The __ was based on land control, markets, and ideologies, while the __ is based on wealth.

East/west divide . . . North/south divide

In the 1990s, the United States...

Saw dramatic changes in its ethnic composition

What is true about time-space convergence?

Places seem to be getting closer together

Suburbanization is most evident in...

Newer American cities like Las Vegas

In many American cities, gentrification has transformed __ to __.

Ghettos . . . Modern urban neighborhoods

Which of the following is commonly associated with the Industrial Revolution?

New forms of capital investment

The Industrial Revolution transformed Western agriculture...

Through mechanization and the creation of new markets

Within the United States, overall life expectancy...

Varies within various cohorts of the population

Most of the world’s people live in...

The world’s poorest countries

Rostow’s development model predicts that each country’s economy will go from...

Low to high per capita incomes and consumption

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1
The most widespread language family in the world is...
Indo-European
Germanic
Romance
Sino-Tibetan
2
A simple trade language is called a...
Pidgin
Dialect
Creole
Lingua franca
3
In Antarctica, political borders don’t really organize a vast __.
Tundra
Frontier
Borderland
Wasteland
4
The __ was based on land control, markets, and ideologies, while the __ is based on wealth.
North/south divide . . . East/west divide
Domino theory . . . Heartland theory
Organic theory . . . Rimland theory
East/west divide . . . North/south divide
5
Which of the following regions is currently experiencing the fastest population growth?
Northern Asia
Eastern Europe
The Sun Belt
Tropical Africa
6
In the 1990s, the United States...
Became less ethnically diverse
Saw dramatic changes in its ethnic composition
Decreased in overall population
Saw few changes in its ethnic composition
7
Topographic maps use __ to convey change over space.
Tonal shadings
Location charts
Isolines
Proportional symbols
8
Consumers of fresh vegetables getting their products from California, not Florida, are using
Distance decay
Economies of scale
Intervening opportunities
Expansion diffusion
9
Indonesia is an example of...
An elongated state
A compact state
A fragmented state
A microstate
10
Refugees are produced through...
Economic migration
Forced migration
Cultural migration
Internal migration
11
What is true about time-space convergence?
Places are implementing more rapid forms of transportation
Places seem to all look the same
Places are increasingly trying to maintain their histories
Places seem to be getting closer together
12
Cartography is the art & science of...
Demographics
Cognitive imagery
Spatial orientation
Mapmaking
13
When voting districts are redrawn to favor a political party
Salamandering
Redistricting
Reapportioning
Gerrymandering
14
Suburbanization is most evident in...
Large European cities like Madrid
Regionally planned Canadian cities like Toronto
Newer American cities like Las Vegas
Older American cities like Boston
15
Which of the following is landlocked?
Afghanistan
Burma/Myanmar
Peru
Germany
16
In many American cities, gentrification has transformed __ to __.
Ghettos . . . Modern urban neighborhoods
Modern urban neighborhoods . . . Suburbs
Modern urban neighborhoods . . . Ghettos
Suburbs . . . Modern urban neighborhoods
17
Mercator projections preserve...
Direction
Scale
Shape
Area
18
Which of the following is commonly associated with the Industrial Revolution?
New forms of capital investment
Cottage industries
Specialty goods
The printing press
19
Which of the following is most likely to have the densest population?
Belgium
China
Mexico
Peru
20
Lines of longitude...
Are called parallels
Never meet
Intersect at the poles
Begin at the equator
21
The Industrial Revolution transformed Western agriculture...
Through mechanization and the creation of new markets
Through technological and religious change
By eliminating agricultural pests
With biotechnology
22
The first agriculturalists were...
Commercial farmers
European entrepreneurs
Also ranchers
Also hunter-gatherers
23
__ occurs when a population is adding a fixed % of people to a growing population each year.
Exponential growth
Doubling
Overpopulation
Arithmetic growth
24
The size of a map’s smallest discernable unit is its...
Region
Density
Resolution
Scale
25
Within the United States, overall life expectancy...
Is greater in cities than in rural areas
Varies within regions, with people in the SW living longer
Is limited by an unusually high infant mortality rate
Varies within various cohorts of the population
26
This movement strove to introduce beauty and impose order on chaotic industrial cities
City Beautiful
Modernism
Postmodernism
Beaux arts
27
Most of the world’s people live in...
China
The world’s poorest countries
The Southern Hemisphere
The developed world
28
Total fertility rate is NOT closely related to which of the following?
Industrial output
Education
Economic development
Gender empowerment
29
Rostow’s development model predicts that each country’s economy will go from...
High pollution levels to efficient resource use
Low to high per capita incomes and consumption
High consumption to ecological sustainability
Low output to high input
30
Islam’s hearth and spiritual center is at...
