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1
Which is a footloose industry that is not connected to one specific location?
steel
computer chip
winemaking
furniture
2
What caused the rapid population growth in megacities throughout the developing world?
The natural increase rate
A decline in the death rate
Interregional migration
the decline in the dependency ratio
3
Which of the following religions is appropriately matched with its region of origin?
Islam-Egypt
Christianity-Germany
Buddhism-India
Judaism-Spain
4
Which is a shatterbelt region?
Western Europe
South America
Siberia
Eastern Europe
5
Which of these Latin America countries has a forward capital?
Mexico
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
6
The cultural landscape is the outcome of interactions btw humans & their natural environment,
according to Johann von Thunen
according to Carl Sauer
according to Alfred Weber
according to Harm de Blij
7
Which is NOT a centrifugal force of a state?
substate nationalism
Uneven development
fragmented territorial base
Linguistic homogeneity
8
Weber's analysis of location seeks to
analyze postindus. economies w/predictable spatial patterns.
evaluate the impact of 1 factor of production on location.
minimize costs among multiple inputs of production.
examine industr. economies w/predictable spatial patterns.
9
According to Christaller central place model, which would have the smallest range?
An international airport
A professional football stadium
A grocery story
A university
10
Prior to 1850, the location of all major North American was related chiefly, to the presence of
transcontinental highways.
navigable waterways.
railroad junctions.
defensive sites.
11
Canadian PRAIRIES barns were first build with
plywood
stones
sod & thatch
logs
12
Which is NOT part of the definition of a "state"?
common language
permanent resident population
defined boundaries
political sovereignty & legitimacy
13
What country did US help create in early 20th century to facilitate oceanic commerce?
Vanezuela
Nicaragua
Costa Rice
Panama
14
The hearth of the world's 3 major monotheistic religions is
East Asia
Western Europe
Southwest Asia
South Asia
15
Most Latin American cities are focused on a
central plaza
skyscraper office building
zone of heavy industry
squatter settlement
16
Which is NOT one of the five original urban hearth regions?
Indus Valley
Mesopotamia
Mexico
France
17
Philippines is an example of which of the following states?
fragmented
prorupted
perforated
compact
18
What had brought foreign visitors & $ to Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nepal and Belize?
Ecotourism
Offshore banking
Casino gambling
Vacation cruising
19
Which is NOT a reason for rapid suburbanization in the US after WWII?
availability of low down payment terms & long-term mortgages
reduction in long-distance commuting
mass reproduction of the automobile
expansion of home constuction
20
New urbanism includes
redlining.
zero growth development.
transit-oriented development.
multiuse development,pedestrianfriendly design&front porches
21
Core-periphery models are based on the idea that
there is sharp contrast btw econ hinterlands & lower areas
econ&social heart of state will be at its geographic center
all world regions are equally well developed.
core countries haven't developed due to peripheral countries
22
Which pair of European countries had the most African colonies in 1914?
Germany and Italy
Austria and Hungary
Britain and France
Portugal and Spain
23
All have played a major role in rapid growth of the Sun Belt cities EXCEPT
immigration from Latin America
climatic changes leading to colder northern winters
cheap land and labor
increasing demand for retirement & resort centers
24
According to the sector model, where do members of low-income groups tend to live?
the inner city only
suburbs and rural areas only
linear residential areas radiating from the city outward
evenly dispersed throughout the urban area
25
Which refers to the size and functional complexity of cities?
sector model
urban hierarchy
threshold ratio
multiplier effect
26
Which below is the most open border?
India-Pakistan
North Korea-South Korea
Us-Canada (NAFTA)
Netherlands-Belgium (EU)
27
Rank-size rule-if the largest city in a country has a pop of 8 million, next largest city will
have 1 million people
have 16 million people
have 4 million people
have 7 million people
28
Economic complementaries between two places tend to reflect when
there is a maximization of scale.
only the resource bases are different
the places specialize in the same commodities
each place specializes in commodities demanded by the other
29
Weight-losing raw materials are usually manufactured
using ubiquitous raw materials.
close to consumers.
near the raw materials sites.
through agglomeration with similar factories
30
Which religion-country pair is NOT correct?
Indonesia - Sunni
India - Hindi
Iran - Shitte
Ireland - Judaism
31
Today, the greatest number of urban dwellers is found in
Africa
Europe
North American
Asia
32
What is a food desert?
