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1
Which following describes a characteristic of a country moving from stage 2 to 3 of the demographic transition model
Declining death rate
Increasing birth rate
High level of female education
Shorter life expectancy
2
Since1970s changes for women in social roles, lifestyles, jobs inEurope, Canada, and US have affected overall population
Increased total fertility rates
Increased infant mortality rates
Increased death rates
Decreased total fertility rates
3
Which of the following is true of popular culture?
It is more static than folk culture.
It incorporates traits that diffuse quickly to a wide variety of places.
It is practiced among a homogeneous group of people in the world.
It spreads primarily by relocation diffusion.
4
After the arrival of Europeans, which of the following changes occurred to the indigenous population of the Americas?
It decreased slowly due to increased competition for land
It decreased dramatically with the introduction of new diseases
It increased slowly with the introduction of new crops
It increased dramatically because of new trade routes and industries
5
Terracing is LEAST likely to be used by farming groups to create additional space, minimize erosion on steep slopes in
Nepal
Niger
Peru
The Philippines
6
Most Latin American cities are focused on a
government housing project
squatter settlement
central plaza
zone of heavy industry
7
Which of the following can be an example of a centrifugal political force?
Strong central government
Variation of language within the country
Shift to tertiary economy
Homogeneous ethnic population
8
Which of the following statements best describes the impact of improvements in transportation systems on agriculture?
Subsistence farmers are given great advantages.
Corporate farms have gained a greater advantage over family farms.
Local markets have become more important for dairy farmers.
Individual farms have become more diversified.
9
According to central place theory, the threshold is defined as the
minimum number of people needed to support a service
distance away from a central place
gross value of the product minus the costs of production
economic base of a central place
10
Which of the following is the primary assumption of environmental determinism?
Humans have complete control over the physical environment .
The physical environment controls human culture .
The physical environment has little influence on humans .
Human destiny is controlled by the cultural environment .
11
Urban center, disproportionately larger than the second largest city in a country, dominates social, political, economic
a conurbation
an edge city
a megalopolis
a primate city
12
Compare: largest urbanized-area populations for each country, then select the correct statement for the data patterns
The United States is closer to following rank-size rule.
The United States has a primate city, and China follows the rank-size rule
China has a primate city, and the United States follows the rank-size rule
Neither country follows the rank-size rule.
13
Latitude and longitude may be used to determine which of the following characteristics of a place?
Its site features
Its situation
Its relative location
Its absolute location
14
Cultural landscape is closest in meaning to which of the following?
Nonmaterial culture
Built environment
Environmental determinism
Physical environment
15
Which best represents the concept of the nation-state in its internal cultural-political makeup and spatial organization
Iran
New Zealand
Japan
South Africa
16
Which of the following is most characteristic of societies currently in the last stage of demographic transition?
Unemployment
Youth dependency
Hyperinflation
Aging population
17
Corn (maize) was first domesticated in
the Tibetan plateau
Central Mexico
Northern Argentina
the Canadian prairie
18
Which of the following terms identifies the type of land survey system shown in the satellite image?
Township and range
Multiple nuclei
Suburban subdivision
Metes and bounds
19
Which of the following is a subsistence crop?
Corn
Timber
Cocoa
Cotton
20
International company headquarters, significant global financial functions, a polarized social structure characteristics
forward capitals
edge cities
world cities
entrepôts
21
Refers to an area of instability located between regions with opposing political and cultural values?
Heartland
Gerrymandered area
Rimland
Shatter belt
22
Women played a crucial role in the domestication of plants because they
were interested in varying the diets of their families
knew how to achieve control over their environment
were engaged in collecting plant resources
were agile climbers on the hillsides of the Fertile Crescent
23
An example of an important physical site characteristic is a
major airport
major central park
grid street pattern
natural harbor
24
Student spends her spring break in Florida, its closer, the plane fare is cheaper. Decision-making illustrates
human capital
time space compression
intervening opportunities
the rank size rule
25
A country at the end of the demographic transition usually has which of the following?
A high crude birth rate
High birth and low death rates
A high infant mortality rate
Low birth and death rates
26
InNorth America, which of the following frequently consumed item most likely to be supplied by transnational corporation
Bread
Coffee
Water
Milk
27
Which of the following includes the world's earliest centers of plant domestication?