Baghdad
Mecca
Jakarta
Cairo
31
Which of the following was NOT a location of independent domestication (taming plant & animal)?
China
India
California
Iraq
32
The first cities arose in...
The Indian subcontinent
Early agricultural hearths
Ancient Greece
Central Mexico
33
__ is/are widespread in semiarid climates throughout the world.
Dairying
Tropical plantations
Ranching
Slash-and-burn agriculture
34
Human-induced environmental change is often referred to as...
Anthropocentric
Anthropomorphic
Unsustainable
Anthropogenic
35
In arid climates (like S California), __ can cause the soil to become salty and infertile.
Erosion
Salinization
Saltation
Topsoil loss
36
What slowed the growth of European urban areas in the Middle Ages?
Feudalism
Renaissance
Black Death
Colonialism
37
Niger’s economy is mostly limited to...
Export-processing activities
Quaternary economic activities
Service industries
Primary economic activities
38
People in London, Melbourne, Vancouver, and Mumbai all speak...
Different dialects
A pidgin language
Lingua francas
Official languages
39
Which of the following is a result of chain migration?
San Francisco’s Chinatown
French colonial rule
The African slave trade
The formation of Israel
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OPEC is an example of
A confederacy
A commonwealth
A supranational organization
An international organization
41
Cultural traditions are __ because they borrow from the past and are reinvented in the present
Syncretic
Erratic
Inauthentic
Complex
42
Which of the following cities’ urban geography is defined by railroads?
Mexico City
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
43
DDT is an example of a __ that causes negative effects all throughout the food chain.
Bacteria
Fungicide
Genetically modified organism (GMO)
Pesticide
44
With its regional province system, Canada is an example of a(n)...
Electoral state
Reapportioned state
Microstate
Federal state
45
Some French Canadians in Quebec seek __ (the right to govern themselves and become independent)
Reapportionment
Self-determination
Nationalism
Anticolonialism
46
__ take advantage of geographic differences by conducting business in different countries
E-businesses
Conglomerate corporations
Transnational corporations
Service industries
47
Life expectancy has increased...
Worldwide
Due to increased food production
Only in developed countries (MDCs)
Only in developing countries (LDCs)
48
The Green Revolution greatly increased crop production in some countries...
With some adverse side effects
As a replacement for deindustrialization
Without adverse side effects
By encouraging local crop cultivation
49
Medieval European cities usually have all of the following except...
Winding streets and tall, narrow buildings
Wide streets for large armies
Walls surrounding the city for defense purposes
Large, ornate cathedrals
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When one country informally exerts political, economic, or social influence over another
Dominance
Colonialism
Federalism
Imperialism
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Some prominent Native American cities later became...
Manufacturing hubs
Colonial cities
Agricultural distribution centers
Gateway cities
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The drawing of new voting districts is called
Redrawing
Reelection
Gerrymandering
Reapportionment
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Economic activities that increase & benefit from agglomeration are called...
Quinary activities
Tertiary activities
Basic sector activities
Ancillary activities
54
The modern global geography of agriculture is determined by...
Soil only
Climate, soil, and cultural traditions
Climate only
Cultural traditions only
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Asian, African, and South American cities...
Have strong manufacturing and industrial sectors
Are usually centered around a religious building
Have many colonialist structural relics
Have modern forms of post-colonialism architecture
56
Carrying capacity is a function of...
How much weight a person can carry
Technology, natural resources, and limiting factors
Natural resources, resource allocation, and limiting factors
Technology, natural resources, and resource allocation
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Dutch wooden shoes (clogs) are an example of...
Syncretism
Artifacts
Mentifacts
Customs
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Tobler’s 1st law of geography is that “Everything is related to everything else, but...”
Near things are more related than distant things.”
Near things are more closely related than you might think.”
Distant things are generally unrelated.”
Distance is always a factor.”
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Modernist architecture is characterized by...
Ornateness
Skyscrapers
Eclectic and classic forms
Efficiency and geometrical order
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Locating a jewelry shop by its workers’ houses...
Represents a market orientation
Is an example of a footloose industry
Is optimal because transport costs are minimized
Is unimportant
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If a group of people with the same ethnicity live near a nuclear waste facility, this shows...
A cultural landscape
A diaspora
An ethnic neighborhood
A ghetto