A method for growing food in desert climate zones
Any area with commercial farming
The agricultural issues associated with deserts
An area that has no access to grocery stores within a mile
33
Which best describes urban planning in US?
Following standards est. by international organizations
Accomplished thru local ordinances governing land use
Directed by state gov'ts thru regional standards.
Imposed by federal government thru national standards
34
Which resource is used to produce the largest amount of electricity in the US?
Coal mined in US
Coal imported
Oil drilled in US & imported
Natural gas drilled in US & imported
35
Spread of the use of chopsticks into SE Asia with the influx of Chinese immigrants shows
acculturation
relocation diffusion
stimulus diffusion
hierarchal diffusion
36
Rostow's model is concerned with
Neocolonialism
Dependency ratio
Economic development
Core-periphery relations
37
A formal cultural region differs from other regions in that it
is one that people believe exists
has internal uniformity
has a node
applies to only linguistic and religion regions
38
The EU, UN, and Arab League are all examples of
supranational organizations
centrifugal organizations
free trade zones
federations
39
In the US, the largest concentrations of Amish are found in
Tennessee, Arkansas, and Kentuck
Minnesota, Michigan & Illinois
Rhode Island, New York & West Virginia
Pennsylvania, Ohio & Indiana
40
The copper industry is
attracted to low-cost migrant labor.
bulk-gaining.
bulk-reducing.
dependent on dry climate conditions.
41
The internet has reshaped traditional economic arrangements by
importance of rail over truck transportation.
bringing consumers & producers into face-to-face contact.
expanding importance of express package delivery systems.
making central business districts even more important.
42
Starting in the 1960s, many African countries' farmland was leased to foreign investors&gov'ts
through decolonialization.
under a policy of imperialism.
in a practice called neocolonialism.
using Pan-Africanism.
43
Which is positively correlated with GDP?
Distance from Greenwich meridian
IMR
Carbon dioxide emission per capita
RNI
44
Which type of urban land use is common on the periphery of cities in Latin America?
Upper-class residential development
Residential squatter settlements
A plaza surrounded by a central business district
Rail transportation sectors
45
Disputes over political boundaries in the Arctic Ocean & North Pole include
which country planted flag at North Pole first
none, it is considered international land like Antarctica
multiple countries claim right to extract natural resources
multiple countries having indigenous people at North Pole
46
Swahili in Africa is an example of a
lingua franca
creole language
pidgin language
official continental language
47
A pilgrim to Varanasi in India is most likely to be
Jewish
Buddhist
Muslim
Hindu
48
The "Four Tigers" of East & SE Asia include
Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan
China, Indonesia, Japan and Taiwan
China, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand
Japan, Philippines, South Korea, Vietnam
49
Intervening opportunities cause
time-space compression.
land prices close to the CBD to be high.
immigrants to stop before they get to planned destinations.
rank-size rule cities to become primate cities.
50
Which environmental problem is linked to CFCs in spray cans, refrigerators, and plastic foam?
Greenhouse effect
smog
Ozone depletion
acid rain
51
Which country below consumes the most fossil fuels per capita?
China
India
Japan
United States
52
The provisions of the UNCOLS gave coastal navigational&economic sovereignty over which zone?
200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ)
Empowerment zone
Export processing zone (EPZ)
12-nautical-mile territorial sea zone
53
All of the following countries have been divided in their recent history EXCEPT
Japan
Korea
Gemany
Ireland
54
Most of the US and Canadian population lives in
rural non-farming areas.
central cities.
farming areas.
metropolitan areas.
55
Indo-European, Germanic, English, Midland-Northern shows sequence of
religious groups.
urban hierarchies.
folk culture to popular culture.
a language family to dialect.
56
The number of functions in a central place is dependent on all of the following EXCEPT the
distance to a place with similar functions
population of the central place
population of the market area
total number of central places in an urban system
57
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Hinduism?
Pilgrims bathe in holy rivers.
It uses human and animal images in scared spaces.
It is an universalizing religion.
Religious functions mostly take place at home with family.
58
The term Balkanization refers to the
industrial growth in less-developed nations
fragmentation of region into smaller units
military and economic alliance of a group of countries
spread of Slavic languages
59
Popular culture tends to have
small homogeneous groups.
large heterogeneous groups.
indigenous groups.
groups living in isolated areas.
60
Which if listed correctly from largest to smallest?