Australia, New Zealand, China
Northeast Asia, Eastern Europe, South Africa
British Isles, Scandinavia, United States
Southeast Asia, Mesoamerica, Middle East
28
The "why of where" refers to
spatial patterns on the landscape
the idea that the explanation of a spatial pattern is crucial
geography's emphasis on landscape features
a definition of geography that is simply locational
29
Green Revolution technology has resulted in which of the following in modern agriculture?
The development of high-yield grains and the expansion of cultivated areas
increase in the circulation of investment capital to help poorest farmers
The end of famine in the world
The loss of prime agricultural land and smaller yields from grain crops
30
Which of the following describes a pull factor affecting migration to some of the more developed countries?
Severe famine
Universal health care
Loss of factory jobs
The rise of an authoritarian regime
31
Prior to 1850 the location of all major North American cities was related, chiefly, to the presence of
defensive sites
railroad junctions
transcontinental highways
navigable waterways
32
Which of the following activities is most likely found in outermost zone of von Thünen's model of agricultural land use
Dairying and market gardening
Mixed farming
Extensive grain or stock raising
Subsistence farming
33
Physiological population density is viewed as a superior measure of population density for whichof the following reasons
It is more reflective of population pressure on arable land.
It yields the average population density.
best reflects the percentage of a country’s population that is urbanized.
It is more reflective of the world’s largest population concentrations.
34
Which of the following is a correct statement about the major cities of the world?
Most are found in areas that are not very suitable for agriculture
Most are located on rivers or seacoasts
concentrated between the tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn
Most primate cities are located in the United States and western Europe
35
Which of the following is an example of an ethnic religion?
Roman Catholicism
Judaism
Buddhism
Islam
36
Which of the following is a characteristic of shifting cultivation?
Multicropping
Dependency on irrigation
Production of cash crops for export
Sharecropping
37
The European Union, the Arab League, and the United Nations are all examples of
centrifugal organizations
supranational organizations
nation-states
pressure groups
38
The Berlin Conference(1884–1885), partition of India(1947) changed borders Africa& S. Asia, political borders resulting
Consequent boundaries
Antecedent boundaries
Superimposed boundaries
Relict boundaries
39
Von Thünen emphasized which of the following factors in his model of agricultural land use?
Fertilizer cost
Transportation cost
Machinery cost
Labor cost
40
Technologies invented during __ periods explain how farmland was divided and cultivated as shown in the satellite image?
First Agricultural Revolution, animal-powered plow,domesticated plants
Modern era, when local farmers used computers and data analysis.
Second Agricultural Revolution, land-surveying technology, mechanical plows
Postindustrial era, global positioning systems, geographic info systems
41
The world’s three major monotheistic religions originated in which of the following regions?
East Asia
Western Europe
Eastern Europe
Southwest Asia
42
Nomadic pastoralism is an extensive agricultural system practiced
in the hinterlands of Australia
in the dry regions of Africa and Asia
by Native American buffalo hunters
in the tropical regions of Africa and Asia
43
The shape of North Carolina’s Twelfth Congressional District, shown below, is most likely the result of
decentralization
county boundaries
gerrymandering
watershed boundaries
44
In the new global economy, an increasing proportion of influential financial decisions are being made in
regional centers and small towns where fax machines are used
the informal sector
major corporate centers such as New York, London, and Tokyo
the field, close to the sources of agricultural production
45
The multiple-nuclei model of city structure tends to be most applicable to
newer, fast-growing cities
cities with homogeneous land use
traditional cities
small cities
46
The number of functions in a central place is dependent on all of the following EXCEPT the
size of the market area
distance to a place with similar functions
population of the central place
total number of central places in the urban system
47
A formal region defines an area in which
a transportation network links different types of land use
a core dominates its surrounding hinterland
there is uniformity in one or more physical or human characteristics
a unified government system has been established
48
Historically, the growth of North American suburbs was most constrained by
housing shortages
high land values
limited transportation
zoning ordinances
49
Which of the following is a true statement about classic models of city structure?
The CBD has the most dominant position in the multiple nuclei model.
The sector model is highly influenced by transportation patterns.
The concentric zone model does not have a transitional area.
Interaction between central city & suburbs is largest in urban realm model
50
Today, the greatest number of urban dwellers is found in
South America
Asia
Africa
North America
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The ability of a resource base to sustain a population is known as its
subsistence limit
carrying capacity
basic employment
support ratio
