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1
GPS technology would be best used
to analyze rainfall to minimize the effects of drought
to identify under served banking areas
to analyze traffic accidents in Minneapolis
to locate Chaska High School
2
The population pyramid for a stage 2 country resembles a
octagon
oval
rectangle
triangle
3
Which of the following is NOT a universalizing religion?
Buddhism
Islam
Judaism
Christianity
4
Why might a state experience devolutionary pressures?
all of the above
geographic isolation
economic inequality
cultural diversity
5
Portuguese speaking; predominantly Catholic; largest country in South America; Rio, Sao Paulo
Chile
Argentina
Brazil
Colombia
6
The latitude and longitude coordinates of a place are an example of
a relative location
an absolute location
a formal region
a functional region
7
Kimchi, K-Pop, Samsung, East Asian country, capital is Seoul, low fertility rate, demilitarized zone
Japan
Indonesia
China
South Korea
8
A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages
dialect
lingua franca
distance decay
universalizing religion
9
Which of the following countries would be more likely to implement anti-natal policies?
South Korea
Denmark
Japan
Niger
10
The theory that human behavior is controlled by the physical environment is called
gentrification
possibilism
determinism
balkanization
11
Canada, the United States, and Russia are all ______ states.
unitary
federal
12
Home to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina; official language is Arabic
Afghanistan
China
Saudi Arabia
Indonesia
13
Irregularly shaped voting districts to favor a particular group or party results from
blockbusting
balkanization
devolution
gerrymandering
14
The following structure is an important gathering place for which major world religion dominant in SW Asia?
Christianity
Buddhism
Hinduism
Islam
15
Which of the following supranational organizations is not an economic union?
NATO
COMECON
NAFTA
EU
16
Which of the following maps would be at the largest scale?
State of Montana
North America
Southeast Asia
Denver, Colorado
17
What is the name for a speech variant which reflects the local region in which it is spoken?
dialect
language family
language branch
isogloss
18
A place where innovations and new ideas originate and spread outward to other regions is called
cultural landscape
culture trait
culture hearth
culture region
19
A country in stage 2 of the demographic transition has
declining birthrates
low birth and death rates
a high elder dependency ratio
a high youth dependency ratio
20
The map using the smallest map scale would be the map of
the world
Pennsylvania
Atlanta, Georgia
South America
21
The celebration of a national holiday is an example of
revolution
centripetal force
terrorism
centrifugal force
22
Process by which the English language diffused through India under British colonial rule was
assimilation
stimulus diffusion
globalization
hierarchical diffusion
23
Which stage of the demographic transition model has both high birth and high death rates and slow growth?
stage 3
stage 4
stage 2
stage 1
24
Korean pop music (K-pop) can reach the US more quickly today online.This is an example of
interregional migration
space-time compression
dependency ratio
distance decay