The demographic transition model posits that...

countries with high levels of economic pro. have low birth

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

Extensive commercial cultivation

Von Thunen's model of rural land use is based on which of the following premises?

land values decrease farther from the urban center

Demographic Accounting Equation

+births-deaths+immigration-emigration

shows age and sex population structure

Which is TRUE about the condition of women in MDCs compared to LDCs?

women are more likely to hold government positions in MDCs

Transferability refers to

costs to move goods from place to place

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1
The first agriculturalist were
most likely males
commericial farmers
European entrepreneurs
hunter-gathers
2
The demographic transition model posits that...
time is the dominant force behind population change
countries with high levels of economic pro. have low birth
underdeveloped countries cannot become developed
pre-industrial states will have low birth and death rates
3
Cultural traditions are ____ since they borrow from the past and reinvented in the present
syncretic
erratic
complex
ecumenical
4
Modernist architecture
limited to new American cities
characterize by skyscrapers
use eclectic and classic forms
stressed the ornate
5
Mecca represents the geographical focal point of which religion?
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Buddhism
6
Which product would most likely be farmed in zone 4?
dairy
strawberries
cabbage
wheat
7
Isolines are common on which of the following?
globes
topographical maps
atlases
dot maps
8
Ranching is an good example of which type of agricultural system?
Extensive commercial cultivation
controlled agriculture
Labor-intensive agriculture
Intensive subsistence cultivation
9
Which of the following is an example of an edge city?
Seattle, Washington
Las Vegas, Nevada
Boston, Massachuettes
Tyson's Corner, Virginia
10
_________ is a common cause of decreasing farmland in rapidly growing urban areas.
Urban sprawl
Agribusiness
Topsoil loss
Industrialization
11
Total fertility rate is NOT closely correlated with which of the following?
gender empowerment
none of these
education
industrial output
12
Von Thunen's model of rural land use is based on which of the following premises?
land values decrease farther from the urban center
land values increase farther from the urban center
vegetarianism is socially beneficial
perishable goods are least valuable
13
Which of the following is the result of chain migration?
French colonial rule
African slave trade
formation of Israel
San Francisco's Chinatown
14
____ maps work well for locating and navigating between places
spatial
topologic
reference
cartographic
15
______ is an important gateway city.
Denver, Colorado
Oslo, Norway
Honolulu, Hawaii
Perth, Australia
16
Which of the following U.S. regions has seen the most population growth since 1945?
The Citrus Belt
The Black Balt
The Sun Belt
The Rust Belt
17
Multinational corporations take advantages of geographic differences in
labor laws
wage rates
distribution of natural resources
all of these
18
Cartography is the art and science of...
spatial orientation
cognitive imagery
map-making
demographics
19
According to Von Thunen, the regional geography is determined by....
all of these
cultural traditions
soil
climate
20
An example of a basic economic occupation..
automobile assembler
city official
firefighter
supermarket clerk
21
All of the following could be barriers to spatial interaction EXCEPT..
highway
all of these
different ethnicity
ocean
22
Demographic Accounting Equation
+births-infant mortality+cohorts
+births-deaths+immigration-emigration
births/deaths-immigration+emigration
+births-deaths x life expectancy
23
Mexico's maquiladoras are examples of...
offshore financial centers
export processing zones
informal economic actvities
ancillary activities
24
WHAT SUBJECT ROCKS?!
science
math
AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
english
25
All choropleth maps use
graphs and charts
isolines
dots
shading and coloring
26
A population period
depicts declining populations
cannot compare two countries
illustrates social upheaval
shows age and sex population structure
27
By 2020, most of the world's biggest cities will be located in?
Asia
South America
Africa
Russia
28
The world's most widespread religion is ....
Christianity
Buddhism
Hinduism
Islam
29
Which is TRUE about the condition of women in MDCs compared to LDCs?
women are more likely to hold government positions in MDCs
women are more likely to work in agriculture in MDCs
women are less likely to be literate in MDCs
women do not work in MDCs
30
Human-induced environmental change is often referred to as...
unsustainable
anthropomorphic
anthropocentric
anthropogenic
31
The most widespread language family is?
Germanic
Romance
Indo-European
Mandarin Chinese
32
Transferability refers to
train movement
movement of people by bus
act of transporting goods
costs to move goods from place to place
33
On Mercator's projection map, where would you find the land masses most exaggerated?
near the equator
