Which of the following was NOT a result of the Industrial Revolution

A more equitable distribution of development

Which of the following would be a pronatalist policy?

Offering tax breaks to families that have more children

Which of the following countries is most likely to practice subsistence farming?

The Democratic Republic of the Congo

This model, pictured below, argues that distance from CBD is most important.

Burgess's Concentric Zone Model

Which of the following has MOST led to the rise of suburbs?

Improved transportation and communication technology

Comparative Advantage refers to...

Differing production costs in different parts of the world

Which of the following is NOT one of the ways in which maps can be distorted?

Flipped directions (i.e. North on bottom, South on top)

As countries develop towards stages 3 and 4 of the DTM, the most common cause of death becomes

Degenerative diseases like cancer and heart disease

Globalization and the internet...

are contributing to language loss worldwide

Which of the following would be considered a push factor?

Yearly flooding in your community increases by 50%

Which best describes the distribution of Christians in the world?

Europe, the Americas, Sub-Saharan Africa,and parts of Asia

Which of the following statements is true?

Nations are people with shared culture, states are countries

Which of the following is a negative environmental consequence of modern agriculture?

All of these are negative consequences

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1
Someone who is forced to flea a country out of fear of their own safety is a...
Emigrant
Intraregional Migrant
Refugee
Internally Displaced Person
2
The gravity model helps explain interactions between two cities based on...
Language and Religious differences
Economic and Political power
Population size only
Population size and distance
3
Would livestock ranching be considered intensive or extensive?
Intensive
Extensive
4
Cincinnati is located 100 miles south of Columbus. This represents its...
Situation
Site
Absolute Location
All of these
5
Gentrification...
Leads to revival of specific urban neighborhoods
Tends to be carried out by wealthier people without children
Leads to the displacement of poorer community members
All of these are true
6
If a country's three largest settlements are 5 million, 2 million, and 1 million, it follows...
Borchert's Epochs Model
The Primate City Rule
Rank-size Rule
The Gravity Model
7
Women and Men earn equal wages around the world.
False
True
8
All scientists believe that GMOs are unhealthy for you.
True
False
9
Rural settlement patterns that feature people living closer together would be considered...
dispersed
linear
clustered
circular
10
This is a good example of...
A cartogram
A chloropleth map
A dot map
An isoline map
11
Which of the following religions has not diffused much from its hearth?
Buddhism
Islam
Christianity
Hinduism
12
Which is NOT an example of human modification of the land to increase food production?
Irrigation
Draining Wetlands
Terracing
Using hybrid seeds
13
Pollution in urban areas is an especially large problem in...
Bolivia
China
Denmark
The United States
14
Boundaries serve which of the following duties?
They establish the limits of state sovereignty
They can cause conflict between states
All of these are true
They can sometimes separate cultural groups
15
The European Union is a good example of...
Supranationalism
Nationalism
Devolution
Balkanization
16
Which of these is NOT an issue in sustainable agriculture?
Reduction in biodiversity
Soil degradation
Fertilizers, Pesticides,and Herbicides in the water and food
All of these are issues
17
Which of the following was NOT a result of the Industrial Revolution
A general increase in the standard of living of humans
A more equitable distribution of development
Massive urbanization
A decrease in the amount of agricultural workers
18
Which of the following is NOT one of the four most populated regions?
Central Asia
Southeast Asia
South Asia
East Asia
19
Coffee production primarily takes place...
In LDCs
On plantation farms
Close to the equator
All of these are true
20
Agreeing over the terms of a border treaty would be considered...
Delimited
Demarcated
Defined
Administered
21
Which of the following would be a pronatalist policy?
Forced sterilization programs for women
Offering tax breaks to families that have more children
Requiring that families have no more than two children
All of these would be pronatalist policies
22
