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KHOA TIẾNG ANH Môn: Địa lý nhân văn
Thời gian: 120 phút
(Sinh viên được dùng sách giáo trình)

Answer the following review questions in your own words:

Notes:
You should write about 100-120 words for each question.
For each answer, note the page(s) in textbook that you use for reference.
Plagiarism and sharing responses are not allowed.

1. Explain what is meant by “Schengenland” and “Fortress Europe.“ What are the
geographic advantages and disadvantages of the new arrangement behind these
two terms? (page 357)
“Schengenland” presents the signatory nations of the Schengen Agreement,
acknowledged collectively as an individual territory or political unit. “Fortress
Europe” is seen as a hostile defensive boundary to migrants from Asia, Africa and the
Russian Domain. The advantages of this agreement are mostly enjoyed by insiders as
they can cross “soft” borders in European heartland quite effortlessly. Meanwhile, the
outsiders suffer from the demerit of “hard” borders forcing them going through
lengthy and complex procedures to entry the region.
2. What are some of the key ethnic minority groups within Russia and the
neighboring states, and how have they been recognized in the region’s
geopolitical structure? (page 421)
The Yakut and the Volga Tatars can be named as two among chief ethnic minority
groups in Russia and neighboring regions. Under the groups’demand for recognition,
the Soviets eventually decided to establish autonomous areas of different sizes that
recognized ethnic motherland within the current system of existing republics.
However, this framework had a significant problem being the autonomy it was
supposed to give people seemed to be more of pretence than a real situation.
3. How have the different countries of East Asia followed different paths to
economic development? (page, 527, 528, 529-530)
Japan’s economy, a capitalist one, is exerted great control over by its administration.
Its massive corporations are associated, holding each other’s stock and purchasing
products and services from each other. South Korea, on the other hand, has benefited
from the export-led economyn and their multinationals are locating new factories in
low-wage regions. Its large cartels have turned to produce heavy industrials products,
high-tech gadgets as well as semiconductors and ships. Meanwhile, China is building
 closer connections to the world and trying to develop in a modified capitalist way.
They remained a political monopoly and gradually gave space for capitalist ventures
to grow.
4. Why is there ambivalence about the English language in some Southeast Asian
countries? (page 613)
The reason lies in it originating from a controversial widespread culture but serving as
a tool for Southeast Asian people to integrate and thrive. The invasion of European
culture, the English language specifically, resulted from the imposition of its colonial
rule and has confronted remarkable opposition from regional countries, thereby
making it questionable. However, it is highly impossible for Southeast Asian to access
to international business and politics without English. Some countries typical of
having this ambivalence are Malaysia, Singapore and Philippines.