Midterm Quiz 1

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This refers to all nationals present in, or temporarily absent from a country, and aliens
permanently settled in a country. This indicator shows the number of people that usually
live in an area:

Select one:

a.

Migration

b.

Population

c.

Refugees

d.

Aliens

Question 2

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These regions are also called formal regions some trait is shared with relative uniformity
across the space.

Select one:

a.

Vernacular regions

b.

Nodal regions

c.

Functional regions

d.

Uniform regions

Question 3

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What attribute of a global city refers to having a storehouse of smart, educated, creative
people?

Select one:

a.

Size

b.

Economic

c.
Human capital

d.

Connectivity

Question 4

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The most populous country in the world today is:

Select one:

a.

Brazil

b.

China

c.

India

d.

United States

Question 5

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It is an urban center that enjoys significant competitive advantages and that serves as a
hub within a globalized economic system:

Select one:

a.

Metropolitan

b.

Global city

c.

Nation-state

d.

Megacity

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It is a global city's perceived power to attract creative people and businesses from
across the globe, and to "mobilize their assets" to boost economic, social and
environmental development:

Select one:

a.

Economy

b.

Politics

c.
Magnetism

d.

Industry

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Who theorized that the 1st World was composed of the "superpowers" - US, Soviet
Union, etc; the 2nd World was composed of lesser powers; and the 3rd World was
composed of post-colonial emerging markets.

Select one:

a.

Winston Churchill

b.

Nelson Mandela

c.

Mao Zedong

d.

Adolf Hitler

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Who introduced the "three worlds" model wherein the First World included the United
States and its capitalist allies in places such as Western Europe, Japan and Australia; the
Second World consisted of the communist Soviet Union and its Eastern European
satellites; and the Third World encompassed all the other countries that were not
actively aligned with either side in the Cold War?

Select one:

a.

Franz Boas

b.

Mary Douglas

c.

Margaret Mead

d.

Alfred Sauvy

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Which of the following does not belong to the four pillars of urban life?

Select one:

a.

Recreational

b.
Educational

c.

Commercial

d.

Civic

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What was the term used to describe several industrial countries and majority of these
countries either practiced a socialistic system of government or a communist system of
government?

Select one:

a.

Second World

b.

First World

c.

Fourth World

d.

Third World