Which best describes the impact of improvements in transportation systems on agriculture

Corporate farms have gained a grtr advtge over family farms

Fertility rates have dropped in LDCs, , but total population continues to grow because a high %

of the population is under age 15

A reason why rapid suburbanization did NOT happen in the US after WWII

reduction in long distance commuting

In the US, the largest concentrations of Amish are found in

Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana

The early stages of the core-periphery model describe the relationship

between the power and transfer of resources from LDC to MDC

Which is true of popular culture

It incorporated traits that diffuse quickly to many places

Why do some cities not experience out migration when demand for its good and services decline?

Family/emotional bonds to the city limit workers' mobility

In the cent following the arrival of European, the indigenous population of the Americas

decreased dramatically with the introduction of new diseases

Isolated farmsteads in the US evolved as a result of all of the following EXCEOT

physical barriers prevented communal farm practices

The UNCLOS gives coastal countries navigational and economic sovereignty over

12 nautical mile territorial zne

The growth potential of raising elk, deer and emu for meat is limited because

growers have not established an integrated commodity chain

False statement about NAFTA

It outlines a supranational organization for all of NoAm

1950s-Downtown business district: 1970s-Shopping mall: 1990s -"Big Box" superstore

describes the retailing trend of the US

The environmental issue of immediate concern to policy makers in New England

Overharvesting of breeding stock by commercial fishers

A settlement node whose primary function is to provide for the population in its hinterland

Cristaller's Central Place Theory

Maquiladoras of northern Mexico

manufacturing outsourcing plants

Why are SoAmer population centers located at of near the coast?