Which of the following countries is most likely to practice subsistence farming?
Japan
The Democratic Republic of the Congo
Denmark
Canada
23
This model, pictured below, argues that distance from CBD is most important.
Burgess's Concentric Zone Model
SE Asian City Model
Harris and Ulman's Multiple Nuclei Model
Hoyt's Sector Model
24
Which country would you expect to have the highest life expectancy?
Egypt
Ukraine
China
Japan
25
Which of the following languages is not part of the Indo-European language family?
Mandarin
Hindi
English
Russian
26
A country in stage one of the DTM has what type of NIR?
Very High
Medium
Zero to Low
High
27
Which of the following has MOST led to the rise of suburbs?
Greater economic opportunities in the suburbs
Changing land costs
The growth of railroads
Improved transportation and communication technology
28
Which of the following geographers believed that population would outgrow the food supply?
Carl Sauter
Thomas Malthus
Walter Christaller
Homer Hoyt
29
Comparative Advantage refers to...
gender inequality based on religious values
The higher level of development in MDCs
Differing production costs in different parts of the world
why countries refuse to trade with others
30
Superimposed boundaries in Africa have caused issues because...
Certain ethnicities are divided between multiple states
Many ethnicities are grouped into one state
All of these are true
It ignores linguistic and religious traditions of people
31
States with monoculture tend to favor centralized government systems known as...
Federal Systems
Unitary Systems
Multinational States
Multiethnic States
32
Which of the following is NOT one of the ways in which maps can be distorted?
Shape of Land Masses
Flipped directions (i.e. North on bottom, South on top)
Relative Size of Land Masses
Direction between two points
33
Which of the following is a good example of an autonomous region?
Indian Reservations in America
Australia
Ohio
North Korea
34
Which of the following models has 3 CBDs?
Islamic City Model
Latin American City Model
SE Asian City Model
Sub-Saharan Africa City Model
35
Ecotourism is a big part of which of the following countries economies?
India
United States
China
Costa Rica
36
The equator is located at...
180 degrees longitude
0 degrees longitude
0 degrees latitude
90 degrees latitude
37
As countries develop towards stages 3 and 4 of the DTM, the most common cause of death becomes
Pandemics like the bubonic plague
Starvation and famine
Degenerative diseases like cancer and heart disease
Infectious diseases, like ebola or small pox
38
Globalization and the internet...
are eliminating inequality in the world
are contributing to language loss worldwide
All of these are true
are making cultures more distinct and unique
39
Which of the following events led to the creation of many new countries
Decolonization after WWII
The end of the Cold War with USSR and Yugoslavia breaking up
All of these
The break-up of empires like the Ottoman after WWI
40
Which of the following would be considered a push factor?
A new company brings lots of new jobs to your community
A new school is built down the block
All of these
Yearly flooding in your community increases by 50%
41
Which best describes the distribution of Christians in the world?
North Africa, Southwest Asia, South Asia, and Oceania
Europe, the Americas, Sub-Saharan Africa,and parts of Asia
Asia and Africa
Europe and Latin America
42
Which of the following is NOT a major center of global population?
South Asia
East Asia
Europe
Latin America
43
Which of the following statements is true?
Nations and States are interchangable terms
Nations are countries and states are a group of people
Nations are people with shared culture, states are countries
Nation-states are made up of many different cultural groups
44
Christianity diffused...
through Europe after it became the official religion of Rome
Into Africa along with colonists and missionaries
Into the western hemisphere along with colonization
All of these are true
45
The science of making maps is known as...
Mapography
Cartography
Etymology
Geography
46
Which of the following countries is likely in Stage One of the DTM?
Japan
United States of America
None of these coutries
Democratic Republic of the Congo
47
Which of the following is a negative environmental consequence of modern agriculture?
Desertification
Deforestation
All of these are negative consequences
Draining wetlands
48
Controlling people and resources of the Eurasian landmass would lead to world power is...