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Many Latin American cities shows characteristics of...
The multiple nuclei model
The galactic city model
The concentric zone model
The sector model
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__ - group of people with a common political identity; __ -fully recognized territories
Nation . . . Territory
Territory . . . Federalism
State . . . Nation
Nation . . . State
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__ boundaries are prominent in Africa because they ignore cultural and tribal differences.
Colonial
Superimposed
Subsequent
Antecedent
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Population policy usually involves limiting...
Fertility levels only
Immigration levels only
Education levels only
Fertility and immigration levels
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Firms try to locate their production facilities to...
Maximize agglomeration
Maximize accessibility
Maximize visibility and minimize transportation
Minimize costs and maximize profits
67
Seattle’s location, attractions, climate, & economic activities are all examples of its...
Landscape
Site
Cognitive image
Situation
68
Literacy rates vary in...
How many books people read
Location only
Sex, location, education, and economic development
Sex, location, education, and income
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__ is a common cause of lost farmland in expanding urban areas.
Topsoil loss
Agribusiness
Urban sprawl
Industrialization
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Los Angeles is an excellent example of...
The multiple nuclei model
The sector model
The central business district (CBD)
The concentric zone model
71
Hitler’s nationalist/expansionist policies partially came from...
Sound historical evidence
Rimland theory
Organic geopolitical theory
Self-determination
72
The number of live births per thousand people per year is the...
Exponential growth rate
Natural increase rate
Total fertility rate
Crude birth rate
73
The Industrial Revolution...
Had a minimal impact on urban areas
Made factory workers obsolete
Began in the Great Lakes region
Created vast manufacturing centers
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Cultural geography is the study of...
Human-environment relationships
Global customs and artifacts
Cultural complexes
Spatial distribution of cultural traits
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Which of the following countries is at stage 2 of the demographic transition model (DTM)?
Nigeria
Denmark
Russia
San Marino
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Throughout human history, world population has...
Experienced many periods of dramatic decline
Grown most rapidly over the last 200 years
Been limited to countries in the Southern Hemisphere
Grown at a steady rate
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The cultural hearth of Christianity is in...
Israel
New York
Rome
South Carolina
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The Industrial Revolution...
Began in Germany in the 16th century
Began in England in the 18th century
Was initiated by Henry Ford
Reached its peak in the 1970s
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When countries come together for a common purpose, somewhat limiting their sovereignty
Union
Confederacy
Supranational organization
International organization
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Which is NOT a measure of relative distance?
2,339 cm (centimeters)
35 s (seconds)
216 steps
2 dollars and fifty cents
81
All evangelical religions are also...
Animist religions
Ethnic religions
Universal religions
Local religions
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Which of the following is NOT an economic backwater?
São Paulo (Brazil)
Western China
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
The Lower Mississippi Valley
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Acculturation is a common cause of...
Assimilation
Creolization
Illiteracy
Language extinction
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Millions of __ came to the United States during the early 20th century.
Refugees
Emigrants
Suburbanites
Immigrants
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Agribusiness has impacted agriculture in every way except...
Family farmers producing goods for the global economy
Agriculture becoming a multilevel process
TNCs controlling agricultural activity abroad
The farm no longer being agricultural center
86
Gender equity is related to...
Education
All of these are correct
Cultural traditions
Gross National Product (GNP)
87
Slash-and-burn agriculture is...
Not sustainable
Typical for tropical forests
Practiced in high, mountainous regions
A relatively new invention
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According to von Thunen, agriculture’s regional geography is determined by...
Land area
Climate
Rent
Urban marketing
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Biotechnology’s effects... (+ = positive, - = negative, ? = unknown)
All of these are correct
Are ? because it has only been researched recently
Are + because it allows for better yields
Are - because it is limited to only certain farmers
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A city’s nightlife, cultural amenities, and job opportunities can be examples of...