The colonial economies were export oriented

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1
Which best describes the impact of improvements in transportation systems on agriculture
Corporate farms have gained a grtr advtge over family farms
subsistence farmers are given great advantages
local markets have become more important to dairy farmers
individual farms have become more diversified
2
Fertility rates have dropped in LDCs, , but total population continues to grow because a high %
of the population is female
of the population is over age 15
of the population is under age 15
of the population receiving adequate medical care
3
If you wish to highlight a key concept in a FRQ response, it is a good idea to underline it
Fasle
True
Dependa
4
An example of a centripetal force
poorly developed road network
primate city
rugged topography
existence of different language regions
5
An area of instability located between regions with opposing political and cultural values
enclave
heartland
shatterbelt
rimland
6
_is disproportionately larger than the 2nd lrgst city and dominates a country's socioeconomics
megacity
conurbantion
megalopolis
primate city
7
A reason why rapid suburbanization did NOT happen in the US after WWII
reduction in long distance commuting
mass production of the automobile
expansion of the interstate highway system
availability of low down payment terms & long term mortgages
8
The world's 3 major monotheistic religions originated in
Western Europe
Southwest Asia
East Asia
Northern Africa
9
In the US, the largest concentrations of Amish are found in
Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana
Tennessee, Arkansas, andKentucky
Minnesota, Michigan, and Illinois
Rhode Island, New York, and West Virginia
10
The early stages of the core-periphery model describe the relationship
btw the outward appearance of a place & its internal working
between the power and transfer of resources from LDC to MDC
of the Heartland and the Rimland
btwThe basic structure of a society & its outward expression
11
Which letter represents the region of the greatest proportion of the Canadian population
E
B
A
D
12
Consumption of agricultural products directly by the producer rather than for market
subsistence agriculture
plantation farming
hunting and gathering
shifting field agriculture
13
Which is true of popular culture
It promotes regional diversity
It is practiced among a homogeneous group of people
It incorporated traits that diffuse quickly to many places
It is more static than folk culture
14
Which has low terminal cost, high line cost, and high route flexibility
airplane
railroad
ship
truck
15
in the 19th and 20th cent, the most prominent type of intraregional migration worldwide was
urban to rural
urban to suburban
inland to coastal
rural to urban
16
Which has fostered the most significant economic growth by eliminating tariffs btwn members
European Union
Association of Caribbean States
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
17
All of the following have created ghettos in North America EXCEPT
concentration of public housing and social services
blockbusting and racial steering
redlining by financial institutions
Economic Enterprise Zones
18
A footloose industry
tuna canning
furniture
wine making
computer chip
19
Clustering of dr's offices and pharmacies near hospitals is BEST explained by the benefits of
decentralization
intervening opportunities
agglomeration
subsidies
20
Why do some cities not experience out migration when demand for its good and services decline?
Unempolyment programs are designed to keep cheap labor
Workers have no place to go
The unempolyed do not have the human capital find new jobs
Family/emotional bonds to the city limit workers' mobility
21
In the cent following the arrival of European, the indigenous population of the Americas
increased b/c of new trade routes and industries
deceased slowly due to increased competition for land
decreased dramatically with the introduction of new diseases
increased slowly with the introduction of new crops
22
How are new languages created?
innovation
religious purposes
isolation
migration
23
The shape of Maryland's 3rd congressional district is the result of
watershed boundaries
gerrymandering
decentralization
agglomeration
24
Isolated farmsteads in the US evolved as a result of all of the following EXCEOT
government land policy
political stability
agricultural private enterprise
physical barriers prevented communal farm practices
25
Ag practiced in CA differs from forms practiced in Mediterranean ag regions b/c in CA
wheat is grown in the winter as a cover crop
farms rely on local labor
farms use more irrigation
grapes are grown for wine production
26
When approaching FRQ questions, you should answer what you think is the easiest question first.
True
False
Depends
27
vonThunen emphasized ____ in his model of agricultural land use
transportation cost
capital costs
labor cost
seasonal fluctuation in prices of farm products
28
A characteristic of most societies in the last stage of the DTM
youth dependency
overpopulation
aging population
hyperinflation
29
The pair that best represents regional appellation
Bordeaux: fondue
Pork rinds: Mountain Dew
Parmesan cheese: Cha
Philly cheesesteak: New York pizza
30
Regionalization is to geography as
composition is to music
description is to literature
exploration is to geology
periodization is to history
31
Which of the following areas was what domesticated the earliest?
The plateau of central Mexico
Southern Italy
Eastern China
Southeastern Turkey
32
Prior to 1850 the location of all major North American cities was related to the presence of
railroad junctions
navigable waterways
defensive sites
transcontinental highways
33
The UNCLOS gives coastal countries navigational and economic sovereignty over
continental shelf
200 mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ)