Heartland Theory
Law of the Sea
Rimland Theory
Organic Theory
49
An oil company that was looking to open a new oil well would be most interested in a places...
Situation
Sense of Place
Absolute Location
Site
50
This map projection greatly distorts relative size at the poles...
Robinson Projection
Azimuthal Projection
Peters-Gall Projection
Mercator Projection
51
Increased fertilizer use and hybrid seeds are characterizations of which Agri. Revolution?
Second Agricultural Revolution
The First Agricultural Revolution
The Green Revolution
Neolithic Revolution
52
Which of the following map types show accurate direction between points on a map?
Cylandrical
Oval
Planar
Conic
53
Which of the following crops could not be found in Europe prior to the Columbian Exchange?
Sugar
Rice
Potatoes
Wheat
54
Grain farming typically takes place in this type of climate...
Temperate Climates
Tropical Climates
Arctic Climates
Dry Climates
55
The presence of multiple religious traditions within one state could be described as...
A stateless nation
Irredentism
A centripetal force
A centrifugal force
56
In general, gender inequality is worse...
in less developed countries
in the hispanic speaking parts of the world
In more developed countries
in the parts of the world where Hinduism is prevalent
57
Which of the following correctly matches the job to the right economic sector?
Professional Athlete - Quinary
Farming - Secondary
Textile Worker - Primary
Waitress - Tertiary
58
Which best describes the distribution of Muslims in the world?
North Africa, Southwest Asia, South Asia, and Indonesia
Europe, America, and the Middle East
Africa and Asia
Latin America, the Middle East, and parts of Europe
59
Which of the following countries would likely have the highest crude birth rate?
Brazil
The Democratic Republic of Congo
United States
Thailand
60
In commercial farming, is the average fam size larger or smaller?
Larger
Smaller
61
Countries with a low arithmetic density, but a high physiological density must have...
Lots of water
Tons of farmers
Lots of mountains
Lots of unarable land
62
Total Fertility Rate...
= average number of children a woman will have in her life
is 2.1 globally on average
is CBR - CDR
All of these are true
63
According to Wallerstein's World Systems Theory...
Over time, all countries will become wealthier through trade
The periphery countries provide manufacturing for the world.
Countries are core or periphery countries and won't change
Core countries exploit periphery countries for cheap inputs
64
Which of the following areas is least populated?
Western Canada and United States
Peru and Ecuador, around the Andes mountains.
Greenland
South Africa
65
The Industrial Revolution led to the era of imperialism in part because...
it created large inequalities in military technology
It created a need for raw materials across the globe
It created a need for markets abroad to ship to
All of these are true
66
A country has 100 people, 20 below age 16, 20 above age 65, what is the dependency ratio?
60%
40%
20%
100%
67
English...
All of these are true
is part of the Germanic language family
is a lingua franca
is a romance language
68
Which of the following helps explain the unbalanced sex ratio found in China?
Asian women are more likely to have male children
China's government passed a law making girl children illegal
All of these are true
Male children are preferred, thus are more likely to survive
69
Which stage of the Demographic Transition Model features the highest NIR?
Stage One
Stage Two
Stage Four
Stage Five
70
According to Von Thuunen's Model, where is dairying likely to take place?
None of these are correct
Close to the city center, since it is perishable
Far away from the city center, as it is extensive land use
Far away from the city center because land is cheaper there
71
Religious followers from which religion are pictured here?
Christianity
Hinduism
Islam
Buddhism
72
A family that moves from Williamsburg to Amelia, then Amelia to Cincinnati is using...
transnational migration
step migration
rural to urban migration
chain migration
73
Which of the following is NOT included in the U.N. HDI?
Natural Increase Rate
GDP per capita
Life Expectancy
Literacy Rate
74
Factories in northern Mexico are known as...
Periferato
Barrios
Favelas
Maquiladoras
75
Kiva.org is a good example of which practice?
Sustainable Agriculture
Microfinancing
Local Food Movement
Fair Trade
76
Which language is shown here?
Arabic
Russian
Mandarin
Hindi
77
States that contain another state entirely within it have what state shape?
