AP Exam Review Units 5/6/7

Which of the following qualifies as a primate city?

The dominance of corn production in the US correlates with what other agricultural industry?

In Baltimore inner city revitalization has transformed ___ into gentrified urban neighborhoods.

Which of the following best describes edge cities?

What region of the world has the lowest Gender Development Index (GDI)?

Slash and burn agriculture is

The most important cost in Weber's least cost theory is

A company that sells though the internet is free to locate far from its market. It is a 

Which country is not one of the Four Asian Tigers?

______ is common cause of decreasing farmland in rapidly growing urban areas.

What model suggests in an urban setting the farther from the CBD, the greater the  wealth?

Makeshift neighborhood are found on the outskirts of the world's largest peripheral cities

This type of agriculture is seen in semiarid climates throughout the world.

Increased air pollution, inner city decay, homogeneous landscapes, and loss of farmland is from

Special economic zones (SEZs) are most common in which country?

Which was not an independent location of plant and animal domestication? 

Economic activities that increase/benefit from agglomeration in particular regions are called

The coastal southern CA and northern Baja, Mexico region can be describes as a

The first cities arose in

LA provides an excellent example of

Which of the following is not an economic backwater?

In Rostow's stages of development model, economic maturity is characterized by

Mexico's maquiladoras are examples of

Which is not correct regarding the great metropolises of the developing world?

All of the following were part of the Green Revolution in the 1960s and 1970s except

The Green Revolution greatly increased crop production in some countries

During the Middle Ages ____ dramatically slowed the growth of urban areas.

The UK established greenbelts around certain cities to prevent what?

DDT is an example of a _____ that has had negative effects all the way through the food chain.

Deindustrialization has had a dramtic impact on which of the following regions?

In arid climates like California/the Middle East, ________ can cause the soil to become salty.

Many Latin American cities conform more or less to the

Which world class city is the best example of an entrepot?

What was the basic industry of Pittsburgh during the early development of the city?

The central place theory states which are essential for economic success of an establishment?

The Industrial Rev transformed Western agriculture

The most common crop grown using intensive subsistence farming in the world today is

Primary economic activities involve

The Industrial Revolution

According to central place theory,

First tier world cities include

According to Von Thunen why is wheat farmed further from the market than dairy?

Which crop has been given credit with saving millions of people due to hybridization in Asia?

By 2020, most of the world's biggest cities will be located in

The UN this statistical measurement of development in 1970s

According to rank size rule, a city that is ranked third would

The modern global geography of agriculture is determined by

Primate cities are those that

Ranching is a good example of which type of agricultural system?

The clustering of financial firms on Wall St in NYC is an example of