12 nautical mile territorial zne
export processions zone (EPZ)
34
Indonesia is an example of a ___ state
perforated
fragmented
compact
prorupted
35
Internat'l company HQ, significant global financial functions, and polarized social structure
primate cities
entrepots
world cities
forward capitals
36
The largest # of refugee in the 21st century
North America
Southwest Asia
Europe
Africa
37
Spatial patterns of urban and outlying areas based on the flow of goods and services is
Central Place Theory
von Thunen agricultural land use model
Burgess's Concentric zone model
Wallerstein's core periphery model
38
Which of the following is NOT a major oil-producting zone
Gulf of California
North Sea
Persian Gulf
Caspian Sea
39
Which population pyramid demonstrates an elderly dependency ratio?
Florida
Kansas
Alaska
40
The growth potential of raising elk, deer and emu for meat is limited because
restrictive dietary laws in the US
growers have not established an integrated commodity chain
the animals are difficult to raise
the high protein content of the meats is unhealthy
41
Which population pyramid represents a town with a military base?
Florida
Kansas
Alaska
42
Rank size rule: largest city has a population of 10 million, the next largest city will have a
population of 9 million
a population of 7.5 million
population of 5 million
a population of 2.5 million
43
False statement about NAFTA
It led to a net trade deficit for the US w/ Mex and Can
It helped the mvmt of tertiary sector ind. from the US to Mx
It outlines a supranational organization for all of NoAm
It eventually may include other Latin American countries
44
1950s-Downtown business district: 1970s-Shopping mall: 1990s -"Big Box" superstore
describes the retailing trend of the US
demonstrates Borchert's epochs
Describes the growth of cities in the US
represents the gentrification of inner cities int he US
45
The environmental issue of immediate concern to policy makers in New England
Oil-spill liability
Overharvesting of breeding stock by commercial fishers
Desertification by overgrazing of cattle
Intensification of urban heat islands
46
The literacy rate of any country correlates most closely with which of the following
population density
GINI coefficient
per capita income
general level of intelligence
47
A settlement node whose primary function is to provide for the population in its hinterland
Rostow's model of economic development
Wallerstein's Core Periphery Model
Mackinder's Heartland Theory
Cristaller's Central Place Theory
48
Rostow's modernization model is concerned with
core-periphery relations
dependency
neocolonialism
economic development
49
Maquiladoras of northern Mexico
manufacturing outsourcing plants
border squatter settlements
organic agricultural cooperatives
commercial produce farms
50
The European Union, the ARab League and the UN are all examples of
federations
nation states
centrifugal organizations
supranational organizations
51
Why are SoAmer population centers located at of near the coast?
The colonial economies were export oriented
Few Amerindian population centers were located on the coast
Climate is warmer on the coast and cooler in the highlands
LatinAmer armed forced have plans for defense of the coast
52
Which is a true statement about edge cities
Large amounts of recently developed retail and office space
Is an outlet for a region's trade
Located on edges of lakes, rivers or other physical features
Increasingly used for heavy industry
53
A country where the majority of the population are Shiite Muslims
India
Indonesia
Iran
Saudi Arabia
54
The correct hierarchy of political administrative units from largest to smallest
empire, nation-state, county, province
empire, county, province, nation-state
empire, nation, province, county
county, province, nation-state, empire
55
Which is not an example of spatial analysis
volume of telephone calls between Corey Union and Old Main
Trans-Atlantic slave trade
distance associated with shopping trips to area malls
# of space shuttles constructed
56
Which of the following applies to MDCs?
High total fertility rates
Long life expectancy
Rapid population growth
Early stages of the epidemiological transition
57
___ is an environmental problem most associated with the African Sahel
Desertification
Flooding
Air pollution
Deforestation
58
The following 20th cent migration streams were propelled by persecution or open conflict EXCEPT
Asians leaving Uganda
Hindus leaving Pakistan
Tutsis leaving Rwanda
Mexicans leaving Mexico
59
Common characteristic of Switzerland, Canada, and New Zealand
primate urban system
membership in the EU
Low population growth rates
more than 10% of the population is involved in sheep farming
60
Violent confrontation in Ambon, Aceh, and E Timor illustrate the problem of holding together
Brazil
South Africa
India
Indonesia
61
One would expect to find a population with a relatively young age structure in
LDCs
countires with a low fertility rate
countries with a low death rate
highly developed countries
62
The map represents
Planar with diverging lines at the poles
Mercator, with distorted land area
Homolosine with continuity of landmasses
Robinson with distortions at the equator
63
Balkanization refers to
fragmentation of a region into smaller units
industrial growth in LDCs
introduction of an economic system of free enterprise
military and economi alliance of a group of countries
64
Which of the following is an example of a cultural landscape?
strand of mangrove trees
adobe ruins
coastal wetlands
cloud forest
65
Traditionally, the Ganges anNile Valleys have had comparatively high pop densities b/c of their
intensive agriculture based irrigation
in-migratin from neighboring arid areas
tropical climate
designation as sacred sites
66
Which of the following countries did NOT have a long lasting colonial presence in Africa?
France
Belgium
Portugal
Germany