Economic factors
Push factors
Mobility opportunities
Pull factors
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Which is the best definition of edge cities?
They are usually found in Europe and Asia
They are gentrified communities
They are small, isolated communities
They are located along freeways on major cities’ outskirts
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Which of these is an important gateway city?
Nairobi, Kenya
Honolulu, Hawaii
Perth, Australia
Oslo, Norway
93
Which of the following is TRUE about regions?
They are strictly functional units
They are often defined by a mathematical formula
They are imaginary
They are conceptual
94
This word refers to concepts that are universally applicable
Nomothetic
Idiocentric
Qualitative
Idiographic
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Conserving resources to ensure enough for future generations is called...
Cultural ecology
Sustainability
Environmental determinism
Subsistence agriculture
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Action space is...
Spaces designated for transportation in a city
Recreational facilities in an urban area
A space of the city closed off when movies are being filmed
Space in which individual daily activity occurs
97
Deindustrialization has particularly impacted which of the following regions?
The lower Mississippi Valley
The Great Lakes
The Pacific Northwest
The Great Plains
98
I argued that cultural landscapes should form the basic unit of geographic inquiry.
George Perkins Marsh
Ptolemy
Carl Sauer
Eratosthenes
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Geographic scale means...
The many ways people define regions
An idea of place based on a person’s perception of space
A conceptual hierarchy of spaces
The ratio between a map’s distance and its actual distance
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Which is most characteristic of folk cultures?
They quickly adopt new technology for their community
They have weak ties to friends and family
They have a subsistence economy
They look virtually the same across the globe
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Soil specialists work to overcome the harmful effects of __ associated with modern agriculture.
Fertilization and salinization
Topsoil loss and gentrification
Pesticides and fertilization
Salinization and topsoil loss
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According to Kevin Lynch, all of these contribute to a city’s legibility except...
Edges
Links
Nodes
Landmarks
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The oldest field of geography is?
Environmental geography
Conservation biology
Cultural ecology
Cartography
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__ governments have a hierarchy of local governments
Electoral
Consolidated
Federal
Territorial
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These cities have narrow, winding streets, open-air markets, many dead ends, and courtyards
Latin American
Hindu
Islamic
Medieval European
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Compared to China’s strict population policy, India’s population policy...
Encourages reproduction for cultural reasons
Doesn’t support birth control because of Catholic majority
Encourages lower fertility via education & family planning
Has a similar policy to China’s
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A thematic layer is...
A map portraying a particular feature used in GIS
Used as a way of analyzing thematic regions
A cartography method used to produce perfectly accurate maps
Used in GPS for more accurate navigational information
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Which of the following is a nonevangelical, universalizing religion?
Buddhism
Christianity
Polytheism
Protestantism
109
The demographic accounting equation does NOT include __ when calculating a country’s population
Natural increase over time
The death rates
Instances when natural increase is negative
Emigration
110
According to the gravity model, which 2 cities have the highest level of interaction?
2 cities with medium populations separated by a continent
2 cities with large populations but separated by an ocean
2 cities with small populations that are close together
2 cities, one large & the other medium, who are nearby
111
Which map projection preserves Earth’s landmasses‘ shape?
Robinson
Mercator
Fuller’s dymaxion
Mollewide
112
The world’s most widespread religion is...
Christianity
Hinduism
Islam
Animism
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Measure of all goods & services produced by a country minus natural resource capital loss
Human Development Index (HDI)
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
Gross National Product (GNP)
Net National Product (NNP)
114
According to the central-place theory...
Regions are impossible to define
Large cities are economic hubs
Small communities bind regions together
Most people live in mid sized cities
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An ethnicity is...
A group of people who share a common identity
A group of people united against a common enemy
A group of people with similar physical characteristics
A group of people with a common history
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Map projections try to reduce errors in...
Area, distance, shape & proportion