near the poles
near the prime meridian
near major oceans
34
What kind of map is this?
isoline map
cartogram
choropleth
image map
35
The number of live births per thousand people per year is called..
crude death rate
total fertility rate
birth rate
crude birth rate
36
_______ is an excellent example of a nonevangelical, universalizing religion.
Christianity
Hinduism
Buddhism
Protestantism
37
Slash-and-burn agriculture meets all of the following conditions EXCEPT
mainly found in tropical environments
practiced by indigenous people
part of the Green Revolution
associated with deforestation
38
A simple trade language is called a..
lingua franca
syncretic
dialect
pidgin
39
Which of the following is a landlocked country?
Colombia
Afghanistan
Germany
Peru
40
Geographical research that applies only to one place or region
nomothetic
nonscientific
idographic
cultural studies
41
____ maps display one or more variables across a specific place.
reference
spatial
thematic
choropleth
42
The cultural hearth of Christianity is in ...
Turkey
New York
South Carolina
Israel
43
What kind of map is this?
image
choropleth
cartogram
projected
44
In Rostow's stages of development model, economic maturity is characterized by
gender empowerment
high mass consumption
sustainability
gross national happiness
45
The degree of connectedness b/w places is referred to as..
deep space
topological space
diffusion potential
topographic space
46
Literacy rates vary by...
sex
economic development
all of these
education
47
The hearth and spiritual center of Islam is at ..
Jerusalem
Cairo
Baghdad
Mecca
48
Gender equity is related to
cultural traditions
Gross National Product
education
all of these
49
This is a proportional symbols map
True
False
50
Africa became a MDC in 2010.
False
True
51
Maps like this one is a
functional maps
cognitive maps
perceptual regions
false maps
52
Sources of forced migration include
political unrest & ecological degradtion
individual choice
economic opportuinites
draw of pleasant climate
53
NNP stands for
nothing
Net National Product
54
With its system of regional provinces, Canada is
federal state
microstate
nation-state
electoral state
55
An example of a city that conforms to the concentric zone model of urban growth is...
New York
Toronto
South Carolina
Chicago
56
All of the following were part of the Green Revolution in the 1960s & 1970s except..
use of chemicals, fertilizers, and pesticides
new hybrid seeds
GIS-based "smart agriculture"
more intensive use of land
57
Hearth regions of early agriculture included present-day
Anatolia, Peru, Borneo, and Hanalee
China, India, Sudan, and Malaysia
India, Ethiopia, Greece, and Morocco
China, India, Turkey, & Mexico
58
One important consequence of cultural extinction.
loss of genetic diversity
loss of knowledge about ecosystems
decreasing population
increased poverty
59
Globlization
is always good for people in the poorest countries
is a new and unique phenomenon
has penetrated the entire world
has a long and circuitous history
60
The Mercator projections preserve....
direction
shape
scale
area
61
Primate city are those that...
largest edge cities in a country
seats of political power w/n a country
disproportionately larger than other cities in a country
giant conurbations
62
Industrialized countries still account for a large proportion of the world's total output
False
Fasle
Ture
True
63
Which of the following is NOT an example of a frontier?
American West
Pacific Ocean
Amazon Basin
Lake Michigan
64
Which of the following does NOT represent an international organization?
NAFTA
NATO
CIA
EU
65
Nigeria's economy is mostly limited to ..
primary econmic activities
export processing activities
service industries
non-basic industries
66
Which city's dense urban core became the "birthplace of the skyscraper"?
Chicago
New York
Tokyo
Paris
67
Which is a good example of a functional region?
area where one dominant language prevails
area served by a local line
state of Cali
Bible Belt states
68
Which of the following models of urban geography best describes this map?
central place theory
rank-size rule
Von Thunen's concentric ring theory
sector model of urban development
69
All evangelical religions are also
universal religions
animist religions
logical religions
ethnic religions
70
Conserving resources to ensure enough for future generations is called...
sustainability
subsistence agri.
cultural ecology
environmental determinism
71
When crude birth rate is higher than crude death rate, the difference b/w the two is called
replacement rate
natural increase
natural decrease
life expectancy
72
In a gravity model of spatial interaction, population and distance...
are directly related
do not affect the final solution
are inversely related
vary significantly
73
Where do people move when they participate in gentrification?
city
rural wilderness areas
residential suburbs
ghettos
74
_____ is (are) widespread in semiarid climates throughout the world.
Ranching
Dairying
Tropical plantations
Slash-and-burn agriculture
75
Deindustrialization is industrial facilities come to an area
True
False

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