67
Who said plant domestication 1st occured in diversified habitats with a variety of species?
Carl Sauer
Ernest Ravenstein
Thomas Malthus
Esther Boserup
68
American Midwest land parcels are rectilinear because
US Govt. a survey syst in 1700s imposed geometric pattern
EngSpeak'g settlers copied the landscape patterns of England
Native America settlement patterns were rectangular
Span. colonists laid out settlmts in a geometric pattern
69
Compared to N America ranches, commercial ranchers in the Pampas are likely to
lease their grazing land
raise sheep
raise livestock for export
use practices developed by indigenous people
70
The :Four Economic Tigers" of East and Southeast Asia include
China, Indonesia, Japan, and Taiwan
Hong Kong, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam
Japan, Philippines, South Korea, and Vietnam
Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan
71
According to the Hoyt model of city structure, low income people tend to live in
evenly dispersed throughout the urban area
linear residential areas radiating from the CBD outward
inner city only
peripheral temporary settlements
72
Which pyramid shows a college town?
Kansas
Alaska
Florida
73
Which of the following is a characteristic of shifting cultivation
sharecropping
demand for wage laborers
production of cash crops for export
multicropping
74
The cost of transportation is primary consideration in the location of an industrial site
bid rent theory
Hoyt's sector model
Weber's least cost theory
von Thunen's agricultural land use model
75
Which of the following is a forward capital?
London
Seoul
Lima
Brasilia
76
Which of the following countries has the fewest people per unit of arable land
Egypt
Guatemala
Argentina
Netherlands
77
The internet is reshaping traditional economic arrangements by
reinforcing the dominance of the CBD for retail sales
expanding the importance of express packaging delivery
inc'ing the importance of rail transport compared to truck
beinging consumers and producers into face to face contact
78
Nunavut was created by the Canadian government by
facilitate the exploration of mineral rscs in the NW terr
recognize territorial rts of indigenous people in the area
grant autonomy to the Cree and Mohawk people
re-create the per-1912 boundary of Quebec
79
Quaternary economic activities are those that
involve the collection, processing, & manipulation of info
transform raw material into finished products
extract natural resource fromt he environment
invole the exchange of goods & and the provision of svcs
80
The term "cultural diffusion" refers to the
spead of an idea of innovation from its source
integration of behavioral traits within a group
modification of Earth's surface by human actions
relationship btw human cultures & their physical environment
81
The 4 ancient culture hearths
Central Asia, India, Nile Valley, Southern Europe
Ethiopia, Ghana, Machu Picchu, Indonesia
Indus Valley, Mesopotamia, Nile Valley, North China
Egypt, Mekong Valley, Middle East, Western Africa
82
in the 1st 1/2 of the 20th cent, the transportation of beef over long dist was made possible by
airplanes
commercial canning
high speed railroads
refrigerated ships
83
A problem w/ the traditional classification of agriculture as a primary activity
traditional patterns of farming are disappearing
it has not been affected by industrialization
modern farmers are engaged in production, research,marketing
modern farmers use machinery
84
Best example of the geographical concept of nation-state
Iceland
Belgium
Canada
Sri Lanka
85
Who is most likely to migrate
married 30 years old
married 50 year old
single 14 year old
single 25 years old
86
An example of ecotourism
recreational canals in Florida
national parks in Costa Rica
artificial lakes in Texas
ski resorts in Chile
87
The Indo-European family includes all major languages in Europe and other regions EXCEPT:
Iran
Russia
Northern India
Central Asia
88
In terms of total tonnage, _____is the leading export crop in the world
coffee
wheat
rice
corn
89
Which of the following have the greatest linguistic fragmentation?
Korea
Scandinavia
Quebec
Caucasus
90
Most are relatively isolated islands with small populations, and remnants of empires
the global commons
newly independnet states of the 1990s
Provinces of Canada
Remaining dependencies
91
Dramatic increases in global grain production since 1950 have been made possible by
substantial increases in the amt of land under cultivation
an increase in the agricultural workforce
an increase in the urban workforce
an increase in the use of energy and technology
92
Which of the following industries will located closest to the raw material
soft drink bottling
automobile assembly
nickel smelting
brewing
93
The establishment of maquiladoras in Mexico by US companies represents
New international division of labor
colonialism
tertiary economic activity
industrialization
94
Which of the following is a primary activity
Teaching
Coal mining
Car manufacturing
Engineering
95
An ethnic religion
Mormonism
Islam
Judaism
Buddhism
96
Where is terracing least likely to occur
The Philippines
Niger
Greece
Nepal
97
The alignment of ancient Chinese cities toward cardinal directions illustrates the importance
of topography
of technology
of belief systems
of economics
98
According to environmental determinism, which would have the most productive settlements?
arid regions
mountainous regions
tropical regions
temperate regions
99
Cultural landscape can be defined as
particular area w/in a geog region dedicated to cultural act
forms superimposed on the physical environment by humans
the way people in differing culture perceive the environment
types of art, music, dance and theater practiced in regions
100
Which of the following countries consumes the most fossil fuel per capita?
US
England
China
Japan

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