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1
A person moves from Miami to LA, but decides to take a job in Dallas. This is an example of a:
voluntary migration
intervening opportunity
pull factor
intervening obstacle
2
The present number of countries and territories in the world is around
100
400
200
300
3
The most widespread language family on earth is...
Afro-Asiatic
Indo-European
Germanic
Sino-Tibetan
4
Deindustrialization has had a dramatic impact on which of the following regions?
The Great Plains
The Cotton Belt
The Great Lakes
The lower Mississippi Valley
5
What is country #41?
Ukraine
Bulgaria
Romania
Belarus
6
Firms try to locate their production facilities to
maximize agglomeration
maximize spatial accessibility
maximize visibility and minimize transportation
minimize costs and maximize profits
7
The split of Islam into two branches (Shi’ite and Sunni) was over
The successor to Mohammed
Controlling access to Mecca
How to enforce Sharia law
Whether non-Arabs could be Muslim
8
What is country #5?
Malaysia
Thailand
Laos
Cambodia
9
Differences in the way that English is spoken in the UK, US and Australia are differences in
official languages
vernaculars
language families
dialect
10
This is an image of
Von Thunen Model
Demographic Transition Model
Distance Decay Model
Population Pyramid
11
What is country #6?
Jordan
Israel
Lebanon
Syria
12
The _____________ will increase over the next decade, as more baby boomers reach retirement age.
Population Density
Dependency Ratio
Age-Gender Ratio
Carry Capacity
13
What country is #25?
Czech Republic
Hungary
Poland
Austria
14
Ranching is a good example of which type of agricultural system?
labor intensive agriculture
extensive commercial cultivation
controlled agriculture
Intensive subsistence cultivation
15
When young people move to cities with nightlife, and job opportunities this is an example of
pull factor
intervening opportunity
push factors
intervening obstacle
16
The first cities arose in
near the equator
hearths of early agriculture
ancient Greece
the Indian subcontinent
17
This image is from which city?
Baghdad
Cordoba
Mecca
Jerusalem
18
The Green Revolution greatly increased crop production in some countries
without adverse side effects
as a replacement for deindustrialization
by introducing organic agricultural methods
with some adverse side effects
19
Which country is not pictured here?
Honduras
Guatemala
Belize
Venezuela
20
Balkanization may result from all of the following factors EXCEPT
ethnic divisions
a strong central government
centrifugal forces
external pressures
21
This type of map projection is a:
Robinson's Projection
Fuller Projection
Mercator Projection
Peter's Projection
22
What is the name of the country that is landlocked?
Cambodia
Laos
Burma
Vietnam
23
Which of the following languages is most concentrated?
French
Spanish
Chinese
Japanese
24
Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, and Eastern Orthodox are all:
Christian sects
headed by the Pope
Christian branches
Christian denominations
25
What is country #2?
Thailand
Taiwan
Laos
Myanmar
26
The 2nd Agricultural Revolution transformed agriculture by
mechanizing many farming activities
eliminating agricultural pests
incorporating fertilizers and gmo seeds
moving people away from hunting and gathering
27
Much of Africa's current political and economic challenges can be attributed to
climate change
lack of natural resources
the Cold War
colonialism
28
According to the central place theory
small communities bind regions together
large cities serve as economic hubs
there are more large cities than small cities
most people live in mid-sized cities
29
This is an example of a:
Fuller Projection
Robinson's Projection
Peter's Projection
Mercator Projection
30
What is country #9?
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Uzbekistan
Kyrgyzstan
31
Which of the following countries has the highest rate of population growth?
Uganda
Chile
Argentina
England
32
The population pyramid pictured most likely represents which country?
India
Japan
Vietnam
Singapore
33
Which of the following countries is at Stage 2 of the demographic transition model?
South Africa
Germany
Nigeria
Singapore
34
Mexico's maquiladoras are examples of
ancillary activities
Offshore financial centers
export-processing zones
transnationals
35
This map is of what forward capital
Jakarta, Indonesia
Karachi, Pakistan
Canberra, Australia
Brasilia, Brazil
36
Which religion allows its adherents to follow other religions simultaneously?
