution of water supply?

40. What is the idea behind the ecological development method for “saving the forests”,
and why is it theoretically advantageous over the traditional mainstream method?

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 Correct answers
1.C.
2.A.
3.B.
9.E.
10.D.
11.A.
13.A.
14.C.
15.E.
16.E.
17.D.
18.C.
22.C.
23.C.
24.A.
25.B.
26.C.
27.D.
28.C.
29.D.
30.D.
31.D.