Compact
Prorupted
Perforated
Elongated
78
Rostow's Model argues that countries develop...
All of these are true
in unique and unpredictable ways
as they put up trade barriers and focus on independence
as they develop domestic industries and trade with others
79
Redrawing congressional districts to benefit one political party over another is...
Unitary system
Parliamentary Democracy
Gerrymandering
Redistricting
80
The Local Food Movement argues....
That local food takes less energy to transport to market
All of these are true
That local food is always healthier
That GMOs, fertilizers, and pesticides are harmful
81
Many manufacturing jobs have moved to LDCs primarily because...
They are located closer to world markets
The resources are more abundant there
Wages are cheaper
Regulations are non-existent in LDCs
82
Scale...
can be represented in a written, graphic, or bar-line format
All of these are true
Is the relationship between something on a map and real life
helps explain how something fits into a larger context
83
Which of the following is NOT true regarding U.S. historical migration patterns?
British colonists and African slaves mark the first wave
Immigration to the U.S. reached its peak before WWI
Today, immigration is mainly from Latin America and Asia
1840-1850 saw mass European migration, i.e Germans and Irish
84
Which of the following statements is true regarding the U.N. Law of the Sea?
The first 100 miles off coast are exclusive economic zones
It sets the first 10 miles off coast as territorial waters
The first 200 miles off coast are exclusive economic zones
The first 3 miles off coast are territorial waters
85
39 degrees N latitude, 84 degrees W longitude is Cincinnati's...
Situation
Absolute Location
Relative Location
Site
86
The idea of the nation-state originated and is most prevalent in...
Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Western Europe
The United States
87
The way we feel emotionally about a location contributes to...
Time-Space Compression
Distortion
Sense of place
The Gravity Model
88
Which of the following is NOT a consequence of migration?
Migrants bring their religion and language to new places
Migrants send remittances back home
Countries pass laws restricting and regulating migration
All immigrants assimilate within 5 years
89
Which of the following are NOT one of the five toos?
Too Hot
Too Wet
Too Volcanic
Too Hilly
90
NAFTA...
is a military cooperation of Western countries
is a free trade agreement between U.S.A., Canada, and Mexico
has led to increasing manufacturing jobs in America
is a nationalist organization in America
91
This model suggests that housing tends to group together in corridors based on income
Hoyt's Sector Model
Burgess's Concentric Zone Model
Harris and Ulman's Multiple Nuclei Model
Latin American City Model
92
Cities are growing across the world.
False
True
93
Which of the following is more characteristic of folk cultures than pop cultures?
They tend to have anonymous origins
They tend to be practiced in diverse areas
All of these are characteristic of folk culture
They tend to diffuse using expansion diffusion
94
Which of the following are examples of sustainable development initiatives in cities?
Walkable mixed-use commercial and residential areas
Improved public transportation
All of these are good examples
Greenbelts to reduce urban sprawl
95
This map is an example of...
A chloropleth map
A cartogram
A dot map
An isoline map
96
Weber's model argues that...
Industries should seek to minimize transportation costs only
Industries should locate based only where wages are lowest
Industries locate where site and situation costs are least
Residential areas cannot support industry
97
The most prominent agricultural hearth for crops and domesticated animals is...
Indonesia (SE Asia)
The Andes Mountains (Latin America)
The Fertile Crescent (Southwest Asia)
China (East Asia)
98
A population pyramid that looked like an upside down pyramid would be most indicative of...
Stage Five of the DTM
Stage Four of the DTM
Stage One of the DTM
Stage Two of the DTM
99
This model argues that different nodes around a city impact location of industry/housing
Burgess's Concentric Zone Model
Harris and Ulman's Multiple Nuclei Model
Hoyt's Sector Model
Peripheral City Model/Galactic City Model
100
The study of population characteristics and statistics like age, ethnicity, and gender is...
Demography
Epidemiology
Fertility Studies
Cartography

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