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1
ConFORMal maps maintain what?
Shape
Direction
Distance
Area
2
In which of the following countries is life expectancy projected to drop?
Luxemburg, W. Europe
Japan, E. Asia
Namibia, Africa
Russia, E. Europe
3
The worlds most widespread religion is?
Hinduism
Islam
Animism
Christianity
4
Which of the following is NOT one of the five themes of geography?
Place
Maps
Region
Location
5
Which of the following agricultural practices is most likely to be found in the Tibetan plateau
Slash and burn
Pastoralism
Truck
Mediterranean
6
Which country is in the region with the highest concentration of people?
Brazil
Nigeria
United States
South Korea
7
Which of the following has the coarsest level of data aggregation (the largest area of study)?
Literacy rates in Afganistian
Birthrates in all of Asia
Gender ratios in Kentucky
Copyright violations in Germany
8
Which stage of the Demographic Transition Model does the medical revolution take place?
3
4
2
1
9
Mecca, Saudi Arabia, is the holiest site for which religion?
Hinduism
Islam
Buddhism
Shintoism
10
By 2050 which country is projected to have the highest population in the world?
Japan
India
Russia
China
11
Which of the following regions produces the least amount of wheat?
Ukraine
Greece
United States
Canada
12
Geographer Esther Boserup would most likely agree with which of the following statements?
Population will outgrow food supply
Farmers cannot affect the level of food supply
Population growth is unrelated to food supply
The food supply is adapted by farmers to the changing pop.
13
Which of the following is an example of absolute location?
3 miles west of Denver
123 Main Street, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
18 degrees north
The equator
14
Verbal, ratio, and fraction are all forms of?
Geographic themes
Maps
Cardinal directions
Scales
15
Which of the following export oriented cash crops is often grown
formerly
in European colonies?
Wheat
Sorghum
Rubber
Corn
16
All evangelical religions are also? Religions that "spread" the word.
Universal religions
Animist religions
Local religions
Ethnic religions
17
Which prominent geographer in the 20th century championed the study of cutural landscapes?
Ellen Semple
Walter Christaller
Carl Sauer
Joel Garreau
18
Which of the following is not used by geographers to determine absolute location?
prime meridian
equator
distance from the ocean
latitude
19
Which of the following is correlated with a universalizing religion?
Mosque
Shaman
Synagogue
Taoism/Confucianism
20
Which of the following applies to all aspects of human geography?
Space
Gender
Climate
Ethnicity
21
The seasonal movement from highlands to lowland pastures is known as...?
Mediterranean agriculture
Slash and burn
Transhumance
Mixed crop and livestock farming
22
All of the following are associated with the second agricultural revolution except...?
The industrial revolution
Invention of barbed wire
GMO's
Improved food storage capacity
23
Which of the following has the highest concentration of Muslims?
Laos, Camodia
Vatican City
Jakarta, Indonesia
Belfast, Northern Ireland
24
Cultural geography is the study of...?
Cultural complexes
Global customs
Human-environment interaction
The spatial distribution of cultural traits
25
In approximately 365 and a half days the earth completes ...
One rotation
One solstice
One leap year
One revolution
26
Italy's demographic data differs from Algeria's in that Italy has...
a larger percentage of dependents
more people who are rural dwellers
a much higher percentage of women
a lower average life expectancy
27
Population pyramids are used to show...
the average income of a country's population
Age and Sex of the country
the life expectancy
death rates of a country
28
In which country does shamanism currently have the highest presence?
Western Europe
North America
Sub-Saharan Africa
South America
29
What are the two major branches of Islam?
Sunni and Shaman
Shiite and Shaman
Sunni and Shinto
Shiite and Sunni
30
Which of these countries has the highest physiological density?
United States
Egypt
Brazil
Germany
31
Religions reserved for a particular group of people and people are usually born into:
monotheistic religions
universalizing religions
polytheistic religons
ethnic religions
32
Europe and Asia are primarily divided along the line that extends along the...?
Alps, Black Sea
Ural Mountains, Black Sea and Caspian Sea
Volga River and Dinaric Alps
Himalayas and Indian Ocean
33
Human geography is best defined as the study of...
human conflicts
where and why human activities are located
populations and birth rates
where and why natural forces occur as they do
34
All of the following are locations of agricultural hearths, EXCEPT?
Iraq
England
China
SE Asia
35
In _______ religions, common history and social relations are intertwined with spiritual belief
Local
Monotheistic
Evangelical
Ethnic
36
If its 3 p.m in your city and 1 p.m in Greenwich, England, what is the longitude of your city?
30 degrees west
30 degrees east
15 degrees west
15 degrees east
37
The simplest component of a culture is a...? One element of culture is:
culture complex
culture trait
cultural diffusion
culture system
38
________ is an excellent example of a nonevangelical universalizing religion
Buddhism
Hinduism
Polytheism
Christianity
39
Overpopulation occurs when...
total population reaches 10 billion
the country's population outgrows its carrying capacity
the country imports food
there is more of one sex than the other
40
Which of the following has the smallest map scale?
Map of Nashville,Tennessee
Map of Asia
Map of the world
Map of Kentucky
41
Appox. 81% of the earths population lives in poorer less developed countries in which regions?
Africa, Australia and Asia
North America, Asia and South America
Latin America, Africa and Asia
Europe, Africa and Paciofic Rim
42
Beef consumption is at the lowest level in which of the following regions?
India
Italy
United States
Romania
43
An ethnicity is defined as...?
A group of people with similar physical characteristics
A group of people with a common history and culture
A group of people with a common nationality
A group of people who share a common skin color
44
Which of the following maps is most useful for showing levels of oceanic elevation?
Isoline
Proportional Symbol
Cartogram
Dot Density
45
Map distortion can be defined as ...?
a mathematical formula
a spherical, scaled model of the earth
the process of calculating map scale
The error that occurs in all maps
46
Saying "Louisville, Kentucky, is located north of Florida" is its...
region
functional region
relative location
absolute location
47
The number of people a region can support, given its landscape and resourses is known as... ?
<p>Infrastructure</p>
Carrying Capacity
Overpopulation
Physiological density
48
Which of the following lists all the religions that started in Southwest Asia?
Shintoism, Sikhism and Judaism
Taoism, Christianity and Hinduism
Buddhism, Hindusim and Islam
Islam, Judaism and Christianity
49
Wooden shoes are characteristic of the Dutch culture are an example of ...?
A mentifact
A custom
An artifact
Syncretism
50
A caste system of socioeconomic segregation based on family and occupation was/is prominent in?
Russia
Vietnam
India
Saudi Arabia
51
Which of the following is most clearly a pronatalist policy?
Giving tax breaks to families wiht three or more children
one-child policy
Giving families cash rewards for not having three kids
forced sterilization programs
52
In the 1990s the United States...
Decreased in overall population
Saw few changes in its ethnic composition
Saw dramatic changes in its ethnic composition
Became less ethnically diverse
53
According to the Von Thünen model of Rural land use, what is produced furthest from the market?
Fruits and vegetables
Wool and hides
Butter, cheese and eggs
Feed grains
54
Which map projection counters Mercator's distorted map, elongating points near the Equator
Mollewedie projection
Mercator projection
Robinson projection
Gall-Peters projection
55
A map that uses a symbol to display frequency (larger symbol=higher frequency) is a(n)...
dot density map
proportional symbol map
choropleth map
isoline map