Province, empire, nation-state, county
empire, nation-state, county, province
County, nation-state, province, empire
empire, nation-state, province, county
61
World-wide women are paid _______ men.
more than
unevenly when compared to
equal to
less than
62
Which of the following areas has the greatest linguistic fragmentation?
Scandinavia
Caucasus
Argentina
Quebec
63
All have helped to create ghettos in North America EXCEPT
blockbusting
redlining by financial institutions
concentrations of public housing and social services
economic enterprise zones
64
In the US and Canada, what areal unit best approximates a city neighborhood in size?
a municipality
a congressional district
a metropolitan area
a census tract
65
Cultural ecology studies the
relationships btw politics and policy
interactions btw human societies and physical environment
interactions between places and space
relationships between language and land use
66
In the new global economy, an increasing # of financial decision are being made in
the informal sector
the fields, close to the source of agricultural production
major corporate centers like NYC, London & Tokyo
national capitals due to increasing importance of states
67
Land parcels in the Midwest tend to rectilinear because
of the federal land survey pattern.
of the Native American settlement patterns.
English settlers replicated landscape patterns from England.
there were no mountains or rivers to use as boundaries.
68
Which of the following is true of popular culture?
It incorporates traits that diffuse quickly to many places.
It promotes regional diversity.
It spreads mainly by relocation diffusion.
It is more static than folk culture.
69
The sector model is highly influenced by
the interaction of the central city & the suburbs.
transition areas.
the location of the CBD.
transportation patterns.
70
Political geographers consider which of the following as the core area of the US?
Chicago-Detroit area
Atlanta-Birmingham area
Los Angles-San Francisco area
New York-Washington DC area
71
Odd shaped Congressional districts are mostly likely the result of
amalgamation.
county boundaries.
decentralization.
gerrymandering.
72
Gullah language is a spoken language which combines English & African dialects. Gullah is a
Creolized Language.
Lingua Franca
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan dialect.
73
Which country has experienced an economic boom due to tar sands being declared reserved energy?
Venezuela
Nigeria
Canada
Saudi Arabia
74
French influence on land division in the US and Canada resulted in
the township and range survey system
a long-lot system
nucleated villages
metes and bounds system
75
A primate city is more that twice the size of any other city in a country and
much larger than the cities in any neighboring country.
always located in the center of its country.
dominant economically and culturally.
always also the national capital.
76
India is a preferable location to China for international consumer services because of
the English language legacy of British colonialism in India
India's govt is neutral in global political affairs
the large amounts of mineral resources found in China.
low levels of education in China
77
International company headquarters, significant financial functions &polarized social structure
Forward capitals
Edge Cities
Primate cities
World Cities
78
Contact zones btw religions are most volatile when they are
associated with competing ethnonational claims to territory
also language contact zones
inhabited by 2 major groups with different religious beliefs
made up of 3 or more religious beliefs
79
A clustering of doctor's offices&pharmacies near hospitals is BEST explained by the benefits of
Balkanization.
agglomeration.
decentralization.
intervening opportunities.
80
A manufacturing company merges w/another company that possesses forward or backward links
vertical integration
transnational corporation
agglomeration
economies of scale
81
Iceland is a
absolute monarchy.
enclave.
theocracy.
nation-sate.
82
Toponyms in southern California reflect
the growing influence of globalization.
the importance of time-space convergence.
the cultural heritage of the settlers.
the significance of location theory.
83
Which of the following is an ethnic religion?
Islam
Judaism
Roman Catholicism
Buddhism
84
A fundamental different btw. folk and popular culture is that folk culture
loses its distinctive characteristics as crosses boundaries
tends to diffuse rapidly across geographic space
is adaptive to change over time
sets a minority group apart from region's general population
85
What is a disadvantage of hydroelectric power?
It can alter the ecosystems above/below the dam site.
It creates much air pollution.
Its generators are more expensive to purchase and maintain.
Its water needs to be chemically treated.
86
Which of the following is NOT a federal state?
United States
Mexico
France
Australia
87
Which came most recently in US retailing?
Shopping Mall
Downtown Business District
General Store & Post Office
"Big Box" Superstore
88
Which fostered the most significant economic growth by eliminating tariffs btw member states?
European Union (EU)
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
United Nations (UN)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
89
Cultural landscape is closest to the meaning of which of the following?
environmental determinism
nonmaterial culture
build environment
cultural econolgy
90
Quaternary economic activities are those that
transform raw materials into finished products
extract natural resources from the environment
involve the exchange of goods and the provision of services
involve the collection, processing, and manipulation of info