What Asian country established "special economic zones" (SEZs) to produce goods for world markets?
A) Taiwan
B) South Korea
C) Japan
D) Thailand
E) China
E
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a. polar easterlies b. Aleutians c. westerlies d. tropical divergents e. trade winds
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(1) As burial depth increases, heat and pressure transform the sediment into black shale (where organic matter becomes kerogen) (2) Organic debris settles with sediment (3) At appropriate temperatures, kerogen becomes oil (4) Oil seeps upward, reaches reservoirs rocks, and finally is trapped by seal rocks. The correct sequence is: __. a. (1), (2), (3), (4) b. (4), (3), (1), (2) c. (2), (1), (3), (4) d. (2), (3), (1), (4)
Historically, the river basins of the Rhine, the Seine, and the Thames became focused on intermediary centers of trade and transshipment that helped transform Europe. What were cities located on the rivers called?
A) edge cities B) primate cities C) hinterlands D) entrepot seaports E) growth poles
If an earthquake occurred near the oceanic trench in this figure, which one of the following hazards is likely to threaten the town of Ashton?
A) Destruction by a tsunami
B) Liquefaction of soils and other weak materials because of shaking
C) Landslides and other slope failures caused by shaking
D) All of these are correct.