Area, distance, shape, and direction
Distance, proximity, and topology
Transferability
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The coastal southern California and northern Baja (Mexico) region can be described as a...
Artificial construction
Central place
Megacity
Megalopolis
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When some cities are far apart in absolute distance but connected economically & socially, they
Are examples of topological space
Are examples of relative location
Are examples of topographic space
Are examples of cognitive space
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Local religions that teach that there is a natural world full of spirits and mysterious powers
Are shamanistic
Are denominational
Are animist
Are missionary
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If a geographer does a study on perceptions of the Deep South using interviews, his/her method
Is qualitative
Is anthropogenic
Is systematic
Is quantitative
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The Sun Belt includes...
The Rocky Mountain states
Alabama and Louisiana
Southern Nevada, Southern California, and South Florida
Texas and New Mexico
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Which of the following is most likely to have the lowest natural increase rate (NIR)?
Liechtenstein
United States
Afghanistan
Japan
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The argument that certain people’s cultural traits are determined by where they live
Ecumenism
Cultural ecology
Possibilism
Environmental determinism
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Ranching is an example of which agricultural system?
Labor-intensive agriculture
Intensive subsistence cultivation
Extensive subsistence cultivation
Capital-intensive agriculture
125
Mexico’s maquiladoras are examples of...
Offshore financial centers
Brick-and-mortar companies
Export-processing zones
Transnational corporations
126
When baby boomers reach retirement age, the United States’ population pyramid will look like...
A pear (wide bottom, narrow top)
An hourglass (wide top and bottom but a narrow middle)
A carrot (narrow bottom, wide top)
A rectangle with a slight bulge near the top
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The idea that people should be able to meet their needs w/o limiting future people’s needs
Environmental conservation
Sustainable development
Globalization
Gross national happiness
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Individual spatial behavior on a daily basis...
Involves more longer trips than shorter ones
None of these are correct
Cannot be described as action space
Is not limited by transportation possibilities
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A perceptual region’s boundaries are...
Determined by physical/cultural traits in a particular area
Created by including a certain cultural characteristic
Determined by how much of an area humans have modified
Fuzzy because they allow for individual interpretation
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The ratio between a map’s distance and its actual distance on Earth is called
Projection
Scale
Resolution
Azimuth
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Globalization
Has spread to the whole world
Is a new and unique concept
Has a long and circuitous history
Is always good for people in LDCs
132
The clustering of financial firms on Wall Street in New York is an example of...
Agglomeration
Deindustrialization
Least-cost theory
Ancillary industry
133
Thomas Malthus predicted that...
Resource distribution would be a continuing problem
The environment would be more hostile to food production
Population would outpace food production
Technology will offset population growth
134
The Okie migration from the Great Plains to California during the Dust Bowl can be considered
Economic migration
Political migration
External migration
Eco-migration
135
1st-tier world cities include...
Washington, Moscow, and London
Tokyo, London, and New York
Paris, Brussels, and Moscow
Tokyo, Mexico City, and São Paulo
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Community, common history, and social relations are combined with religious beliefs in...
Ethnic religions
Evangelical religions
Monotheistic religions
Local religions
137
Which is NOT a good example of spatial diffusion barriers?
A different language
A different dietary preference
A highway system
A mountain range
138
The baby boom...
Was limited to California and the West
Occurs in the years following World War I
Was fostered by economic prosperity and relative peace
Was a result of free love during the late 1960s
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Rap music’s diffusion (starting in New York and spreading to other large cities) is considered
Relocation potential
Hierarchical diffusion
Cultural diffusion
Contagious diffusion
140
A rectangle-shaped population pyramid indicates a country is...
Growing slowly or not at all
Composed mainly of the elderly
Experiencing high immigration rates
Growing rapidly
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__ forces pull a country apart, while __ forces unite them
Centripetal . . . Centrifugal
Capitalist . . . Socialist
Communist . . . Democratic
Centrifugal . . . Centripetal

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