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What were early maps used for? How are they used today?
ship travel, business and GPS
navigation, communication and directional (GPS)
navigation, reference and communication
ship travel, reference and communication
2
an Isogloss is...
a line that separates literacy traditions
a collection of unique words
a form of language spoken in a local area
boundary between language religions
3
The number of followers of Islam is growing dramatically in which world region? (not the orgin)
South America
East Asia
Europe
North America
4
Land suited for agriculture is called
arid land
population density
Physiological density
arable land
5
used to determine the Human Development Index for economic development
Natural increase rate (NIR)
Gender inequality
Resource orientation
Literacy rate
6
Which of the following occupations is the best example of a secondary economic activity?
Strawberry picker
Ketchup producer
Dog walker
Software developer
7
Some features of US material culture such as gas stations, supermarkets and motels
show high regional variation
reflect the preservation of folk culture
promote diffusion of folk culture
promote a uniform landscape
8
A relatively small group that has broken away from an established church is a
dialect
sect
family
branch
9
Sri Lanka has continuing ethnic conflict between
Jacobites and Assyrians
Urdu separatists and Kashmir rebels
Sinhalse Buddhists and Tamil
Hutus and Tutsis
10
which type of agriculture is practiced by the largest % of worlds people
Plantation
pastoral nomadism
intensive subsistence
shifting cultivation
11
Which religions have a taboo against pork?
Hinduism and Christianity
Judaism and Islam
Christianity and Buddhism
Judaism and Buddhism
12
Use of earth's resources (renew, nonrenew) that don't constrain resources in the future
environment resource saving
Sustainability
Cultural regions
ability to GO GREEN
13
According to Hoyt's sector model the most expensive new housing is built
in old industrial buildings and retail shops
on inner edge close to center
on outer edge of district father from center
On the edge of suburban area farther from center
14
The number of years it takes to double a population
spaghetti forgetti
double-double
doubling time
HDI double
15
which one is NOT a factor used to determine the country's HDI
political
demographic
social
economic
16
MSA
metropolitan statistical area
something else
Morning State Army
metropolitan system area
17
The greatest total number of foreign-born residents can be found in
USA
Germany
Australia
China
18
what is the study of mapmaking?
ecology
geography
maping
cartography
19
Stage 2 of the demographic transition model is characterized by
moderate growth
BABIES!!!!!
zero growth
high growth
20
world cities are defined by
economic, political, cultural, + infrastructure
central place theory and gravity models
political and infrastructure factors
hinterland models
21
Chicago is often used as an example to illustrate which model of urban growth?
Concentric zone model
Sector model
Multiple-nuclei model
Urban realms model
22
companies go in, rennovate part of INNER CITY, middle class come in and live there
Filtering
this ? is confusing i'm sorry
Gentrification
Redlining
23
In LDC's consumer goods such as telephones, TV's, + motor vehicles are
Unknown and unfamiliar to most of the world
familiar to many but owned by few
available through local manufacture
essential to rural life, needs to be connected to the world
24
Saudi Arabia has successfully employed the International trade alternative primarily because of
tranditional social customs
consumer spending
regional cooperation
petroleum reserves
25
What is the numbering system that identifies locations of meridians. hint: north to south poles
equator
longitude
latitude
prime meridian
26
180 degrees longitude, clock moves 24 hours
Prime Meridian
Clock switch back
International Date Line
GMT- rerferences for time
27
The primary sector of the economy includes which of the following?
banking
government
data processing
Sheep herding
28
Where are Baptists clustered?
southern
southwestern
upper midwestern
northeastern
29
where does the prime meridian pass through?
Greenland, England
New york city, Alabama
Glascow, Scotland
Greenwich, England
30
Functional region
Organized around a node or a focal point
always around a city
area people believe is there for cultural identity
describes a regions area
31
What region of the world has the lowest gender development Index (GDI)
Latin America
S Asia
Sub- Saharan Africa
SW Asia
32
Data about earth's surface from a satellite or other long distance methods
GIScience
GPS
GIS
Remote Sensing
33
The cottage industry system involved manufacturing
of steam engines
in the hole imma die in
in the home
in small factories
34
which of the following models of urban geography is represented by this figure?
Rank-size rule
Multiple-nuclei model of urban development
Von Thunen's concentric ring theory
Central place theory
35
Definition of SITE?
location relative to other places
physical character of a place
relationship between portion of earth on map vs. irl
physical representation of a person
36
As “Baby Boomers” reach retirement age in the US which of the following rates increase?
Fertility rate
Childhood mortality rate
Independency ratio
Dependency ratio
37
A restriction of behavior imposed by social custom is a
taboo
tariff
folk culture
habit
38
When farms transition to large-scale, farm production typically transitions to
organic methods
Sustainable farming
Dairy Farming
Commercial farming
39
The arrangement of something across earth's surface
Density
Diffusion
Distribution
Ecosystem
40
What stage in the demographic transition model do the US fall in
Stage 4
Stage 2
Stage 5
Stage 3
41
3 most famous map projections
mercury, saturn, jupiter
Robinson, Equal- area projection, Mathus
Mercator, Robinson, Mathus
Mercator, Goode, Robinson
42
Which of the following is the best example of a nation without a state?
Serbian nation
Mongolian nation
Kurdish Nation
Swiss nation
43
What are the three types for regions?
GPS, GIS, GIScience
Formal, situational, vernacular
Formal, functional, regional
Formal, functional, vernacular
44
the most important reason why most farmers in northeast China grow crops other than wet rice is
harvesting wet rice requires expensive equipment ($$$$$$)
Tradition
cultural preference
Climate
45
What is the most populated country in east Asia?
Thailand
India
China
Indonesia
46
Which is not a ethnic Asian religion?
Shintoism
hinduism
buddhism
Judaism
47
economic, political, domination of one former colonial power, over former colonial territory.
Socialism
Oppression
Imperialism
Fascism
48
The multiple nuclei model is used to describe the spatial form of which of the following cities
Los Angeles
New York City
Washington D.C
Chicago
49
2 people both speak English but have different names for soda: “pop” and “coke,” Why's this?
Different pidgins
Different educations
Different dialects
Different languages
50
Mexico's MAQUILADORA plants
must operate far from US Mexico border
have an advantage of proximity to U.S markets
no thanks.
employ more than 5 million laborers
51
Folk cultures are spread primarily by
contagious diffusion
Hierarchical diffusion
Relocation diffusion
epidemic diffusion
52
Most migrants to the US during the early 20th century came from which part of Europe?
South and East
North and West
South and West
Central
53
What model is this
demographic transition model
Von Thunen
Burgess
Thomas Mathus
54
Anthing that unifies a state
Centripetal force
Centrifugal force
nationality
nationalism
55
Anthing that divides a state
nationality
Centrifugal force
Centripetal force
nationalism
56
Vernacular region
area people believe exsits as part of their cultural identy
area where ethnic cleansing is present because no culture
area where everyone shares distictive characteristics
area going around a focal point