Judaism
Buddhism
Islam
Christianity
37
When a group of people who share a common ethnic identity have been spread out, this is
diaspora
race
pogroms
dialect
38
An example of a primary economic occupation is
a farmer
a supermarket clerk
an automobile manufacturer
a firefighter
39
To a cultural geographer what is placelessness?
the abundance of uniqueness in the cultural landscape
A classic item in history
a mom and pop store
The loss of uniqueness in the cultural landscape
40
Who is the conflict over Kashmir between?
Pakistani Muslims and Indian Hindus
Pakistani Hindus and Indian Muslims
Chinese Buddhists and Indian Hindus
Pakistani Buddhists and Chinese Hindus
41
What is country #3?
Norway
Iceland
Finland
Sweden
42
Modernist architecture
is limited to newer American cities.
uses eclectic and classic forms
stresses the ornate
stressed efficiency and geometrical order
43
Globalization
has a long and circuitous history
is always good for people in the poorest countries
is a new and unique phenomenon
has penetrated the entire world
44
A columnar-shaped population pyramid, like the US, indicates a country that is
growing slowly or not at all
experiencing a high dependency ratio
growing rapidly
experiencing high immigration rates
45
The Sun Belt is located in
The Southern Part of the US
The Rocky Mountain states
The Pacific States
New England
46
Which of the following countries would you expect to have the densest population?
France
Mexico
Belgium
Canada
47
Which of the following was NOT a location of independent plant and animal domestication?
India
Iraq
California
Peru
48
This map is an example of a
Choropleth Map
Reference Map
Isoline Map
Thematic Map
49
This city is often referred to as the Venice of the North
Oslo, Norway
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Copenhagen, Denmark
St. Petersburg, Russia
50
What is country #1?
Iraq
Turkey
Syria
Iran
51
A country at the end of demographic transition usually has which of the following:
A high infant mortality rate
Low birth and death rates
High birth and low death rates
Low fertility rate and high death rate
52
The angular distance east or west of the Prime Meridian is
Equator
Latitude
Longitude
Greenwich, England
53
The shape of a state is referred to as its
ethnicity
toponym
function
morphology
54
What is country #13?
Denmark
Luxemburg
Belgium
Netherlands
55
Throughout human history, world population has:
Experienced numerous periods of dramatic decline
Grown most rapidly over the last 200 years
Grown at a steady rate
Been confined to countries in the southern hemisphere
56
What is country #8?
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Iraq
57
This map best depicts a
Cognitive Region
Formal Region
Functional Region
Perceptual Region
58
Many cultural groups combine elements of Christianity with their traditional religion, this is:
creolized religion
cultural assimilation
relocation diffusion
cultural syncretism
59
Which of the following most accurately matches the country to its territorial shape?
Chile: fragmented
Singapore: perforated
Poland: elongated
Vietnam: elongated
60
This image best represents
a political boundary
a superimposed boundary
an allocational boundary
a relic boundary
61
What is country #19?
Morocco
Algeria
Angola
Libya
62
The EU, the Arab League and the UN are all examples of
nation-states
federations
centrifugal organizations
supranational organizations
63
A country with this shape population pyramid, is most likely in which stage of the DTM?
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 2
Stage 1
64
Which of the following is not a Protestant denomination?
Baptist
Methodist
Catholicism
Lutheran
65
Gerrymandering adjusts voting districts boundaries in order to
benefit the interest of one political party or group
benefit the interests of Republicans
create districts that coincide with natural borders
ensure that all districts are the same shape and size.
66
The Rust Belt is considered a
Perceptual Region
Political Region
Functional Region
Formal Region
67
Which of the following is an example of a nation without a state?
Iraq
Crimea
Kurdistan
Israel
68
The youngest major religion is
Hinduism
Christianity
Judaism
Islam
69
This type of map projection is...
Mercator
Fuller
Robinson's
Peter's
70
A__ is a group of people with a common identity, and a __ is a country with recognized borders.
nation... territory
nation... state
state... nation
state... territory
71
Rostow's stages of development predicts that a country's economy will progress from
low incomes to high incomes and mass consumption
low output to high input
high levels of pollution to sustainability
low employment in tertiary activities
72
This is an image of what type of map projection?
Fuller
Robinson's
Peter's
Mercator
73
To a political geographer, the term "state" is synonymous with which of the following terms?
Country
Territory
Province
Nation
74
What is country #21?
San Marino
Lichtenstein
Andorra
Monaco
75
Christianity and Judaism share a hearth in:
New York
Saudi Arabia
Israel/Palestine
Southern Asia